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#1 ·
HI All

Im a huge MMA fan and want to start getting into training (mainly for fitness and self Defense, dont want to get my head smashed in for a living.

While i was on youtube i came across this video:

YouTube - jkd

I was just interested to know which u thought was better for real life situations, JKD or a mixture of boxing, BJJ etc etc.

Also why is it that JKD has never been sucessful in something like UFC or pride? Are the moves shown in the video not going to work in real life situations?

Many thanks all!
 
#84 ·
Absolutely, but I think you misunderstood what I said in the first post. Of course, I agree if you never sparred and you go up against someone who has fought u might get that behind whooped cuz u might buckle under pressure or forget all you learned. Also im not saying every martial art, the main one I pointed out (not nessicarily a martial art) is boxing. I still believe taking atleast 6 months of good boxing will be effective against someone who sticks to there wild throws, unless the thug knows some boxing thats a different story. TKD is good and all, but in a real fight u aint gonna be doing no spinning kicks. Same as Aikido, you have to realllyy good for it to work on the street. But striking arts such as boxing and muay thai, if trained correctly and put in some sparring time, could be very effective against someone on the street. I have similar situations such as urs, but in BJJ. I knew alot of sweeps, submissions, and counters before sparring, and when I first sparred, I wasnt able to excute anything kept getting tied up and armbarred. Anyways the point of it all was if trained awhile and you actually know how to correctly strike, rather than someone who just throws punches, I think you'll have a greater chance of winning. Not an arguement, just my honest opinion.
 
#85 ·
just toughen yourself up, run, do push ups, sit ups, do neck exercises, hit a punching bag. SPAR! I would suggest boxing than learn a martial arts that would help you defend yourself in a real fight , I guess Brazilian Jujitsu would be best, it was proven to the world how effective it can be. Little guy beating the big guy.
 
#87 ·
i got to disagree here guys. BJJ although a great style would not be a great self defense style. There are underhanded tactics that could be used against bjj such as biting, or eye-gauging or stabbing. Also if you got more than one guy after you and all you got is BJJ your a pretty much screwed.

Krav Maga is the way to go imo.
 
#89 · (Edited)
I am talking just for street self defense. A trained MMA fighter will beat a krav guy but when you are on the street fighting in bar fights or against thugs then you need to learn the no hold bars type of fighting that krav teaches.


edit: that guy you fought must of been real green or had a very bad teacher if he did train in krav.i mean he didnt spraw use head control go for sweeps and in pat two he didnt post on his arm and pull his leg back to get up like he should.
 
#91 ·
In addition to that he was out of shape. He stopped before he could master it :
either my gym trains 10 times harder than his or he stopped real early. i train in krav at my gym as well as other martial arts and the people that i see in the beginner class could beat him. in better shape know basic sweeps head control know how to sprawl can fight off their back with kicks before getting up and know clinch work.

anyway krav wont make you an mma champ but it is a great form of self defense.
 
#93 ·
Yeah, I know. I was watching some videos when I was studying for this fight and saw how it can be used. There is a reason Israel has kicked anyone's a** who has tried to conquer them since they've become a nation again!:thumb02:
Yeah, it's called guns and American weapons technology. I highly doubt they've done it by kicking arabs in the nuts one at a time.
 
#95 ·
great choices. Wrestling is great (in fact my base style) the only problem is you don't know how to fight off your back. Krav will teach you some basic sweeps kicks off your back what to do if someone has mounted you how to move off your back and how to get up without exposing yourself.

one thing that krav also does well (or at least the instructors at my guy do) is it also makes you think past the fight. In your fighting stance they teach you to keep your guard up but your hands open instead of a fist and make a fist just right before you punch. If your hands are open it doesn't make you look like the aggressor (may even look submissive) as apposed to when your hands are clinched in fists. this could make a difference if it gets to the point where the police shows up and ask witness what happened and if it was self defense or just a fight.
 
#96 ·
I don't know if someone has already said this or not being that I did not take the time to read through most of the replies on this forum haha. But Jeet Kune Do embodies formlessness. Meaning it is whatever style when it needs to be that style. So, in theory, yes it could work in the cage. Being that it is an open style developed mainly for self-defense, then it could be right up there for what you are looking for. If it were to work in a cage it would have to be adapted for that sort of competition, as it is not generally a competitive style. I train Kajukenbo (karate, jujitsu, judo, kenpo, kung fu) and Wing Chun with some freestyle grappling (which is what we would be considered I guess, being that it's just a mixture of all sorts of grappling styles). I have trained in Jeet Kune Do as well. My dad actually knows quite a bit about it (he owns our martial arts school and has been training/fighting for over 35 years now). But you know, it's really all up to you and what you feel would be best for self-defense. My advice would be to test the waters with multiple styles and see which you feel suits you best. Everything is effective, it just depends on the user :)

Oh and about your question about the moves not working in real life situations... Well put it this way. No matter how you train a move or how good you get at working those moves, a real situation will never allow for it to go exactly like your training. But yes, most of those moves if applied with full force and proper technique will devastate a person.
 
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