>Why start learning? Defend yourself without going to court for a manslaughter charge. It's fun as fuck, and a way to entertain yourself without vidya. It's non-boring cardio.
>What start learning? If you're interested in striking arts, try boxing, or Muay Thai if you're less interested in mobility, head movement, but more interested in learning elbows, knees, and kicks.
>But grappling? BJJ schools are the easiest to come by, but wrestling is going to give you the most control on the ground, while also letting you decide to stay standing if you don't want to be taken down.
>LIFTING FOR COMBAT SPORTS You're going to want to develop explosive ability for high reps, especially in your lower body. Do something like Westside for Skinny Bastards III defrancostraining.com/westside-for-skinny-bastards-part3/ That's MONDAY – Max-Effort Upper Body TUESDAY – Dynamic-Effort Lower Body WEDNESDAY – Off THURSDAY – Repetition Upper Body FRIDAY – Max-Effort Lower Body SATURDAY – Off SUNDAY – Off
Be wary of pseudoscience regarding martial arts (not just trad martial art kata faggotry). While routines with high-volume pull ups and dips have their uses, even Western boxers are notorious for things like chugging their own piss.
Bumping. Am a powerlifter but Veeky Forums needs these kind of threads instead of /pol9k/ shit.
Michael Williams
Ive been getting into boxing recently and started sparring too, but i always find myself becoming really sluggish in the 3rd round, any advice on how to build that type of stamina?
Daniel Bailey
Boxers traditionally do insane amounts of running, far past the point at which it's actually useful.
I've had success with swimming long distances, but YMMV. I'm a BJJ blue belt and my cardio is off the chain
Jackson Thomas
New-ish BJJ student checking in. Decided to put my size to some use and found a nice local BJJ/muay thai gym near me.
Tyler Williams
According to that chart I should learn Judo.
Anyone here got any experience learning Judo? What can I expect?
Oliver Rivera
PANKRATION MASTER RACE
Levi Robinson
There exist contemporary pankration schools? wut?
Expect lots of squats, and a martial art that is way more violent than it looks.
Dominic Hill
>tfw great striker and ground game >tfw wrestling is on par with dog shit
Christopher Thompson
from the other thread
Kevin Howard
Why is BJJ always viewed as the expensive sport?
Noah Sullivan
Doesn't include Bartitsu, the only contemporary martial art for the modern, cosmopolitan man with a steampunk aesthetique.
You chart's shit homie.
Joshua Kelly
For cultural reasons, people tend to purchase lots of fancy-looking gis (uniforms). Some are admittedly good as fuck.
Furthermore, their gyms just tend to charge more. More rich people get into BJJ than, say, wrestling or boxing.
Ian Gutierrez
>great ground game >shit wrestling
Jackson Sullivan
your better off learning how to use a knife or gun. Best way to win a fight is deterrence.
David Brown
..This is actually a really good guide. For a bunch of dyel retards of the lowest level Veeky Forums really does deliver sometimes.
Jeremiah James
Got a fight set for April, just found out today, so excited. I'm going to spend all of my training working takedown defense and standing back up. I can already strike very well but have trouble with ground fighting.
Also, who's gonna win? I got khabib, I don't think Tony can 1 shot KO him and Tony is kinda sloppy so he'll get caught and mauled
Zachary Gutierrez
I pay $125/month and bought 2 moderatly priced Gi's ($70), that also includes an MMA and muay thai classes should i choose to go. Am i to rich?
Bentley Davis
Yeah kinda. 125 is crazy expensive. I pay 50 a month and do no gi
Because of the bjj culture. Boxing requires gloves, wraps and shorts. Judo requires a gi, which generally has no logos and fits poorly because there are only 5 sizes for everyone, males and females included, but no one cares because baggy wizard sleeves are the norm. If you train bjj, you typically have gis that are more form fitted, have different cuts and sizes for men and women, and this results the gis being more expensive because they don't have an economy of scale. Add that each club has a 'club gi' and rash guards with tons of logos, and things just end up being more expensive.
