Martial arts question (Kickboxing)
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I currently do weekly Krav Maga sessions, and I have the option and money available to either increase these to twice a week, or go to kickboxing at the other end of the week.
I did karate for some time a few years back, and a few bits of the others but never got involved in kickboxing.
If there is anyone out there that has done Krav Maga(or knows what Krav involves) and Kickboxing - my question is - would it be worth doing the kickboxing to augment some more contact work, or just increase the krav maga sessions and concentrate on that?
(I am not looking to get into a debate of "which martial art is better than x" - I am just trying to get an honest opinion from those that know better. I practice martial arts for fitness and co-ordination, not to prove that I am 'ard - init.)
I did karate for some time a few years back, and a few bits of the others but never got involved in kickboxing.
If there is anyone out there that has done Krav Maga(or knows what Krav involves) and Kickboxing - my question is - would it be worth doing the kickboxing to augment some more contact work, or just increase the krav maga sessions and concentrate on that?
(I am not looking to get into a debate of "which martial art is better than x" - I am just trying to get an honest opinion from those that know better. I practice martial arts for fitness and co-ordination, not to prove that I am 'ard - init.)
Why is it that every alleged hard nut I encounter is either an ex british kick boxing champoion or on the olympic team.
This applies to men and ladies...
Are they all full of s
t and just pumped up on steroids, or do we have an enormous amount of bullstters within the kick boxing community?
This applies to men and ladies...
Are they all full of s
t and just pumped up on steroids, or do we have an enormous amount of bullstters within the kick boxing community?
Compliment your Martial arts with something that works really well. If thats what you want.
Good workout and good way to toughen up if thats what you want.
Personally i have done traditional MA for 10 years with a mixture of different styles. I would say complimenting the traditional skills you learn and training to actually use these skills can be a good idea if thats what you want. Kick boxing and MMA are good ways of doing this
Depends on what you actually enjoy though and what your goals are. I dont do any kick boxing or MMA type stuff anymore, its all traditional MA i do as my goals are associated with this and not to do with being tough.
Cheers
Nick
Good workout and good way to toughen up if thats what you want.
Personally i have done traditional MA for 10 years with a mixture of different styles. I would say complimenting the traditional skills you learn and training to actually use these skills can be a good idea if thats what you want. Kick boxing and MMA are good ways of doing this
Depends on what you actually enjoy though and what your goals are. I dont do any kick boxing or MMA type stuff anymore, its all traditional MA i do as my goals are associated with this and not to do with being tough.
Cheers
Nick
Dave200 said:
Kickboxing is not a martial art, it's a combat sport. Just so you know, obviously.
As a result, it does tend to attract the less-desirables more so than actual martial arts.
As a result, it does tend to attract the less-desirables more so than actual martial arts.
said:
kickboxing including Japanese kickboxing, American kickboxing, Indian boxing, Burmese boxing, as well as French boxing. The term kickboxing is disputed and has become more associated with the Japanese and American variants. Many of the other styles do not consider themselves to be 'kickboxing', although the public often uses the term generically to refer to all these martial arts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_boxingCombats sports are martial arts.
shibby! said:
Compliment your Martial arts with something that works really well. If thats what you want.
Good workout and good way to toughen up if thats what you want.
Personally i have done traditional MA for 10 years with a mixture of different styles. I would say complimenting the traditional skills you learn and training to actually use these skills can be a good idea if thats what you want. Kick boxing and MMA are good ways of doing this
Depends on what you actually enjoy though and what your goals are. I dont do any kick boxing or MMA type stuff anymore, its all traditional MA i do as my goals are associated with this and not to do with being tough.
Cheers
Nick
You make good points there.Good workout and good way to toughen up if thats what you want.
Personally i have done traditional MA for 10 years with a mixture of different styles. I would say complimenting the traditional skills you learn and training to actually use these skills can be a good idea if thats what you want. Kick boxing and MMA are good ways of doing this
Depends on what you actually enjoy though and what your goals are. I dont do any kick boxing or MMA type stuff anymore, its all traditional MA i do as my goals are associated with this and not to do with being tough.
Cheers
Nick
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