Need some advice

[Prime]

What do you guys think would be the best/most accessible fighting style to study.
I'm not looking to become the next UFC champ etc id just like to be a little more proficient in defending myself. I have done a bit of karate, kung fu, and judo but only at a very basic beginner level.
Learning all the katas in karate was a pain in the arse. I enjoyed sparring alot more but we hardly got to do that.
Any suggestions welcome. I was thinking maybe muai thai kickboxing.

[BigUno]

muay thai is good, try bjj

[USfighterFC]

Muay Thai is great stand up. Honestly tho boxing is the king of all stand up when it comes to straight up fighting. Your not going to be in bar fights throwing low kicks and middle kicks.

[zimmy]

Muay Thai is great stand up. Honestly tho boxing is the king of all stand up when it comes to straight up fighting. Your not going to be in bar fights throwing low kicks and middle kicks.

he's right...learn to box and you will beat people with relative ease and probably not take a shot.

[J.S.N.]

yeah i agree i think prime might like muy thai better though cuz he's an ex-gymnast (ie homogay) so he should be really limber and might enjoy kicking people in the head before he has mansex with them.

[zimmy]

i like muy thai..i just think the oppurtunity to kick muy thai style in a street fight is rare. Elbows/knees are nice though

[Prime]

yeah i agree i think prime might like muy thai better though cuz he's an ex-gymnast (ie homogay) so he should be really limber and might enjoy kicking people in the head before he has mansex with them.

Sounds nice on paper but not loosing my teeth is more appealing in real life.
Simply put alot of my friends used to be quite laid back and chilled out. They still are but as alot of them now are in the army or other jobs which involve violence when in the past they would avoid conflict they now dont shy away from it. This has left me before standing infront of several guys thinking "oh shit what now".
In all honesty im a bit of a Big girl when it comes to fighting

After my contest season is open ill have a look around and see what is actually on offer locally and go from there.

[j3374]

I agree with USfighter about boxing being a really good foundation. Anything you learn in boxing you can apply towards Muay Thai, or most other styles you decide to train in the future.
BJJ is pretty good for grappling, but I'd go out of my way not to go to the ground if more than one opponent was involved in a self defense scenario.

[j3374]

Actually, I do think MT is pretty good also for real fighting. I've used low kicks in a few fights before my boxing got decent. Lots of knees and elbows to set up headbutts.

[Quil]

I'd also recommend Muay Thai. Knees and elbows/forearms can be great tools in any bar/street fight.

[Foskamink]

Muay Thai is great stand up. Honestly tho boxing is the king of all stand up when it comes to straight up fighting. Your not going to be in bar fights throwing low kicks and middle kicks.

yeh i agree.. boxing is not that hard to pick up my friends have said . i was about to make a post cause i want to learn, but cant get it in this country at the moment.

boxing is coolest street fighting imo, people will get u alot of resepct and fear if u can box (not important but its nice) looks crazy when somone throws a few fists arround.. but watch it.. just like any fighting u can seriously hurt people, my friend is like 5.8 and probly 155 pounds max.. not very muscular... and boxing can leave the biggest peoples jaws completely broken in several places in just a few seconds... but if ur going to hit somone they prolly deserve it :P as this guy did

myles

[BOUNCER]

Actually I'm going to put kickboxing, boxing and M.T. in that order.

I do think M.T. is savage, but the few times I've sparred an M.T. fighter I found their guard useless for a fighter wishing to fight in the middle to long ranges. Although in the clinch I was owned!. I just don't like that open M.T. stance, its almost the only style I'll use axe kicks on. Axe kicks open them up complately.

I believe for the average person kickboxing will be easier and more fun to learn than boxing and I'd expect a beginner to be fighting competatively inside 18 months.

[BOUNCER]

yeh i agree.. boxing is not that hard to pick up my friends have said .

Very wrong. Boxing requires a huge amount of skill. Try taking up boxing later than your early teens and forget about being competative.

[Foskamink]

Very wrong. Boxing requires a huge amount of skill. Try taking up boxing later than your early teens and forget about being competative.

on the level of skill required to beatany person without fighting training i should have said.. i do beleive that.. can i get a feed back on that? ive heard thats not hard to pick up..

[Panzerfaust]

I would go with Muay Thai or Boxing.

There is nothing like taking a Thai kick to the leg, that is if it is by a very good Thai guy. I have heard of people passing put from a Thai kick.

But my best advice would be to train for fun and to get in shape and keep a street/bar fight the farthest thing from your mind.

[J.S.N.]

on the level of skill required to beatany person without fighting training i should have said.. i do beleive that.. can i get a feed back on that? ive heard thats not hard to pick up..

no way dude i will tell you what. the place i train we do bjj, wrestling, boxing, and some kicks thrown in, and you can literally train bjj for a month and be able to own anyone not wise to submission grappling, but there are guys who've been training the better part of a year that are so far away from having any of their boxing fundementals down it's not even funny. it's not like their footwork is unrefined or something- they can't even properly throw a jab. boxing is so subtly complex i would say it's about the hardest to pick up and hardest to master.

[zimmy]

yah...just learning not to lean into punches and keeping them strong is hard enough