Good video. Agreed! If you separate all the time, the brain can't switch gears when needed. Whenever my boxers that crosstrain BJJ get on the ground, they stop dead in their tracks the first few times. It's as if they forget they know BJJ. It's an absolute necessity to connect the neurons together. Thanks for sharing Firas' video as well.
Thats crazy i honestly dont notice that ever happen at my gym. Difference is those guys train muay thai instead of boxing for standup but its a bjj gym. I wonder what the difference between our two gyms is other than the style of standup. Maybe its cause your gym mains boxing whereas mine mains bjj and muay thai is the secondary art idk. We have had a few fight MMA and one of the guys did amazing at it he was only a blue belt in bjj at the time now a black belt but he was always really good at bjj and a solid martial artist in general. He knew aikido as well and while it doesnt often come into play in a mma setting believe it or not he can kinda mix it in with his takedowns or his bjj and grappling and it works also it works for him as a cop too. Not saying aikido is the go to martial art but it does actually seem to pair well when mixed with a great martial art that does work like judo or jiu jitsu. Anyway main point is ive seen the guys at my gym use all the skills and transition just fine when they compete mma and we train muay thai and bjj seperated and we arent truly an mma gym but a bjj gym just so happens a few have tried mma and luckily the ones that did happened to be really successful
This is my program...Striking = 6 months Boxing with 3 months WCKF & 3 months Muay Thai. Weapons = 6 months FMA(LAMECO & BALINTAWAK SPRING & SUMMER). Grappling = 6 months(FALL & WINTER BJJ/Shuai Jai) Mostly a hand striker. Also respect the weapons and wrestling side of combat.
What I've been trying to inspire martial artists and mma athletes to realize is that the one thing lacking in Brazilian JiuJitsu that both Kodokan Judo and Collegiate Wrestling bring to one's arsenal is the development of Kuzushi in the standing clench...Kuzushi is what allows a smaller, less strong, individual to bring down, throw or control a larger, stronger, attacker in the standing clench during an unarmed close-combat encounter...Brazilian JiuJitsu training doesn't really focus on the development of this KEY ability to unarmed defense in a stand up clenching situation against a larger, stronger, attacker/opponent to the extent that both Kodokan Judo and American Collegiate Wrestling do to become sensative to and steal the base structure or center of balance of an attacker/opponent in standing clench range. This sensitivity to Kuzushi is what really made Rhonda Rousey so successful in MMA sport. It's the attribute that makes smaller, less strong, people capable of taking down much stronger, larger, adversaries in what seems like magic to third party observers. As one of the most important attributes to develop for unarmed combat it's the least understood and least developed attribute in most martial arts and combat sports, except for in Kodokan Judo and American Collegiate Wrestling.
Do you oerhaps have a link to a video explaining this and how to make use of it? I train bjj and understand what your saying but would like more in depth analysis and how to on it. For reference im a white belt so yes i study bjj but im still learning and by no means an expert. I also took judo for six months but unfortunately never ranked up due to it no longer being availible in my area or else maybe id already thoroughly understand the concept. My striking training stems from six years of tkd and now study muay thai from time to time but mainly focus on bjj
I boxed for a long time growing up (won the golden gloves multiple times) and wrestled on the side. I got bored with boxing (and my progress was peaking) and wrestling wasn’t available to me outside of school. I started doing Muay Thai and jiujitsu consistently for about a year. By that time I was a very solid boxer and knew the basics of wrestling, bjj, and Muay Thai. Actual mma classes became available at my gym recently, so I thought “Why the hell not?”
I boxed a bit as a kid and now i'm interested in adding a martial art. From a non competitive pov, would you recommend bjj or judo? I was gonna look for somewhere that does muay thai but i'd like to try a grappling one first
I'm currently 21, I did martial arts years ago, had a karate background and did some muay thai and grappling afterwards. I was a skinny kid so I decided to stop martial arts and do weightlifting instead at the age of 16. Now after 5 years of bodybuilding I've put on about 40 kg's. Decided that I didn't want to continue bodybuilding anymore as it was taking it's toll on my mental and physical health, because of the need to take anabolics to be competitive. So I tried something another sport where my big frame and strength could be useful, in this case rugby... First game, boom, tore my pec major tendon off the bone. Quickly decided that I didn't want to continue rugby anymore. So now I'm looking into starting MMA, as I am still pretty good at striking and I've been following the UFC and other organisations since I was a kid. I'm still recovering from the injury, but I'm doing what I can to get athletic and flexible again (shadow boxing, running, core, stretching ...). I'm looking for a gym to practice MMA, but it is like you said, there aren't really a lot of MMA gyms, especially here in Belgium. The gym nearest to me is owned by a full-contact/kickbox/muay thai guy, but there's also 'MMA' classes, allthough it's probably just some basic grappling and wrestling from what I've seen on their website. I was wondering what you'd do in a case like this, I obviously would look to make friends with guys that also want to be practicing MMA so we could do MMA drills and sparring together. Looking for another gym is not really an option, because MMA is still very much growing here in Belgium, kickboxing is very popular but there are barely any real MMA gyms. Sorry for the long comment, I just recently discovered your channel and this video is very familiar to the situation here for MMA in Belgium. Thank you.
I had this same problem simply you just can't have everything I just had to put up with the clubs that were convinient for me. I'm sure you will find someone who will want to mix the arts iswell
It all boils down to what you really want. For example, I have no desire whatsoever to fight for competition of any sort. I fight for self defense, defense of my home and loved ones and survival. With that being said I take up MMA and BJJ because while MMA doesn't give you any huge advantages it also doesn't leave you with any inherent weaknesses. I choose BJJ because that's the kind of grappling I'm interested in learning and also doing MMA will allow me to figure out what are the best Jiu Jitsu and grappling techniques for a fight. My 8 year plan is to be competent in Mixed Martial Arts, Bjj and Edged weapons. MMA and BJJ will help me become a complete non competitive fighter.
Why not check out catch wrestling (grappling for the submission OR the pin)? It’s much more appropriate for MMA and Street Self-Defense than jiu-jitsu because while both arts have submissions, catch wrestling (and freestyle wrestling) teaches you to get the hell up OFF YOUR BACK, which is perfect for MMA & street self-defense; bjj’s two glaring weaknesses are 1) no takedown game unless you cross-train in judo, and 2) it’ll make you comfortable grappling from your back, is just Fine for jiujitsu tournaments but you want to train MMA so..
Great point, Daniel Cormier is one of the best Wrestlers in the sport, if not the best. yet very rately does he start off by taking someone down. His wrestling is such a threat keeping his opponent worried about the take down he then throws punches and kicks. When a fighter starts to cover up he then takes them down with ease. DC is one of the all time best, but his mixing of wrestling and striking is what is so devastating. Thanks coach wishing you and your family a Happy New Year. Continued success her on the Tube.
I prefer training them together when sparring if possible after doing them separately. Of course we learn the techniques and positions before the application practice. One problem I have is wearing the protective equipment especially the head gear and then grappling.
Thanks so much. I'll be starting college soon and they don't offer the sports I wanted so I thought I would learn a martial art instead. This helped me a lot in my decision process.
