How to Pick a Martial Art | For Beginners
How to pick a martial art if you know absolutely nothing about martial arts.
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"Harmony in Every Heartbeat
November 8, 2024
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It probably does not only depend on the type of martial art you prefer but also on what gyms are available. What do you do if the only gym that teaches your preferred martial art has a culture that doesn't suit your needs.
TLDR: Go and pick one you like
Some interesting fatphobic language, but okay
I would choose Silat, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNgfxVAgGE8 & this is why.
Is MMA really the oldest i feel like before we created martial arts it was to make fighting a lot more safe so i feel like we did have no holds bared mma first then cut it into pieces making it safe and so that we could do these without going back to the hut with perminant damage that limits your next hunt
Wrestling
"You can be street fighting ready in as little as 1 months time" "Caveat emptor!" False advertising
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDKRINCenqw&lc=UgyMMislq_Kt4dBCBlR4AaABAg.A3-tkkUMCDTA32HKVq8rDK
You made a rare fallacy in your analysis here. You said that "if a marital art works particularly well in MMA, that's a pretty good sign" that it is legit. The only two martial art systems which have had success in MMA, without massive modifications, are BJJ and wrestling (i.e. Royce Gracie and Dan Severn); Mark Coleman modified wrestling with ground-and-pound. Boxing is, of course, great for MMA, but it needs to be heavily modified and added with other skillsets from other martial arts.
However, if you simply say "boxing works in MMA", then you look at Art Jimmerson's performance at UFC 1 or James 'lights out' Toney's performance against Randy Couture at UFC 118 and you realize that pure boxing does not work well at all in the UFC (neither of these two world champion boxers got a single punch off while on the feet in their matches).
So, then you're left with the conclusion, while techniques in boxing work in MMA, the overall system obviously does not. But, if you're only left with pieces of the system, just techniques and maybe training methods, then potentially all martial arts have things they can contribute to MMA to greater or lesser degrees.
"If your goal is to give your kid discipline. Just pick one. " Well, I would personally try to talk to them first or maybe take away their pocket money… but I guess that works too.
I just wanna do one that gives me a lot of agility
Thought the whole “give your kid discipline” thing was going a totally different direction
Im stuck between choosing jiu jutso and "Martial Arts" for my 4 yr old,
What are you guys thoughts and experience?
Especially if you are parents or not, just need more insight
Id say pick the beat trainer near you in a certian type of art….
Grappling, striking…. Not a specific art….
But bein brand new makes that hard to see.
For mma i choose muay Thai,kyokushin karate, judo
Should I do mma?
my martial arts is:
Taekwondo
Karate
Kali
Aikido
Boxing
these martial arts is for self defense purposes and self discipline.
Thanks for uploading this video
I wanna wrestle but no wrestling gyms here
i'm a somewhat young teen and watching this video was my gateway into realizing that the dojo i've went to for 8-ish years of my life was for nothing
Is Greco Roman wrestling good for self defence?
Best start for older guys?
😅 dude, the martial arts was developed to defend against untrained people because trained people don't go around looking to pick fights with other trained individuals
Them kata can be tiresome, bro. Some get annoyingly elaborate.
I dont like when folks hit you with lineage. Smh. Its like its probably a lie. Can you fight tho?
I don't understand where you come from when you say most Kata don't require athleticism to compete (in the note you wrote).
Ofc they build athleticism (you have shown R. Usami on video and we have examples such as xiaolin performers.
The thing is, athleticism is also required to compete. MMA builds athleticism and also demands it during competition, you ar not required to be in shape to compete in MMA, but you will likely lose.
For kata, if you are not athletic enough at the time of the competition you will give a bad athletic performance and lose, just like you would in MMA.
Arguably, being in shape is less important for a cage fight, you could be super out of shape but slip a lucky punch and win against all odds but in kata you either are phisically capable of doing the sequence, or you are out.
Even competitive tai chi, requires athletes to make pistol squats and dragon squats with perfect balance and form. You literally can't do that stuff unless you are IN shape.
Im with you 99% of the time brother but I actually practice shotokan karate. No, kata will not teach you how to fight but the idea that they do not require athleticism is actually just straight up wrong. Do literally any kata correctly (since you are a martial artist yourself I'd say anything past like 7th/6th kyu curriculum) and it becomes pretty apparent how much lower body strength, coordination, balance, core strength, and flexibility all of them require. And if having those things isn't a part of being in shape or athletic then I don't know what those words mean.
If you are fat with beautiful kata it's because you trained them for years and you have those traits, just buried under fat cells. It's like saying you don't have to be in shape to throw punches (it's a literally true statement, just not very valuable to observe). There are even literally fat professional baseball players, but no one would say that being in shape is not part of being good at baseball
Rambling, but yeah
Just punch your friends, when they punch back, block it. Now you know how to fight.
"…classes can't be too hard."
yeah tell that to my old kung fu gym starting the class with 100-150 pushups, similar amount of squats and sometimes up to 450 jumping jacks… as a "warm up".
Of course very few people stayed there.
