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UPDATE: Started Kick-boxing MMA yesterday
lordtodd75:
I did muay thai kickboxing for over a year. I dabbled in jiu jitsu. The kickboxing is brutal, I hope you have a high pain tolerance. Not to mention the endurance you need to make it through a training session. After a year I was able to do 3 hrs on a round timer. You will become a dangerous person if you stick with it. I have been thinking about getting back into it.
Beer bottle on the shins is good for conditioning. Start out lightly and go up and down your shin. I used to do it while watching TV :laugh:
ChadTower:
You have to build the foundation before you build the walls. He didn't walk into a day 1 beginner class. He walked into a functioning class that wasn't about to reset itself because he joined. He will get a little side assistance but for the most part is going to have to pick himself up and do his best to keep up. If it's a good program they'll have patience but won't hold up the program for him. They will watch his work ethic. If he works his ass off they will respect that and nurse him through. If he doesn't work hard he won't last long and isn't tough enough to go very far anyway. They get a lot of folks who come in, try some classes, and decide it's not for them. It's not for most people.
Your shins will get worse before they get better. But they will get better.
lordtodd75:
I beg to differ shardian, you do acquire self confidence and discipline. I took tae kwon doe for a couple of months and I can tell you it doesn't take near as much discipline. Plus at 3 months of muay thai training I could kick the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out of a tae kwon doe black belt. I would take a fighting style (muay thai) over a martial art (tae kwon doe) any day of the week!!!
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: lordtodd75 on September 20, 2006, 04:44:08 pm ---I beg to differ shardian, you do acquire self confidence and discipline. I took tae kwon doe for a couple of months and I can tell you it doesn't take near as much discipline. Plus at 3 months of muay thai training I could kick the ---Cleveland steamer--- out of a tae kwon doe black belt. I would take a fighting style (muay thai) over a martial art (tae kwon doe) any day of the week!!!
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That's entirely dependent on the teacher, how they teach, and how you learn. And there is no way a pure 3 month muay thai student defeats a TKD black belt. The student wouldn't be able to get through the black belt's defense.
clanggedin:
I have been into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu / MMA for the last 13 years. When the UFC began fighters were flying in from all over to train with our camp (Pedro Sauer). Tank Abbott, Dan Severn, Dave Beneteau, and a bunch of other fighters came into learn the graound game from us. We also had Olympic Wrestler Mark Schultz training with us before he started his own camp.
Now I try and go and train with Jeremy Horn and his drew in SLC once or twice a month. We always go up when Tim Silvia or Matt Hughes is in town.
Who are you learning BJJ from??
When I started I did BJJ 3 days and American Kenpo 2 days a week.
When I was a white belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu I was challenged all of the time by TKD Black Belts in Argentina. There were never rules to the fight and whoever gave up or was knocked out was the loser. In 2 years I fought 12 times and never lost. I always waited for them to throw a kick and then went for a double/single leg take down. Once they were on the ground they would go to their stomaches and I would choke them out from behind. Not one fight last longer than a minute and they always ended with the same submission.
The problem with martial arts nowadays is that you can get your Black Belt in 2 years. When I started train in Jiu-Jitsu it took you at least 2 years to get your next belt. You also had to beat every person who has the same rank as you in your class to be considered to be increased in rank. I never saw a Blue Belt in BJJ lose to a Black Belt in another martial art back then.
Anyway.... Good luck in your class.
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