I see no point in training completely separately. Do not train in boxing or Muay Thai, learn (MMA) striking which is basically the above Adapted to an environment where grappling is involved. Why train boxing and then throw half of it out of the window because it doesn't work in MMA.
But most of it does work in MMA. I'll respect your opinion though. I understand your thinking! It makes sense. However, I feel like instead of throwing half of it out, you only use half of it but have the skills and discipline you gained from learning the other half. Boxing: punches. You use that a lot in MMA. ITF taekwondo: Best kicks and decent punches. You have the boxing for punches but you now have the best kicks in the world which are also used in MMA. And then with bbj and so on.
@@squishyoctopi7042 don't get me wrong, I love boxing. My striking is mostly boxing (adapted to MMA) with the inclusion of elbows, knees and kicks. However, a great number of things from pure boxing do not work in MMA such as the stance, large combos and much of the head movement. The point I was trying to make is why learn Muay Thai (which is suited to specific rules) when you can train striking like Muay Thai but already adapted to MMA?
Yes training in two separate martial arts will definantly not get you the same results as training in MMA if. you want to do them both because its a hobby and you want do both that great but it won't make you a high level MMA fighter
“Take what is useful and remove what is useless!”- Bruce Lee It’s good to train different disciplines because it will help you see with new eyes. When you train something in vacuum you’re able to see how it can work under less restrictions
This is exactly what I do. We have a pretty famous MMA gym here in Iceland, Reykjavik called Mjölnir, a huge complex which basically teaching BJJ / Wrestling / Kickboxing / Boxing and finally MMA. We have competition teams from different areas, and its a proper MMA gym with a cage. I picked up BJJ as first and main branch, and started to add Kickboxing to it, and finally put everything together in MMA, so 3 different area. 2-3 times BJJ, 2 times Kickboxing and 2 times MMA classes a week for me. And this is exactly what I do the same Ramsey said. In the MMA class we put everything together. The sparring in MMA is striking/kicking+takedowns/sweeps+grappling included wall/cage wall wrestling and ground and pound...and much more. I agree with him 100% percent. If I would just learn BJJ and Kickboxing separately it would be different. At the end of the day the MMA classes will teach us how to put these together and gives us all the links and the transitions between grappling and striking/kicking so we are able to react to different situations and of course able to apply the necessary techniques as an answer to these situations.
I’m trying to mix in some stuff with my Judo so that it’s not just throws and includes a little bit of striking so that I can still strike but still has a pure Judo feeling.
Really good breakdown and advice, spot on about MMA - it's good to mix it up, just giving it a go to see how it works. It's very refreshing AND confusing at times but it's nice to refresh the mind. I do BJJ, 'traditional' japanese ju-jitsu and kickboxing. Ramsey is completely correct when he talks about doing these activities in isolation. In my Jitsu style we do a faux-MMA, continuous fighting - which is 2 mins of sparring (light contact), then 1.5 mins of standing randori (Judo) and then 1.5 mins of groundfighting (BJJ), utterly exhausting but really good as you have to use different skillsets for different parts. It's not true MMA but an approximation. I'd like to have enough time to do MMA but age and work/family committments are against me. 2 of the guys at our jitsu class do pure MMA training and love it.
The basketball reference is spot on to me. I never thought of it that way...as always thanks for the videos. Happy New Year to all of you....make it a good one!
Traditional pugilism practices them together . Striking without gloves does make chancery (grappling) a lot easier . The kicks are delivered with a view to someone catching them if there too high . It's an amazing skill set really mostly forgotten but very very effective.
Mr. Dewey! I don't have a question, but I have a request! Bas Rutten had an old television show called "Punk Payback", and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! You have to go into it with a mindset for entertainment more than education, but I would love if you would watch it! Possibly test out some of his scenarios and solutions, and give your own commentary on them too. The whole season is on TH-cam, so I hope you can check it out! Also, great video as always!
I personally prefer doing multiple disciplines over MMA. Obviously most would disagree. But I simply think that it would work better as well as have more discipline. For example, ITF taekwondo, boxing and jujitsu. We have the best kicks in the world, solid punches and great grappling. Again, this is just my preference, but yeah, I know some people agree and think the same.
Jab, straight, hooks, uppercuts, low kicks, body kicks, head kicks, body knees, front kick or teep the body, sprawl, double leg takedown, single leg takedown, clinch fighting (underhooks etc) escaping mount & side control, basic sweeps, rnc, triangle, armbar, kimura, guillotine, holding top position
●Grappling:- 1) mount to armbar 2) kimura from full guard. 3) triangle from full guard. 4) armbar from full guard. 5) guillotine. 6) cyplex to backtake, apply seatbelt to rear naked choke. 7) double leg takedown. 8) passing guard. 9) IMPORTANT: Learn how to defend all of them. 10) single leg takedowns. Edit: Train all of this nogi and (if needed) with mma gloves
I think if you look at Karate Kata's it has had grappling and striking all along. I train Karate and BJJ and have trained Muay Thai in the past. Karate has all the same skills as Kickboxing and then some but also some grappling techniques though not the level on the ground BJJ has so I train both.
I'm going to start training in boxing, then add karate about a year to a year and half later. What do u think? This is for self defense, health & fitness, and just for the journey of martial arts.
Hi Ramsey, big fan of your work. A follow up question to this video. I train Muay Thai and want to follow your advice and begin mixing styles. In particular, I want to start training in a grappling art. I'm very interested in judo but don't know enough about it to make an educated decision. Can judo be considered a cross between wrestling and BJJ? In which case, I hit two birds with one stone? How problematic is the lack of leg grabbing takedown techniques under the judo rules implemented at most schools? (Single legs, double legs etc are very effective in the cage so I don't like the idea of missing out on those techniques). How effective is judo in general, for both cage fighting and self defence? I learnt in this video the importance of having an MMA class where you can spare under unified rules so this is something I will look for in my search for a new grappling gym. Please keep in mind that I am only interested in what works. I understand that even styles like aikido can offer 'something' valuable but I'm just not interested. I want something that will work in the cage and in a self defence situation. Love the channel and keep up the great vids. You are helping more people than you realise.
An inability to wrestle is a big deal in MMA. If you want to be an MMA fighter, you have to do it. Judo is good stuff, but every judoka that had any success in MMA cross trained in wrestling. For context: out of the 67 judo throws, I only use and teach 7 of them for MMA.
Understood. I'm brand new to grappling so this may be a naive question but aren't the takedowns in judo considered wrestling? What will I gain from wrestling that I miss in judo? And if I had to pick one or the other, should I train judo or wrestling?
I do kickboxing and bjj. When I tell people this they say "oh you do mma". People still don't realize that mma itself is its own sport. If I said I played soccer and basketball people wouldn't be like "oh you play football" would they? I think we should rebrand mma to mean modern martial arts instead of mixed.
But it's not it's own discipline it's a mix of them. Why change definitions to suit the ignorants. I don't think losing the distinct disciplines will help MMA, even though MMA is supposed to pick what works and package it into the one. How many pros only went to MMA classes? Do you know? It would be interesting to find out. Usually it's a progression from discipline to a mix.
