Learn how to box and how to choke someone put. The Sweet science.
Your friend wants to learn how to fight. Do you send him to a boxing gym or MMA gym?
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Birdie
Banned
Boxing is always the best because then you can take what you have in boxing and imply it to other forms of martial arts you wish to study. The vast majority of MMA fighters don't know how to throw punches correctly or have proper foot movement. With boxing you learn all that(and then some) and when you take MMA or any other form of self defense you bring what you learned from boxing with you which always gives you an advantage.
KingOFKings
All Star
100%. Nothing has the footwork of boxing. In a street fight you want to swiftly strike and then get the hell out of there ASAP. You can do it with a suit on, or the tightest of jeans.
what if u trained at an mma gym that had classes designed for boxing
that'd be the best option right
Grizzly
Home Run Hitter
BOXING
all of that grappling shyt is cool but nothing beats having that KNOCKOUT POWER...it's very rare that you'll be in a one on one fight these days. what if you're on the ground grappling someone and his homies jump in and start kicking your head in? and you dont even know if you gonna be able to get that shyt off in certain environments (grappling in the club? lol)...knowing how to throw a proper punch will give you the advantage in any environment and when you're fighting more than one person, if you knock one down the rest usually start having second thoughts
all of that grappling shyt is cool but nothing beats having that KNOCKOUT POWER...it's very rare that you'll be in a one on one fight these days. what if you're on the ground grappling someone and his homies jump in and start kicking your head in? and you dont even know if you gonna be able to get that shyt off in certain environments (grappling in the club? lol)...knowing how to throw a proper punch will give you the advantage in any environment and when you're fighting more than one person, if you knock one down the rest usually start having second thoughts
Grizzly
Home Run Hitter
this is really the right answer...still i would say do Boxing first then Muay Thai
desjardins
Veteran
i would focus on strikes first (boxing/muay thai) but having MMA skills would be a tremendous skill to add after building that foundation.
MMA would be really useful against bigger opponents but the person above is right in pointing out it's limitations as it pertains to being in prone positions by design. Submission moves could only be used in situations that were guaranteed 1 on 1s
MMA would be really useful against bigger opponents but the person above is right in pointing out it's limitations as it pertains to being in prone positions by design. Submission moves could only be used in situations that were guaranteed 1 on 1s
LennoxWine
All Star
Yep, this is what I always tell people about street fighting. It's never one on one. MMA is good when it's one on one, you have space, and you're wearing something that will let you move. When you're getting jumped, which most young punks do, you have to be able to get rid of people as soon as possible. Knowing how to throw a knockout punch is essential in these situations.
Kilgore Trout
Banned
Muay Thai > *
Bleed The Freak
Superstar
Take it from a red belt in Tang Soo Do and brown belt in TKD.
Boxing over an "mma gym"...... If you were saying boxing or wrestling than that's different.
Boxing is timing, cardio, spacing. MMA training ain't specific.
Boxing over an "mma gym"...... If you were saying boxing or wrestling than that's different.
Boxing is timing, cardio, spacing. MMA training ain't specific.
Bleed The Freak
Superstar
No. Unless you had a bonofide boxing expert. Not some half-assed striking mixed in.
a lot of mma gyms got like golden gloves people. legit background in boxing.
Bleed The Freak
Superstar
As long as they do you're good.
