what martial art should i pursue????

[poisendhearts]

ive trained in karate and TKD, but i wanted to know what would this be closest to:

alot of Kicking, punching, blocking, extensive sparring, and not that much forms(or katas), and slow testing inbetween periods

[Rainbow_Warrior]

If you do not want to do katas...pick thai

[Bushido58266]

the muay thai i take has katas

[lordtariel]

I'd probably say take Muay Thai or possibly join a MMA club.

[Rainbow_Warrior]

the muay thai i take has katas

awesome... is the first time I hear about this... I may be uninformed

[bushido_man96]

Since I have done TKD for almost 14 years now, I would take up Judo if I had the opportunity.

[stejitsu]

MMA clubs deal with lots of angles of combat and gives you a base level of skills you can call upon. The key thing is go along to a few and compare them. Select which one is suited to you, then off you go into a world of sweat and tears and above all a lifetime of enjoyment.

Good luck in your search

[Symphony-x]

muay thai, no kata at all. sparring, kicks, punches, elbows, knees

mma: all round stuff, no kata

[tekki]

ive trained in karate and TKD, but i wanted to know what would this be closest to:

alot of Kicking, punching, blocking, extensive sparring, and not that much forms(or katas), and slow testing inbetween periods

I screwed up royally. I thought it was a poll on one's personal preference for martial arts. I voted for "karate" because that's MY love, but upon reading the question as carefully as I should have in the first place, I see what you're asking. Given those parameters, I think Muay Thai would be the way to go, if you are convinced that you "don't do" kata. A second on the list might be TKD. Most schools do forms or poomse, which are analogous to kata in karate, but some eschew the forms empahsis for a focus on Olympic sparring or the like. It sounds like you are willing to have to do some forms, you just don't want a system that is based upon extensive forms practice.

As for karate, it's virtually never taught without forms. In fact, there is a saying that "Karate IS Kata." When I first started karate, I was shocked at how much of an emphasis was put on kata and how little sparring we actually did. However, in a short time, I saw how doing kata was teaching me how to move better and more efficiently. I also saw how beautiful a well-performed kata actually was and I experienced how it felt to nail a kata. But to each his own. Good luck.

[poisendhearts]

thanks, i guess ill l;ook into mauy thai, theirs this place called the MMA Lab by my house, ill see how much it is