Nick02817

What is your favorite style of fighting?

msfightfan

kickboxing

AikaImmortal

Moved this thread to the arena section as it was in the wrong section.. no biggie though

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LuvMyCRX®

Favorite to watch someone get beat up: Capoera

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DrumzCT

Jeet Kun Do

AikaImmortal

Favorite to watch: Wing Chun with Wushu acrobatics thrown in for good measure.

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titoortiz1

i don't know if i really have one.. they nterest me, so it's kinda hard to pick..

nublood

Tae Kwon Do. I love striking.

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DrumzCT

I started MMA training coming from a TKD background....rude awakening let me tell you what. Alot of forgetting what I used to do and re-learning. JKD has great striking because it takes from Muay Thai, Western Boxing ( 4 yrs of traditional MA and never really learned any good combos ) and kickboxing.

SeikanJudanski

Kykukushinkai, but I am falling in love with BJJ.

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DrumzCT

I know exactly what you mean. After one hour of training and another hour of rolling with some guys, "In love" is the perfect way to describe how attached you get to this style.

Before as a striker I used to critisize the way alot of grapplers/BJJ guys were so dead locked and loyal to thier style. Now I understand.

I can honestly say now with my new training and doing BJJ and JKD that these two styles meld with you. The reason being is that these arts are so open to self-improvement and finding what works for you that you find yourself drawn towards certain areas and you don't become another fighter in the same uniform with the same moves but you wind up becoming a unique fighter with your own strategies.

And then after that you discover what it's like fighting fighters who you train with and learn with but come from thier own perspective. Then you adapt to the different types of people you fight or roll with which tightens up holes in your game and makes you even better.

sosomomonono

I like Swick-fu.jk My fighting style is to get in there and do what i can to win. Hit them and dont get hit. You got to adapt while ur in a fight. Your style might not always be the best, but its good to be educated in all styles. I can finish a fight with a knockout or submission. I call my style "Mental Madness". I could be on my back and the guy thinks hes whoopin me,then,BAM,triangle. I'll whoop u with some muay thai,kickboxing,boxing,or jiu juitsu. DUECE!!!!!

angryjonny

I'm a fan of Judo as some may know when I spout off about Yoshida from time to time. Sometimes I say things that may be a bit far-fetched as I did when I was debating with LastExit. I can't really narrow it down but I like to see good body/liver shots, nothing better than seeing a guy go down and not even be knocked out, leg locks, and any choke besides the rear naked choke. Basically everything that Bas did. I'm getting sick of seeing the rear naked choke used so much. Specifically the guys that go for it when there is no chance they will get it and end up just wasting energy and giving their opponent a nice long hug.

[Danny]

I get confused by this. I've been doing MMA training now for awhile. I train with a MMA team and a seperate TKD school.

Anyway, I do Tae Kwon Do a lot. I'm first Dan and have 10 years under me and I've qualified for Junoir Olympics. It's my blood, passion, etc. I can't get enough of it and MMA. I apply my Tae Kwon Do all the time to MMA and I'm completely confrontble with it. Why is it that people have a hard time applying it? I'm just curious becuase I look at guys like GSP, Lousiou, etc. who are great fighetrs and are top 10 in their divisions.

I'm just cuirous because using BJJ and my TKD do wonders for me in MMA right now. Yes, I haven't been able to have a actually MMA fight due to that I'm under age. But sparring in that exact style of a true MMA fight, I've done bettert than most,

I'm not trying to toot my horn here but I don't under stand why people have a hard time incorpating MMA from TKD considering that is usually a big case. Yeah huge teams in MMA like Quest, BTT, and Chute Box have TKD coaches but they aren't full in that art. Usually full blood TKD guys, like me, have a hard time with it but I don't. So what did you find hard?

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Grave

Would not say i have a specific style. I have taken martial arts(tang-soo-do) in the past and am good with kicking, but do not feel confident that i could use kicks fast enough&effectively in a actual fight.

Also i'm a fairly big guy at 6'3" so i don't think i'd be fast enough to keep up with a smaller guy,purely on stand-up.I'd be aiming to use quicker close-up punching primarily especially in clenches, and go for takedowns.

I am pretty new to UFC stuff but so far it appears Couture most closely resembles that "style".Judgeing from what i saw on spikeTv unleashed when he fought pedro rizzo.

DrumzCT

My thing with TKD is the way I was taught. I had a hard time just following through when sparring and not pulling my blows like I was taught to do when we sparred in class. I definitely have great kicks and great flexibility (which has helped my BJJ). My rude awakening was the difference in teaching styles and how much more I learned the way JKD and BJJ are taught at my school. Also the practicality of JKD and BJJ compared to TKD. TKD is great for kicks but lacks pretty much everything else.

[Danny]

What style of sparring did you learn? I know that some Tae Kwon Do schools will teach Karate/point style sparring and that is a lot of pulling of the hands and feet. I'm taught Olympic style which is full contact, with gear. Style is alot a like of K-1 kickboxing minus knees and punches to the face. So maybe that's why I use more?

I have been doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for awhile now too and love it. But, I don't find the classes "style of teaching" like too much different. Maybe it's just different schools with different teachings.

Thank you for your input on it because I guess I get completely flustered when watching some Tae Kwon Do guy get murdered in MMA doing spinning hook kicks and landing on their ass. I just want to see Tae Kwon Do get a movement in MMA like Judo is now getting. I mean the only top fighters in MMA that have a solid foundation in Tae Kwon Do and use it as almost a main art is Geroges St. Pierre and David Loiseau.

I hope you guys can see my inner anguish.

/end rant

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DrumzCT

Yes I was taught the point sparring type. I'm sure it differs widley from school to school but I was just refering to my own TKD experience. I still have alot of love for the art though. Like I said, I'm a kicking feind

[Danny]

Right on brother!

I guess I'm comparing apples and oranges when I compare ITA (point/Karate) against USTU/Olympic. Thank you Drumz. Made me reasure my art a little more.

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jabber

wing chun and jkd. The extra power you gain from using your entire body mass in a punch rather than just a tensed arm proved amazing the first time i had to use it. completely destroyed this guy who wanted my phone.. twice my size and his friends just shat themselves. Traditional japanese arts like karate and tkd are at a bit of a loss in a real life situation. Point sparring incorrectly trains the muscles to deliver blows and your usually only trained to defend and counter strikes from your own style. also the level of complication to many moves (especially submissions) mean they are thrown out the window when your hit with the adrenaline a rushing opponent will bring

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