[The Don]

ok just out of curisioty, and to see how diverse the community really is... would you all mind listing the different martial styles you have all trained in?

for my self its as follows:

Judo
Ju-jitsu
Karate
Tang soo do (just barely)
Ishinryu (just barely)
Capaoeria (sp? and I suck at doing it)
Muay Thai
Kosho shorei
Greco-Roman wrestling
boxing (some light training)


OK thats about it for me, my biggest problem is that I only got like a year or two of this and a year or two of that

 

[Kameleon]

I don't consider myself a fighter or anything but I did wrestling back in HS and I'm doing Tai Chi right now. I did boxing for like two months until I got the crap beaten out of me.

 

[The Don]

I actusally want to learn Tai Chi. many people out there do not realize it has very effective martial applications

 

[Kameleon]

I actusally want to learn Tai Chi. many people out there do not realize it has very effective martial applications

I do.:cheeky4: No the reason I do it is to stay in shape.

 

[The Don]

excelent for that as well of course that what most nowadays know it for..

 

[LABadBoy01]

I'm a second degree black belt and was certified and trained through the United States Takewondo Federation for 9years then became USTA. I've trained in wrestling, light ju jitsu, heavy boxing, and numerous self-defense courses by some of the most elite martial artist in the south. My strengths are my power once in the clinch. Plus I have heavy hands mixed with quick feet. Once made a guy pass out from a round house to the thigh.

 

[The Don]

question did it take you only two years to earn your black belt?

 

[TheSuplexor]

hAAAAAAAAAAAA

question did it take you only two years to earn your black belt?

HAAAAHAAAAAAAA do you think tkd is inneffective? I do folkstyle,freestyle and greco roman wrestling. not to good at greco just a good japanese whizzer
I am also looking to get into bjj after the fall b/c of wrestling in the summer but i am lookinf for SD and the knowledge of how to break some1's arm!
yo don how old ru? how do u do that many ma's?????

 

[IronMan]

The Don and I have smashed tkd enough, but I think this bears repeating for all of you tkd guys, at least those of you who didn't watch Ed Herman destroy 4 star black belt Danny Abbadi.

I have fought many a tkd black belt, some as high as 3rd degree and if they don't know anything else than it doesn't matter. I'm an aclectic like any good MMA amateur.

BJJ
Roman-Greco
Judo
Aikido (it calms the nerves and has some interesting practical uses)
Kickboxing (just some)

Anyone who thinks that any one thing is "the way" will get destroyed in MMA, as proved in Hughes v Gracie.

 

[TheSuplexor]

for the guys that train in bjj. I was just wanting to know how you like and how good you think it is. what is some of the stuff u learn in the first month of training?

 

[The Don]

good question becasue I have trained in Ji-jitsu and was wondering what the real difference was

 

[TheSuplexor]

oh yep well JJJ.
then the same question for you?

 

[The Don]

well looks like we need to find someone who has trained in both styles who can make a comparison

 

[TheSuplexor]

well ironman has he just hasn't commented back but talk about jjj

 

[IronMan]

Yeah, sorry the response took so long.

BJJ is alot of legs, alot of chokes and working the ground for leverage. As demonstrated by Royce Gracie, it is very much a small-man's martial art. What you learn first depends on the teacher, I spent alot of time practicing how to work a guard into a choke or an armbar. BJJ is really good if you're a smaller guy with a Napoleon complex (which I am).

JJJ is alot more spiritual for me, but I also practice Aikido, so I get alot of that. I practice alot of standing pins in JJJ, just because they don't happen as much in BJJ. JJJ is alot more upper body and fits nicely with Judo and Roman-Greco. It also incorporates joint locks and using them in takedowns.

 

[TheSuplexor]

which ma do you think is better for fighting?
does jjj have striking in it?

 

[Paw]

Almost 11 years of okinauen Karate which im a 1st dan in. And 5 years of
tae kwon do and a 1st dan again. And a bit of judo and grappling.

 

[The Don]

which MA is best for fighting, hard to say they all have strength and weaknesses, all depends on how the art is applied really and who is applying it

 

[Paw]

No one on this forum can really say which is the best MA as a huge majority practice martials on here, with MA varying from person to person creating a biased view. Are you much better at grappling/holding/choking or striking. Its all down to what you find works best for you and then working at it.

Phill

 

[TheSuplexor]

well it's obvious that bjj is the best! duhhhh-duhhh-duhhhh
but i was referring to whihc was better out of bjj and jjj?