Hi all,
I’m new here. great forum!

I’ve been practicing for 20 over years and I have come to believe that pain and injuries, and the ability to endure them may be a big factor in deciding the outcome of a fight/match? anyone agree? most of the time, the emphasis it seems is to focus on one's skills/abilities/technical proficiency etc.
but the fact and reality of fighting remains - however good one is, if one does not have a high pain threshold, one will succumb quickly at the first sign of pain/injury/blood. so the question is, how does one handle pain?
is there a mental/physical training to withstand pain? how would you react to, say, a broken nose, teeth, a kick to the groin/ribs, a broken arm(amber)?

The question is, will you/should one carry on fighting despite a bloodied face or simply surrender?

I played about 30 mins of a rugby match with a broken collar bone. It had been kicked deliberately and i played through the pain on pure anger to try and "level the score". Strong emotions can increase your pain threshold drastically.

I had my dislocated shoulder put back in and went back on to finish the rugby match- I gave up and went to hospital with the dislocated ankle though.

Hi all,
I’m new here. great forum!

I’ve been practicing for 20 over years and I have come to believe that pain and injuries, and the ability to endure them may be a big factor in deciding the outcome of a fight/match? anyone agree?

i'd agree, but many fights also finish by way of KO, and being KO'd is no indication of how much pain one is able to endure

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