doscar

Please forgive me, I am new to MMA, I do not even watch it. I have read up on different martial arts a bit.
I have a few questions, I would appreciate any help.

I'm 27, 6'3", 250lbs, fairly lean, could lose about 10lbs to get really lean though. I am not too flexible.

1) Am I too old to get into MMA and fighting? I mean my objective is to just do it for fun and health, but if I really like it maybe fight a couple years down the road. Is that getting too old to start?

2) What's a good martial art to start with for someone like me? Like I said, I want to do it for fun, and health, but also something that would help me if I decide to pursue fighting. Muay Thai?

3) How often does one practice and how long would it take if I did want to fight? Year? Two years?

Thank you so much.

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Whatever is near you, where you like the instructor and set up. Some clubs are really friendly, some are just walk in do the drills go home. Whichever you prefer.

As your big, and you say its lean muscle, wrestling would play to your strengths. If you are intensely serious, boxing gyms seem to be the most serious as far as I can tell.

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doscar

Thank you.
I'm in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.
I did a search and seems to be a few good places here.
I found this one:
http://www.mundurucabjj.com/index.html
But seems to be BJJ, and I'm not sure if that's what I want? Teacher seems to be pretty good.

pauly_j

If there are any pure mma clubs around you, I'd go with that. Too many people go looking for one strong martial art as a base. If you learn mma you get the best bits of all martial arts flowing into each other.

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mikehmike

Find a local MMA gym that offers basic thai boxing/boxing and BJJ/submission wrestling classes and go there. Get some cardio in, learn standup and learn BJJ and go from there

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blanker

i would say wrestling, just look at the huge number of top fighters who started out in wrestling

Arlovski_Fan

1) Nope. Some really good fighters that are up and comers are like 33-34. 27 isn't too late.

2)I'm about your build, a little taller and a little rounder lol. If you think you can keep up with the conditioning, I'd do Muay Thai. Your hight most likely gives you a nice reach advantage. If you think your conditioning could use some work, start with BJJ. Although some of the best guys in the world at BJJ are really flexible, you don't have to be. I do BJJ and it's one of the funnest things I do (damn work keeps me from doing it more than 2 times a week though )

3)Where I go each martial art is 1 hour long. In BJJ we learn a new skill for the first 1/2 hour and spar the second half. I know in Muay Thai there is less sparring because there are some older guys there. If you wanna fight I'm gonna guess it'll take at least a year, probably more like 2 or 3. Its a big time commitment but from what I have heard its worth it.

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imo aikido

Ebc_Kyle

I'd do something with wrestling/BJJ, because a lot of fights go to the ground.

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doscar

Thanks for all the help, and Arlovski_Fan for very detailed help. I think I found one MMA in the area, apparently a good instructor too. I think I have more interest in Muay Thai than grappling/BJJ, but if I do decide to one day fight, I don't want to be 'behind', because I started with Muay Thai instead of a MMA place.