Brawler-Competition fighter-Street fighter?

Question

Alright i have debated over the last few months on what martial art to take. I am a fighter at heart but would like to be sufficient at fighting. I want to be able to brawl, street fight and competition fight. Now i know martial arts is supposed to teach self descripline, but so what. I took Tae Kwon Doe. Biggest waste of money in my opinion. What martial arts would fit street fighting/competition fighting. Im leaning towards Muay Thai

I am also wanting to be able to do MMA competitions.

Answer 1

There are a number of different types of competition type fighting but from what it sounds like you want something with real contact. Muai Tai would give you good stand up skills and many of those fighters also fight in kick boxing and they either fight United States rules or European rules. The difference being no elbows or knees in U.S. rules and European rules allow knees but no elbows. Many states still don't allow elbows in stand up fighting and some of the states that were have recently changed back to not allow them in stand up or even in MMA type events. That change just came about recently in Illinois for one and Missouri for another that I know of. By doing Muai Tai you could get more than enough fights in kick boxing and if you wanted to get into the MMA type fighting you could also do that although you would probably want to pick up some good training in wrestling, Russian Sambo, or Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu to round out your ground fighting skills.

Answer 2

I don't know why Tae Kwon Doe gets a bad rap, I seen some guys whoop some a s s with that sh!t. I think if you cross train with TKD it would be effective. I am no expert fighter, but it looks like you want to cross train now a days. Jui Jitsu and kick boxing or whatever. Eventually you become a bad a s s and you should not even be fighting people on the street because you will beat them so bad they are going to want to pull a weapon on you.

Answer 3

TKD is an excellent arts for competition!!! you have to understand there are so many trash azz schools it all depends on the instructor but TKD with Jujitsu & wrestling would make you a well rounded fighter. like my old school my instructor trained with hands as well TKD is usually trained in kicking, all depends on your instructor