Joecooke007 Posted December 3, 2001 Share Posted December 3, 2001 What two forms of martial arts do you think would be the best to crosstrain in? Why? Boards don't hit back. -Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted December 3, 2001 Share Posted December 3, 2001 Personally i think there are three types of arts that would make u an extremely well-rounded fighter: Muay Thai (kicks, knees, elbows, superior footwork), Boxing (Punches obviously, and ducking/weaving techniques), and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (ground techniques and locks etc). Send a private message to Thaiboxerken, cos he does all of these and more. I haven't seen him around here for a while though. If i had had access to Muay Thai earlier i would have done this, but i only had access to freestyle kickboxing. I've done HapKiDo, Zen Do Kai, Goju Ryu Karate, Freestyle Kickboxing, Wushu, Boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Later, Angus Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joecooke007 Posted December 4, 2001 Author Share Posted December 4, 2001 Thanks! Boards don't hit back. -Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moobrack Posted December 5, 2001 Share Posted December 5, 2001 I agree with Angus, but I love karate too much to change, I am hapy with Shotokan Karate-Do and Matayoshi Okinawan Kobudo. Anthony Bullock1st Dan Black Belt - Shotokan Karate5th Kyu Yellow Belt - Aiki-Jutsuhttps://www.universaldojo.com Coming Soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singularity Posted December 5, 2001 Share Posted December 5, 2001 I definately agree with a Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu crosstraining method. You get some sweet sweet and effective kicks and punches, as well as some pretty nice ground power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karateka_latino Posted December 6, 2001 Share Posted December 6, 2001 For stand up Muay Thai, Boxing.. Grappling Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu jitsu. JKD or Kali for flowing into the diferent distances and for weapons training. Submission Wrestling is good to for no gi grappling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChangWuJi Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 when I was 3 years into Tai-chi, I met a friend who was 3 years into Taikwondo, a 1st-dan black belt, I dont remember which school, and we trained together. It was my first attempt at sparring - until then I had only trained form, techniques from the form, and various types of Pushing-hands - and I have not trained against kicks at all; his school, on the other hand, emphasysed sparring a great deal. The first time we sparred, I was unprepared for the speed of his kicks, and had to retreat alot, but he was unprepared for the fact I never retreated backwards but allways sideways - he kept having to stop his attacks (which hit nothing) and look for me. The second time I had learned to get in close, and he was lost at that range. After that, he was mine. The point is not "Tai-chi is better than Taikwondo" - the point is that the sensitivity learned in Pushing-Hands, if practiced over a long time, is much more helpfull to a realistic fight than one might think after only sampling it; and the movement skills perfected in form training are just as effective as those learned any other way, if not more so. "People with little or no real knowledge or skill try some of these arts for awhile and conclude that they need to add something to make it work." I have seen this happening all over - people training a year or two in Aikido going to learn also Taikwondo, "because there are no kicks in Aikido", and people training in Tai-chi for a year or two going to learn Ninjitsu "because Tai-chi is not for self-deffence", and so on... Instead of sticking to one art and learning all it has to offer, systematicaly, they cross-train to learn everything at once. Tai-chi can be for self-deffence, and there are kicks in Aikido, if you stay long enough to learn it. "There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiFightsMS Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Unfortunately too few of us know anything approaching the full range of tai chi. There is a very martial aspect to some forms. It is also all too true that we seldom persevere long enough to learn the full range of the art we started our initial training in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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