Kids Muay Thai Is it better to learn proper execution of a move first than just "get it sooner or later" in Muay Thai?
Because my alternate instructor in Muay Thai just let's me kick and punch even when it's wrongfully executed because he just tells me "you'll get it sooner or later kid". Meanwhile, my other instructor wants me to perfect the execution of the kick first before letting me kick some bags. Which learning style do you think is better?
Having trained for over 41 years, I can say without a doubt that you want to go slow and learn the correct way to do each technique. Although it takes a while to get things right, it is still better/ quicker than having to fix things later. Once habits are formed it is hard to get your mind and body to learn a different way. Besides you are putting your time and money into this. Why not learn it right the first time?
I often get a new student with years of training. Many of them are making major mistakes in form and application of what they know. Most don't even know it. I not only have to teach them, I have to help them fix their technique. Be smart, take the time to learn it correctly and everything else will be easier.
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Jiu Jistsu or Muay Thai?
I'm going into 9th grade and turning 15 in September. I'm starting training now and going to try to get into the UFC. Right now my parents can only afford one of the two. I needed professional opinions on which is better to take. I'm going into 9th grade also so I'd be nice to have some self defense. I wanna know because these are the only two styles I'm interested in. Thanks for your answers, and please no kid answers.
I understand Muay Thai is an amazing stand up. But statistics say 80% of street and high school fights end up on the ground. With Muay Thai being stand-up where would my ground game be? And another thing, I can take Boxing for free from this one place where the Boxing instructors actually trained professionals. So then I'd have a stand up and ground game if I took Jiu-Jitsu. You guys tell me if I should just do that.
It's a no-brainer if you can train in jiu jitsu and boxing take them and forget muay thai.
The only problem you may have is having the time and energy to train in both boxing and jiujitsu.
I took two martial arts at the same time (aiki jiujitsu and submission wrestling) and it burned me out. I was going 4 times a week with both of them. It burned me out and I decided just to keep one (aiki jiujitsu) because it was the better school overall.
If you can handle both then that's clearly what you should do. You have stand-up skills and ground skills that way. It is obvious. Muay thai would make you 1-dimensional and a dead duck on the ground.
If for some reason you do experience burn-out and just have to choose one (out of jiu jitsu, boxing, or muay thai), it is a toss-up without a simple answer.
If you take jiu jitsu.....It will take some time to learn it. You can't expect to be able to defend yourself with it in just a short amount of time. It is a complex combat sport to study. It takes time to get used to rolling on the ground. But, once you have some experience in it, you do well in sparring, and do well in competitions, then your jiu jitsu is basically ready for defense. You would have to wrestle your attackers and take them to the ground all the time to be effective. Is that what you want to do? What would you do if some by-standers starting kicking you while you are wrestling with an attacker on the ground? Would you have enough time to finish a fight on the ground before it was broken up or by-standers started attacking you? It some things to think about with jiu jitsu.
If you just take boxing....Boxing is good no doubt. In a fight using your fists and be attacked with fists is the most common thing that happens. Boxing will prepare you for this. You do have to consider hitting someone with your fists could lead to a broken hand. You may be lost if someone takes you to the ground and you have to ground fight. But, if you have to defend yourself quickly on the sport boxing may be the answer. You can fire some quick punches and probably surpise the guy or take him out.
If you just take muay thai....I think muay thai is great for stand-up. The obvious drawback is if someone took you to the ground. But, muay thai has 8 weapons if provides you (2 fists, 2 legs, 2 elbows, and 2 knees). Anyone would have a hard time with a muay thai fighter standing up. You can kick bigger guys in the legs and chop them down. You can draw someone in a clinch and deliver elbows and knees. It has a lot of advantages.
Between the 3 of those....which sounds like a fighting system that would help defend you more against the majority of your high school? Would having a punch-out on your feet for a few minutes be better or wrestling on the ground for a few minutes? Muay thai is better than boxing because it has those 8 weapons instead of boxing's two. So, it's between muay thai and jiu jitsu. Do you see a lot of school fights ending up on the ground? Do you have a lot of wrestlers/groundfighters in your school? If you do then jiu jitus is a better choice than muay thai. But, if a lot of fights you've seen are fought standing up in a punchout, if they rarely go the ground, you don't have a school full of groundfighters, muay thai may be better. It depends on the type of school you go to and the conditions fights usually go down.
