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legend29
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I'm what most would call a OJKD man, I never even thought about other styles except for a couple trial classes for different arts just to see others views on fighting. I take JKD on a weekly basis by private instructions.
I only took trial classes of other arts when my JKD instructor had to cancel on me for different reasons. Well two weeks ago my instructor had to cancel again and I found myself at a local Muay Thai school. I just figured I'd try it out for a workout like all the others, but as I worked out with the class I started to love it. I'm now addicted to Muay Thai. I love the physical atributes, the pain of my workouts and the tactics that i didn't know existed. I also figured Muay Thai to be just a sport martial art, but after attending several classes now I realize that it is so much more. It is very effective for the street as well as the ring.
Now here is my delima, I can't afford to keep doing both JKD and Muay Thai, but I love them both. Even if I could afford to do both ( which I can't )there are both striking arts with different approaches to fighting. I'd be afraid by studying both I would halt my progress in both because of the differences in stances, vertical punch vs horizontal punch, kicking with the lead leg as opposed to rear leg, ect. Plus I'd probably make the mistake of doing JKD at the Muay Thai school, and vice versa.
Does anyone have any experiences with this type of situation ? If so any advice would be appreciated. Please feel free to share any stories that might help me to better pick between the two.
Richie
I only took trial classes of other arts when my JKD instructor had to cancel on me for different reasons. Well two weeks ago my instructor had to cancel again and I found myself at a local Muay Thai school. I just figured I'd try it out for a workout like all the others, but as I worked out with the class I started to love it. I'm now addicted to Muay Thai. I love the physical atributes, the pain of my workouts and the tactics that i didn't know existed. I also figured Muay Thai to be just a sport martial art, but after attending several classes now I realize that it is so much more. It is very effective for the street as well as the ring.
Now here is my delima, I can't afford to keep doing both JKD and Muay Thai, but I love them both. Even if I could afford to do both ( which I can't )there are both striking arts with different approaches to fighting. I'd be afraid by studying both I would halt my progress in both because of the differences in stances, vertical punch vs horizontal punch, kicking with the lead leg as opposed to rear leg, ect. Plus I'd probably make the mistake of doing JKD at the Muay Thai school, and vice versa.
Does anyone have any experiences with this type of situation ? If so any advice would be appreciated. Please feel free to share any stories that might help me to better pick between the two.
Richie