Hello guys . So I wanted to know how you guys feel about this . Would it work fine? I am saying this because for about 6 months I have been boxing training. However due to my personality ( have never been considered athletic) I feel that alot of stuff just doesnt fit. For example if I am boxing against someone and I knock them out or even hurt them to badly I start to feel empathetic over them, and let them slip . On the contrary if they question my ideas or taunt me they will see my wrath. Plus another thing is that I tend to fluctuate my performance according to how I feel . I mean I kind of like it , and it has helped me alot with my personal development but I jsut want to know some other pros/ cons of athletic infp's in general .
What do you guys think?
I practice Martial Arts (TaeKwonDo specifically), and I personally find enjoyment out of it.
The way I see it (once again a personal view), I work with my sparring partner and increase or decrease my intensity based off of how they are going, because we are there to learn and sharpen our techniques, not beat the shit out of each other or divide ourselves into winners and losers.
That being said, I sometimes can get caught up in the heat of a moment and be a bit more aggressive than usual in sparring because a well placed technique still hurts like hell when it lands and/or your partner lacks self control. On the other end of the spectrum, some days I'm so tired I know I don't give my all while sparring and stay either on defense the entire time or get kicked around a little bit.
Boxing however, I'm sure is different beast though.
More competitive perhaps where you have to be more on the offense and aggressive?
If that isn't you and it doesn't fit, then it may just not fit for you.
By no means however am I saying to use that as an excuse to quit or anything like that. I think quitting would only be for after you really reviewed what you want out of yourself and found boxing completely incompatible.
If you're not boxing competitively and are only doing so for exercise/enjoyment, then just enjoy it. Realize you don't have to take it so seriously in the ring, and hopefully, your partner will be understanding and you can work on improvement rather than worrying about each other.
One of the risks of things such as Boxing or Martial Arts is that you may hurt someone or be hurt by someone. Hopefully never intentionally, but the risk of harm is an element in such systems and can't be avoided no matter how many protective measures you take.
That's a way to learn though.
I mean, always be as safe as possible, but how do you learn to time a block or guard correctly? Getting hit a couple of times seems to do the trick in sparring! :laughing:
I also feel I should add, since I forgot to mention this earlier, that I truly see no correlation of any kind between personality types and athletic/Martial Arts interests.
