Muay Thai, BJJ, and kickboxing are one of my favorites! Wbu?
I don’t do any of them, but as a spectator muay thai and kickboxing are thrilling to watch.
If I were to start one tho, I’d pry do BJJ, because I’m smaller, and could probably do better with it if I were in a real-life fighting scenario.
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Mob charge, smother the landlord and squeeze the breath out of them.
Systema all the way, the way it works simply cannot be done by any other martial art, it makes the elimination or submission of a target as efficient as possible and changes your perspective on what every other martial art is and works. Also it was “invented” in the USSR, so thst is a plus.
Kappap and Krav Maga, although created by the disgusting Israeli settlers, is very effective since it takes pieces of other martial arts and uses it for their purpose.
Inevitably you need Jiu Jitsu, even though similar techniques are used in the previous mentioned MAs, is extremely helpful for submission and fighting on the floor.
it makes the elimination or submission of a target as efficient as possible
I have heard the same thing about Wing Chun Kung Fu. Do you know if Wing Chun Kung Fu is based on a similar philosophy?
Sorry for taking so long to reply.
Okay, so first I should make clear that there are different schools of Systema, and every one of them can be taught in different ways, from what my teacher told me, there are some schools who keep some degree of spirituality and mysticism and others who rely specifically on science to understand the bio mechanics of the body and such (obviously the way the practical part of Systema changes, but I wanted to clarify on that because I think it is the most relevant part here).
My teacher learned Systema through various other teachers from Russia who came to Argentina every now and then, he is also a master in Karate, Jiu Jitsu, Kappap, and a lot of other martial arts, I should ask him what school he follows but I think it’s Kadochnikov’s. Thing is the way we learn it is based on bio mechanics and cinematic. I did Wing Chun for about a year, so I have a little understanding on how it works, I also practiced a bit of Tae Kwon Do when I was little.
In Wing Chun, you’d go and you’d practice stances, punches, kicks, drills repeated a thousand times. In Systema you won’t be practicing a single fucking stance in your life, you learn concepts. For example, you learn about the pivot, how a pivot works, then you’d do a couple of exercises when a pivot is included, what does the pivot cause on the other person, how you can change the center of gravity of your opponent through this pivot or how to gain an advantage thanks to it. You of course practice punches, kicks, and do some drills, but we never repeat endlessly like most martial arts do, we never try to memorize a specific deffense or attack, what we do is learn how some concept works and try to apply it to different situations.This is why practicing a year of Systema makes you a more or less good fighter (depending on how much you practice, and also if you exercise your muscles, not only practicing the theoretical part), whereas with most martial arts you will need at least 5 years to be a valid opponent.
This was an example, though, Systema can materialize in a lot of different ways, but I think it more or less helps to understand how it is different than other martial arts, we never practice it as a sport or for competition, there are no competition in Systema, every practice has in its interest the most efficient elimination of a target, that’s why we include things like kicks to the groin (obviously not a real kick, but the simulation) within our practices, thing which is prohibited in competitions.
Now I’m sorry for taking so long to reply. I meant to say thanks for writing this informative post. (I’m terrible at replying, as you can see.)
Capoeira is rad af, not only it has an interesting anti-colonial history but it is amazing to watch and whenever someone uses it in MMA for ex, you can be sure it’s goinna be some cool shit. I really like Taekwondo too.
Holy cow I heard of that style! I heard it’s also used for dancing, correct me if I’m wrong. It’s really interesting and has amazing history behind it. I see a lot of fighters try to use it to their advantage, however I feel it’s more on a cultural circumstance now and not something to be violent with.
Yeah, I’ve seen it used in MMA sometimes but mostly it’s just cultural. It was created when Brazil was just a colony by african people brought by the colononizers to work as slaves. They disguised it as a dance to hide they were actually training to kick the shit out of the enslavers. To this day, it is practiced in “music circles” and it looks like a dance.
I choose it because it is very different and more acrobatic than other martial styles
The Philippine martial art Kali/Eskrima also has a similar history. When the Spanish first attempted to colonize us, they were fought back in the Battle of Mactan. Despite the fact that the Spanish had guns and superior armor, the Filipino warriors were able to defeat them by attacking the unarmored legs (Though the superior numbers and wearing out the Spanish with ranged attacks also helped. Ironically, Spanish armor was made bulletproof by being thicker (especially the breastplate) iirc, so they sacrificed leg protection to reduce weight)
When the Spanish returned about 40 years later and succeeded in colonizing the Philippines, they banned the practicing of martial arts. So the Filipino people disguised it as a dance (and it can still be used as a dance)
Damn it really is a similar story. Kali is so cool and I didnt knew about its history
Karate?
I used to watch karate fights in school when bored. The school blocked out the other MMA fighting channels. Karate is pretty interesting!
I think judo is so cool! It literally means “the gentle way.” The idea that you use the opponent’s weight and movement against them is just such a cool concept to me. BJJ seems very useful too.
While it is good to know how to throw punches, nothing beats judo.
As my teachers used to say: ‘you hurt someone by punching them, but you hurt someone a lot more by throwing them against the concrete’
Yeah, let the concrete do the work 😎
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Gunkata.
Kidding aside, I should learn something.
MMA, I practice on my own. It is the most functional. I could classify my own style as incorporating animal styles into barefeet/fisted kickboxing. I also use wrist weights and ankle weights for training.
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Only thing I ever had any real practice at was Jujutsu, and never long enough to get very far up the belts. I really want to get back into fighting, but its just a matter of finding trainers that would be up for overseeing the group.
