🧵 What should I choose?
Anonymous at Fri, 6 Oct 2023 04:02:40 UTC No. 170755
My options:
>taekwondo (closest to me. Everything else is 27-30 kilometers away)
>box club
>jiu jutsu (Not brazilian. Does it mean it's inferior?)
>thai boxing (is that the same as muay thai?)
>kickboxing
>Shito ryu karate (is it effective? What's the difference between it and other forms of karate?)
>Wrestling
I think Muay thai is cool because it has tradition and use of 8 limbs but I am not sure how effective it is against normal boxing.
Anonymous at Fri, 6 Oct 2023 04:28:24 UTC No. 170757
>>170755
your best options there are boxing, thai boxing (yes its muay thai), kickboxing, and wrestling. As for jiu jitsu see what kind it is on their website
Anonymous at Fri, 6 Oct 2023 04:31:53 UTC No. 170758
do whatever the fuck you want, fag. you should be asking yourself what do you enjoy more, striking or grappling?
Anonymous at Fri, 6 Oct 2023 04:37:48 UTC No. 170760
>>170755
Don't you have MMA gyms near you that do both grappling and striking?
Anonymous at Fri, 6 Oct 2023 04:45:25 UTC No. 170763
>>170760
The nearest MMA club is like 100 km.
Anonymous at Fri, 6 Oct 2023 07:47:54 UTC No. 170777
>>170755
>Shito ryu karate
Seems to be legit okinawan Karate, you'll get: Grappling, self-defense techniques and applications, lots of hard work, a grown bamboo does not compete with the growing bamboo, a nail that sticks out gets hammered down etc etc.
If the Thai Boxing isn't just a cardio class then yeah, its the same as Myau Thai, its usually called so by idiot mericans.
Anonymous at Fri, 6 Oct 2023 14:46:46 UTC No. 170824
>>170755
Spend a month training at each one and then decide which you enjoy most.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Oct 2023 00:56:34 UTC No. 170926
>>170755
With those options I would pick Muay Thai/Thai Boxing. My best experiences are with JKD/Kali and Krav Maga.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Oct 2023 01:00:50 UTC No. 170929
>>170755
I normally wouldn't recommend taekwondo but you should always choose the place closest to you. That 30km drive will stop you dead in your tracks I've seen it happen so many times. Do the taekwondo for a few months and see if you actually like the whole martial arts thing. If you do then you can start to consider the other options.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Oct 2023 02:33:43 UTC No. 170935
>>170763
In that case, do muay thai/kickboxing and wrestling.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Oct 2023 06:38:50 UTC No. 170952
>>170929
another option is to find a good seminar and schedule vacation time to attend one. I'm biased towards Krav Maga, FMA and JKD seminars. I'd say learn the basics from a good street defense system first. After you learn some basics, then you can concentrate on an art like a Kung Fu style.
Anonymous at Sat, 7 Oct 2023 08:09:44 UTC No. 170961
>>170755
As an other person said, I would start with teakwond to see if you like it, for the 30 km ride to other gyms may discourage you.
It happens with time, and ahving a gym or dojang or dojo close to you is good, especially when you start.
You should do one year of taekwondo and see where do you want to go from there, at the very least this first year will get you in better shape.
Anonymous at Mon, 9 Oct 2023 04:02:34 UTC No. 171238
do the one thats closest to you that you will go to consistently