I want to learn an effective fighting style that spars with “aliveness” (live opponents/movements not role playing attacks) such as Muay Thai, Kyokushin, etc. but around 4 or so years ago I got my braces removed and have had straight, perfect teeth since then. These teeth cost me a lot of money.
Is this something to worry about in live fight training/sparring? Are teeth something that are usually lost a lot of times while sparring? Do mouth guards provide suffiecent protection against this sort of thing?
Also, don’t suggest anything like American Karate (which is actually bastardised Tae Kwon Do), Aikido or Chinese MA. I would hate to learn a style that doesn’t prepare you for a real fight by teaching you slow motion poses that don’t work. That would be a waste of time and money. I would rather not learn anything at all than do that. Real sparring is the only way to prepare for a real fight. But then again at the same time, I wouldn’t want to lose my teeth like in a real fight
yes this is for self defense purposes btw, but I also see some health benefits from the training invovled so thats why I’m interested. for those two reasons mostly.
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