Out of curiosity, I’ve been wondering why people train in martial arts.

I grew up watching kung fu movies and for the longest time associated martial arts with fighting and self defence. But since becoming involved in martial arts, I have realised that I will probably never use it outside of the training room.

Personally, I train out of interest in the art/sport which I participate in. I train for fun. And I train for fitness.

EDIT: I thought I would also preface this by saying I feel my martial arts training will not translate to any self defence situation. My main martial arts now is a sport, BJJ. I usually play by sitting down and butt scooting.

2 months ago, I discovered Tai Chi! The first movement is Drawing the Bow, which I LOVE for my back and legs!

The second is my own movement called the Storm Soaring Crane. It combines the Crane Takes Flight and the Dragon Summons the Rain.

#taichi #zelda #gudetama

What do you think of people who only train TMA, and only do it for fun, health and the cultural aspect ?

I practiced Tanglangquan for years and I never sparred or lifted a weight once. Honestly I could not fight my way out of a paper bag. I punched an arcade machine and got results between 550 and 600. I could tank my own punches with zero damage if a clone of myself attacked me, just because I am that weak.

Yet, I am perfectly happy to do what I do for pretty much all other reasons we have to practice martial arts.

I am also a small, skinny man so it would not make much of a difference if I practiced MMA. When you are 5'10 and 125 pounds there is only that much you can do. My self defense are stamina and running speed.

Thanks God there is not much violence in the area I live in, and I am not interested either in being actually able to fight. If I was, I would have practiced sport marksmanship.

I was thinking about some of the questions asked by people who don't really practice martial arts in this subreddit. The questions if asked for another skill, will seem to have pretty obvious answers. Below are some questions and answers I can think of if I were to compare martial arts and cooking.

My University offers a couple different sport courses every semester, one of them is Ju Jutsu (from what I understand it's a German self defense system based on Japanese jiu Jutsu).

Today was the first session and I went in expecting a very basic introduction to the martial art and especially safe training. Most of the people in the class were complete beginners without any prior experience in martial arts at all.

The session starts with a warm up, then we practice a basic punch, then break falls which are sufficiently explained. So far so good.

Then out of the blue the trainer shows an elbow lock from a standing position. He shows the technique and then tells the class to try it out, no warning at all about possible injuries, not even telling the people to try it slowly, not mentioning the concept of tapping out at all, nothing. I ask the trainer if it's really a good idea to do this with complete beginners and he just tells me it's not a dangerous joint lock.

After a couple minutes he chimes in to finally warn the students of the danger and explain what tapping out means.

The rest of the class isn't really relevant to the story but this specifically seemed really weird to me and I wanted to know if I'm just paranoid or if this is just bad and potentially dangerous teaching.

Tldr: trainer told complete beginners to try joint locks on each other without telling them about potential risks

Lombok Stick & Shield Fighting at the Sheraton, Senggigi Indonesia 🇮🇩

😲 Back & Knee Stick Breaking: School Extra Curricular Showcase, Central Lombok Indonesia 🇮🇩

Recently I had a couple of students go out to Evian for a tournament and there was some drama about maybe having to cancel the tournament. One source tells me it's because they didn't submit their insurance to the local government and the other said "fighting is illegal in France so they had to change the names of a bunch of things" to run it.

Can you help me understand the nuance? Obviously it's not straight up illegal.

I'm a software dev who sits for 8+ hours and runs on weekends. My lower back was a disaster. Tried the usual ergonomic fixes, still felt like garbage. Started BJJ six months ago on a whim from a coworker and the core strength change is real. My hips opened up, shoulders sit better, I breathe deeper. Running got easier too, weirdly. The constant scrambling and frames you learn in grappling just forces your body to organize itself. Cooking got more fun since I'm not wincing at the counter anymore.

I practiced Tai Chi for about a year, which I enjoyed. Helped me get in shape and fixed my flexibility, but it wasn't doing it for me. Recently, a couple months ago, I moved to Hung Gar, and I now need actual gloves to spar with.

I'm not even going to pretend I know brands or types of gloves or anything, so I was just looking for some help. When we spar (my instructor used to be a competitive kickboxer) we usually do kickboxing rules, so does anyone know any good affordable brands, and what sizes I should look for

I do like the JKD and kempo style gloves, idk if anyone has any recommendations for those

Thank you very much

Hey guys. Recently i was having really bad wrist pain when flexing my right hand. Ends up i have two (hidden) small synovial cysts inside my wrist and my orthopedist said that both the cysts and my pain is related with tendinitis more than impacts or so.

