Stand up fight game...

[bookerfit]

I would like a little help from the board. I am new here and have been reading some of the post. I am currently training in Brazilian jiu jitsu and want to improve the stand up game. Can someone recommend Muay Thai instructionals. From those of you in the know, what are the best instructionals? Thanks.

Booker

[crazyjoe380]

if you are in the L.A. area, the man to look for is Cru Rex
he's the man over here..he's fought over 100 fights in thailand, and was light weight champ..

call information
city in the los angeles are is called VAN NUYS
and say muay thai boxing gym and they'll give you the number

[defendu.com]

Try Proctor

You don't say where you live and train, but one of the best stand up fighters I know (street and ring) is Tom Proctor.

He has some tapes out at the TRS web site and he has his own Web site at absolutefighter.com.

I believe he is also producing a tape on striking for grapplers...

[dzl256]

bookerfit

i would give your local boxing gym a try if you cant get muay thai training in your area. nothing beats real sparring with opponents of different sizes and strenght. muay thai is an extraordinary style it works well in the street when you get quality instruction in it but in close youll probably be grappling boxing affords you more distance in my opinion and keeps your feet planted so that you can take advantage of the right moment for a takedown go for what you feel is most natural for you but if your not sparring hard youre not going to develop make sure your training is as world class as possible...

[bookerfit]

Thanks for the feedback

Thanks for the feedback. I forgot to mention where I'm from. I live in NJ and curently train BJJ. I will hopefully land a spot with the state police soon and figured some stand up skills would only help me during the boxing training at the academy. Anyway, I dont have the funds to train in two diciplines at this time which is why I wanted to get instructionals for now since some of the equipment I can get and the training drills I can do at home. I have a younger brother I can train with so he gets the benefit of learning also and I get a training partner. Does anybody here curently crosstrain in the two forms and have you used them successfully in the street when you needed to? Thanks

Bookerfit

[defendu.com]

Yes!

Your standup and your BJJ will complement each other.

While "most" fights go to the ground, in your law enforcement career you will want the fight to go to the ground. When you are fighting someone in a standup mode you are functioning in virtually a three-dimensional environment. The variables of movement, strikes, kicks are mathmatically staggering.

However, to reduce those variables, you can take the fight to the ground to create a more two-dimensional environment.

But, while most (insert your percentage of fights here) fights end up on the ground, virtually ALL of them start standing up.

The fighter that has both a standup game and a ground game is the superior fighter. I have seen mediocre BJJ guys snuff really good strikers and I have seen mediocre strikers blast really good BJJ guys as they enter for a take down.

Be careful in your training for striking however. Remember that your role as a law enforcement officer will not be favorable to closed hand punches to citizens' heads (not to mention the real possibility of fracturing your hands). Likewise, the Use of Force boards and review committees don't take kindly to roundhouse kicks to the head or side kicks to the body of the suspect. (Muy Thai kicks to the opponent's legs, however, rarely get a rise out of anyone...make a mental note here).

As a cross-trained figher myself, I would say that all of my real fights "felt" like standup until they went to the ground, then they "felt" like BJJ.

Good luck and thank you for serving your community.

Brad Parker