@@pictishbynature1522 True, but MMA is pretty young in its current form. Its logical that folks trained in separate styles and then tried to mix. A few years ago you wouldn't be able to find any good school that taught the mix but separate classes instead and then one class to kind of put them together. This has largely changed and as time passes you will see people that want to learn from the beginning MMA train in striking.not boxing. Not Muay thai. Striking. Which is basically a mix of the above or other effective styles already adapted to MMA. I still think that grappling should be trained on its own as well as it is a different and more complex animal.
@@Panagiotis1709 I think people shouldn't even think about doing MMA until they are proficient in at least one striking or one grappling art. By proficient, I mean at least 4-5 years of training.
It's not even martial arts it's a sport that favours wrestling and ji jitsu. Ufc started by who? As the rules evolved it made it harder for strikers to have any advantage. Making the Olympic wrestling counties generally dominate. Martial arts isn't sport so to call it a martial art is just marketing. Prize fighting and martial arts are not the same.
Mr Dewey, Question: I've recently started a TKD class (4 months in), the instructor is fantastic and I'm really enjoying it. However, recently I was introduced to ITF Sine wave... and to be honest it just sounds like nonsense to me and it's really putting me off. I don't want to spend years of my life training/learning sine wave technique if it's all made up. It all seems a little "culty" that sine wave is amazing and one of the secrets of TKD. Maybe it could be a good video topic to do a with and without striking example in your usual no nonsense approach. Really enjoying this channel, keep up the good work.
Sine wave isn't used in sparring. Since you are only 4 months in I understand the concern. But, that is for technique in patterns, a long with reaction force. In full sparring, we look like kickboxers.
As far as Judo and Karate they are fuequently taught together and it is quite posible for to gain black belts in both Judo and Karate however if a person decides to train for many years until they earn a black belt in both Karate + Judo and thats the definition someone wants to use for mastery thats fine but a black belt is a merly a strip of fabric and most black belts are not profesional grade fighters.As far as belts go the strange thing about belts is that they are basically a tangible item you can hold in your hand that is used in order to measure something which is imaterial in nature and belt systems can quite easily lead someone into a false sense of how competent they really are but if someone wants to retreat into that fantasy world then thats there problem.
Unfortunately coach Ramsey those are UFC gyms right there I asked you a question about this certain subject couple of weeks back and very glad that you brought this up in the subject of your video I've been training at the UFC gym since 2012 and never once did they have a proper mixed martial arts class where we mix up our clinching are striking nothing like that and still to this day it's run by idiots who don't even know one thing about martial arts or fighting in general
I know this is an old video but if its not for mma and its for self defence, would training both muay thai and bjj seperatly (to have both striking and grappling expierience) be benifitial to the average person?
If most of your training is sparring THEN you'll learn fast and effectively. Will you be the best? no because you need combination of fundamentals and implementation but if you're not going to be an mma fighter for a living and just want to be able to execute when needed against the average bully then it will serve you well. Naturally gifted fighters who are not trained but just scrappy don't over think things.
Happy new year brother Dewey. I hope you and your family have a good 2019. Also I saw on your other video that the block where the JX fight club is going to be undergoing some construction. What is going to happen to your Gym? Will you and your other fighters have to relocate?
A really good sparing partner is the only good place to start someone you trust and that is hopefully better than you but you both learn to grow until you both move on to the next level
This is so true. So many gyms call themselves MMA gyms but actually just offer strking and grappling classes separately. I once asked why they don't really teach/train MMA where striking and grappling is combined and they said that it is too dangerous for people who aren't already very good at the individual disciplines. I think this is nonsense. Of course, you should have a good base in strking and grappling first, and in the beginning it can be a good thing not to overwhelm the students with combined striking and grappling. But you don't have to become reaaaaaaaally good first at strking and grappling before training it in combination makes sense.
What is your crass, and brutally honest opinion on the controversial mixture of Muay Thai + Peek-A-Boo + Judo combined? Would such a combination of combat styles be considered LETHAL???
on the point you made at 5:10. So I know a guy who is a purple belt at our bjj gym (technically an "mma gym" lol- to be fair we do have actual pro mma fighters who train here but I digress). Now this guy kinda brown-noses the head coach so he became a "coach" but not just for jiujitsu , for the "white collar" mma charity fight thingy (Im sure youve heard of such things). So anyway, hes lethal on the ground, competes a lot and wins medals and such. Well he recently got into an actual cage match, his debut match and I believe it was pro or semi-pro or whatever. The guy he was facing had a record of like, 3-2 or something maybe, Idk and looked visibly more in shape aswell. Bare in mind, he knows nothing about striking, he goes into the first round and gets knocked out in a few seconds. I was thinking , what did you expect mate?!
Let's say you had two equivalent coaching teams pick two teams from 200 absolute beginners. Each team has 100 people and at the end of 6 months they must at gun-point enter a cage and fight to the death with MMA gloves. The winning coaching team lives, losing coaching team dies with their losing team. You're only allowed to do 4 hours of training per day. Now what would be your coaching strategy? 4 hours of all striking or 4 hours of all grappling? Or would you split it 2 hours each? I think it's safe to argue that the team that learned only grappling would murder the team that only learned striking. But I would argue that the team that learned both would murder a grappling-only team or a striking-only team. It's not that they would be better at either discipline, just that they could pick where to engage the fight. Against the grappling team they would only strike. Against the striking team they'd take it to the ground. Also, I think there is the point of diminishing returns. Getting beginner gains is incredibly easy because you're mostly learning to use the muscles you have, to get better muscle recruitment, and to have better coordination in the movement. The team that trains 2 hours per discipline will not that far behind the team that trains 4 hours. There's only so much you can absorb in a day both mentally and physically. Now this scenario is totally fictitious and nobody is going to force anybody to fight to the death in a cage match. But the lesson here applies to the street and real world self defense.
So what happened with Max Holloway and Brian Ortega ? Brian Ortega being a world class BJJ guy. and Holloway being a striker, landed a record number of significant strikes 290 Ortega was undefeated was killing everyone, yet Max tore him up. Multiple time World champion BJJ Demian Mai lost pretty soundly to a loud mouth striker Colby Covington. Saying BJJ is the end all isn't the quite right.
@@kyokushin-4-life890 You simply confirmed what I said, which is the fact that someone with better mixed skills will defeat the purist. But I also said that a pure grappler will generally beat a pure striker (someone with zero ground game). BJJ specialists who lack the wrestling to take the fight to the ground will always be beaten by a better striker with good takedown defense.
@@GeorgeOu hmmm If I am coaching someone who I know is going to get into the cage even as a striker I am going to teach them how to stop a take down. I wouldn't be a very good coach if I didn't. At that point it just wouldn't make sense at a;; to teach striking and not teach take down defense. However if you are saying your going to NOT allow one team to know there will be grappling then I give that to you. But BJJ in itself isn't the end all unless your going blind into...
