need advise

[davidredboy]

hi i have been doing thai boxing for four months now and am intrested in taking up wresteling, judo or bjj aswell. i just wanted your opinions on if it is to early to start doing one of these aswell as thai boxing

[JadeDragon]

Originally Posted by davidredboy

hi i have been doing thai boxing for four months now and am intrested in taking up wresteling, judo or bjj aswell. i just wanted your opinions on if it is to early to start doing one of these aswell as kickboxing

If you can fit it into your time schedule then go for it. I would recomend BJJ.

[Tom Yum]

Originally Posted by davidredboy

hi i have been doing thai boxing for four months now and am intrested in taking up wresteling, judo or bjj aswell. i just wanted your opinions on if it is to early to start doing one of these aswell as kickboxing

If you can get "combat submission wrestling" I would go for that.

It is tailor-made for muaythai. Otherwise I'd go for Judo.

[davidredboy]

cheers for the reply

[Flaves]

So right now you only do boxing? Do you do kick boxing as well, or you are looking to?

I guess the question really is what are your goals.

I personally only got into grappling recently, but I would recommend adding it to your game, whether it be BJJ or CSW.

If you are looking to compete/fight doing the boxing now is great. Not enough people focus on their hands. You will eventually have to add some form of Muay Thai/Kickboxing as well as grappling to your game.

[kingcobra8599]

most mauy thai schools around also have nhb grappeling or bjj also but truthfully once you have the basics of defence and stance in muay thai then there is no problem in going into a grappeling style the only problem i see is the learning of how to work the 2 together some people can do it myself i have been able to with great success but my thai trainer has tried many times and he cant seem to be able to grasp the 2 stykles and work them together to his advantage but everyone is different so you shoudl try and and you never know it might be right for you

[Flaves]

Originally Posted by kingcobra8599

most mauy thai schools around also have nhb grappeling or bjj also but truthfully once you have the basics of defence and stance in muay thai then there is no problem in going into a grappeling style the only problem i see is the learning of how to work the 2 together some people can do it myself i have been able to with great success but my thai trainer has tried many times and he cant seem to be able to grasp the 2 stykles and work them together to his advantage but everyone is different so you shoudl try and and you never know it might be right for you

That's a really good point. That is why some people also incorporate a style of shoot wrestling into their repertoire. CSW, Judo, Shooto, Greco Roman Wrestling all blend nicely between a strickly stand up and strictly mat style. Some BJJ schools will focus a lot on takedowns, but others won't, so if you need further experience with takedowns, throws, etc. , do some research on different styles.