10/04/2026
Amen…ADHD kid here saved by sparring. Every week we were somewhere sparring or competing.
Forrest Griffin nailed it when he said that in sparring or a fight, the outside world disappears and the only thing left is pure presence—no bills, no distractions, just the guy trying to take your head off. That singularity of purpose is what makes combat sports addictive for an ADD mind like his (and so many of ours). Lose yourself in the details of those minutes and everything else fades.
