Timeline for What information should I consider when choosing a martial art to study?
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| Feb 14, 2014 at 21:30 | comment | added | Thomas Denmark Uylenbroek | DaveLiepmann was correct with his first post about my intentions. This guy was training to get in shape and to have fun and be able to stick with the sport. So, self defense is secondary. Besides, any grappling school worth their salt will do some self defense vs strikes; e.g. how to close to the distance safely against a puncher and to bring him(her) to the ground. | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 15:39 | comment | added | Dave Liepmann | @TonyD That's only true if training for self-defense. If the goal is training for the fun of training, then grappling without head punching but 100% application of grappling moves is perfectly valid. | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 14:43 | comment | added | Tony D | @DaveLiepmann - that's half a story at best, as knowing your offensive technique works is different from knowing someone can't punch you in the head while you're trying to apply it. Again, in as much as not having contact to the head is unrealistic, it applies as much to one art as another. If Thomas believes his grappling defense neutralises punches reliably, he wouldn't care whether he trained in a system that allowed that attack. | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 12:12 | comment | added | Dave Liepmann | @TonyD I don't know what Thomas intended, but for me it's that I know whether what I'm training works in grappling because I can apply it 100% even in friendly training. That's not possible with striking; you need to compete for that perspective. One could argue that 100% application in striking training is possible if you just don't punch the face/head...but then you're cheating yourself of real confidence and skills. I've found that to be true and I think that's what Thomas meant. | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 4:28 | comment | added | Tony D | Let me see if I understood you correctly - striking arts that don't strike to the face are cheating themselves, but with a grappling art where you will "not get the brain damage" because you're not striking to the face either isn't cheating yourself...? ;-. | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 1:20 | comment | added | Vass | I find that the physical exercise derived from grappling cannot be matched. I do not know a single sport more exhausting than 5 minutes of wrestling | |
| Feb 13, 2014 at 21:19 | history | answered | Thomas Denmark Uylenbroek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |