If you could only take 1 Martial Art Which would u take?

[*RAGE*]

Buffed Guy I love you man, but why did you get into a fight did he knock the books out of your hands.

[BuffedGuy]

Buffed Guy I love you man, but why did you get into a fight did he knock the books out of your hands.

Haha, no. It was a pretty funny situation. There was this guy who was harassing some girl, so the girl's friend asked me to go talk to that guy. I went to go "talk" to the guy, and whilst I was getting in his face, some RANDOM person came up to us and said to me "why are you messing with this guy?" I told him to mind his own business, then he got in my face and all of a sudden he started swinging. lol

So in the end I fought with some random guy, haha.

[Deltasaurus]

did u win?

[BuffedGuy]

did u win?

Yep. I did a quick take-down and got on top of him...then just crazy punches. But in the end, security pulled me off of him. And then I split.

[*RAGE*]

Buffedguy did you like being on top of him, is this something we need to talk about?

[MuscleScience]

Just to be clear then: you think BJJ is better to invest time in than Krav Maga? I have a few months where I plan on picking up a martial art, and I'm split between the two. I once did a BJJ move on someone during a fight (just one of the take-downs that I had learned from a friend) and it ended the fight in my favor, so I was really pleased with BJJ.

I have been in a few fight since training BJJ and I do not know how I ever fought without it to be honest. KM is good and all but it just doesnt seem any more practical to me than Karate or TKD, I dont know I like KM just have not used it.

[MuscleScience]

But i must add it is not that useful if its a big group of people fighting. That is were KM comes in to play.

[Brown Ninja]

Going to the ground in a "Real" fight is very dangerous. Krav in a real fight is very functional as long as you are cool with destroying some one

[BuffedGuy]

But i must add it is not that useful if its a big group of people fighting. That is were KM comes in to play.

I don't think there is any real way to win a fight against multiple people. My main issue is that I do not want to get wasted in a fair fight. Thanks for your input. I've always had a fascination with BJJ.

[MuscleScience]

Going to the ground in a "Real" fight is very dangerous. Krav in a real fight is very functional as long as you are cool with destroying some one

Yeah I agree, I simple meant if your in a street fight and get put on the ground there isnt much you can do unless you can get to your feet or at least get on top. No way would I try to pull a submission in a street fight.....

[BuffedGuy]

Yeah I agree, I simple meant if your in a street fight and get put on the ground there isnt much you can do unless you can get to your feet or at least get on top. No way would I try to pull a submission in a street fight.....

You know, I was thinking about the fight I had with that guy...he could easily have kneed me in the face when I went for the take-down. My face would've been destroyed. But I guess BJJ fighters have ways of dealing with that...right? Well, obviously they must, but I didn't know when I was fighting--I just went for the legs. Thank God he didn't use his legs.

[MuscleScience]

You know, I was thinking about the fight I had with that guy...he could easily have kneed me in the face when I went for the take-down. My face would've been destroyed. But I guess BJJ fighters have ways of dealing with that...right? Well, obviously they must, but I didn't know when I was fighting--I just went for the legs. Thank God he didn't use his legs.

Unless your a trained fighter it would be very hard for someone to be able to react to someone shooting in on them and then putting a knee right on the money. I got into a fight with a wrestler well before I was into BJJ, he shot in and the only thing I could think to do was let him smash my head into the ground. Thank god for biting, and eye pokes because that would have turnout out bad for me.

[BuffedGuy]

Unless your a trained fighter it would be very hard for someone to be able to react to someone shooting in on them and then putting a knee right on the money. I got into a fight with a wrestler well before I was into BJJ, he shot in and the only thing I could think to do was let him smash my head into the ground. Thank god for biting, and eye pokes because that would have turnout out bad for me.

lolllll @ the bolded part

Is that you in the avatar? Got any videos of you in a bjj match/fight?

[MuscleScience]

lolllll @ the bolded part

Is that you in the avatar? Got any videos of you in a bjj match/fight?

No that is my hero Jean Claude Van Damm....

I have yet to compete in a bjj or mma match. I have been doing it more as a hobby while going through graduate school. My goal is to compete in a few MMA bouts before all is said and done, hopefully within a year. It takes a lot of time that i do not have to train. I am certainly not going to go and compete unless I can give it 100% I am already training twice a day 4 days a week between wieghts, cardio and mma, and I am no were near ready.

I fought a lot between the ages of 12-17, mostly Kempo Karate, Judo and sometimes TKD tournaments. I stopped when my baseball coach told me that I could get hurt and not get a college scholarship. Ironically I got hurt more in baseball than i ever did in martial arts.

[Odpierdol_sie!]

The only way to really put an emphasis on kitting yourself out for the street is to base your skill set on the things you will end up doing on the street in stereo. id suggest a more urbanized version of Krav maga.

Since i was a child i have practiced Kung fu, Kickboxing, Boxing MMA, BJJ Krav Maga (IFKM)..... and ill take Urban Krav Maga anyday.

[MuscleScience]

The only way to really put an emphasis on kitting yourself out for the street is to base your skill set on the things you will end up doing on the street in stereo. id suggest a more urbanized version of Krav maga.

Since i was a child i have practiced Kung fu, Kickboxing, Boxing MMA, BJJ Krav Maga (IFKM)..... and ill take Urban Krav Maga anyday.

Never heard of urban KM, interesting!

[SampsonandDelilah]

Rex Kwon Do

LOL! priceless!

I'd have to say BJJ or Krav Maga as well

[*RAGE*]

I agree I have trained and have my black belt in bjj but it dont work in all situation when someone has a knife or if you are fighting two people at the same time krav maga or muy thai will help you out in this area......the more you learn the better. do not limit yourself to one art.....JMO

[sooners04]

I train CHA3 Kenpo and BJJ and both are practical depending on how the guys/girl attacks you.

[Odpierdol_sie!]

Never heard of urban KM, interesting!

Its baisically MMA for the street. Its closely associated in with Krav, but in reality its nothing of the sort. It has all the impractical or unreliable stuff taken out and alot of time is spent focusing on the direct and more usefull stuff.

There are a number of associated schools in the US ones i know of are, Dan Morgan in London Ontario Urban krav Maga, and Gershon (Ben) Karen in Boston (http://www.kravmagaboston.us/).
There are a few others doptted around the states but the two above guys i have trained with and they are pretty damn good, Gershon esspecially.

For those in or near Madison Wisconsin it may be worth checking this guy out, http://www.ukmwisconsin.com/

If any of you guys are near and are interested, feel free to look them up.

[Saam_ee]

Buffedguy you know that Krav Maga was created in Israel...

Krav Maga originated in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. The primary founder, Imi Lichtenfeld moved to the land of Israel when circumstances for Jews in Europe took a turn for the worse. From Israel, Krav Maga spread to the rest of the world.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga (Fully knowing that wiki aint the best source, I can look for other sources if you want more credible ones)

Origin refers to the beginning, starting-point, cause, or ultimate source, from which a thing is derived.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_(start)

Not meaning to be an smartass, gotta support a (at least after the posts by him i read so far) respectable dude like Buffedguy.

[MuscleScience]

Its baisically MMA for the street. Its closely associated in with Krav, but in reality its nothing of the sort. It has all the impractical or unreliable stuff taken out and alot of time is spent focusing on the direct and more usefull stuff.

There are a number of associated schools in the US ones i know of are, Dan Morgan in London Ontario Urban krav Maga, and Gershon (Ben) Karen in Boston (http://www.kravmagaboston.us/).
There are a few others doptted around the states but the two above guys i have trained with and they are pretty damn good, Gershon esspecially.

For those in or near Madison Wisconsin it may be worth checking this guy out, http://www.ukmwisconsin.com/

If any of you guys are near and are interested, feel free to look them up.

Thanks man, I will check into it more.

That was my only deal with traditional KM was all the BS that I had to learn with it. It was a bit of a turn off for me. I stopped doing most of the traditional martial arts because of stuff like that. I even stopped BJJ because when is your opponent every going to wear a heavy ass gui to hold onto and arm bar...LOL

I found a really good start up MMA school that did all kinds of none traditional martial arts, and quickly got pumped up again to train.

[*RAGE*]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga (Fully knowing that wiki aint the best source, I can look for other sources if you want more credible ones)



Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_(start)

Not meaning to be an smartass, gotta support a (at least after the posts by him i read so far) respectable dude like Buffedguy.

I stand corrected if that is true...........................putting it out there based on buffedguys threads...

[Emondo]

what is Krav Maga?