Fight Club is 10 years-old, and this week marks the release of the Fight Club Special Edition Blu-ray. To celebrate we decided to answer an important question raised in the film;

How much can you know about yourself if you’ve never been in a fight?

We shuffled from behind our ergonomic desk, out of our climate controlled office and chronograph-measured existence, and went to get advice from a group of guys who know their hooks from their crosses – The Real Fight Club.

Founded in 2000, The Real Fight Club has pioneered boxing training and boxing evenings for white-collar professionals – exactly the kind of place to have the corporate, consumerist mentality beaten out of you.

With that in mind we subjected ourselves to a training session with Spencer Fearon, ex-Professional boxer and co-owner of The Real Fight Club…

“This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time.”

Step One: Why fight?

In the film: The Narrator (Edward Norton) plagued by insomnia and the banality of his consumerist ‘90s existence, starts Fight Club with Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) to give his life purpose.

In real life: The Real Fight Club’s website says ‘Boxing is a complete body workout that combines aerobic and anaerobic exercise with calisthenics, a combination that is rarely found in any other sport. 

Boxing is more than just a work-out, it's a change of lifestyle. You will want to work harder and to live a healthier life. It is the ultimate stress buster.’

Total Film is no stranger to exercise, but boxing? We’ve never so much as thrown a punch.

“It’s a different level,” fellow pupil Lee tells us. “I started five weeks ago and I can’t get enough, I train two hours a day. I’ve got my first fight coming up next month.”

Total Film is sold. If boxing training can offer that kind of inspiration, motivation and 
attitude, then there might be something to this Fight Club thing after all.

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