I mean bruce lee used judo and jiujitsu in his movies. Hipthrow into armbar lol
Only time you will see aikido in practice is in steven segal movies
Lol seriously about the people saying a good punch or knee can put you out. Sure it can, but how often are you fighting a trained person? The thai plum is awesome as a clinch position. You control the neck and you control the body. But again that is good grappling with good striking.
Lol at the fantasy world where jet li kicks the asses of 20 mma fighters
Punching, footwork, spacing etc is far more important than kicking in mmaā¦ (but dont get me wrong, kicking is extremely useful).
In black belt magazine they compared the power of a martial artist strike to a boxers punch. there was no comparison, the boxers hit a lot harder than the martial artists.
I studied Goju-Ryu on two different occasions: once when I was in university a few years ago, and then again before I went back to school last year. I plan to return once Iāve graduated. I hate to leave things unfinished, especially since I made it halfway the first time. The second time around, I ended up at the same belt before I left. Bugged the hell out of me, but school is more important.
Traditional martial arts sparring like tkd or shotokan karate bars face punches
What this does take focus away from punching and move it towards kicks. The push kick, roundhouse, sidekick, spinning back kick. All are used as sort of a jab to keep distance, score points
Meh that is why tkd and karate guys get destroyed in k-1
My dad taught me boxing while I was growing up, but I didnāt stay with it (wish I had). Presently Iāve been doing Krav Maga for a little over a year-- I like it because of the practical real life applications, ie; hitting people in the ballsā¦ a lot.
I did taekwondo back in high school. Was considered an unofficial black belt when I stopped (I didnāt take the black belt test cause it was in my final 2 months of high school, and that test was a lot more expensive than the usual test fees)
Since then, I had stopped until earlier this year when I picked up kickboxing; for fitness rather than the discipline.
Iāve done Kickboxing and learned a bit of mma style grappling. I can honestly say that while grappling and submissions are strong and very nice to knowā¦wrestling is extremely powerful. If you can get on top of someone and stop their options and ātake every inch they give youāā¦as my instructor used to sayā¦Itāll make your day hell.
ā¦And someone on the page before said something about a good striker not stopping a good grapplers gameā¦Huh. Uppercuts. Knees. Get hit by one in the face and youāll think twice about shooting or even lowering your levelā¦If you actually are concious after getting hit.
Solid grappling and wrestling defense is better for those who arent that great at striking n such.
I took Tae Kwon Do from a very young age and my father was a black belt or equivalent skill in Tae Kwon Do, Judo and form of JJ he trained me through most of my youth after which I continued with boxing.
Iād really like to get into Baji Quan or KFM though.
Took up real Shotokan Karate-do back in high school (got up to purple belt, was a couple of ranks away from black). Also tried out some basic Preying Mantis Kung Fu and Jeet Kune Do and got some basic grappling lessons from a friend who did some MMA.
I was in Tang Soo Do from the time I was five on. I actually fell in love with SF2 and using ryu because I loved karate so much. I wrestled in high school, and then got into boxing in the Navy. Now I do not really much anymore, but I have a really good head for the fighting arts and hope to coach MMA someday.