Quote: (12-18-2012 05:38 PM)GameTheory Wrote:
Quote: (12-18-2012 12:09 PM)dog24 Wrote:
Ive done bjj and muay thai, muay thai alone is enough to send an untrained men to the hospital, plus is a lot faster to get at a decent level. I would say that in 4 or 5 months you should be good to go for self defense purposes in a street fight, but in bjj it takes at least a year and a half.
We used to spar against MT guys before i started MT and it was really hard to take them down cause we weren't used to being hit, sure once you get them down the fight is over. But in the standup youre pretty much useless, once you start getting hit you have no guard, you turn your back, your only option is going for the legs it sucks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ0HCXRgU5g
I would suggest learn standup first then ground game, and like cellblock4 said you have to train 3-4 times a week and be consistent.
I wont talk about krav maga cause ive never done it.
i noticed that the MT fighter was able to win by applying the "plum" to the BJJ fighter's head several times.
i heard somewhere that the "plum" strike to the sternum was the most effective in all martial arts due to the fact that the heart gets tossed around in the ribcage and "skips a beat" so-to-speak, causing the recipient to get momentarily stunned.
any thoughts?
Muay Thai is awesome. Great sport to practice. For the record though, that isn't BJJ vs MT. Jose Pele Landi Jons, the winner, is a Jiu Jitsu black belt, vale tudo legend, and original Chute Boxe member. Dude is as bad as they come, and not a one dimensional fighter.
Any "style vs style" is going to come down to the Individual practitioner. Try which ever you like, and then pick the one, or two, you enjoy the most. There is no "best" style, though there are undoubtedly completely ineffective ones to avoid. Avoid anything which does not have full contact sparring, and anything that separates you after one strike or point is landed. Real fights don't stop after one kick or punch is landed.