I'm pretty sure that's the background of a visitor I had a couple of years ago. She was in town from Germany visiting a company for 6 weeks, and wanted to train, said she was training in Jujitsu (apparently, in Germany there's some standardization). She recognized most of our techniques (not by name), so it was clearly a JJJ foundation. But her groundwork looked very BJJ (by modern terms).
well its very easy to say, less so to achieve, beibg " well rounded also requires a significant investment in time
I think Jobo's referring to actually being competitive. It's unlikely an average person has the spare time and inclination to excel in multiple formats. I agree they certainly could compete in multiple, and might even make a reasonable showing if their training is sound and the rules don't conflict too much (it seems it would take a lot of practice, for instance, to manage reactions and openings well in both kickboxing and NAGA competitions, even if you have the composite skills for both).
Are you arguing it takes no more time to be competitive in two formats than in one?
I wasn’t talkin go about excelling. I’m talking about being competitive. Since the average competitor is about average for the competition (by definition), they can be competitive in that group. Split their focus, and they will be less competitive in two groups.
average people cant excell by defintion , if they can its because they wernt average to begin with.
Splitting focus won't reduce their ability in each???
If you are adding,sure. But time is finite, so you’re training boxing in place of kick boxing at times. Less training for kickboxing is going to show. Unless you’re arguing that boxing drills are yay as good, so a person training boxing is actually preparing for kickboxing.
I think that really depends on your goals and the strengths and weaknesses of the various training programs. If you want to be a top competitor in kickboxing, training in boxing would only be more beneficial for your goals than simply spending that time on kickboxing if you assume at least one, probably both of two things; 1) the skills you'd learn from boxing are superior to or at least significantly expand on what you have been learning in kickboxing and can largely be applied within that rule set and 2) your training in boxing didn't cause you to develop bad habits in the context of the kickboxing rule set. Sprinting might be worthwhile if it was a superior exercise in comparison to whatever it is replacing but trying to prepare for ultra marathons will simply be bad for performance in pretty much any kind of combat sport and will take a lot of time to boot, so the type of race you're running matters.
That would suggest that his determination and dedication are above average.
