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does anyone else think that all these "would this style work in this situation..." or "what about (insert style here)" discussions are a waste of time.
take note people, fighting isn't rocket science.
striking, clinching and ground - that's basically the crux of it.
you can train these three components individually eg. kickboxing/muay thai or whatever, wrestling/judo etc, and then bjj, sambo etc etc
or you can train them concurrently ie. spar mma style
learn your basics, practice your basics, keep them sharp and spar spar spar.
your learning curve will go through the roof. that's why mma guys can fight. they do it ... regularly.
you can practice hitting a bag all day and develop great power much the same as you can practice a lay up in basket ball all day and get good but unless you start to play the game and see what it's like to try to score on someone who is doing their darndest to stop you...well, you aint got shit.
if your goal is combat effectiveness, you have to get bumped, bruised and beaten regularly by people better than you.
take any black belt in bjj and i guarantee you that he will have been submitted more times in his life than you could ever imagine. that's how he/she learnt to get so good. by getting caught in the bear trap again and again until he learnt instinctively how to attack and defend at a black belt level.
thats my rant. and as for multiple opponents and knives they still fall into the same categories of strike, clinch and grapple, it's just a diff approach. spar on that stuff too
over and out
take note people, fighting isn't rocket science.
striking, clinching and ground - that's basically the crux of it.
you can train these three components individually eg. kickboxing/muay thai or whatever, wrestling/judo etc, and then bjj, sambo etc etc
or you can train them concurrently ie. spar mma style
learn your basics, practice your basics, keep them sharp and spar spar spar.
your learning curve will go through the roof. that's why mma guys can fight. they do it ... regularly.
you can practice hitting a bag all day and develop great power much the same as you can practice a lay up in basket ball all day and get good but unless you start to play the game and see what it's like to try to score on someone who is doing their darndest to stop you...well, you aint got shit.
if your goal is combat effectiveness, you have to get bumped, bruised and beaten regularly by people better than you.
take any black belt in bjj and i guarantee you that he will have been submitted more times in his life than you could ever imagine. that's how he/she learnt to get so good. by getting caught in the bear trap again and again until he learnt instinctively how to attack and defend at a black belt level.
thats my rant. and as for multiple opponents and knives they still fall into the same categories of strike, clinch and grapple, it's just a diff approach. spar on that stuff too
over and out
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