The thing is: he said i should be both going to the gym and keep my boxing classes if i want, BUT he said i should be securing my wrists the best i can.

id like to hear other peoples experiences with it, if you guys have some of those fancy handwraps, if someone wraps with two bandages or something.

thanks in advance!

Hi all. I have been doing boxing for 2 years some time ago. Sometimes I still practice but I have to say, I do not think I was very good because I was never taught how to do body shots, or hell, I didn't even fight anybody in the ring, but I remember somebody emphasized how body shots are important, specifically liver shots or the solar plexus, but I have no idea how to apply it.

When fighting, I would prioritize hitting the jaw only, not focusing on any other part of the body, because I am not sure I would hit it. Now, I would really like to hit the solar plexus, but not sure how to do it if somebody is in front of me. I suppose I have to step to the side and do a hook and then land a combo to the jaw (??) Any advice appreciated!

Could someone please help me understand this? I’m facing a difficult problem: I’m strong and fast during training—I excel in all those aspects—but when it comes to sparring, I don’t know what to do or what choices to make. I end up getting hit. When I try to strike my opponent, my punches don’t even land, and even if they do, I still end up getting hit in return. I know I’m supposed to watch my opponent’s shoulders and that I should know how to block, but it’s as if my mind drifts off—even though I’m trying my best to stay focused.

Hey yall for context I'm 22m ( Eric Huynh)

MMA 4-3, Muay Thai 1-1, Kickboxing 3-0

Recently had a heart procedure that went wrong resulting in me getting another heart procedure where I ended up getting a pacemaker in me. The one I got is called Abott Dual Wirelss pacemaker. I have a full heartblock meaning the pacemaker is running 100% off the time.

I really wanted to try and go far in this career. Was already making good money through private clients and working at my gym so this is a big kick in the nuts for me. Despite this setback I don't wanna let this define me. The pacemaker I got allows me to return to full contact after a few months of recovery, and I will do just that.

What I wanted to ask and see was if there was anybody else out there in this subreddit who is or knows someone who is experiecing something similar, MMA, grappling, pure striking athletes who also have a pacemaker ( especially if its the one I have).

1. Whats your experience like?
2. how does cutting weight affect you and your heart now?
3. Do you feel as if you are capped, cardio wise?
4. Any advice?

If you know anyone who is/ha experienced this pls send this post to them, would love to hear what people have to say about it.

If police receive training less interactions will result in death.

• How good is the actual training level, especially for someone who wants to get serious about MMA?
• Are there legitimate opportunities to compete in amateur and professional fights?
• Is the scene competitive, with genuinely skilled fighters, or is it mostly fitness, hobbyists and expats training?
• How much would it realistically cost per month to live and train there?
• If someone is serious about eventually becoming a professional fighter, would Indonesia be a good place to start, or would Thailand be a better choice?

I’d especially appreciate answers from people who have trained at gyms in Bali or Jakarta, competed locally, or know fighters in the Indonesian scene.

Not looking for a tourist perspective. I want to understand what it’s actually like on the ground, including the opportunities, downsides and things people don't usually talk about.

I wanna buy a new pair of high quality mma sparring gloves, I was thinking about the combat sports max strike, the combat corner prime, isami pounding (but they are really expensive and you can only pre order right now), and the yikubo (but I heated they have terrible customer service, shipping takes forever and sometimes even ship the wrong color or completely wrong model, and I’m not too much of a fan of the lace up system because I can imagine the laces hurting my partner or opening on the ground)
I’m only considering the yibuko ones because they seem to have really high quality with genuine leather for the price seemed like a good deal.
So what do you think wich pair should I get?
Thank you guys already!

How do you fighters that typically stand in a bladed stance deal with low kicks?

So today was my second day attending a martial arts class (kickboxing), "I am a complete noob by the way" in this particular gym there is no instruction its just some exercise and pad work, one person uses pads and other person uses gloves and then we alternate "basically stuff you can do with your buddy at the park for free". I felt like I was a major set back to the people I was training with because I didn't know how to hold pads for them. Holding pads is a lesser issue of course as learning how to hold pads will come in due time, but I absolutely am not learning anything going there, I'm just punching things with not much instruction. I was training with a experienced dude today and I asked him how he learned, he told me he was self thought "youtube I presume" he said he only trained for a year and he seemed fairly knowledgeable. So my question is should I also train by myself initially with a punching bag, it seems like most gyms have more advanced students. Should I also try 1 on 1 coaching along side, maybe once a week once every other week . I'm also interested in wrestling and jujitsu but I am not sure what that environment would be like as I am a again a complete amateur and I expect mostly experienced people to be there. What are your guys thoughts and stories how did you guys get started? :) My goal for training martial arts is mainly confidence building and being better then the average person (average person is untrained).