MMA Brutality

Is the grouping of Judo and Kyokushin Karate together good for self defence?

Kyokushin is an AMAZING style of martial arts and absolutely good for self defense. Before you go trying to MIX your martial arts, do a little reading about the founder of Kyokushin, Masutatsu Oyama. He traveled Japan fighting full contact matches. In some cases he fought and against Judoka (judo students) and while Kyokushin does not teach grappling as such, it does teach how to avoid "going to the mat" meaning how to defend against being taken down.

Judo is a good sport and, when mastered, a good form of self defense in it’s own right. But this takes TIME. Keep in mind, most cops and, body guards and bouncers will tell you, most street confrontations do NOT end up on the floor roing around grappling. That said, I highly recommend Kyokushin (IF you can find a reputable instructor) and focus your time and energy on that for a few years before you even THINK about starting a second style. At that point, you will have an idea of what you need and what you think is best. You may even have a few ‘contacts’ by then that can give more detailed information….or ask here and get more help. But, if you jump into two arts at the same time, you will never gain the insight into either that is needed for mastery.

Note: Despite Keyboard Warrior’s accolade to Muay Thai, it is NOT the all powerful martial arts many make it out to be. It is little more then glorified Kickboxing with knees and elbows and while it is a great art for training for ring, cage or octagon matches, it is NOT at the top of the list for self defense.

I hope this helps!

Brandon Quick’s Fade to Black, Mario Roberto’s BJJ Encyclopedia, Ryan Halls 50/50 guard and the Triangle, Jeff Glovers, Deep Half, Robson Moura’s Fusion 2.

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Great site. I checked your Fade To Black and it was there, so maybe the others will be also!

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone knew a really good way other than just randomly scanning youtube videos to see the differences amongst different Kickboxing fighting styles?

I mainly want to check out taekwando, regular kickboxing modern Americanized and mauy thai kick boxing.

If anyone can help me out that would be awesome. I would really appreciate it.

try looking at the iska site or look for different torments u’ll find heaps on youtube

I got a Tournament Tomorrow the 21st, its a Judo Tournament, and i was wondering what should i eat, should i eat a regular meal, eat something small, i know food sometimes effect your abilities at times?

Toast and juice for breakfast and snack on banana, oranges or apples during the day. Good luck.

I’m not a strong guy, when i train MMA i got manhandled and i get submitted like 10 times everyday which pisses me off. I always train and try to improve, i train at home at the gym i watch pros. Somy question is should i start putting extra muscles to train with the other guys. Like i get caught Kimura easily because my arms are not strong enough.

Thank you very much for the Answers.
Thanks Roland.

I’m a pro MMA fighter myself and have only recently began lifting. I’m a female fighter and weigh more than I want to. I wanted to lose weight without losing strength and used lifting to tone-up and lose excess fat (not that there was much to lose but every little bit counts). I don’t have much time outside of the gym to lift so I chose to try P90X at home. I don’t do all the workouts, i only do the lifting ones, push-up/pull up ones and the ab workouts. I’ve seen a huge difference in my body AND noticed that the extra strength REALLY helps my training.

I had shoulder problems in the past and noticed I was ALWAYS getting caught in Kimuras because of the lack of strength in my shoulder. I’m no longer getting caught in them because I am stronger AND have been working on technique to my defense.

Start lifting but don’t sacrifice your training time or your technique will suffer.

Best Wishes!