Muay Thai or BJJ?

fignootins · 2018-12-23T22:12:53+00:00

This gets asked a lot but the truth is that it's better to known 1 year of Muay Thai and 1 year of BJJ then just learning ONE.

ghjklzxcv123 · 2018-12-23T22:45:04+00:00

I was a pro fighter, i suggest muay thai for defending yourself against multiple attackers. Also bjj is harder to progress in beginner level

keirtrades · 2018-12-24T05:10:20+00:00

I was in this exact same position 6 months ago. There are a heap of single discipline gyms in my area as well as a Krav gym and an mma gym. A huge motivation for me was seeing one of my best mates become immersed in bjj and getting to his blue belt within two years of taking it up and seeing how much of a positive it has been in his life overall.
I will echo the earlier comment here about some krav gyms not being up to scratch, I sent the website of local one to me to a (military) friend who has a large network in the Australian krav scene and he said what he saw in their promo videos was a level up from dance choreography. This last 12 months has also seen me getting better budget wise too so I wasnt too keen on paying for a gym to do weights and then paying more again to go to 2-3 kickboxing or bjj classes as well.
This is where the mma gym ended up winning.
The mma gym i now belong to offers striking classes in kickboxing and boxing then has mma class which is predominantly bjj (but more relevant to real world/street scenarios) - my instructor is starting a gi class in the new year so we can work through our belt grades as we go too. The selling point for me was it had a fantastic strength section - its basically got a crossfit gym attached to it so for $40 per week im getting unlimited access to the weights and all classes on offer as well.
Personally i stated with just kickboxing and brushed out the cobwebs and worked on my co-ordination before working into the bjj. For me personally i find bjj to be chess and kickboxing/boxing to be checkers, this is by no means to down play their importance. Im now six months in, i train everyday and am nothing short of obsessed.
I come from a rugby, military and weightlifting background, i feel like finding this gym has saved my life. It gives me something to look forward to after work everyday. Everytime I go, the three disciplines move closer together, another 0.001% of what i have been learning 'clicks" and falls into place. The times I dont come 'switched on' I get bashed and my discipline gets quickly strengthened.

The years of lifting heavy things in a boring anytime fitness gym and putting them back down have now been given a purpose. My goal is to be a black belt in 10 years, something that wasnt even a thought 12 months ago.
I would never have come to that gym if it wasnt for a broken heart. Im now so grateful, I have a new passion in life that no one let alone some female can ever take from me.
I hope that helps a bit man, and most of all best of luck with forging your path ahead. ANy more questions, feel free to DM me...

NotoriousSnake · 2018-12-24T16:12:10+00:00

Bjj

Get into striking later

vandaalen · 2018-12-23T21:48:29+00:00

Because you can spar at 100% everyday without any lasting effects, leaving out the risk of injury, which is lower than it when playing soccer. Also Bjj is much more complex and deeper.

Join an MMA gym if you want to train both.

watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ffCW4joaU

AndemanMan · 2018-12-23T21:53:41+00:00

I would recommend going to 1 session each and joining the one that has the most dedicated members. The point of these clubs is to train with others, so the quality of the experience correlates directly with how seriously your partners take the training.

Don't forget, the point of a martial arts club is not to become big, or fierce, or to learn how to fuck people up. You join a martial arts club to learn that martial art, everything else is secondary. If, as a result, you get fitter, or become more confident, or you kill a thug before he kills you, that's fine. However, the class is for learning the art, and this is what the instructor will make you do. If you are serious, that's half the equation. The other half of the equation is the people you train with. If they are also serious, you will go far.

ReformSociety · 2018-12-23T22:22:57+00:00

BJJ. The vast majority of fights end up on the ground (80%? some high number), where Muay Thai is useless.

scarmine34 · 2018-12-23T21:56:01+00:00

Neither - Krav Maga for 2 years- Learn how to stand on your feet and punch and take multiple attackers (May Thai and BJJ don’t teach you that). Krav also teaches you how to handle assailants with weapons.

Once you’ve gotten good at a lot of that, reduce the frequency of visits- any sport with punching and kicking will lead to long term brain damage. Then you can get in to BJJ or whatever you want.

Title	Muay Thai or BJJ?
Author	Coleoptera
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Date	December 23, 2018 9:35 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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