Should i take taekwondo and muay thai at the same time?

[ironkhan57]

So i was wondering if its stupid to take muay thai and taekwondo at the same time, since i really like the taekwondo kicks and i want to compete in muay thai? I was gonna take taekwondo classes so that i can learn the kicks and how to hit the kicks and i thought it might compliment my muay thai. So can i take muay thai and taekwondo at the same time? Or should i just stick to muay thai?

 

[Hagelslag2]

If you want to compete in Muay Thai, stick to Muay Thai and maybe complement it with boxing. I'm a third degree BB myself and have fought in MT and, although being proficient at TKD does have its advantages, I'd go with MT and boxing if you really have to choose. If you have loads of free time, go for it.

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

I don't think you should. They will conflict too much with what each coach wants if taken at the same time.

 

[MC Paul Barman]

Only take TKD if you're prepared to live with the blood of thousands on your hands.
Are you willing to take a life with a spinning back kick? If 'yes'.... take TKD.

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

spinning back kick, front kick are good moves to learn but you could pick up those on videos.

 

[Kiwi Tricker]

If you want to do Muay Thai, why would you do something else? Especially as a beginner. Don't half-ass between random shit. Stop tossing things up. Pick one thing and commit.

 

[HighestHand]

TKD is fun but it's something I do with my girlfriend. I don't take it as serious as MT. I didn't find TKD to be detrimental to my MT kicks.

If you really want to take TKD, you should, as it does give benefits, but if you're just inquiring if you should take it solely for those extra benefits, and not because you want to, then no, don't take it.

 

[biscuitsbrah]

Take Muay Thai first for a year and then add TKD if you feel you can handle both. Or just see if you can find a place to do TKD on the weekends

 

[Frode Falch]

Depends. I know i would never had the kicking game i got today, if i did now train some other kicking styles.

My kicks are 70% muay thai. The rest is a soup of capoeira, tkd, kung fu and savate kicks.

But you need to be very interested in kicking to get good results from crosstraining like that. .

 

[@Brandon.S]

If you train 100 hours MT and 100hours TKD...
A 200hour MT version of you
would destroy the 100/100 TKD/MTversion of you how

How can you not see that?

Maybe there is a pretty girl in that TKD class?
Or you just want to have fun mixing things and try diff martial arts to get a better insight
Its fun to try diff things

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

If you train 100 hours MT and 100hours TKD...
A 200hour MT version of you
would destroy the 100/100 TKD/MTversion of you how

How can you not see that?

Maybe there is a pretty girl in that TKD class?
Or you just want to have fun mixing things and try diff martial arts to get a better insight
Its fun to try diff things

Yeah this is true.

Of course the dexterity acquired in TKD is helpful in any striking art, but the time spent in TKD will not be spent learning MT.

MT, with the punches and knees is a much shorter distance art than TKD, not to mention the clinch.

The TS might develop a killer back kick and sense of distance, but if that the case his MT buddies will just walk him down against the ropes and neutralise him with punches and knees combos + clinch.

 

[n.diazismylife1999]

If you train 100 hours MT and 100hours TKD...
A 200hour MT version of you
would destroy the 100/100 TKD/MTversion of you how

How can you not see that?

Maybe there is a pretty girl in that TKD class?
Or you just want to have fun mixing things and try diff martial arts to get a better insight
Its fun to try diff things

For a beginner it works like this, but there comes a point of diminishing returns. I.e., 2000 hours of MT and 100 of TKD is likely better than 2100 of MT.

So, OP, just train Muay Thai. When you're competent in that, then you can think about cross-training in TKD. It's no good if you have to focus in two arts, neither of which you're good at, at the same time. Especially when your TKD coach and MT coach will be telling you very different things about kicks.

 

[Chrossfire]

Honestly, it’s not about the style it’s about the fighter and their IQ. I go to MT twice a week for technique Tuesday, and advanced sparring on Thursday. Then TKD Monday, Wed, Friday. While mixing in Bjj, Wrestling, and hand work like Speed Bag, mitts, heavy bag, reaction drills, etc throughout the week. It’s not really about the sword, it’s about whose weiding the sword. Do what you thinks right for you, but the best way to test your skill is by sparring.

 

[ironkhan57]

Man if i could train taekwondo i would. But sadly most tkd gyms in new jersey don't work with my schedule and now my drivers license is getting suspended in like a few weeks. Which is pain, and i'm going to have to pay people to drive me around. Which i have to paterson to box (which the gym is not charging me for some reason which is good, and i guess its more of a passion for them than a bussiness), i have to go to the newark airport to work and once i lose my drivers license, i'm not going to be able to work the delivery driver job i have for at least a month. So now i got a lot on my plate so TKD is definitely out of the question. So yeah.

 

[shincheckin]

I think combining them would be a good idea.

 

[ironkhan57]

I think combining them would be a good idea.

I use to know some TKD friends, but they're long gone now.

 

[ironkhan57]

I actually still know a karate based kickboxer in nyc, we still talk on IG. He just got his black belt and i'm thinking yo this guy was beat up everybody in the gym and in all his kickboxing fights and he wasn't even a black belt (i'm pretty sure he was like more than a white belt but still.

 

[98bird]

So i was wondering if its stupid to take muay thai and taekwondo at the same time, since i really like the taekwondo kicks and i want to compete in muay thai? I was gonna take taekwondo classes so that i can learn the kicks and how to hit the kicks and i thought it might compliment my muay thai. So can i take muay thai and taekwondo at the same time? Or should i just stick to muay thai?

NO. Because unless you know the owners or instructors at that TKD joint, well.....they're going to make you do a ton of silly forms. Rarely would TKD allow you to just come and learn freestyle, and take what's good and not do forms. I trained under a friend who's also a fighter, and he didn't make me do forms b/c he knew what I wanted. Then years later I dropped in on a trial class for fun and they made me do horse stance and beginner's form. FORCING me to punch from the hips and no pivoting....this 80 lb girl blue belt kept telling me, "no pivoting".

The best TKD kick to use on MT is probably the spinning back kick. Just train that a lot. Of course they have this in MT, but it's rarely taught. Most the other kicks will get you fucked up if you're at beginner's level MT (ie. no fights yet). You're better off sticking to MT techs in the 1st MT fight.

Experimenting with loopy kicks and fancy ones are fine, but should be when you have a few years + a few fights first.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

TKD is more like a stepping stone to more hard contact sports. TKD good for kids, but adults may as well jump into MT/KB.

 

[ironkhan57]

TKD is more like a stepping stone to more hard contact sports. TKD good for kids, but adults may as well jump into MT/KB.

Man taekwondo seems fun and will help you with footwork, and kicking power their was one guy in a gym i trained at before it closed down, he had one of the most power kicks in the class (it was a muay thai class) because of his taekwondo background.

 

[MaxMMA]

You'll be lethal if you train both. TKD is highly underrated. It's like boxing for your legs.

 

[MaxMMA]

TKD is more like a stepping stone to more hard contact sports. TKD good for kids, but adults may as well jump into MT/KB.

At first glance, but TKD has a variety of attacks that aren't taught in MT, teaches evasive footwork, balance, speed, flexibility.

It's whole other style of movement with a unique arsenal of attacks.