Would a person tire out with taking 2 types of M.A. at once?

[ladyj]

Two martial arts should be fine, however be careful with your body. When you stretch muscles you tear tiny muscle fibers and if you don't give them time to heal then you may develop a serious injury later. Before you start do your homework and find out from a professional ( I suggest a Physical Therapist) what they think about overtraining.

[kenpo_fighter]

i currently train in 2 martial arts styles and have done so for the past year. i train in both kenpo & aikido. as far as my training regiment goes, i usually do about an hour for each style every day. but, there are some days i'll do strictly aikido and do kenpo the following day. in the intrest of not running out of gas too soon, i'd probably recommend alternating your training regiments. alternate a day for one style and come back the next day with your other style. of course, it's nice to run training sessions where you incorporate both styles you're learning.

in my training, i'm learning to incorporate aikido entering moves followed by kenpo striking techniques. has been really fun and enlightening.

[Psilokan]

During my second year of college, while I was still just a yellow belt in Shotokan, I signed up for a Kickboxing / Jiu Jitsu class on mon/wed/fri to supplement my Karate which was tue/thurs.

The first few weeks were good, but it was a bit too much for me. I wasnt getting enough sleep due to my studies, and each week I had less and less energy. So I cut out the Kickboxing/JJ as Karate was my passion (and I didnt like Kickboxing).

If you can handle it physically, go for it. Just make sure you get lots of sleep, lots of healthy food, and that the styles complement each other.

Kickboxing and Karate at the same time wasnt a good idea, they were both striking arts that did the same things differently. However Karate & Jiu Jitsu I believe would make a great combo.

Karate & JKD sounds like an odd mix too me. For starters, they're both striking arts, and probably do the same things differently. On top of that, Shotokan is a rigid style, JKD is supposed to be "styleless" so I'm not sure how well they would go together.

So in conclusion - go ahead and cross train if you can handle it. Just put some thought into if Karate/JKD is the right choice.

[TravelingMan]

I two at one time when I had a lot of time also they were closely aligned. These days many people follow a routine that might have them working their standup being boxing and or muay thai and some sort of ground game like BJJ, judo or sambo. This is becoming quite common nowadays. So look to the type of people who train this way and get an overview of how they do.

[Kajukenbopr]

well, I think that you shouldnt be trying to take 2 martial arts at teh same time for teh following reasons:

1. the material is not the same for both

2. your training gets backed out because you keep mixing the 2(which is not necessarily true always)

3. When you get the chance to fight you might get tangled between the 2 styles and in that indesicion, get beaten.Or you start mixing the 2 and could either make it better or worse for your fight.

4. (the most important for me) your Sensei/Sifu is not likely to agree. most masters like to feel loyalty from their students.