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Is this a good combination? (BOxing, Okiwan Karate)  

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  1. 1. Is this a good combination? (BOxing, Okiwan Karate)

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    • No
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Posted

Im cross training Boxing and Okiwan style karate, im just beggining bolth of them, Good choice?

Yeah yeah, Shut up already


Begginer-2nd degree white

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Posted

Any extra training (as long as it is from a quality instructor) is going to be beneficial :)

You suck-train harder.......................Don't block with your face


A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

-Lao Tzu

Posted

If you're going to cross train, why wouldn't you study a grappling art?

If it works, use it!

If not, throw it out!

Posted

The two are too close in application, and so you'll have a lot of confusion. Also, their structure is different. I'd recommend instead of Boxing+another striking art that you look at Boxing+Judo. Apparently the stances and entrances are very similar, so you can switch them without changing anything structural, plus they excel at different situations. Also, Judo's "full on" mindset matches with Boxing.

"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - Baleia

Posted

I personally have found that my Okinawan karate training compliments my boxing and Muay Thai well by providing me with good sources of punching power from my hips, as well as to establish better grounding and balance.

Boxing makes me more fluid and gives me great footwork ability, which helps when I spar or do long chamber in karate.

Respectfully,

Sohan

"If I cannot become one of extraordinary accomplishment, I will not walk the earth." Zen Master Nakahara Nantenbo


"A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action." Samuarai maxim


"Knowing others is wisdom; knowing yourself is Enlightenment." Lao-Tzu

  • 1 month later...
Posted
Any extra training (as long as it is from a quality instructor) is going to be beneficial :)

I would agree...although punching I believe is a bit different but that can be overcome

"Don't tell me the sky's the limit because I have seen footprints on the moon!" -- Paul Brandt

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

Boxing will enable you to quickly defeat your karate counterparts, at least in a full contact head punching sparring session. (Uh oh, people may get mad at that one.)

Posted

How experienced are you in these two areas?

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The best victory is when the opponent surrenders

of its own accord before there are any actual

hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

- Sun-tzu

Posted

I think they will compliment each other to a certain degree but feel as others, it may be confusing. Try it out and see how you do. You may not need any of our opinions at all. Good luck.

A great martial artist is one who is humble and respectful of others.

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