What martial art allows contact sparing?

[Anonymous]

Ive never been in a fight, but I did attend karate when I was very young for almost 10 years.

I want to train to overcome the fear from getting hit. people say the best way is to get hit in the face (with safety).

Boxing? anything else?

I want to spar with contact and with safety gear but I want contact.

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[Anonymous]

Any Muay Thai gym worth a damn will offer sparring. Boxing is a solid choice too, but be sure it trains good fighters and isn't some boxercise gym, obviously. Tae Kwon Do I would be wary about, it could offer "Olympic" sparring which is basically point sparring and isn't nearly as effective

[Anonymous]

Boxing is definitely what I'd recommend. There's no substitute for getting a belt in the head or face, and realising you have shrugged it off, and the guy who hit you is now down on the ground because your training kicked in and he's knocked for six.

Best feeling in the world.

[Phoenix1991]

MMA, boxing , muay thai, tae kwon do. etc. Mostly any style , just depends on the gym.

[Asker]

I don't see any website saying 'contact' sparing though. When I did karate, we would always pull back an inch from the opponents body...

[Anonymous]

It would be Judo, and taekwondo.