as rugby is a contact sport would it be wrong to do martial arts as it teachs you to defend?

Answer 1

Absolutely. Active or passive acts have nothing to do with whether something is a sport or not. Plus, martial arts teach a lot more than just defense. They all teach you discipline, coordination, patience, and conditioning.

Answer 2

Why do you have to live by some old weird code or something? Stop trying to be a old asian man or something of past that doesn't exist anymore and start living your own life the way you want to, not how others wants or think you should. If your Tae Kwon Do instructor try to make a issue over this, leave the gym! He have no right to poke his nose into your outside life unless you use what he teach to actually maim others in a real fight that you start or intimidate someone with your skill. Rugby is a very physical sport, so anyone who steps in the game know the risk and they choose to put themselve in that situtation. Knowing martial arts have nothing to do with ability to hurt someone in rugby.

Answer 3

I think this is a good idea. Just don't do eye gouges and throat blows in the middle of the game. But as a whole I think that martial arts can support other athletic activities. Many NFL teams send there guys to martial arts (or dance) in the off season.
I used to live right by the Ravens training camp in Owning Mills MD and they have a wonderful Kung-fu koon they trained at. I couldn't afford it but I would sneak by and watch the classes. It was neat to see these giant people doing kung-fu and being led by a little sifu.

Answer 4

Give it a try and if you enjoy it then the world is you lobster.

I gave up all the other sports I was doing to do Martial arts, all from being a taxi service for other martial artists, and it more about personal growth than hitting people so you end up never needing to get into fights

Answer 5

Obviously you havent been a martial artist very long as the question is not accurate . Martial arts are both defensive and offensive , but applicable to rugby training , i am not sure . Various forms of fitness traing might be more relevant.

Answer 6

yes, you should.

I am an accomplished martial artist. I have had extensive training in jeet kune do, capoeira and soo bahk do. I have also done tai kwan do, shotokan karate, judo, tai jitsu, moo duk kwan, wing chun and kickboxing.a fair bit, but not a lot.

now within this there are several different types of martial art. ie, from specialities in striking, ground work and defence.

rugbies very much a game that rellies on brute force. not completely but a fair ammount. with this in mind, it would be unnecessary to train in a striking or ground work martial art, like kickboxing or ju jitsu or what have you.

I would recomend a martial art that concentrates on avoidance and defence. jeet kune do for example encorporates a lot of the aspects of stiky hands traing, yin yang, whatever you want to call it. this will then teach you how to redirect any power thrust on to you. this would benefit your rugby imensly.

yin yang teaches the principle of opposites. ie. in jeet kune do, if some comes with a straight punch (powerful technique), you block ( or redirect) with a soft technique. this principle gives you the definitive upper hand in any situation, combat or not.

because rugby is so heavily rellied on brute force, the principles of yin yang would easyily be applicable to your game, giving you the exceptional advantage.

look into-

sticky hands training
wingchun
kung fu
jeet kune do
capoeira (maybee)

Answer 7

I guess martial arts would be okay wrestling would be ideal as I used to play rugby and the techniques i learned in wrestling are ideal for rugby especially if your part of the scrum.

Answer 8

Judo is the one for you. At our club in the close season we have 3 rugby guys train with us because the physicality of judo is similar to that of rugby. It also uses some techniques that can be used in rugby.

Answer 9

do a martial art that teaches attack iie kickboxing

Answer 10

do u want to use it in rugby?