Jackson Scott
my old bjj place was $219/mo, $50 signing
Noah Diaz
Been doing Muay Thai and BJJ a while but it's very expensive to do in this country. The boxing clubs around here are much bigger and they are basically free, so I think I'll join it instead.
Samuel Gutierrez
So....
Khabib or Ferguson? Personally I'd like to see le scary Islamic Russian man meme shut down
Dylan Evans
This might be more rungen but I find that when running I slow down and hit "the wall". How does one dig in and keep going?
Daniel Sanders
I love both Ferguson and Khabib, but I've got to say besides Tibau I haven't seen anybody come close to beating Khabib. Tony doesn't seem particularly strong for a LW, but when Khabib gets his hands on you it's like he's two weight classes above.
Try picking a slower pace to begin with? Consistency is key. How long ago did you start running?
Angel Thompson
Buy one of those chinese oil lotion thing, prepare to massage it to your aching muscles after every training
This. Judo throws looks slow/gentle but surprisingly hurts alot
Ayden Scott
So what's the difference between an amateur program and recreational for boxing? If I just wanted to learn how to box and spar without that cardio fitness bullshit hen would I have to sign up as an Amateur?
the frequency of women in these pictures makes me wary, but hey I'm openminded.
I'd take recreational classes if I were you until I figured out which combos work well, and have my 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s down. Then if you want to push your own pace sign up for amateur.
Leo Brown
>/csg/ >not /heem/
Gavin Rodriguez
My common sense is kinda shitty.
What should I look for in a martial arts teaching center to make sure I'm not getting into a meme school.
I am looking for a Muay Thai school, I went to two places, one kinda small, there were no people at the moment, the trainer only gave me a "tour" of the instalations, not really much equipment. The second one was bigger, more equipment and of course more expensive, the owner of the place didn't look that buff. And they didn't showed me the whole facilities, there were some people training but it looked like stupid exercises or maybe they were acting in front of the possible new students.
Wat do?
Carter Wood
elaborate on stupid exercises
Ethan Powell
Go to whichever gives you the best vibe. Sit in on a class if you must
Isaac Bell
I'm nearly 20 and want to join my local boxing gym and start fighting. My only worry is that I catch a nice punch and either die or brain damage myself, that or end up with Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. I'm also considering MMA, it's just the statistics I've read claim that up to 90% of boxer's will end up with brain damage, I'm not sure if I want it that bad enough. That being said I'd still like to condition myself so that I'm at my optimum for fighting if it arises, what should I do?
Christopher Scott
Those are pro boxers man. Unless plan on competing as much as possible you'll be fine. You won't get ko'd in practice unless you're gym us beyond horrible. If you do take a hard one just give yourself plenty of time to recover. A month at least before hard sparring.
Anthony Torres
When they showed me one of the areas of training there were three guys and one girl along a linked fence, or something that looked like a linked fence, they were knee striking the fence repeatidly, it looked like a stupid exercise because the fence wasn't providing much resistance.
They refused to show me the rest of the training areas. What the fuck? If I am a potential student, shouldn't I be allowed to see the complete instalations??
Angel Baker
Why do some fight's use headguards and other's don't? Is that the difference between amateur and pro boxing?
Grayson Stewart
What single muscle group most affects the power of a punch? Back, Chest, Arms, Legs?
Asher Sanchez
definitely legs. Otherwise, core/lower back
Dominic Baker
lol
Jace Howard
Khabib will win. Tony can slap that D'Arce on real quick, but Khabib will make him look like a Bantamweight.
Jump rope.
Good luck. We're all gonna make it brah.
Yes, it essentially is the difference.
Eli Russell
This chart is legit af
Matthew Perry
When I talk wrestling, I mean clinch
Samuel Phillips
Sorry to necro this post, but when being outnumbered by bydlo in a dark alley, what would be the best martial art to know?
Anthony Ward
Sounds like a con, if you really want to learn legit Muay Thai then go to Thailand or find an mma place that has pro fighters.
Liam Richardson
Theres disagreement about how useful headgear is. It will decrease the impact of shots, but because it makes you a bigger target you'll get hit more often. Typically I think that headgear should be worn for anything sparring over like 70%