Tae Kwon Do, Capoeira, Karate or Kung Fu?

[Bacco]

Between these Karate by far

 

[MadHouse]

I always thought he was joking around with that. is kung fu actually a legit base? (real question, don't know)

if it is then he has to be the worst representation of kung fu ive ever seen in my life

 

[CptJacuzzi]

Not just Karate! Kyokushin Karate!

 

[Bumblebeef]

depends how u will mix it into MMA and WHAT TYPE OF FIGHTER you are.
Every fighter is different.

when u plan to learn boxing and wrestling i would suggest to use Tea Kwon Do but Tea Kwon Do doesnt do much in the cage when u dont have wrestling and boxing. But when u have wrestling and boxing tea kwon do can be a very very good addition to the whole game.

Kung Fu is not as a base but some stuff in Kung Fu can help out as well in a spiritual way, the movements but u need to add this on wrestling and boxing. Kung Fu isnt the best base for MMA imo.

For me Karate as a only base is to stiff but Karate is very good for that stance and this distance control. It is a better base but for me Karat is little bit to stiff... but some stuff on Karate are great.

 

[tramendous]

Technically sanda is kung fu and its basically kickboxing with throws so id go with that. Otherwise karate.

 

[tramendous]

All martial arts can be successfully applied to mma.

Not my martial art. Its 76% eye gouging and the rest are groin and throat strikes. I already regret teaching jon jones a few techniques.

 

[Espresso]

Not my martial art. Its 76% eye gouging and the rest are groin and throat strikes. I already regret teaching jon jones a few techniques.

Jon is a fast learner confirmed

 

[DespicablePeep]

Ninjtsu

 

[EdmundHeng]

Tae Kwon Do vs Karate


Capoiera vs Kung Fu

 

[BoxingMMA]

Yes, Kung fu is the thousand year old martial art known for being fat as fuck and spamming overhand rights.

 

[ralek4grammy]

I always thought he was joking around with that. is kung fu actually a legit base? (real question, don't know)

 

[ralek4grammy]

Yes, Kung fu is the thousand year old martial art known for being fat as fuck and spamming overhand rights.

How dare you!

 

[blaseblah]

Taekwondo or Karate, but neither are ideal since they don't involve full contact sparring.

 

[Espresso]

Yes, Kung fu is the thousand year old martial art known for being fat as fuck and spamming overhand rights.

lmaoo

 

[TallGHunter]

Roy Nelson is always introduced as a Kung Fu fighter.

He does that out of kindness. That training led him no where. He's far more accomplished in wrestling AND jits

 

[LouisBolanos]

He does that out of kindness. That training led him no where. He's far more accomplished in wrestling a jj

wrestling a jj? jj in Chinese means penis btw.

 

[tenniswhiz]

I think we’ll see successful kung fu in MMA in the future.

If you watch how those hardcore Wudang guys are training, a lot of that stuff could carry over to MMA...maybe even baffle fighters who haven’t been exposed to it.

I’m less convinced by other kung fu styles, but Wudang has a lot of potential to be useful in MMA.
There are some great videos of the training on YouTube.

 

[TallGHunter]

wrestling a jj? jj in Chinese means penis btw.

wrestling a jj? jj in Chinese means penis btw.

I did not know that. Actually, that was supposed to read and , not a. I think an edit is called for in case I run into Roy.

 

[PAPERCLIP30]

This is gonna be super silly question but what’s the difference between karate and Kung fu? I know karate but I always just kinda assumed they were the same.

 

[MCS]

TKD and Capoeira because they give flexibility and agility, which translate well to other arts and prevent injuries. Karate is a stiffer sport, upright with lack of upper body movement and more of a emphasis on power strikes. Imagine Pettis with good boxing - real defense and upper body movement, angles and counters. Would make his overall movement ridiculously good.