a base martial art
- Thread starter sgraves
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Ironbear24
Senior Master
I am interested in this myself. I have a more traditional background and am training to have an easier time in mma.
drop bear
Sr. Grandmaster
Depends where you go to train. There are really good mma schools now that will give you everything.
Otherwise people with a base martial art have had physically more training.
So a pro muay thai fighter going into his first mma match is not the same as a complete novice going into one.
Otherwise people with a base martial art have had physically more training.
So a pro muay thai fighter going into his first mma match is not the same as a complete novice going into one.
I believe it depends on the intensity and experience/ability of both the trainer and trainee. Both can be effective.
OP
OP
sgraves
Green Belt
I feel that way too I started off in more traditional setting then when I started training mma I picked it up kinda fast and my kicks and stuff were better
AIKIKENJITSU
Green Belt
The guy who does both and loves it!
Sifu
Sifu
I think many successful MMA folk started in traditional MAs in their youth which laid a foundation for them to build upon. Like most natural or prodigy athletes, they probably excelled at an early age. Pro sport people are the exception. In tennis there is only one number one globally. Agassi/Nadal/Federer could prob beat any decent adult player when they were 14.
If your base is wrestling, no matter how many punches and kicks that you may throw, your goal is still to take your opponent down. Your plan will be different from a pure striker.
Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
Why do you call yourself Sifu?
Um, yeah ...I wondered about that too. I mean, ...wouldn't calling yourself "Sifu" imply that you were self-taught???
Self-promoted, self-taught... sort of the same thing, eh?Um, yeah ...I wondered about that too. I mean, ...wouldn't calling yourself "Sifu" imply that you were self-taught???
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Um, yeah ...I wondered about that too. I mean, ...wouldn't calling yourself "Sifu" imply that you were self-taught???
Could be worse, could be using sigung.... then he would be his teachers teacher
Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
Yeah, his own grandfather. Now there is a genetic tangle…Could be worse, could be using sigung.... then he would be his teachers teacher
So far in this forum, we have self-title such as:
- master.
- Sensei.
- Sifu.
Do we have
- coach?
- instructor?
There have been posters who have said their students call them Coach.
Personally, I have gone by my name pretty much exclusively. The only person I've ever insisted call me Master is my wife. And she just laughs when I insist.
I'm both of those.
Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
Could be worse, could be using sigung.... then he would be his teachers teacher
Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
Same here, if I am really feeling adventurous I might shake the ice in my empty glass as she walks by just to test my reflexes against her reaction.