So, take boxing and jiu jitsu if you can take both without burning out. If you can't do that, then figure which style of fighting is more practical for your school, groundfighting or stand-up fighting?
Renzo is right, Hughes had Royce Gracie in a rear-naked choke that he learned through studying BJJ before pounding the back of his head in.
Like you said, it depends on the individual, but MMA has taught us that wrestling is the most effective base for MMA fighting because it teaches great takedowns and ground control. Really good wrestlers, a la Jon Fitch and GSP (who oddly never trained in wrestling until he became an MMA fighter, he's just a freak of nature) can win an MMA fight just by laying on their opponents and winning on the score cards. Is this a fun or exciting way to win? No…but it's effective.
BJJ doesn't translate quite as well as a pure fighting form just because it takes a lot more skill and luck to catch somebody in a submission than it does to lay on them for 3 or 5 rounds.
However, a good wrestler could be countered by a good BJJ practitioner who has a really good rubber or butterfly guard or is just generally really good off of their back. If somebody is only really good at wrestling, their strength will be taken away by a guy who is really dangerous off of his back.
So…in my opinion, a wrestler would have more success in winning fights, but the BJJ practitioner would be more likely to finish his fights.
I'm not sure there is a "correct" spelling. The word, as you know, originated in Japan. Jiujutsu, jujitsu, and all the other variations are just sounded out versions of the original. There can be no "correct" spelling in English because the word is not actually English.
Ju and Jiu pretty much sound the same. Jitsu vs Jutsu is another story. With my limited Japanese, I can say that depending on the listener, it can really go either way.
EDIT: You're missing my point. The word "computer" is an ENGLISH word. Therefore, it has a correct English spelling regardless of how it is pronounced in other languages and cultures.
Jiujutsu is a JAPANESE word. It's only "correct" spelling is in Japanese. The English version is just a close approximation of its pronunciation. If you want the correct spelling, I would have to type it out for you in Hiragana. Otherwise, there is no right or wrong. Just more similar and less similar sounding.
This is originally a Judo technique, sankaku jime, MMA doesn't really have any of its own techniques as it it a sport made up of different fighting styles.
September 16th, 2010 at 7:47 am
Renzo is right, Hughes had Royce Gracie in a rear-naked choke that he learned through studying BJJ before pounding the back of his head in.
Like you said, it depends on the individual, but MMA has taught us that wrestling is the most effective base for MMA fighting because it teaches great takedowns and ground control. Really good wrestlers, a la Jon Fitch and GSP (who oddly never trained in wrestling until he became an MMA fighter, he's just a freak of nature) can win an MMA fight just by laying on their opponents and winning on the score cards. Is this a fun or exciting way to win? No…but it's effective.
BJJ doesn't translate quite as well as a pure fighting form just because it takes a lot more skill and luck to catch somebody in a submission than it does to lay on them for 3 or 5 rounds.
However, a good wrestler could be countered by a good BJJ practitioner who has a really good rubber or butterfly guard or is just generally really good off of their back. If somebody is only really good at wrestling, their strength will be taken away by a guy who is really dangerous off of his back.
So…in my opinion, a wrestler would have more success in winning fights, but the BJJ practitioner would be more likely to finish his fights.
September 22nd, 2010 at 12:49 pm
I'm not sure there is a "correct" spelling. The word, as you know, originated in Japan. Jiujutsu, jujitsu, and all the other variations are just sounded out versions of the original. There can be no "correct" spelling in English because the word is not actually English.
Ju and Jiu pretty much sound the same. Jitsu vs Jutsu is another story. With my limited Japanese, I can say that depending on the listener, it can really go either way.
EDIT: You're missing my point. The word "computer" is an ENGLISH word. Therefore, it has a correct English spelling regardless of how it is pronounced in other languages and cultures.
Jiujutsu is a JAPANESE word. It's only "correct" spelling is in Japanese. The English version is just a close approximation of its pronunciation. If you want the correct spelling, I would have to type it out for you in Hiragana. Otherwise, there is no right or wrong. Just more similar and less similar sounding.
October 5th, 2010 at 10:07 am
This is originally a Judo technique, sankaku jime, MMA doesn't really have any of its own techniques as it it a sport made up of different fighting styles.