Thinking of starting mma
Redpill me on it
Thinking of starting mma
Landon Price
Xavier Myers
There's no way to tell if your trainer is good, and if he is, whether or not he'll just take your money and have you do bullshit.
Justin Peterson
unless you already have a background on a solid style or two, you are gonna have a hard time getting good on mma, they usually teach the most basic combos with no proper form, no defence for the basic combos they teach, no basic defence, foot work and head movement for striking, decent-ish basic grappling, but absolute shit transitions from standing to grappling, if you do mma, you might feel that you got really good, but for example, a boxer with half of your experience will beat you in a boxing match, and if someone has a boxing background and goes to mma, his boxing knowledge will let him beat you easily, same with all the other styles, i recommend picking atleast the basic of boxing, muay thai, jiujitsu and wrestling (wich by that point you will already be able to do mma more effectibly on you own) and then go to a mma gym to practice the transitions between techniques, altough you will still need to figure that out mostly on your own .
Christian Kelly
The way to train MMA is to pick your main "style"
>boxing muay thai bjj whatever
And THEN add MMA secondary
Liam Bennett
damn dis nigga elon based as fuck
Josiah Moore
BJJ for groundwork
Muay Thai (if you can find a trainer)
or
Kick boxing for on your feet work
Jayden Brooks
Is there any good guide to learn a fighting style by yourself well? I've got a pretty stocked /hgmr/
Ryan Bailey
>by yourself well
don't
Just join a boxing gym and add MMA, easiest way.
Charles James
t. Boxing gym owner
William Green
Nothing wrong with boxing
Hunter Campbell
>Retarded
If the gym has active fighters with decent records, goes to grappling tournaments, has active sparring, has a few blue or purple BJJ belts, people have cauli ear, you've probably found a decent gym
If they have losing records, the coach looks like hes never fought, has no record, or starts talking about death strikes you've got a meme gym
Grayson Lopez
depends, do you have any background in combat sports?
joining a BJJ gym which does both gi and no-gi would be the best place to start, since along with BJJ groundwork you'll also learn a bit of standup wrestling (all BJJ matches start as wrestling matches on the feet).
from there take you pick of boxing and/or muay thai for striking. if you're a big boi (200+ lbs) definitely focus on the boxing.
from there you'll have the base to start actual MMA, which is just kind of putting it all together. I would recommend competing in one of the specialties first though, especially if you have never competed in anything before (i.e. do a wrestling or BJJ tourney, or have a low-key boxing/muay thai fight)
Josiah Murphy
>huh what use will mma do when i...
>torn your cuff cause YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR FUCKING FACEPULLS
Blake Cook
Nope, can’t learn grappling alone and your boxing form will be shit and develops bad habits
T. Did boxing, now doing judo
Camden Adams
/sleazecore/
Xavier Fisher
>can't read a full post
>calls others retards
Lincoln Myers
Unless you plan to compete and really take it seriously, there is no point in hard sparring. All you will get is accumulated brain trauma, and a laundry list of concussions along with the way. Stick to light sparring and technique - and spend your competitive energy grappling (bjj, judo, wrestling).
Jaxson Gutierrez
>tfw something smells musky
Jeremiah Butler
Buy a gun and lift.
Mason Morales
Adrian Cook
Would Muay Thai be a better focus (over boxing) for MMA with the elbows and knee strikes?
Logan Barnes
You'll train for fighting, but since you literally never get into fights to show off your new skill in real life, you're forced to constantly annoy people by telling them you're a fighter while pointing at random strangers nearby and saying "yeah, I could totally take out that pussy over there. *sips*"
Henry Jones
yes but I believe in amateur leagues you wont be able to do knees or elbows to the head btw, elbows not at all to my memory. same for amateur mma matches
Tyler James
it would be great just because kicks are a big deal for MMA, so you'd learn a little more you'd need to know
Dylan Rodriguez
You;re going to suffer brain damage and develop irreparable depression.
Rogan is too much of a braindead manlet to remember that part.
Charles Reed
Can anyone recommend any good YouTube stretching vids? Yoga for BJJ seems pretty legit,
Noah Clark
Because you're learning a mixture of styles, there's a good chance you'll be convinced that you know all there is to fighting and think you're hot shit, only to get btfo'd by a visiting specialist in a particular thing (be it striking or grappling)
Remember to stay humble. Maybe it's McGregor but Idk what causes so many MMA guys to be dipshits.
Yeah in K1 it's one knee per clinch and no elbows.
Brody Clark
Depends if you want to start with a more general striking training or work on your hands first. I did muay thai for 7 months and really enjoyed it and would recommend going to a gym for a trial. If you really want to get into mma some sort of wrestling is pretty crucial. Maybe sombo? I don't know of anywhere around me that trains adults in traditional wrestling but you might want to look into that.
Ian Thomas
If you're taking it seriously, prepare to never be at 100%. Constant injuries etc.
Gabriel Roberts
Sleazecore is going out of control
Jacob Cox
literally the most patrician fashion style
Jace Rogers
True
Jonathan Carter
Boxing + Wrestling, you will be able to beat anyone with a year of training, all you need