martialartist1

"I've heard a lot of things over the years about BJJ not being any good for multiple opponent situations, etc., and for the most part I agree. This goes back several years before the first UFC (1993) when everybody "else" finally heard about it and wanted to learn it." yeh i agree with you a bit there. bjj is not that good for mutiple opponents fights. bjj is complex, as complex is not bjj. group fights need to be simple, therefore incorporate simplicty into bjj, then my friend your guarteed results. group fighting is hard, as hard is complex. simple mind is the key. key is not simple. simple as that.

Muay thai is the worlds greatest striking style, which is not watered down. Muay thai is from Thailand and is as real as it gets.

well, if someone threw bricks at you, you better run baby! naa simply dodge like a boxing or skilled fighter. then keep dodgeging until you come close to the offender, then take him out with one of your strongest techniques.

simply punch the bag, as punching the bag is punching resistance as resistance is the bag. and as resistance toughens you up, in your case your hands.

my friend, you need to practice kicking the bag more. yeh muay thai is tough combat sport, infact the toughest in the world. you need to be tough to do muay thai, simply as that.

simply judo works for self defense by vigourous takedowns. learn judo, learn self defense. when self defense is for the street. simple as that.

lennox lewis is a great fighter, if not one of the greatest ring fighters. put him in the UFC, then thats when we can find out if he really that great!

to improve reflexes simply spar.

yeh so many martial artists doubt the greatness of boxing, as boxing is a fighter's attitude. as attitude is not boxing.

it depends on the club. usually not very much money, so it is really hard to earn lots of money fast.

"Hey Guys, this is my first time on here, I have been training and fighting in Muay Thai off and on for over 13yrs....I'm looking for someone else to trade some combo's and techniques with from around the country. If you are advanced and have some good training drills and combo's that would be great. I am starting to train fighters myself as well as beginners and I think this would be a great way to share idea's and spread Muay Thai in a postive manner..any help would be great!!" you want combos, i give you combos. simply make your combos flow, dont static them, e.g. jab, cross, hook. uppercut, jab, hook, elbow, or jab, cross, knee blow. develop power is these moves and your bound to guarantee success. combinations are limitless. limitless is not combinations. remember to keep them simple, as simple is direct, not simple is not direct. direct is effecient, not direct is not efficient. muay thai is greatest striking style, striking is simple, therefore muay thai is simple. simple as that.

well you need to fight both sides to be good. though if you fight one side it can be good to, basically it depends on the individual owns fighting style. its like kickboxers fight is different to a muay thai fight, and boxing fight is different to a taekwondo fight. each fight has different fighters of their own fighting style. so its the indivual that counts, not style.

"Does anyone know of any exercises or ways of speeding up reaction time? I know its kind of a strange question, but it seems it would benefit someone greatly in many ways if they could react to an opponents movements faster. If this is a completly bogus question than I apoligize, but if anyone could be of help it would be greatly appreciated. Thx" to react to someone faster, just learn to spar better. you cannot spar better without reacting faster and vice versa.

just kick the bag to toughen your shins.

"i have been wondering about high kick's that are involved in muay thai (thai boxing) and are they really necisary? i am able to do them it's jus i have not seen a person use a high kick in a match though you are tought them ! !!! or is this justa stupid question!!" well, high kicks are necessary when you wana do straight knockouts to the head. generally muay thai fighters rarely show high kicks because they are not intended to knockout at that point, so they do low kicks. but when they intend to concentrate on knocking out, they use high kicks more.

simply punch in water.

tyson all the way, cos tyson boxings skill is tremendous.

simply muay thai would win.

simply muay thai would win.

bruce was super human, so ofcourse he can!

"i think by yelling in occasion here and there would work out fine but if it is constant yelling abuse it wont work that way .. sometimes i as a assitant intructor i " say " " do u wanna do the exercise or u wanna get out of the class " i dont think its harsh but i kno they wont get out of the class instead they will be willing to do the exercise . but i was taught like that too . yelling and here and there .. it does get annoying but it gets the job done .after the class my intructor would become my close friend when we enter the dojo i call it the " warzone" he enters to the state of a sergent . he jokes around here and there fair enough" i think non-stop yelling shouldnt be done, as it gets on their nerves and might make them worse. though you can shout, but not keep on shouting. i think its harsh yelling too much. they will only be willing to the work, if they are interested.

in my opinion that instructor is doing right and wrong thing, as some will agree and will not agree, but thats just the way he is. infact if he's teaching hardcore style, its actually the right direction because there is no point in training to become as weak as possible, but to train to become as tough and strong as possible. they train to become as strong and tough as possible so the trainers can defend themselves on the street. i read recently that 90% of people who train in martial arts loose street fights, but i dont think thats true, yet martial artists still need to train harder and become stronger, learn more effiicient techniques that actually work in self defense on the street. i know he was teaching kids, but teaching kids to become more skillful and stronger earlier will enhance their self defense ability sooner. for example if a kid never learned how to actually punch or kick strong with the correct technique properly, then they will never defeat the street fights that may happen in the future.

brazillian jiujustsu is mainly grappling and groundwork, or also known as groundfighting made popular by the gracies. if you wana learn a bit both grappling and striking, then i suggest you take up vale tudo lessons.

i think big grapplers are more overpowering than small, as big has more weight than lighter grapplers. yeh it is true that one can learn a lot from grappling as grappling is where the fight continues when its groundfighting. if one can never get knocked out, and they are really big and tough then its grappling or so called groundfighting.

my friend, if your small and wana defeat bigger opponents, go at them, and kick their *!