Muaythaiboxer

i think you should do what you think is right and not put to much infacice on what other people think.

im a wrestler and it is never to late to start. you will be way behind the other guys though.

the Thais have the best kickboxers period. i dont think there are many kickboxers who could last long in full thai rules.

just wear shorts, plz just wear shorts

just wear shorts, plz just wear shorts

san soo is a very effective martial art but i really dought that the average san soo guy could beat a pro MMA fighter. mabe the really great san soo guys (like the master who killed japans karate champ in 2 minutes in WW2) but not the average guy. plus you say that its the mind set, you have to be really tough to go 15 rounds in professonal boxing and even tougher to do MMA so how can you say that the MMA fighter has an inferrior mind set?

lol you and me have got to spar some time you sound just like me. i to want to be the best and i have the mind set that no matter what someday i will be champion. i curently train 20hrs a week 5hrs TKD 4hrs Judo 2hrs kung fu 2hrs Boxing 2hrs Muay thai 5+hrs running/training at home 10hrs Wrestling (during season) i would like to train more but i just dont have the time.

i wish i could have the opertunaty to train with him.

at class 15-20 hrs a week at home 6 hrs a week i dont include running

also, what is everyones obsessions about being a good street fighter? surely the physical, mental and social benefits are good enough to disregard the fighting aspect completly. if you cant use your style in a fight its not a martial art, martial arts are ment for fighting! the inventer of any style would be ashamed to hear any one say that the social and mental benfits over ride the self defence. as to the main question there are full contact fighters that do Tai Chi Chuan and win(exp Max Chen) the forms are mostly to work on chi flow and techniques there are kicks and punchs in Tai Chi when they fight.

i take capoeira and i see no real figting abilaty in the style. a capoeirista will get out struck by a Muay Thai guy, out grappled by a wrestler, and out danced by a break dancer. i mean no offence sevenstar but the capoeiristas i train with cant fight worth a lick, perhaps the people you train with are better.

Yes, or you may have just hit a bump in your training and need to get over it, also dont give up on your reading it really helps in the long run. PS. if you plan to train at all do all your workouts as hard as you phisicly can. AMITABHA

you just get used to it with time i had the same problem.

street fighters are not as good as people make them out to be. example (Tank Abbott) he lost most of his fights and his street fighting pals got beat to.

hmmmm i may try this

i prefur silence when i work out but thats just me.

i think its great when kids do MA but sadly when makeing schools kid frendly many of them became mcdojos. also i have been asked by parents to teach there kids MA (i refused) because i dont think im qualifyed but i dont see many kids where i train because we are pretty hard core.

well considering he has not posted in a while i guess he either took our advice or died in his fight club. lol

Krav maga is a good self defence art but its really not that impressive vs other martial arts, if you do BJJ and are good then you can probably beat the Krav Maga instructor( it only takes a couple months to get instructor permit) i would go with Muay Thai.

i like pride but its not on as much as UFC so i really cant get to watch that much. i do love how you can stomp people in pride though!

martial arts are my life, and being so i go a little over bord i train at lest 3 hrs a day every day and do at lest three miles a day running and at lest three hours a week weights. but thats me, for a beginer i would say as much training as your body can take, and minimum 2 days a week two hours, otherwise dont bother.

i dont see much use for circular blocks, first of all the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. second in my experience blocks are a waste of energy and time cover up and exorbe the blows.

im a bit confused why no head butts? why no heal to the kidneys? i can understand most of the rules but not all.

read a little bit in your spare time (Art of War, Go rin no sho, tao of JKD, ect) and practice like a mad man. and have fun, good luck

in a pure style vs style the graplers ussualy win semply because a striker cant make you stand a grappler can make you grapple. in one of the very early UFC's a guy with a fifth degree in tea kwon do knocked a guy out with a jump spin side kick but other than that one fight the pure strikers have not faired well.