Martial Arts Training

[dh.hamilton1]

Who all actively trains a martial art and what do you train?

I trained karate/kick boxing for about 5-6 years in my mid 20s to early 30s then stopped due to work then we had our first kid. Haven’t trained for almost 4 years but bought a stand up bag for home to work strikes and kicks on again.

Now that my son is almost 4 and we have a daughter on the way, I’ve been thinking of getting back into something to also expose my son to. He thinks it funny when I kick the bag in the garage.


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[Wprinkle]

I trained Shotokan for about 3 years, and a couple years of Muay Thai, Now I go to 2 days of BJJ and "kick boxing" its supposed to be Muay Thai but its a very watered down version, in back to back classes...

My son is two and I will have him in either Japanese Jiu-Jitsu or Muay Thai when he is old enough..

 

[madgrad02]

I take some karate/taekwondo classes with the kids (coming up on 7 and 9 yrs old). Figured I was paying to take them and watch, so I started going as well (in my 40s)!

 

[Nine Banger]

My son and I are learning Wado Ryu together.

Our instructors do a great job with classes that are interesting for youth and adults that practice at the same time.

It's been great. I hope you can find a dojo like ours.

 

[dh.hamilton1]

I trained Shotokan for about 3 years, and a couple years of Muay Thai, Now I go to 2 days of BJJ and "kick boxing" its supposed to be Muay Thai but its a very watered down version, in back to back classes...

My son is two and I will have him in either Japanese Jiu-Jitsu or Muay Thai when he is old enough..

Why Japanese jiu jitsu for your son and not Brazilian jiu jitsu?

I understand there is a different but not being a practitioner, I don’t know the specifics.


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[Wprinkle]

Why Japanese jiu jitsu for your son and not Brazilian jiu jitsu?

I understand there is a different but not being a practitioner, I don’t know the specifics.


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So the birds eye view from my understanding. Judo is hyper focused on 1 on 1 stand up fighting portion of Japanese Jiu Jitsu (JJJ). And Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) is Hyper focused in the 1 on 1 grappling portion. Original JJJ was a combo of both and included portions like weapons, multiple people etc. Both Judo and BJJ come from JJJ. And are the competition elements of JJJ. JJJ was developed for warriors not point system competitions. Judo is tradition focused and BJJ is all about lineage.

Training in any martial arts is beneficial IMO. Someone with 12 months training in anything but Bullshito can probably handle 99% of any situations of a non trained person. And its great exercise for us old guys that hate running haha

 

[LCV]

Why Japanese jiu jitsu for your son and not Brazilian jiu jitsu?

I understand there is a different but not being a practitioner, I don’t know the specifics.


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My opinion, you’ll have a hard time finding a JJJ gym teaching anything close to useful. Notice all those mma champs with a JJJ background? Me either.

BJJ/judo, wrestling, boxing, muay thai are all fairly easy to find solid training for in the US.

 

[bozeman]

Not me, but my son (19) started BJJ approx 20 months ago and WOW, the difference. He called this past Sat and stated he had made the college team and was the '1st Rep for the 198lbs class. Very proud. Wished I had started him sooner. My daughter (18) started 4 months ago (hates it, go figure). Our agreement is to finish out the month of March and focus on HS graduation/exams. You can def tell a diff in his build/composition and how he carries himself. Not cocky or arrogant, but def a confidence he never had.

 

[RockAndSage]

Notice all those mma champs with a JJJ background?

Notice all those MMA champs training to survive a multiple-threat encounter, where biting, eye-gouging, finger-breaks, throat strikes, ear removal, and groin smashing are just the norm? Where one "takedown" or fall on concrete and asphalt breaks shoulders, elbows, knees, and skulls?

Because that's what happens in reality - and combat games are just not reality.

MMA is some dangerous stuff, and BJJ is just one slice of that even. But it also gives the same blinded bias to combat capability as gun games like IDPA, USPSA, etc - it's training and perception focus are restricted by rules designed for a game that gives a false sense of competency in real-life encounters.

Competent competitors understand this and look for additional experience and perspective elsewhere, if they actually want street competence. Most don't, and just want to optimize for the game or enjoy a skillset for what it is.

Combat games absolutely have their place - but as part of a broader, integrated approach to capability.

Japanese Jiu-Jitsu and a few other systems are less perverted by gaming rules and blinders, and the false senses of security and capability that instills.

All that said, someone dedicated in a combat gaming system is still going to smoke most randos on the street. Especially if they're aware of their own limitations.