@@kyokushin-4-life890 You don't learn take down defense from a striking coach and a few sprawling drills. You have to train against good wrestlers and you have to train wrestling. You still learn BJJ and submission skills even if you're a world class wrestler. At that point you're not just learning striking. You're learning striking, wrestling, and submissions.
For your hypothetical, split 50-50. Only because of diminishing returns on additional time spent in an activity. Your first 100 hours of any activity is more educational than the 600-700 hour period. Your example is 720 hours. I'd take the 320 in both, rather than miss out on the super rewarding first 100 hours of either.
As far as martail arts like Boxing Tae kwon do and Wreastling they are good for those who want to spend there time engaging in a sport that has limited aplications in a fight and grants a very limited and specailized range of skills they want to become very good at.Tae kwon do boxing and wreastling are not so good that for those who are looking for a realistic representation of a fight.Only MMA can grant anyone anything anywhere close to that.
i train Boxing, Kickboxing, Grappling and Wrestling. Everything of it 2x a week. Mondays Kickboxing+wrestling, tuesdays boxing, wednesdays kickboxing+wrestling, thursdays boxing, fridays grappling and saturdays grappling. Is that too much? Can i become good in any of these martial arts like that?
240lbs vs 190lbs. Both drunk. He rushed me, no damage, i put my hands down then I turned to car door to put my phone/keys to resume fight. Car doors did not open. I turn around he hits my face. 0 knockout. I hit him on the chin 2 times. 1 Bruise on him. Swollen nose on me. draw. Im Sorry for being drunk. But he provoked me. Anything i accept. Thank you. Oh. Did muay thai 6 yrs ago.What were my mistakes ? i accept any advice/crituque
Hey Dewey, would training BJJ and Muay Thai 3 × a week, basically training 6 days out the week be taxing on my body? I'm not competing, I just want to make MMA my main hobby. Id also won't be training in an MMA gym, both separate gyms for each art. Would this be optimal for me? I just wouldn't want to over train and be prone to short term and long term permanent injuries.
@@Todo_fighting i train Boxing, Kickboxing, Grappling and Wrestling. Everything of it 2x a week. Mondays Kickboxing+wrestling, tuesdays boxing, wednesdays kickboxing+wrestling, thursdays boxing, fridays grappling and saturdays grappling. Is that too much? Can i become good in any of these martial arts like that?
About a 1,5 years ago or more my mma gym shut down so i started muay thai which i love so much. But recently ive been day dreaming of starting it again. Should i?
Just sayin', there might had been a similar rhythmic force going on in Street Basketball! The "turn around fadeaway jumpshot" is basically like the effect of Voodoo so don't do it. Just drive to the rim and take long balls like 3-pointers.
what about someone like me, who is 35, not looking to compete, but one thing i've learned from life is that its always better to be a master, then a generalist, of something. on the other hand, in a street situation, i want to be able to defend myself. is doing something like a boxing class, and separate judo class, better? or should i still stick to an MMA gym?
An MMA fighter is not a generalist. An MMA fighter is a specialist in the sport of MMA. Being a specialist in a different sport is the issue. Don’t get into street fights.
@@RamseyDewey thanks for the advice! however, would you not say that the best MMA fighters have some sort of specialty and are a master at something? i.e. khabib was sambo, wrestling. someone like ronda was judo, etc. i specifically mentioned defending myself, not looking for street trouble. i know running is the best option.
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I'm 23 and i started karate first, my current rank is yellow belt with black stripe working on getting my green. i just started a judo class last week monday, so monday wensday judo teusday thursday karate. taking both at the same time im sure its not very easy, but how long do you figure it would take to be pretty decent in both?
Hi i starten karate too im on white soon on yellow on monday and wendsday i go karate but i want to try jiu jutsu too it is on tuesday and friday do you think it is a good idea to go to both i dont want to ruin
MMA is most demanding sport for sure.. you missed one thing lets say basketball player whatever he do in the end he stick to one sport one ball.. he won't need to play football in match.. while mma guys whatever they train they are most likely gona need to play more sport at once if you got my point.. that is only downfall of mma we are forced to be master of multi sport instead of just one and we can all agree you can barely achieve one not all 🙄 You can evem feel when you dial up lets say grapling rather then striking or vice versa just per week.. we are rly mad folks 😂 Btw. nice New Year clip 🤙
Kaneda Lo Ramsey already addressed this in an older video. He said that although boxing isn't something one typically thinks of when thinking of "martial arts", it is one because it deals with much of the footwork and striking that forms the foundation of fighting.
The problem with mma is that only those who actually fight in cage are doing real mma . For those who train mma as a "hobby" , they will just "play" mma...
Kickboxing is a general term for stand up ring sports that allow punching and kicking. This includes a wide variety of rule sets including but not limited to American Kickboxing, Full Contact Karate, K1, Savate, Muay Thai, Gwon Kyokdo, Lethwei, Japanese kickboxing, Sanda, International rules kickboxing, and many others.
Even on Da Streets grappling and Striking are mixed together
On Da Streets!!
Good video. Agreed! If you separate all the time, the brain can't switch gears when needed. Whenever my boxers that crosstrain BJJ get on the ground, they stop dead in their tracks the first few times. It's as if they forget they know BJJ. It's an absolute necessity to connect the neurons together. Thanks for sharing Firas' video as well.
Thats crazy i honestly dont notice that ever happen at my gym. Difference is those guys train muay thai instead of boxing for standup but its a bjj gym. I wonder what the difference between our two gyms is other than the style of standup. Maybe its cause your gym mains boxing whereas mine mains bjj and muay thai is the secondary art idk. We have had a few fight MMA and one of the guys did amazing at it he was only a blue belt in bjj at the time now a black belt but he was always really good at bjj and a solid martial artist in general. He knew aikido as well and while it doesnt often come into play in a mma setting believe it or not he can kinda mix it in with his takedowns or his bjj and grappling and it works also it works for him as a cop too. Not saying aikido is the go to martial art but it does actually seem to pair well when mixed with a great martial art that does work like judo or jiu jitsu. Anyway main point is ive seen the guys at my gym use all the skills and transition just fine when they compete mma and we train muay thai and bjj seperated and we arent truly an mma gym but a bjj gym just so happens a few have tried mma and luckily the ones that did happened to be really successful
This is my program...Striking = 6 months Boxing with 3 months WCKF & 3 months Muay Thai. Weapons = 6 months FMA(LAMECO & BALINTAWAK SPRING & SUMMER). Grappling = 6 months(FALL & WINTER BJJ/Shuai Jai) Mostly a hand striker. Also respect the weapons and wrestling side of combat.
i do bjj, judo, sometimes luta livre and now muay thai. it is incredible how all fits together, together with my body, my state of mind.
