good point. What's ur style? i mean ur base and stuff, and what are u good at? same question applies to everyone...this threads just to find out more about the fighters in sherdog, ur styles, ur theories behind fighting, etc. NOT(and i hope ur reading this) NOT!!!!! which style is better...or which style BEST COMPLIMENTS ANOTHER. Its aobut what has helped YOU! YOUR PREFERENCE!
MMA= JIu jitsu + muaythai or Boxing?
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good point. What's ur style? i mean ur base and stuff, and what are u good at? same question applies to everyone...this threads just to find out more about the fighters in sherdog, ur styles, ur theories behind fighting, etc. NOT(and i hope ur reading this) NOT!!!!! which style is better...or which style BEST COMPLIMENTS ANOTHER. Its aobut what has helped YOU! YOUR PREFERENCE!
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For me I found that boxing has worked well with my BJJ style. It helps me keep a good base and not get too off balance from throwing a lot of kicks.
Not to say that kicking isn't good or effective b/c it is! It just leaves me off balance and vulnerable to get taken down, and besides I can throw a good hard punch twice as fast as I am able to throw a kick.
I actually do spar with a lot of good muay thai and kickboxing guys, but the reason I spar with those guys is not really to get better at my kicking game as much as it is to get better at defending and dealing with kicks and knees.
Not to say that kicking isn't good or effective b/c it is! It just leaves me off balance and vulnerable to get taken down, and besides I can throw a good hard punch twice as fast as I am able to throw a kick.
I actually do spar with a lot of good muay thai and kickboxing guys, but the reason I spar with those guys is not really to get better at my kicking game as much as it is to get better at defending and dealing with kicks and knees.
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I train BJJ and muay thai, and I feel my MMA game is good. I also boxed for 6 years, I think the best mixture is mt and bjj, but other people will disagree, lol I believe whatever is available and what your budget can afford is what you should be training.
also try to get into a Yoga class, Yoga's great.
also try to get into a Yoga class, Yoga's great.
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muay thai compliments jiujitsu because jitsers are comfortable on their back.
For a well rounded game training in all brazilian jiu-jitsu, boxing, muay thai and wrestling is necessary. GSP trains all of these seperately at the sport specific gym, with a youth background in karate. I have done jiu-jitsu over 2 years, muay thai 1 year, boxing 1 year, and wrestling 2 years high school. I will always choose a good boxing class over a muay thai class. I like muay thai, although I think the most important aspects of muay thai in MMA are simply leg kicks, kick defense, elbows, knees, and clinch work. The muay thai class I attended focused on to many high/mid kicks, push kicks and what not to seem like I was getting enough quality training time for mma.
I believe boxing is much more important in mma because it allows you to achieve a knockout without having to lift a leg off the ground or give up some sort of balance advantage that would allow someone to take you off the ground. I found that muay thai style boxing was alot sloppier and power focused than what I learned in my boxing class, and I have trained with two different muay thai instructors, one from laos who grew up learning it, another who trains every other year in thailand. I liked western style boxing because it was alot more accurate and faster, which I found gave me better power in my punches, and better hand defense and positioning, and your almost always on the ground, balanced, able to sprawl and defend takedowns (even though you have to adjust your footwork from boxing to mma a tad to include the aspect of takedowns). I tend to practice now simply boxing, with muay thai style leg kicks, knees, clinch, and blocks. Alot of the best muay thai fighters have western style boxing coaches as well, including buakaw.
I believe boxing is much more important in mma because it allows you to achieve a knockout without having to lift a leg off the ground or give up some sort of balance advantage that would allow someone to take you off the ground. I found that muay thai style boxing was alot sloppier and power focused than what I learned in my boxing class, and I have trained with two different muay thai instructors, one from laos who grew up learning it, another who trains every other year in thailand. I liked western style boxing because it was alot more accurate and faster, which I found gave me better power in my punches, and better hand defense and positioning, and your almost always on the ground, balanced, able to sprawl and defend takedowns (even though you have to adjust your footwork from boxing to mma a tad to include the aspect of takedowns). I tend to practice now simply boxing, with muay thai style leg kicks, knees, clinch, and blocks. Alot of the best muay thai fighters have western style boxing coaches as well, including buakaw.
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actually the perfect combination = Icelandic Wrestling (glima) + Tai Chi
