I am Curious.. do some of you take more then one martial art? and if so..

[crazyjoe380]

Does one talk about the other?

i wont say names cause it's a small word..

but .. what are your teacher opinions on styles?

[Mr. Miyagi]

I only take bjj but a few of the guys I train with do train in other styles. Many of them already had black belts in karate or tkd and those are not the ones that I am talking about. There are some hardcore guys that in addition to training bjj 3 or 4x a week, also train in other stuff, like judo, muy thai, boxing, kickboxing, and wing chun, not to mention a few ex-wrestlers. None of them are professional fighters, they all work jobs for a living but they are just pursuing their passion. My bjj teacher never talks about other styles besides occasionally using judo terminology. I've never heard him say anything to any of his crosstraining students about other teachers or styles. In fact, he allows a few other styles to also teach classes in his training space.
It seems like a lot of guys who don't have aspirations of fighting MMA professionally still enjoy crosstraining and improving their MMA game anyway.

[mushinmaster]

The general consensus is tkd guys can't punch or kick right and today most karate guys are faggots who can't fight.

-from a hard-core karate, judo, muay thai instructor

[Mitsuswordsman]

I am taking more then one. Jkd, Hapkido, iaido, kuhapdo, kenpo, and the kicking of tae kwon do.

[JaredExtreme]

My instructor has two locations. One building he shares with a TKD school and another he shares with a Karate/ninjitsu school.

One time I was at the Karate/"Ninjitsu" school, where they all wear black gi's and have a little dragons program. We were all sitting around waiting for the McDojo classes to end and watching the McDojo students do their kata and "defenses". That day they seemed extrordinarily silly. When one of my fellow BJJ students asked my instructor what he thought of their style he said with a grin:

"I no talk shit. They nice guys and I don't want trouble."

[MrPoopy]

My BJJ school shares a building with a Kombatan school. My instructor doesn't think very highly of the kombatan guys but he normally doesn't say anything. If you haven't heard of kombatan it's all stick fighting.
I also work out with some judo guys and I discuss my bjj class with them but nothing bad is said (maybe because they have years of experience but still get handled by a bjj white belt.. hmmm).

[YeLLa-TiGeR]

I do BJJ (without the gi, so I guess submission wrestling) and Muay Thai. My school has solid programs in MT, Boxing, grappling and Kali.


The Kali instructor goes to the Dog Brothers gatherings and takes part in it. We have pro Muay Thai and amateur fighters. We have amateur boxers. And we have a BJJ black belt teaching us (now in brazil, so we have a pro MMA guy teaching us)

We talk about the old stuff we did...thats about it.

[Ravenman]

I used to do bjj a lot; they really respected boxing, but not as much as kickboxing.

Then I started to box and do bjj at the same time, then only boxing. People at the boxing gym don't have much to say about bjj/mma, in fact I'm sure most of them don't know anything about it.

[chalambok]

Learn everything you can. Absorb what is useful. Throw out what doesn't work for you. Add what is totally your own. This is a rough paraphrase from Guro Dan Inosanto, but it pretty much expresses my thought on martial arts in America. We have unique opportunities here, to learn different martial arts from some of the best teachers in the world. I started with karate although I didn't know that at the time, moved through very intense combat in Vietnam, got into jujutsu which led me to Ninjutsu and muay Thai, which led me to krabi-krabong. They all work together because all of us are a product of our times. I was very fortunate in that every single teacher I have had was world class, from Shihan Donovan Newland (Oss veteran, bodyguard to National Geographic, 8th dan in every jujitsu system, 9th in Judo) to Stephen K Hayes to Surachai Sirisute to Samai Masamarn. The quality of your instructor and the purity of your heart are very important. Also here in America we have so many bunk instructors, who attended one Gracie Jujitsu seminar and are now qualified to teach. Their motto is Steal that which is not copyrighted. Invest no heart or time. Denigrate that which you cannot do. Exaggerate your own abilities. If you are careful you should study everything you can, learn forever, and stay young at heart and healthy of body.

[Guest]

"8th Dan in every Jiu Jitsu system"?

Come on. Let's keep it real.

[crazyjoe380]

^^^^

lol

[chalambok]

my thanks to BriThai for catching such an obvious mistake I made when referring to one of my instructor's credentials. This just goes to show how all of us can succumb to the sycophancy and awe by which we regard someone who has so much influence over our life. Fortunately, the Japanese Martial Arts have been very well policed over the years, and if one is diligent he can find out whether someone is who they claim to be. Accordingly I am asking a student/friend who lives in Tokyo to research my jujitsu instructor at the Kodokan. By the way BriThai, you ever go into Tony Moore's Sitsiam Gym there in Manchester?

[Guest]

No, I have never been there. I train here - www.maxt.co.uk

[crazyjoe380]

^^^

cool site bri..

[Guest]

Thanks, the instructor is very dedicated, and has devoted his life to the martial arts.

At the moment I am researching the Close Combative systems taught to Special Forces in WW2. That stuff is nasty, and possibly has a higher rate of return (effectiveness wise) for the time I am able to devote to training.