What I've been trying to inspire martial artists and mma athletes to realize is that the one thing lacking in Brazilian JiuJitsu that both Kodokan Judo and Collegiate Wrestling bring to one's arsenal is the development of Kuzushi in the standing clench...Kuzushi is what allows a smaller, less strong, individual to bring down, throw or control a larger, stronger, attacker in the standing clench during an unarmed close-combat encounter...Brazilian JiuJitsu training doesn't really focus on the development of this KEY ability to unarmed defense in a stand up clenching situation against a larger, stronger, attacker/opponent to the extent that both Kodokan Judo and American Collegiate Wrestling do to become sensative to and steal the base structure or center of balance of an attacker/opponent in standing clench range. This sensitivity to Kuzushi is what really made Rhonda Rousey so successful in MMA sport. It's the attribute that makes smaller, less strong, people capable of taking down much stronger, larger, adversaries in what seems like magic to third party observers. As one of the most important attributes to develop for unarmed combat it's the least understood and least developed attribute in most martial arts and combat sports, except for in Kodokan Judo and American Collegiate Wrestling.
“It’s not a set up unless you unbalance your opponent.” -Jack Dempsey
Do you oerhaps have a link to a video explaining this and how to make use of it? I train bjj and understand what your saying but would like more in depth analysis and how to on it. For reference im a white belt so yes i study bjj but im still learning and by no means an expert. I also took judo for six months but unfortunately never ranked up due to it no longer being availible in my area or else maybe id already thoroughly understand the concept. My striking training stems from six years of tkd and now study muay thai from time to time but mainly focus on bjj
I boxed for a long time growing up (won the golden gloves multiple times) and wrestled on the side. I got bored with boxing (and my progress was peaking) and wrestling wasn’t available to me outside of school. I started doing Muay Thai and jiujitsu consistently for about a year. By that time I was a very solid boxer and knew the basics of wrestling, bjj, and Muay Thai. Actual mma classes became available at my gym recently, so I thought “Why the hell not?”
What happened next?
@@JLee118
I starting training mma
But when are you working on ur ki and no touch knockouts?
Your a beast😢
I boxed a bit as a kid and now i'm interested in adding a martial art. From a non competitive pov, would you recommend bjj or judo? I was gonna look for somewhere that does muay thai but i'd like to try a grappling one first
I'm currently 21, I did martial arts years ago, had a karate background and did some muay thai and grappling afterwards. I was a skinny kid so I decided to stop martial arts and do weightlifting instead at the age of 16. Now after 5 years of bodybuilding I've put on about 40 kg's. Decided that I didn't want to continue bodybuilding anymore as it was taking it's toll on my mental and physical health, because of the need to take anabolics to be competitive. So I tried something another sport where my big frame and strength could be useful, in this case rugby... First game, boom, tore my pec major tendon off the bone. Quickly decided that I didn't want to continue rugby anymore. So now I'm looking into starting MMA, as I am still pretty good at striking and I've been following the UFC and other organisations since I was a kid. I'm still recovering from the injury, but I'm doing what I can to get athletic and flexible again (shadow boxing, running, core, stretching ...). I'm looking for a gym to practice MMA, but it is like you said, there aren't really a lot of MMA gyms, especially here in Belgium. The gym nearest to me is owned by a full-contact/kickbox/muay thai guy, but there's also 'MMA' classes, allthough it's probably just some basic grappling and wrestling from what I've seen on their website. I was wondering what you'd do in a case like this, I obviously would look to make friends with guys that also want to be practicing MMA so we could do MMA drills and sparring together. Looking for another gym is not really an option, because MMA is still very much growing here in Belgium, kickboxing is very popular but there are barely any real MMA gyms. Sorry for the long comment, I just recently discovered your channel and this video is very familiar to the situation here for MMA in Belgium. Thank you.
Yeah I’ve this problem too. I want to learn more martial arts and need a place to mix them
I had this same problem simply you just can't have everything I just had to put up with the clubs that were convinient for me. I'm sure you will find someone who will want to mix the arts iswell
It all boils down to what you really want. For example, I have no desire whatsoever to fight for competition of any sort. I fight for self defense, defense of my home and loved ones and survival. With that being said I take up MMA and BJJ because while MMA doesn't give you any huge advantages it also doesn't leave you with any inherent weaknesses. I choose BJJ because that's the kind of grappling I'm interested in learning and also doing MMA will allow me to figure out what are the best Jiu Jitsu and grappling techniques for a fight. My 8 year plan is to be competent in Mixed Martial Arts, Bjj and Edged weapons. MMA and BJJ will help me become a complete non competitive fighter.
Why not check out catch wrestling (grappling for the submission OR the pin)? It’s much more appropriate for MMA and Street Self-Defense than jiu-jitsu because while both arts have submissions, catch wrestling (and freestyle wrestling) teaches you to get the hell up OFF YOUR BACK, which is perfect for MMA & street self-defense; bjj’s two glaring weaknesses are 1) no takedown game unless you cross-train in judo, and
2) it’ll make you comfortable grappling from your back, is just Fine for jiujitsu tournaments but you want to train MMA so..
Great point, Daniel Cormier is one of the best Wrestlers in the sport, if not the best. yet very rately does he start off by taking someone down. His wrestling is such a threat keeping his opponent worried about the take down he then throws punches and kicks. When a fighter starts to cover up he then takes them down with ease. DC is one of the all time best, but his mixing of wrestling and striking is what is so devastating. Thanks coach wishing you and your family a Happy New Year. Continued success her on the Tube.
Stipe Miocic is better to DC
I prefer training them together when sparring if possible after doing them separately. Of course we learn the techniques and positions before the application practice. One problem I have is wearing the protective equipment especially the head gear and then grappling.
Thanks so much. I'll be starting college soon and they don't offer the sports I wanted so I thought I would learn a martial art instead. This helped me a lot in my decision process.
I see no point in training completely separately. Do not train in boxing or Muay Thai, learn (MMA) striking which is basically the above Adapted to an environment where grappling is involved. Why train boxing and then throw half of it out of the window because it doesn't work in MMA.
But most of it does work in MMA. I'll respect your opinion though. I understand your thinking! It makes sense. However, I feel like instead of throwing half of it out, you only use half of it but have the skills and discipline you gained from learning the other half.
Boxing: punches. You use that a lot in MMA.
ITF taekwondo: Best kicks and decent punches. You have the boxing for punches but you now have the best kicks in the world which are also used in MMA.
And then with bbj and so on.
@@squishyoctopi7042 don't get me wrong, I love boxing. My striking is mostly boxing (adapted to MMA) with the inclusion of elbows, knees and kicks. However, a great number of things from pure boxing do not work in MMA such as the stance, large combos and much of the head movement. The point I was trying to make is why learn Muay Thai (which is suited to specific rules) when you can train striking like Muay Thai but already adapted to MMA?
Yes training in two separate martial arts will definantly not get you the same results as training in MMA if. you want to do them both because its a hobby and you want do both that great but it won't make you a high level MMA fighter
“Take what is useful and remove what is useless!”- Bruce Lee
It’s good to train different disciplines because it will help you see with new eyes. When you train something in vacuum you’re able to see how it can work under less restrictions
This is exactly what I do.
We have a pretty famous MMA gym here in Iceland, Reykjavik called Mjölnir, a huge complex which basically teaching BJJ / Wrestling / Kickboxing / Boxing and finally MMA. We have competition teams from different areas, and its a proper MMA gym with a cage.
