r/martialarts

I train Muay Thai 4-5 times a week and also do strength and conditioning plus cardio in the gym 2 times a week. I started Judo a couple of weeks ago and enjoy it but was wondering if it would be better to stick to just Muay Thai or if Judo could give me a better competitive advantage in Muay Thai. Is judo once a week enough? I’m 26M and I’ve been doing Muay Thai for a couple of months and want to compete in the future. Coming into martial arts I had a background initially in bodybuilding but then pivoted towards powerlifting. Once I started Muay Thai I fell in love with combat sports and martial arts in general.

My little 7 year old autistic cousin who also has adhd, often gets bullied at his school and has gotten into some fights. I recommend to my uncle and aunt that they should get him into some martial arts classes for not only self defense but self discipline as well. The only problem is they don’t know what martial art he should start off with and honestly neither do I. Is there any martial arts you guys recommend he should start off with?

I even started at a new mma gym 2 months ago which makes it even worse. I finally found a gym I liked, has anyone else have to quit any sort of training or limit themselves due to work?

Recently I’ve been attacked by people with knives a few times. Every time, I basically flounder and either run and throw objects or try to attack the hand which is horrifyingly risky. I’ve pretty much only gotten this far due to luck, so I’m wondering what kind of techniques are there that do the job consistently that require a small amount of risk. It’s gotten to the point where I’ve begun forging a metal arm to protect my forearms so I can just get in there and take care of it as quick as possible. Seriously, any advice helps. Thanks

At my former kickboxing gym, we were told to get into our boxing high guard with our 12oz gloves touching the sides of our head. She then instructed us to take turns throwing 10 alternating hooks at each other's guard (3 sets in total) at full force while yelling at us to swing harder. We're not supposed to move at all and instead just sit there in the turtle position, maintaining eye contact and head position until it's our turn to be the attacker. We had no headgear either. Does it seem like a reasonable drill?

I've heard so, SO SO SO many arguements that martial arts like Karate, Taekwondo and generally the entirety of Wushu/Kung-Fu is play, because they're all Kata baby bullshit, while 'real' arts like Boxing, Muay Thai etc etc etc are arts that are true and real fighting styles because they have nothing but training and fighting

So, the question is, is the existance of Kata within a martial art subtractive from it's total value as a fighting style? And why do some fighting styles *not* have a kata? (And also why do Kata fighting styles always seem so undervalued, no matter what they are)

My body has been too stiff for a while now. I've been trying stretch but it's not really helping. what do I do? I'm unable to move freely due to stiffness.

I am into martial arts and I really want to improve my explosiveness strenght for my punches and kicks. Bonus if they are exercise which do not involve equipments.. but if they do is totally fine as well.

Thanks

For reference I am 5'11 and overweight but really want to start one of these hobbies long term since I liked the trial classes and wanted to get into them! which out of the 2 is best long term even as I get older? I git some good Judo in the area and good BJJ.

I'm working on a project where I'd like to capture the key people, moments and influences in a person's martial arts journey, all the way from day 1 to world champion status. I'd like it to almost read like a resume. So far I'm considering the info below. Can you think of anything else that would be good to include?

- Instructors
- Martial Arts learned
- Key training partners / gym rivals
- Gyms Attended
- Seminars/boot camps attended
- favourite instructional media.
- Official bouts and tournaments
- Rank Promotions (white belt, blue belt etc)
- Teacher to student lineage
- Favourite Fighters (style or methodology mimicry)
- Supplementary staff for fights (cutmen, manager etc)
- Favourite gear or brands

Beginning in May, I’m going to be opening up a new dojo in my very small town and I’m currently in the process of trying to garner interest in the area and get people to join and I’m looking for advice here on how to operate that first class where everybody will be new to the place and new to me.

Ideally, I would run each person through a solo lesson to ask them their goals and how I can help them achieve it or not, and give them a breakdown of how classes are structured and all that and then introduce them to the group class, but because this is a whole new endeavor, I don’t know how I can do that and everyone will most likely be at that very first opening day and to say I’m nervous about it is an understatement.

I really like mixed martial arts at the same time I want to have set of techniques to defend my self.

So i want a good fighting style for that.

I witnessed a fight in my local park. At first I thought the 2 men were play fighting but it escalated. They were grabbing and punching each other. One dude had a brass knuckle and punched the other dude in the head and there was blood. Their friend finally broke it off.

Now if you are somewhat an expert or know about peeka. boo how would it do? And I am talking about bobbing and weaving and just moving your feet and protecting your body, would it be affective even if someone has brass knuckles? Imagine just changing angles?

Like if I had 2 brass knuckles, and I had Mike Tyson at his age start bobbing and weaving at me, I would immediately run.

Do you get knocked out by a friend in a play fight/practice outside your gym or on grass at a park? What happens if a friend or someone takes it too seriously and gets mad? Would you play fight with them again? Would you play fight/practice with only people you trusted outside of gym? Do you kick, punch in the head or knee? Would you spar, play fight or practice with a cocky person?

why or why not?