Does MMA work in a street fight?? or does it only work in the octagon..?

Question

i wanna learn karate,boxing,muay thai,wrestling and jujitsu is it better just to practice a single style but it'd take longer to master all than learn mma i wanna learn northern shaolin kung fu but i figured u can only learn real kung fu in china so should i do mma or master one style after another is MMA...

Answer 1

Would you like to know a little bit about several things, not really even grasping the basics, or would you like to get really good at something? If you wish to defend, IO strongly suggest to find a good instructor in any classical style, and then stick to the program until you learn something. Mixing all that up at basic levels won't make you good at anything.

Answer 2

MMA will work in the street, so long as you actually know what your doing. If your fighting a guy in the street, and take him down, you might get hit by his friends and he might stab you with a knife. On the other hand, you will have the ability to punch and kick, thus you will already be leaps and bounds ahead. So yes it does work, but here's where i start to give you the negatives of MMA.

First negative, MMA by it's definition is mixing martial arts to get better. This is something i personally say is completely untrue. Sure, no one will argue that in a ground fight, you need to be able to fight on the ground. But think about it, if wrestling is the oldest form of martial arts, why would any martial art not contain a way to deal with wrestling? The answer is simple, all martial arts do. When taught real martial arts, you learn every aspect of fighting, and in many cases more aspects of fighting. I hear all the time how you don't need to be trained to gouge eyes, or kick to the groin, etc. and this is quite true. But if you train without ever thinking of hitting to those areas, you won't think to hit the areas in an actual fight. Furthermore, MMA gyms only really teach very very basic techniques, and then throw you in the ring and tell you to fight. Martial arts in the more traditional sense, will teach more and more complex and advanced moves as you learn, all the while still mastering the basics.

Second reason I say learning MMA for a street fight isn't the great idea that many say it is is because quite simply you don't need it. Learning one art is more than sufficient to take out untrained opponents. Even thugs who seem tough will get destroyed by someone who is actually taught how to fight. This is the entire point of martial arts, to give one fighter the edge over untrained opponents. You can defend yourself quite well learning only one art, and you'll be better at that one art.

third negative, MMA is limiting your self defense capability. If you are actually fighting for sport, and do make it big, you can no longer fight anyone. You hit someone outside the ring, and you'll be judged even more harshly than if you were just a normal person, not to mention the fact that you'd probably be barred from fighting again.

Your best off just choosing the art that is taught best that is closest to you. If the nearest MMA gym is an hour from your house while a great karate dojo is right next door, do the karate. The most important parts of learning the art is having a good instructor and enjoying the art itself.

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My answer to you is this, choose the style taught the best that is nearest or cheapest.

Answer 3

Because street fighting isn't MMA. First, in MMA, a lot more techniques are allowed. They were only using punches in Kimbo's fights, but in MMA, you have to know kicking, clinch fighting, close-ranged striking (knees and elbows), throws, takedowns, ground grappling, submissions, and ground striking. Kimbo was a rookie at all of that, although he started to pick up some takedown defense along the way. Second, street fighters don't train much, while pro MMA fighters train all the time. It's easy to beat someone who doesn't know how to fight, but in MMA, you've got guys who have been martial artists since they were children and usually hold a black belt or two, or were national-level wrestlers. Those guys are much more dangerous than some dude brawling in a back yard.

Answer 4

MMA works very well in a street fight, as long as it's not 7 against 1 or there's a weapon involved. Think about it, someone comes at you without a weapon. You wrestle them to the ground and apply a rear-naked choke. The person loses consciousness and you walk away. Let me put it this way: having some kind of training is better than having no training.

Answer 5

It is not a matter of whether "MMA" works or not, it is a matter of power, endurance, and conditioning. In a street encounter the attacker usually has one clean shot since an action is faster than a reaction. But after that, the guy who's in shape is better prepared to work.
MMA by its nature tends to involve much more hardcore training than your average tae kwon do or karate class. In and of themselves, karate and tae kwon do are just as "good" as MMA. The question is training- just about anyone who can survive at an MMA gym for any length of time is better prepared to fight than your average dojo dweller. Of course, I am refering to martial arts schools
in the US, not in reference to elite national TKD universities in Korea, or the brutal way karate is trained in Okinawa.

Answer 6

Everything fighting wise you learn can be used practically, but if you are training for street defense then there are martial arts classes, mma included, that will teach you deadlier techniques than those allowed in the cage

Answer 7

Technically MMA = mixed martial arts. Meaning more than one art. But most UFC fan boys think MMA means BJJ or wrestling. Which is complete non sense but hey trying telling them that. They are so ignorant.

So yeah MMA does work. I take more than one martial art. So that qualifies as MMA.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

If your in a real street fight you'll wanna use dirtier moves that will cause the most pain!!

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