last night i almost got into a fight, anyway i was at a petrol station, and on my way back to my car a guy standing a few metres away from me says: hey come over here!, i looked at him and hesatated for about 5 sec's and couldnt determin weather he was a threat/maybe i new him/ etc by then i could feel something was wrong and addrenalen had started to kick in, i approached him with caution, anyway he says what are you doing? i said what?, then his made comes in and says: are you trying to staunch out my mate!!??, i didnt say anything, then the other guy says: calm down man, then says to me: dont worry about him, he then says to me: what?, what you doing!?
i didnt say anything,
by then i thought these guys were seriously fcuked in the head, but addrenalen was making it hard for me to make any desicion on what to do, i thought they were trying to confuse me then waste me, then they went away into the store and i left,

so anyway i thought there was a fight about to go down yet i was totally controlled by addrenalen and not thinking properly,

when sparring hard at muay thai training, im calm and can think 100% fine yet in this situation i felt so useless like i had forgotten everything i had been taught,

what can i do about this?

thanks

A questionable past action is not "serious" unless: the action has been determined to be a clear mistake, and the action is then repeated.
People do what they expect themselves to do.
Regards,
Zhi

I say well done that man.

I have been in the situation you have been a thousand times (slight exaggeration, but you get my point). Real life your body reacts different to the ring. However by the sound of it you handled yourself well.

You did not panick and just hit them, or run your mouth. Instead nothing happened and you are alive today to talk about it. This is a good martial art technique. By the sounds of it they did not say much to provoke a reaction, thus your response was appropriate.

Your adrenaline was pumping because this is the natural thing to do when you sense danger. If you do not use it straight away it paralyses you. In this situation and many others it is not appropriate, so you must learn to control it.

How is this done? You could spar more against different opponents from different clubs, not just harder. This will increase your confidence as you will see how you can handle yourself against various opponents, thus your fear of the unknown is less. Thus when you sense danger it does not always kick in the adrenaline response cause your body knows you do not need it.

However this is quite a crude method. This is a mental problem therefor the logical solution would be through mental conditioning. I would recommend chi kung, Yoga or anything like these.

The first time I learnt to control my adrenaline was at a grading. I was really nervous, any form of display in front of people made me nervous. The adrenaline was pumping and I began to freeze, but gave myself an internal shout and visualised all the nervous energy locked up in my Dan Tien. I have not had a serious problem with adrenaline since.

I do not know if you know any forms, I would assume you know the Muay Thai form since you practice Muay Thai. If you do go out into the street and do it. Practice it by yourself in front of complete strangers. Your adrenaline will be pumping, in this situation you can practice mental control in a safe environment. Trust me on this, I practice on the beach, people watch but I know longer have that adrenaline rush. Instead there is a nice quiet calm.

I hope this helps.

Jack

Question everything, Know nothing.

thanks alot jack, that was explained well ,
tell me abit about the form you practice,

thanks

to bad zhi didnt make sense lol well it did to a point but it wouldnt help me in the real world,

I practice one chi kung form. It looks like Tai Chi to most people, even to alot of Tai Chi Students although they soon see it is nothing like theres at close inspection. I also do a sort of freeform chi kung, you could say. I will do standing chi kung, this is the stuff most people will be able to associate with chi kung. I do chi kung in set positions you may see simularities to Yoga as they have the same roots. I will do chi kung whilst meditating.

Last summer I sparred with my mate on the grass next to the beach at night. We often discuss and even practice techniques whilst walking through the streets. People may look but you kinda forget they exist.

It does not matter what you do as long as you face the fear inside you and break it.

Question everything, Know nothing.