🗑️ 🧵 Muay Thai gym closing, time for something new
Anonymous at Thu, 20 Oct 2022 00:00:45 UTC No. 121475
My muay thai gym is closing at the end of the month :'(
I want to try something new, ive learned a bit of boxing, ive learned a bit of muay thai, now im thinking i may try a traditional martial art like kung fu or karate or even FMA. I like the idea of kyokushin sparring hard and bareknuckle but not punching the head, it seems like a good way to avoid CTE from aggressive sparring partners. There is a Jow ga kung fu school near me, i might learn a kung fu form just for the coolness factor.
Any recommendations on a new martial art to learn?
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:06:58 UTC No. 121672
self bump
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:38:07 UTC No. 122102
>>121475
What is in your area?
It's pointless to recommend shit you don't have access to at all or that has a super impractical commute.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:25:20 UTC No. 122398
>>121475
You should just pick a place near you that produces top level pro fighters and start training seriously.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:57:23 UTC No. 122484
JUDO!!!!!!!!!
Doing a traditional striking martial art will just teach you how to get knocked tf out lol
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Oct 2022 18:51:32 UTC No. 122504
>>122484
>Doing a traditional striking martial art will just teach you how to get knocked tf out lol
Retarded take
>JUDO
Actually a good choice as judo and MT compliment each other quite well
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Oct 2022 18:57:32 UTC No. 122505
>>121475
Is there no Judo club? You already got the stand up game for striking go for grappling.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Oct 2022 19:19:06 UTC No. 122512
>>122504
Do you honestly think a life long kung fu dork is going to survive a minute against a 6 month mauy thai/boxing/kickboxing practitioner, or just a non trained dude whos aggresive/confident who wants to hurt you?
I mean shit dude i get that its more about the user and not the art, but i thought we moved past mistaking the IP man movies for reality?
🗑️ Anonymous at Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:01:59 UTC No. 122523
>>122512
Based off the OP i thought you referring to MT when you said a traditional striking art.
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:03:39 UTC No. 122524
>>122512
Based off the OP i thought you referring to boxing and MT when you said a traditional striking art.
Anonymous at Sat, 5 Nov 2022 11:17:09 UTC No. 123671
>>122102
now im down to pretty much 2 choices.
The Jow Ga kung fu place, which also mixes in Sanda/Sanshou which is just chinese kickboxing with takedowns
And then theres a more traditional mma gym that does Muay Thai, BJJ, and FMA (kali and that Doug Marcaida shit)
I havent decided yet. I'll probably realistically go with the BJJ/MT/FMA gym but idk cuz the opportunity to learn Sanda is extremely rare in my country (USA) and Ive always thought sanda would be cool to learn since the stance is a little wider and lower than MT which makes it closer to my natural stance and maybe a better transitional art to MMA.
I also wanna compete in mma but its kinda annoying that 90% of mma gyms have seperate striking and grappling classes and they never really teach you how to mix and transition between the two, which Sanda does teach to an extent. I think both gyms have produced amateur fighters not sure about pros tho
Anonymous at Tue, 8 Nov 2022 12:40:34 UTC No. 124101
You were awesome, Muay Thai Gym. Definitely one of the top five gyms that closed down.
OP, why not use this chance to try a soft style, like wrestling or BJJ?