First sparring experiences

[asdfjkl]

The first time I sparred I was shocked about how tired it made me, I fought like 4 guys in a row and the fourth one I just gave up even without beïng punched at all. And that was against a guy I could normally easely get with one arm on my back. We weren't allowed to punch in the face somehow back then.

Ok I will bite.

In your FIRST Sparring session you went back to back with 4 fresh partners?
Where did you train, The Kronk.

At school we were forced to follow some self defence project thing, but it was basically a sort of army battle against each other where they basically let you fight, or lift things till you were absolutely destroyed in a course of 4 lessons spread over 4 weeks. The guy later admitted we had the best performing class he ever had. We had to break wooden planks by hand (I broke most), we had to lift a weightbar 150 times (several achieved), we had to box, and we heard lessons about what to do if we end up in a fight at later age. Things like, if you're alone and the others in a group avoid it and they also told us that there were guys out there who raped girls who claim they didn't even realise it at all. I was about 16 years old I guess and because I won 3 times (first guy was already destroyed) I fought 4 in a row yes.

[Coco]

I thought boxing was banned in schools in the 60's!

But then perhaps you are not British

[Dixonian]

There are a lot of white collar gyms around now to prepare you for their white collar shows, and from what I have seen it is done well, fighters evenly matched, and sparring is well controlled.
My experiences in amateur gyms for novices is that they get knocked about sparring to see is they have the stones to come back!

That was certainly my experience! My face was a bloody mess after three rounds sparring a four-fight amateur boxer.

[Counter-puncher]

I thought boxing was banned in schools in the 60's!

But then perhaps you are not British

I think we need to examine the planet he comes from, rather than the country