I 100% agree on your take about Katas. How this bs is olympic is beyond me
The only problem I have with this video is the claim that kata doesn't require athleticism AT THE COMPETITION LEVEL??
that is a truly baffling thing to say. Kata might look easy in terms of cardio, but try doing even the basic ones and getting the hip position and those wide leg stances right in a way that won't make a serious sensei complain. Find me one fat kata Olympian.
Systema is the only martial art worth studying
This one is a no-brainer Brazilian jiu-jitsu aka MMA has everything in one kicking , striking , punching, grappling , takedowns, submission holds , in the combination of American kickboxer AKA Muay Thai , taekwondo and Judo a good combination .
Competition is the lifeblood of martial arts. Great advice!
I want to learn how to fight like John wick which one should I choose
What do you think Krav Maga ???
Today’s Mike Tyson could kick most people’s asses. He’s still crazy fast.
Hey AV, here's hoping we see you at the next Ultimate Self-Defense Championship
Organized competition/ tournaments being something to look for? In karate these generally judge by point sparring which is one of the worst ways to train as it ingrains the terrible habit of stopping after a single good looking strike. I think ongoing sparring is far better. At a BJJ school I trained at they did what I thought was the best training. The sparring would start standing up, with gloves and doing striking. This lasted until one of the fighter did a takedown and the match would just seamlessly and organically go down to the mat and transition into grappling.
But tournaments engender very bad habits and don't simulate street encounters.
I'm too old for all this (67). I carry a Dog Repellent pepper spray, a Cold Steel Axe Head Tactical Cane, a 21" S&W heat treated extending baton, a six inch double edged boot knife, and a 3.5 inch folder. I wear wrap around sunglasses ALL THE TIME because of liquid attacks and, of course, heavy boots and gloves (all the time). I'm thinking of getting a stab resistant vest (yes, things are that bad – the homeless here are armed with rifles and shotguns) I live in an urban wasteland Fentanyl Zombie Apocalypse Twilight Zone Nightmare. And, yes, I practice with these items on a regular basis – the zombies are that numerous. I am dead on accurate with the pepper spray. Cheers for your great content!
I’m mainly here because I have a lot of pent up anger and as of recently I’ve been accidentally releasing it on my best friend, striking them. I’m here to change who I am and find something that I can release that anger on, any suggestions?
Me here after getting bullied 💀 just need the confidence cuz am short
When I was taking Krav Maga, I was in the worst shape in my class, and no one stopped to keep me from being left behind. If I needed to stop, I just had to stop. They kept going.
Just go around ur area and pick the one that fits ur price range and/or looks the best/coolest, it should work unless u live in like south rural Utah or smth
TKD sucks ,,,it is only good cross training to improve kicks and another MA would be a better choice … BJJ your going to get injuries disks bulges , torn ligaments ect ect …..very quickly before you have become even moderately sucessfull at BJJ , and it only teaches you half of fighting , You now injured need to train striking ,,,,, Karate especially sport doesnt do full contact sparring and Point sparring is training bad technique into muscle memory from a extremely reactionary art to begin with …..
When I first saw this video I though – great, that's it. Period. Great content. Next!
But I stuck with me.
Usually people aren't as singleminded as that. They want a complex combination of things.
family-like-belonging, longevity, physical play. Unharmful martial competition, friends, meditation and Fun!.
These are just what I came up with… There is probably more.
And then, yes of course: fitness, self-defence and culture.
Now if you want to fight Og learn self defense and that is your sole goal – this video is for you! Hands down
What if you want… Hmmmm let's just pick some: longevity, safe competition and culture?
Maybe I would recommend trad. Karate or even Tai chi.
Okay let's change one: longevity, fitness and culture. So maybe you recommend capoiera?
These are not clear cut solutions. My only point is: if you (like me) are motivated by a combination of goals/feelings there are several meaningful choices.
I applaude this channels goal of dispensing with martial artist (self) deceit, I just found that this guide undermines some perfectly valid motivations and choices.
Love the content. Cheers 🙂
Why don't we admit that we practice martial arts because we enjoy the practice itself? Who the fuck is going to expend hours and hours, year after year to prepare for some event that has very low probability of occurrence? And if it hasn't you should probably save the money and move to another neighborhood
To do a solid kata you have to be in shape, I've never seen a fat dude win a kata/poomsae completion not fat shaming but this requires athletism as well. After practicing for about an hour or two including drills to improve balance and sharpen stances you start to break a real sweat
why your video format and voice sounds like Elec Enkiri Fitness channel
The point about Wrestling being older than Aikido is extremely on spot! It's based on Greek Wrestling from the Ancient Times, which then evolved into Greco-Roman (which is still practiced) and then into Freestyle and Folkstyle
To be honest I think that even point karate which has minimal contact competitions would be better for preparing someone for a fight then something something like Krav Maga or Wing Chun or Kung Fu which I think is by far much worse however I don't think it's really as good as something like kickboxing Judo MMA or something which has full contact competitions. Or in other words I think that point karate is sort of in the middle of the road in terms of effectiveness for fighting and while it's definitely not by any means the worst it's also a far cry from being the best.
“What’s a good martial art I should take”
What’s close, in your price range, not clearly a cult, and something you would actually put in effort for?