I picked up BJJ as first and main branch, and started to add Kickboxing to it, and finally put everything together in MMA, so 3 different area.
2-3 times BJJ, 2 times Kickboxing and 2 times MMA classes a week for me.
And this is exactly what I do the same Ramsey said.
In the MMA class we put everything together. The sparring in MMA is striking/kicking+takedowns/sweeps+grappling included wall/cage wall wrestling and ground and pound...and much more.
I agree with him 100% percent. If I would just learn BJJ and Kickboxing separately it would be different.
At the end of the day the MMA classes will teach us how to put these together and gives us all the links and the transitions between grappling and striking/kicking so we are able to react to different situations and of course able to apply the necessary techniques as an answer to these situations.
A perfect mixed martial artist need mix between striking and grappling
I’m trying to mix in some stuff with my Judo so that it’s not just throws and includes a little bit of striking so that I can still strike but still has a pure Judo feeling.
judo and muay Thai go amazingly well together
I'm trying to mix in some stuff with my boxing and i'm thinking Judo first then BJJ or Muay Thai if i can
Really good breakdown and advice, spot on about MMA - it's good to mix it up, just giving it a go to see how it works. It's very refreshing AND confusing at times but it's nice to refresh the mind. I do BJJ, 'traditional' japanese ju-jitsu and kickboxing. Ramsey is completely correct when he talks about doing these activities in isolation.
In my Jitsu style we do a faux-MMA, continuous fighting - which is 2 mins of sparring (light contact), then 1.5 mins of standing randori (Judo) and then 1.5 mins of groundfighting (BJJ), utterly exhausting but really good as you have to use different skillsets for different parts. It's not true MMA but an approximation. I'd like to have enough time to do MMA but age and work/family committments are against me. 2 of the guys at our jitsu class do pure MMA training and love it.
The basketball reference is spot on to me. I never thought of it that way...as always thanks for the videos.
Happy New Year to all of you....make it a good one!
Well done sir. Looking forward to your new videos in 2019. Happy New Year to you & your family.
Godspeed!
Thanks for this lesson🙏,Wish u a great year ahead.
Auto generated subtitles be like : hi it's rimes eat away...
Lmao
I couldn't agree with this more.
Traditional pugilism practices them together . Striking without gloves does make chancery (grappling) a lot easier .
The kicks are delivered with a view to someone catching them if there too high .
It's an amazing skill set really mostly forgotten but very very effective.
Mr. Dewey! I don't have a question, but I have a request! Bas Rutten had an old television show called "Punk Payback", and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! You have to go into it with a mindset for entertainment more than education, but I would love if you would watch it! Possibly test out some of his scenarios and solutions, and give your own commentary on them too. The whole season is on TH-cam, so I hope you can check it out! Also, great video as always!
I personally prefer doing multiple disciplines over MMA. Obviously most would disagree. But I simply think that it would work better as well as have more discipline. For example, ITF taekwondo, boxing and jujitsu. We have the best kicks in the world, solid punches and great grappling.
Again, this is just my preference, but yeah, I know some people agree and think the same.
if done that over many years should definitely move into mma one day just smooth everything out
A good idea is to train MMA then train more on the side in which style you want to be more proficient in, or perhaps which one you struggle in more.
What striking and grappling techniques woul you say are the "basics" of MMA? Like, the first ones one should learn. Happy New Year, Ramsey!
Jab, straight, hooks, uppercuts, low kicks, body kicks, head kicks, body knees, front kick or teep the body, sprawl, double leg takedown, single leg takedown, clinch fighting (underhooks etc) escaping mount & side control, basic sweeps, rnc, triangle, armbar, kimura, guillotine, holding top position
Ehhh but are you gonna be able to pull off a kimura as a beginner? Maybe on another beginner but idk
@@l.z.6553 Judo BJJ and Muay Thai will do the job
Wrestling and Boxing. Strenght and Conditioning exercises too.
It's enough for a novice.
Path 2: MMA classes + Strenght and Conditioning exercises.
●Grappling:-
1) mount to armbar
2) kimura from full guard.
3) triangle from full guard.
4) armbar from full guard.
5) guillotine.
6) cyplex to backtake, apply seatbelt to rear naked choke.
7) double leg takedown.
8) passing guard.
9) IMPORTANT: Learn how to defend all of them.
10) single leg takedowns.
Edit: Train all of this nogi and (if needed) with mma gloves
Happy New Year Ramsey! And Thank You for all your videos in 2018 it thought me a lot about martial arts and discipline
I think if you look at Karate Kata's it has had grappling and striking all along. I train Karate and BJJ and have trained Muay Thai in the past. Karate has all the same skills as Kickboxing and then some but also some grappling techniques though not the level on the ground BJJ has so I train both.
I'm going to start training in boxing, then add karate about a year to a year and half later. What do u think? This is for self defense, health & fitness, and just for the journey of martial arts.
Happy new year, coach!
Hi Ramsey, big fan of your work. A follow up question to this video. I train Muay Thai and want to follow your advice and begin mixing styles. In particular, I want to start training in a grappling art. I'm very interested in judo but don't know enough about it to make an educated decision. Can judo be considered a cross between wrestling and BJJ? In which case, I hit two birds with one stone? How problematic is the lack of leg grabbing takedown techniques under the judo rules implemented at most schools? (Single legs, double legs etc are very effective in the cage so I don't like the idea of missing out on those techniques). How effective is judo in general, for both cage fighting and self defence? I learnt in this video the importance of having an MMA class where you can spare under unified rules so this is something I will look for in my search for a new grappling gym.
Please keep in mind that I am only interested in what works. I understand that even styles like aikido can offer 'something' valuable but I'm just not interested. I want something that will work in the cage and in a self defence situation.
Love the channel and keep up the great vids. You are helping more people than you realise.
An inability to wrestle is a big deal in MMA. If you want to be an MMA fighter, you have to do it. Judo is good stuff, but every judoka that had any success in MMA cross trained in wrestling. For context: out of the 67 judo throws, I only use and teach 7 of them for MMA.
Understood. I'm brand new to grappling so this may be a naive question but aren't the takedowns in judo considered wrestling? What will I gain from wrestling that I miss in judo? And if I had to pick one or the other, should I train judo or wrestling?
I do kickboxing and bjj. When I tell people this they say "oh you do mma". People still don't realize that mma itself is its own sport. If I said I played soccer and basketball people wouldn't be like "oh you play football" would they? I think we should rebrand mma to mean modern martial arts instead of mixed.
But it's not it's own discipline it's a mix of them. Why change definitions to suit the ignorants. I don't think losing the distinct disciplines will help MMA, even though MMA is supposed to pick what works and package it into the one. How many pros only went to MMA classes? Do you know? It would be interesting to find out. Usually it's a progression from discipline to a mix.
@@pictishbynature1522 True, but MMA is pretty young in its current form. Its logical that folks trained in separate styles and then tried to mix. A few years ago you wouldn't be able to find any good school that taught the mix but separate classes instead and then one class to kind of put them together. This has largely changed and as time passes you will see people that want to learn from the beginning MMA train in striking.not boxing. Not Muay thai. Striking. Which is basically a mix of the above or other effective styles already adapted to MMA. I still think that grappling should be trained on its own as well as it is a different and more complex animal.
