What style of Legit fighting do you train and where? (only real arts like Muay Thai and BJJ no Kung Fu lol)?

Question

Right now i'm at Pacific Coast Martial arts training BJJ and improving my Western Boxing although I train a lot of Thai Boxing, but the hand emphasis isn't the same so i'm taking a short break from it.

aikido is completely lame and initially used as self defence for the elderly.. ugh.. .never see it in competition.

I love kung fu, and i love Tae Kwon Do, and i love so many sports of the like, but right now i am asking about practical competetive fighting martial arts. i practice Tae Kwon do a lot on my free time or at the gym just because it is pretty looking and keeps my body flexible in different ways but i don't consider it a fighting sport. Usually people refer to it as a semi-contact sport. It's all about scoring hits in key places but kicking 2 and three times with the same leg.(pretty, and impressive, but innefective in reality) So anyway, to sum up, I'm training for competition in MMA right now, 2 or 3 days a week Nick Diaz himself helps to coach, and at that level of serious competition, the more beautiful striking arts like tae kwon do and kung fu really take a back seat to Thai boxing because of the strait leg Thai mid and low kicks and western boxings very heavy yet quick hands. In conclusion, show me a good world champion fighter who is a kung fu specialist and we'll talk

Answer 1

My training is similar to yours. I train BJJ, Muay Thai, and Boxing. I also have a strong background in wrestling, having done it for over 6 years and having coached it for a short time. Right now I'm not near any schools, as I work on a Navy base in Italy. There are a couple of guys here with different backgrounds and we spar together, teaching each other what we can. When I get back to the states I'm going back to my BJJ school, and looking for a muay thai gym if I can find one.

I think you're training now is ideal for MMA. Boxing and muay thai have awesome footwork and striking techniques. Combine that with the comfort muay thai fighters have in the clinch and the ground fighting prowess of BJJ and you have a very well rounded fighter. All that's missing is the takedown ablility of wrestling or judo. I've trained with many higher ranked (in belt)BJJ practitioners, and I've always had them off the takedown. They eventually improve their position and get me with a submission, but that will change in time.

I don't completely agree with your view on Kung Fu, though. It's true that there aren't many MMA champions with Kung Fu backgrounds, but I don't think that is because of the stye. I think it's more because of the training.

Kung Fu, traditionally, was a mixed martial art form. The chinese brought together various famous fighters to study their styles and techniques and to develop strong fighters for battle. It's techniques are effective and it has potential for MMA Presently, though, I don't think Kung Fu is practiced in a way that builds great fighters. Especially in the US. It has become more of a forms based martial art and the practitioners don't spar enough, if at all. It's possible for a Kung Fu fighter to study for years and have less ring time than a Muay Thai boxer would get in his first few months at a gym.

Answer 2

You should see what schools are in your area, take free trial classes at each of them, and then decide which you enjoy the most. Even if you already have a preference for one or the other, theres no guarantee that there'd be a good school in your area. Your best bet is to scope out what is already available and choose from those options. Walter J, I think that Muay Thai is an awesome style. They've got the best knees in the business. However, I would dispute that it is perfect. Their punching, though definitely adequate, isn't as developed as that of Boxing. The range of kicks found in that art is pretty shallow, though the kicks that are practiced have been honed very well. But neither of these things are much of a problem, considering that Muay Thai's versatility makes up for its weaker areas. That is, except for the footwork. Though the lateral footwork is pretty sweet at times -- especially to set up leg kicks --what has been aptly dubbed 'The Muay Thai March' can be pretty limiting. It promotes slugging it out as opposed to the stick and move approach, which always favors the tougher combatant. This is evident in the ruleset and judging of Muay Thai. On the bright side, that type of fighting definitely toughens you up.

Answer 3

As with anything else, where you train and how you train effect more of the outcome as opposed to what you train in. I have seen fantastic Tae Kwon Do martial artists who train more as a martial art than a sport. I have seen BJJ martial artists who go to the ground right away while trying to take down somebody else and fail miserably. For someone to make such a generalized statement does a real disservice to people who practice their martial arts with the intended philosophies.
TKD is taught mainly as a sport nowadays. That doesn't mean you can't find a good teacher that teaches it as a fighting system. Muay Thai is, in fact, the sport version of a less popularized Thai martial art. I bet you would agree that it is still effective.
Finally, if you train in a complete system, one that encompasses projectile weapons (arrows, darts, even guns), long range weapons (spears, staffs), mid range weapons (swords, clubs), short range weapons (knives, daggers), foot and hand strikes, elbow and knee strikes, grappling, and ground fighting, you wouldn't need to take other styles because you would already be a well-rounded fighter. Strange how most Chinese martial arts do this and yet you discount them...

Answer 4

I train muay thai under Kru Bunkerd Faphimai and Kru Neungsiam at Fight and Fitness in San Francisco, CA. Both are former thai national champions. If you do not know what that is, it is the best thia boxer in Thailand for that year. Bunkered won it in '86 and Neungsiam won it in '96 I think. Both of these guys are awesome and like my brothers.

http://www.fightandfitness.com

Answer 5

Could you please explain why Kung Fu, which has been used in warfare since ancient times, is inferior to thai boxing, BJJ, and Western Boxing? I should post this question.

Answer 6

I just started training at Jorge Gurgel's school in Muy Thai. I'm looking to have my first ama. fight in November.

Answer 7

aikido
actually, i don't kno any form of martial arts.
but that is the form that steven seagal does