Wrestling and boxing vs thai and bjj help me choose please?
Noob here, want to train for self defense. Read that these pairs go well together. Which one should I choose? I am 6'7 and 225, and even though I have long limbs, couldnt really call myself lanky. My upper body is stronger than lower. I would guess that my reach would be a bigger plus in thai, and smaller minus in bjj.I have gone on practice sessions in all, and my estimation of my talent/competitiveness is this (could be an illusion):wrestling,boxing,bjj,thai,which is strange. Also,wherever I look, wrestling and boxing seem to be cheaper,and on my thai practice session "coach" tried to teach me kickboxing kick.
Also,its likely that I wont have time in first 6 months to train both,so in general what should I start first,grappling or striking?
Thanks in advance.
BOXING-
Personally, I recommend 5 years of solid Boxing but its up to you to embrace the whole sport of Boxing and learn in and out of the Gym.
Learn about the various types of systems within boxing, all the footwork in other words the theoretical and the application.
Study it, its very deep and allot of fun.
Don't just take the modern aspect but dive deep to the past study the old techniques and training methods used in past so on.
MUAY THAI-
Then Muay Thai that will now prepare your kicking skills and having done Boxing your fitness and conditioning should be established and have good power.
BJJ
Then as a final art get into BJJ for some ground work study.
That the sequence of study I would advise given your above options.
However, why not take something more direct for defense like Wing Chun or KRAV MAGA or similar type not sport orientation martial art.
Have fun learning either way!
Where are the sub forums for these topics ?There are sub-forums just for these questions... why not wrestling and muay thai? or boxing and bjj?
Where are the sub forums for these topics ?
You are gonna want to adapt a lot of them grips tho.Boxing and judo
Boxing is fun as hell once you've been into it for a couple years and have the head movement to make non-boxers hit nothing but air.
I've wrestled competitively and done enough bjj and mma to be dangerous to myself... I've never trained judo at a judo place, but...in real life, people wear clothes and self-defense/social violence in the street is often pretty much over once one guy throws the other guy down on the ground. Plus, if there's a Japanese cultural center in your city, sometimes they teach it for free, or at least way cheaper than at a martial arts gym.
225 is too thin, avg sherdogger is 275 and rippedAt 6 foot 7 and 225llbs with wrestling, i.e. nearly an average sherdogger in terms of size and martial arts training, you would be able to throw most attackers around like little kids. Even 3 months of wrestling would be a big advantage against an attacker with no training.
At 6 foot 7 and 225llbs with wrestling, i.e. nearly an average sherdogger in terms of size and martial arts training, you would be able to throw most attackers around like little kids. Even 3 months of wrestling would be a big advantage against an attacker with no training.
It depends if he only trains striking he has no choice but to escalate in a self defense situation if utilizing his training. With grappling if things get to the point of shoving he can have so much control in that situation the person decides it is not worth it and agrees to deescalate without losing face.These comments make me a little bit concerned. At the end of the day, the fighter wins, not the art.
It depends if he only trains striking he has no choice but to escalate in a self defense situation if utilizing his training. With grappling if things get to the point of shoving he can have so much control in that situation the person decides it is not worth it and agrees to deescalate without losing face.
Yeah, but things have escalated to a fist fight at that point.Not true at all. You can send a controlled message striking.