@@Panagiotis1709 I think people shouldn't even think about doing MMA until they are proficient in at least one striking or one grappling art. By proficient, I mean at least 4-5 years of training.
It's not even martial arts it's a sport that favours wrestling and ji jitsu. Ufc started by who? As the rules evolved it made it harder for strikers to have any advantage. Making the Olympic wrestling counties generally dominate. Martial arts isn't sport so to call it a martial art is just marketing. Prize fighting and martial arts are not the same.
@@ROCEREDSKULLDesign True true. I actually prefer the term combat sport.
Mr Dewey, Question:
I've recently started a TKD class (4 months in), the instructor is fantastic and I'm really enjoying it. However, recently I was introduced to ITF Sine wave... and to be honest it just sounds like nonsense to me and it's really putting me off. I don't want to spend years of my life training/learning sine wave technique if it's all made up. It all seems a little "culty" that sine wave is amazing and one of the secrets of TKD. Maybe it could be a good video topic to do a with and without striking example in your usual no nonsense approach.
Really enjoying this channel, keep up the good work.
Sine wave isn't used in sparring. Since you are only 4 months in I understand the concern. But, that is for technique in patterns, a long with reaction force. In full sparring, we look like kickboxers.
This man has a nice voice. He should narrate audiobooks.
For real!
As far as Judo and Karate they are fuequently taught together and it is quite posible for to gain black belts in both Judo and Karate however if a person decides to train for many years until they earn a black belt in both Karate + Judo and thats the definition someone wants to use for mastery thats fine but a black belt is a merly a strip of fabric and most black belts are not profesional grade fighters.As far as belts go the strange thing about belts is that they are basically a tangible item you can hold in your hand that is used in order to measure something which is imaterial in nature and belt systems can quite easily lead someone into a false sense of how competent they really are but if someone wants to retreat into that fantasy world then thats there problem.
you can also mix kung fu or tkd with judo
Unfortunately coach Ramsey those are UFC gyms right there I asked you a question about this certain subject couple of weeks back and very glad that you brought this up in the subject of your video I've been training at the UFC gym since 2012 and never once did they have a proper mixed martial arts class where we mix up our clinching are striking nothing like that and still to this day it's run by idiots who don't even know one thing about martial arts or fighting in general
I know this is an old video but if its not for mma and its for self defence, would training both muay thai and bjj seperatly (to have both striking and grappling expierience) be benifitial to the average person?
If most of your training is sparring THEN you'll learn fast and effectively. Will you be the best? no because you need combination of fundamentals and implementation but if you're not going to be an mma fighter for a living and just want to be able to execute when needed against the average bully then it will serve you well. Naturally gifted fighters who are not trained but just scrappy don't over think things.
Happy new year brother Dewey. I hope you and your family have a good 2019. Also I saw on your other video that the block where the JX fight club is going to be undergoing some construction. What is going to happen to your Gym? Will you and your other fighters have to relocate?
Can i mix kickboxing and judo at the same time ? Theire no video in the youtube explain this ?
A really good sparing partner is the only good place to start someone you trust and that is hopefully better than you but you both learn to grow until you both move on to the next level
This is so true. So many gyms call themselves MMA gyms but actually just offer strking and grappling classes separately. I once asked why they don't really teach/train MMA where striking and grappling is combined and they said that it is too dangerous for people who aren't already very good at the individual disciplines. I think this is nonsense. Of course, you should have a good base in strking and grappling first, and in the beginning it can be a good thing not to overwhelm the students with combined striking and grappling. But you don't have to become reaaaaaaaally good first at strking and grappling before training it in combination makes sense.
What is your crass, and brutally honest opinion on the controversial mixture of Muay Thai + Peek-A-Boo + Judo combined? Would such a combination of combat styles be considered LETHAL???
Its like training for a triathlon but never doing more than one event in a work out.
on the point you made at 5:10. So I know a guy who is a purple belt at our bjj gym (technically an "mma gym" lol- to be fair we do have actual pro mma fighters who train here but I digress). Now this guy kinda brown-noses the head coach so he became a "coach" but not just for jiujitsu , for the "white collar" mma charity fight thingy (Im sure youve heard of such things). So anyway, hes lethal on the ground, competes a lot and wins medals and such. Well he recently got into an actual cage match, his debut match and I believe it was pro or semi-pro or whatever. The guy he was facing had a record of like, 3-2 or something maybe, Idk and looked visibly more in shape aswell. Bare in mind, he knows nothing about striking, he goes into the first round and gets knocked out in a few seconds. I was thinking , what did you expect mate?!
Let's say you had two equivalent coaching teams pick two teams from 200 absolute beginners. Each team has 100 people and at the end of 6 months they must at gun-point enter a cage and fight to the death with MMA gloves. The winning coaching team lives, losing coaching team dies with their losing team. You're only allowed to do 4 hours of training per day. Now what would be your coaching strategy? 4 hours of all striking or 4 hours of all grappling? Or would you split it 2 hours each?
I think it's safe to argue that the team that learned only grappling would murder the team that only learned striking. But I would argue that the team that learned both would murder a grappling-only team or a striking-only team. It's not that they would be better at either discipline, just that they could pick where to engage the fight. Against the grappling team they would only strike. Against the striking team they'd take it to the ground.
Also, I think there is the point of diminishing returns. Getting beginner gains is incredibly easy because you're mostly learning to use the muscles you have, to get better muscle recruitment, and to have better coordination in the movement. The team that trains 2 hours per discipline will not that far behind the team that trains 4 hours. There's only so much you can absorb in a day both mentally and physically.
Now this scenario is totally fictitious and nobody is going to force anybody to fight to the death in a cage match. But the lesson here applies to the street and real world self defense.
So what happened with Max Holloway and Brian Ortega ? Brian Ortega being a world class BJJ guy. and Holloway being a striker, landed a record number of significant strikes 290 Ortega was undefeated was killing everyone, yet Max tore him up. Multiple time World champion BJJ Demian Mai lost pretty soundly to a loud mouth striker Colby Covington. Saying BJJ is the end all isn't the quite right.
@@kyokushin-4-life890 You simply confirmed what I said, which is the fact that someone with better mixed skills will defeat the purist. But I also said that a pure grappler will generally beat a pure striker (someone with zero ground game). BJJ specialists who lack the wrestling to take the fight to the ground will always be beaten by a better striker with good takedown defense.
@@GeorgeOu hmmm If I am coaching someone who I know is going to get into the cage even as a striker I am going to teach them how to stop a take down. I wouldn't be a very good coach if I didn't. At that point it just wouldn't make sense at a;; to teach striking and not teach take down defense. However if you are saying your going to NOT allow one team to know there will be grappling then I give that to you. But BJJ in itself isn't the end all unless your going blind into...
@@kyokushin-4-life890 You don't learn take down defense from a striking coach and a few sprawling drills. You have to train against good wrestlers and you have to train wrestling. You still learn BJJ and submission skills even if you're a world class wrestler. At that point you're not just learning striking. You're learning striking, wrestling, and submissions.
