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I want to compete in amateur MMA in some time, when I feel ready for it. Right now I have the opportunity to choose from different martial arts and train a different one every day of the week.

I am thinking of: -Boxing, Muay Thai, No-Gi BJJ, Wrestling, Judo.

What do you think of my selection?

I have more things available, like Taekowndo or Karate that I decided not to take.
I will also have my ass kicked every day of the week, since I will be training with people who focus on that specific discipline. Once I can hold my own on every class I guess I will be ready?
 
Take every class you can. Ideally multiple classes a day. At this point it doesn’t really matter, take the karate and taekwondo class too. Have no biases
 
Personally, assuming you're a complete beginner and the timetables allow - I would recommend sticking to one striking and one grappling art - otherwise I think you'll be overwhelmed. You need time and focus on getting basics down.
 
efficientjudo said:
Personally, assuming you're a complete beginner and the timetables allow - I would recommend sticking to one striking and one grappling art - otherwise I think you'll be overwhelmed. You need time and focus on getting basics down.
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I have competed in Muay Thai / Kickboxing, so have the basics of boxing down too. I also have the basics of BJJ, total noob only in Wrestling and Judo
 
GUY said:
I want to compete in amateur MMA in some time, when I feel ready for it. Right now I have the opportunity to choose from different martial arts and train a different one every day of the week.

I am thinking of: -Boxing, Muay Thai, No-Gi BJJ, Wrestling, Judo.

What do you think of my selection?

I have more things available, like Taekowndo or Karate that I decided not to take.
I will also have my ass kicked every day of the week, since I will be training with people who focus on that specific discipline. Once I can hold my own on every class I guess I will be ready?
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Sounds like a pretty good mix. YOu could take away the judo and focus more on wrestling. YOu could also take away boxing or MT and focus on the one with the best partners and instruction.

And no you will not be ready for MMA without sparring MMA and doing some MMA-focused drilling, like punches to takedowns, ground and pound, using strikes to set up subs, etc.
 
GUY said:
I have competed in Muay Thai / Kickboxing, so have the basics of boxing down too. I also have the basics of BJJ, total noob only in Wrestling and Judo
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Can't have the basics in bjj and to be noob in wrestling and judo.
 
rubadub311 said:
Can't have the basics in bjj and to be noob in wrestling and judo.
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I know how to do an arm bar but not a Judo throw. Also know how to perform a double leg because it's drilled in BJJ like once per month and not used in sparring. So, I wouldn't say I have the basics of those two.
 
By the time you know the fundamentals in bjj, you will know a few throws and takedowns and will have some knowledge sparring wise
 
So you say by the time you know all the fundamental positions and eventually go to some competitions you will not know a few throws and takedowns? You don't experience wrestling in the casual sparring?
 
rubadub311 said:
So you say by the time you know all the fundamental positions and eventually go to some competitions you will not know a few throws and takedowns? You don't experience wrestling in the casual sparring?
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in BJJ you are in the dominant position if the other guy is on your guard. So there is no reason to invest on a Throw or on a takedown to risk ending up on your opponents guard, when you can just pull guard. Have you seen BJJ competitions? Do you see a lot of good Takedowns or throws?
 
I am actually taking wrestling just to learn how to defend. I think changing levels for a double leg or single leg will eventually be less used in MMA. Taking someone down for a stand-up position makes a lot more sense. I would rather learn Judo or even Greco-Roman throws.
 
GUY said:
in BJJ you are in the dominant position if the other guy is on your guard. So there is no reason to invest on a Throw or on a takedown to risk ending up on your opponents guard, when you can just pull guard. Have you seen BJJ competitions? Do you see a lot of good Takedowns or throws?
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That is exactly what bjj instructors say to their students when they don't want to admit that they don't know how to throw people. Lol
 
so, there is a basic BJJ class and an intermediate BJJ class I can join. I went to the basic but I am thinking about switching to the intermediate even if I am not on that level because:
-the basic class is self defense/BJJ which means they start standing up a lot, which is silly because they are not good at it and I am training wrestling, I just want to be on the ground on that class. They also don't spar.
-I only need to learn how to keep a good position, escape from a bad position and defend subs. I have years of KB and MT experience and those will be my biggest weapons on MMA, don't need to learn subs.

Am I overlooking something here?
 
GUY said:
so, there is a basic BJJ class and an intermediate BJJ class I can join. I went to the basic but I am thinking about switching to the intermediate even if I am not on that level because:
-the basic class is self defense/BJJ which means they start standing up a lot, which is silly because they are not good at it and I am training wrestling, I just want to be on the ground on that class. They also don't spar.
-I only need to learn how to keep a good position, escape from a bad position and defend subs. I have years of KB and MT experience and those will be my biggest weapons on MMA, don't need to learn subs.

Am I overlooking something here?
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You are entirely correct in wanting to switch to the intermediate class if the beginners class doesn't give you what you want. However, you are mistaken in your belief that you don't need to learn subs; half of learning how to defend a submission is learning how it is applied correctly and the easiest way to do that is to learn that technique's fundamentals.
 
lechien said:
That is exactly what bjj instructors say to their students when they don't want to admit that they don't know how to throw people. Lol
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If you do not fight in a very high weigh class there is very little use in judo throws unless you get an opponent who wants to pass guard. If you try to play judo most people will just pull guard.
 
lechien said:
That is exactly what bjj instructors say to their students when they don't want to admit that they don't know how to throw people. Lol
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They could always point to Fedor vs Werdum, but then we'd have deal with the fact that Werdum continued to be a top HW after that by spending lots of time on his Muay Thai because everyone was so scared to get in his guard that it allowed him to go nuts with kicks and knees, totally unafraid of any consequences of getting taken or slipping.
 
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