Need Advice

[Jiggy9]

Okay guys - help me out

 

I do karate and itz my core art, i'm looking for complimentary arts to improve my style...see i figure im pretty decent at the kickboxing range, im looking for arts that can help provide modern day effective methods of defense, grappling range skills and ground fighting skills..

 

See my number one choice would have been JKD which i did for a month, but the only teacher in the country left....

 

I've indulged in wing tsun, and judo as well...judo.

 

Let me tell you something about my build and skills :

 

Im pretty tall and lanky...i admit it, my legs are relatively quick and my punches are fast n furious, not all that powerfull though.

 

Judo didnt suit my physiqe and style at all, but i lessons i learned were valuble in the grappling stage....

 

Wing Tsun and other kung fu related arts would have been good - but it's more of a brand new core art, which would take too much time to master...it is sort of conflicting with my karate based style. I do apply the ying yang theory which chinese arts are based on....i like to take things from arts and use them....but, im looking for another art which can diversify my skills....

 

I considered kick boxing but that doesnt offer much variety, but i wouldnt mind doing that later..

 

Im looking towards the thai arts?? Kali??

 

ANYONE got ideas?!??

 

 

 

 

[Karateka]

Your own karate teacher should emphasize the self defence aspect to karate moves. That is what my teacher does. Ask him or her to go over a lot more stuff. I find that a lot of people don't even ask their instructors before they just leave and go somewhere else.

 

 

[Angus]

I did a bit of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to help round out my techniques on the ground. I didn't do much cos i'm primarily a striker but u HAVE to have some experience in the grappling arts if u want to be a serious fighter these days.

 

Angus

 

 

[Jiggy9]

thanks guys

 

Karateka, I have no intention of leaving karate, i would just like to indulge in some other arts at the same time simply to round my skills in other areas that Karate does not focus on much .I.E grappaling and ground fighting...

 

Thanks, Brazialian Ju Jitsu?? any more guys?

 

 

 

 

[moobrack]

have you thought of trying another style of Karate as well as do the style you are doing now, cos

 

Shotokan - more basic

 

Kentokai - more fight orientated

 

 

[Jiggy9]

no i havent actually...thats a good idea!

 

But the only problem i face out here that there are few places to learn at, and the styles available are really limited....I dont think they have much else here except shotokan and shoto ryu

 

 

 

But i'll check thanks!

 

Do people have any views on hapkido or aikido for me?

 

 

[iamrushman]

see some of the hapkido threads in the taekwondo and judo section for more.......

 

(i actually made a response to this question in the "best MA for me" thread but it says about the same thing)............

 

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[Gloi]

I do shotokan and when I fancied trying something else to complement the karate training I thought I'd go to an aikido class.

 

Although due to a clash of times I no longer go I found it really interesting. It helped a lot to see the applications of a lot of the moves in the shotokan katas.

 

Alison

[hanksohn]

Definitely BJJ or something similar-catch wrestling or the like- is a good idea.

 

Kali is solid and will build your speed as well. Plus found my Japanese and Korean knife training to be woefully lacking compared to the FMA stuff.

[Joecooke007]

I've got the perfect thing for you! It's called chin na and it's a complimentary martial art. It is all about ground fighting holds and pressure points. It is swift and lethal, look into it.