For your hypothetical, split 50-50. Only because of diminishing returns on additional time spent in an activity. Your first 100 hours of any activity is more educational than the 600-700 hour period. Your example is 720 hours. I'd take the 320 in both, rather than miss out on the super rewarding first 100 hours of either.
Happy new year Mr ramram
As far as martail arts like Boxing Tae kwon do and Wreastling they are good for those who want to spend there time engaging in a sport that has limited aplications in a fight and grants a very limited and specailized range of skills they want to become very good at.Tae kwon do boxing and wreastling are not so good that for those who are looking for a realistic representation of a fight.Only MMA can grant anyone anything anywhere close to that.
They are multiple martial arts gyms
i train Boxing, Kickboxing, Grappling and Wrestling. Everything of it 2x a week. Mondays Kickboxing+wrestling, tuesdays boxing, wednesdays kickboxing+wrestling, thursdays boxing, fridays grappling and saturdays grappling. Is that too much? Can i become good in any of these martial arts like that?
240lbs vs 190lbs. Both drunk. He rushed me, no damage, i put my hands down then I turned to car door to put my phone/keys to resume fight. Car doors did not open. I turn around he hits my face. 0 knockout. I hit him on the chin 2 times. 1 Bruise on him. Swollen nose on me. draw. Im Sorry for being drunk. But he provoked me. Anything i accept. Thank you. Oh. Did muay thai 6 yrs ago.What were my mistakes ? i accept any advice/crituque
Hey Kevin, I got your email about that incident and just posted a video about it. I hope it helps.
@@RamseyDewey Thank you for the support!
Happy New York lad.
Hey Dewey, would training BJJ and Muay Thai 3 × a week, basically training 6 days out the week be taxing on my body?
I'm not competing, I just want to make MMA my main hobby. Id also won't be training in an MMA gym, both separate gyms for each art.
Would this be optimal for me? I just wouldn't want to over train and be prone to short term and long term permanent injuries.
That's how should start but you should train striking and grappling 5 a week and don't forget strength training.
Not only train bjj and muay thai, train boxing, wrestling, mma clases even judo if you can.
@@Todo_fighting i train Boxing, Kickboxing, Grappling and Wrestling. Everything of it 2x a week. Mondays Kickboxing+wrestling, tuesdays boxing, wednesdays kickboxing+wrestling, thursdays boxing, fridays grappling and saturdays grappling. Is that too much? Can i become good in any of these martial arts like that?
@@sikicem5301 off course, i think doing one grappling sport and one striking a day is perfec, of you can do mma session better, with small gloves.
@@Todo_fighting thank you!
About a 1,5 years ago or more my mma gym shut down so i started muay thai which i love so much. But recently ive been day dreaming of starting it again. Should i?
Just sayin', there might had been a similar rhythmic force going on in Street Basketball! The "turn around fadeaway jumpshot" is basically like the effect of Voodoo so don't do it. Just drive to the rim and take long balls like 3-pointers.
This is a question to this video how do I find this gym that can mix striking and grappling where do I find it love your vids
What happens if I train my body in BJJ, Muay Thai, hapkido and ninjitsu altogether? I sometimes feel mentally overwhelmed
what about someone like me, who is 35, not looking to compete, but one thing i've learned from life is that its always better to be a master, then a generalist, of something. on the other hand, in a street situation, i want to be able to defend myself. is doing something like a boxing class, and separate judo class, better? or should i still stick to an MMA gym?
An MMA fighter is not a generalist. An MMA fighter is a specialist in the sport of MMA. Being a specialist in a different sport is the issue.
Don’t get into street fights.
@@RamseyDewey thanks for the advice! however, would you not say that the best MMA fighters have some sort of specialty and are a master at something? i.e. khabib was sambo, wrestling. someone like ronda was judo, etc.
i specifically mentioned defending myself, not looking for street trouble. i know running is the best option.
You should make a video where you try the bring sally up pushup challenge perhaps with a few of your students.
What’s the sally up push-up challenge?
It is a challenge where you listen to the song flower by Moby. When the song starts you wait until you hear "bring sally up" then you assume a pushup position. Then when you hear "bring sally down" you go all the way down so your chest is just hovering above the ground. You hold that until you hear "bring sally up" again at which point you go up and hold a normal push up position. Rince and repeat for about 3:30 mins Here is a video where some guys do it. It is quite fun actually, especially when done with a backpack or something like that. th-cam.com/video/N6Y-rFN6Njw/w-d-xo.html
I'm 23 and i started karate first, my current rank is yellow belt with black stripe working on getting my green.
i just started a judo class last week monday, so monday wensday judo teusday thursday karate. taking both at the same time
im sure its not very easy, but how long do you figure it would take to be pretty decent in both?
Hi i starten karate too im on white soon on yellow on monday and wendsday i go karate but i want to try jiu jutsu too it is on tuesday and friday do you think it is a good idea to go to both i dont want to ruin
Karate is gay
Hey Tang Lung, it's December 31.
Cao
@@andrijajovanovic691 cao Andro, srecna nova.
On my side of the world, it’s been January 1 for 10 hours so far
I am training for self-defense.
For Da Streetz!! 😎💪
MMA is most demanding sport for sure.. you missed one thing lets say basketball player whatever he do in the end he stick to one sport one ball.. he won't need to play football in match.. while mma guys whatever they train they are most likely gona need to play more sport at once if you got my point.. that is only downfall of mma we are forced to be master of multi sport instead of just one and we can all agree you can barely achieve one not all 🙄 You can evem feel when you dial up lets say grapling rather then striking or vice versa just per week.. we are rly mad folks 😂
Btw. nice New Year clip 🤙
no video. The screen is black. weird
There are definantly quasi psuedo MMA gym out there.watch out.
Tons of them!
Hey Ramsey, do you think "Boxing" can be used as a martial art?
Kaneda Lo Ramsey already addressed this in an older video. He said that although boxing isn't something one typically thinks of when thinking of "martial arts", it is one because it deals with much of the footwork and striking that forms the foundation of fighting.
Of course boxing is a martial art. It’s one of the oldest martial arts.
Sup
i liked it more when u were speaking freely instead of reading xd
I’m not reading. I’m speaking quietly so as not to wake up my kids in the other room.
@@RamseyDewey ooh sry ^^ it looked like u were reading
The problem with mma is that only those who actually fight in cage are doing real mma . For those who train mma as a "hobby" , they will just "play" mma...
Muay Thai is not kickboxing and vice versa
Kickboxing is a general term for stand up ring sports that allow punching and kicking. This includes a wide variety of rule sets including but not limited to American Kickboxing, Full Contact Karate, K1, Savate, Muay Thai, Gwon Kyokdo, Lethwei, Japanese kickboxing, Sanda, International rules kickboxing, and many others.
Get schooled punk
I like this guy's videos but honestly I can't stand his voice and the way he talks. Great content tho. Lol. Does Anyone else feel this way?
Mike 11 if anything his voice makes it even better. Nice, deep, soothing.