What mixed martial art is good to start out with?

[Polska]

I want to get into fighting and do not have any prior experience other than bouncing (you see a lot of fights but rarely do you have to fight, and even then you have 10 guys who have your back) the occasional bar/street fight. I am not the best fighter and want to remedy that, as well as the stress relief benefits it provides. So I want to alternate the gym and mma/boxing every other day.

So what is the best martial art to start out in? I would want something that is practical in the real world. I was thinking kick boxing or brazilian jiu jitsu? I am also 24, is that too late for me to start?

Any input would be great, thanks.

[taiboxa]

my favs are Muay Thai, Bjj, and tradional boxing.. mix of all three is by far the most effective as u have the bets of all werlds

[Polska]

my favs are Muay Thai, Bjj, and tradional boxing.. mix of all three is by far the most effective as u have the bets of all werlds

Whats the primary difference in style between muay thai and bjj? which would be more fit for a beginner, or does it matter?

[MASTER]

Whats the primary difference in style between muay thai and bjj? which would be more fit for a beginner, or does it matter?

Being really basic, bjj is takedowns, locks and submissions, muay thai is strikes, punches, kicks, knees etc.

[auslifta]

Jeet Kune do, research it through google bout to start myself

[Polska]

Jeet Kune do, research it through google bout to start myself

That's the one developed by Bruce Lee right?

[Phreak101]

Muay Thai and BJJ are an unbeatable combo

[auslifta]

That's the one developed by Bruce Lee right?

yeah,its a concept rather than a style,best from lots of styles including boxing,what ever works best with least energy

[Kärnfysikern]

drunken shaolin style. Especialy considering most fights to happen betwen drunk people

[zimmy]

I'd say go with muay thai / bjj combo...or see what you like...most schools will let you try a class out ...see what suits u

[taiboxa]

muay has the best strikes ever especially for leg work.. bjj great ground.

[Polska]

A client of mine runs a martial arts studio. He teaches Kung Fu, Boxing, Kick boxing, muay thai, and jujitsu. It's not BJJ though. I was thinking taking Kickboxing/Muay thai and jujitsu. Is jujitsu by itself worth it or should I find a place that teaches gracie/bjj ?

[cfiler]

BJJ is great for takedowns, and what do do when you are down.

Muay thai will teach you how to strike someone extreamly well.

[zimmy]

if you look for a bjj school... try to find an instructor who trained under more agressive gracies... for instants ...royce's style is very lax... not every blackbelt teaches that way. If you have a school linked to Caique...he's a good patch to follow.

[acesand]

for bouncing bjj is the way to go. forget fighting an unruly patron just choke em out. an elbow slice or knee from muay thai is good also but you tend to get blood on your clothes. seriously bjj for ground and muay thai for stand up. most bjj schools have vale tudo or mma classes.

i think most gracie have a good style but cant go wrong with instructors under Machados, Jacare, many more but do your research see what team wins all your local tourny. try that school if you dont like it try another one.

[spywizard]

Being really basic, bjj is takedowns, locks and submissions, muay thai is strikes, punches, kicks, knees etc.

depends on what you want to do with the customers..


strikes and punching is always fun, and can be very debilitating..

however if you need to go to court because you maimed a guy while working as a bouncer, you should never have any record of having recieved training in anything.. train under an alias...

grappling, locks and submission are the way to go to control someone...

[big L 17]

i wanna start boxen