What I Believe MMA Is Good For

[PhotonGuy]

So anyway, at my first dojo they taught both Judo and Karate although the two arts were taught separately. So if you wanted to take classes there you could sing up for Judo and take Judo classes or you could sign up for Karate and take Karate classes. You could of course sign up for both but if you did you would learn the arts separately. You would be taking both Judo and Karate classes but you would never take them together. So you would be learning each art separately.

From my experience that's how I would prefer to learn the arts. If I was learning a striking based art such as Karate I would want to take classes devoted entirely to that art and if I was learning a grappling based art such as Judo I would want to take classes to that art. After I've gained a good level of proficiency in Judo and Karate that's when I might want to do some MMA to help me combine the arts.

That's just me, other people might have other learning preferences but that's just how I like to do it.

 

[Kurwenal]

The main reason for me personally why mma is attractive is that many other people are competing in it, so you have the opportunity to actually spar and then test your skills in competition to see how much progress you’ve actually made in your training. That is the real reason why wrestling, Muay Thai, western boxing etc are so effective. The problem is most places that advertise themselves as mma gyms have no interest in preparing anyone for an actual fight.

 

[PhotonGuy]

The main reason for me personally why mma is attractive is that many other people are competing in it, so you have the opportunity to actually spar and then test your skills in competition to see how much progress you’ve actually made in your training. That is the real reason why wrestling, Muay Thai, western boxing etc are so effective. The problem is most places that advertise themselves as mma gyms have no interest in preparing anyone for an actual fight.

So you're into it for the competitive aspect?

 

[Kung Fu Wang164 195]

After I've gained a good level of proficiency in Judo and Karate that's when I might want to do some MMA to help me combine the arts.

It's better to start your "combine" during the early training stage. The integration between the striking art and the throwing art can be as simple as to "change all your punches by a punch followed by grab/pull".

All your punches should be considered as a spear with hook on it. This is the "missing link" between the striking art and the throwing art.

 

[PhotonGuy]

It's better to start your "combine" during the early training stage. The integration between the striking art and the throwing art can be as simple as to "change all your punches by a punch followed by grab/pull".

All your punches should be considered as a spear with hook on it. This is the "missing link" between the striking art and the throwing art.

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So what you're saying is that you should start out by learning how to combine striking and grappling, much like how MMA does it, rather than going into an art that focuses mostly on striking or an art that focuses mostly on grappling. Am I correct in that that's what you're saying?

 

[Kung Fu Wang164 195]

So what you're saying is that you should start out by learning how to combine striking and grappling, much like how MMA does it, rather than going into an art that focuses mostly on striking or an art that focuses mostly on grappling. Am I correct in that that's what you're saying?

2 reasons:

1. In order to protect your head from punching, it's better to disable your opponent's punching arms ASAP.
2. To take your opponent down has less legal issue than to knock your opponent down.

Your opponent punches you. You wrap his arm and take him down. You then take off. Nobody get hurt. Everybody live happy ever rafter. The world is so peaceful to live in.