What Is The Best Martial Art To Practice That Will Help With MMA In The Future?

peter_parker

Dec 16, 2008 at 11:23 am

brazillian jujitsu’s probably the most helpful but if you don’t have a grounding in kickboxing or boxing , expect some injuries while you’re getting to the grapple. a good instructor will encourage you to learn from other sources , not just stick with what they teach.

onpatrol2002

Dec 19, 2008 at 5:30 pm

Well this question is not one you can’t answer with just one definite style. But being a former mma competitor (back then it was called NHB or No Holds Barred) for me it was definitely wrestling. No other art out there can help more in positioning and controlling your opponent. Obviously you need your striking and submissions, which I would suggest you learn as well. But I can show you a choke and an arm bar and in about ten or fifteen minutes you could do it reasonably well. But controlling your opponent and just how to move your body and feeling how your opponent is going to move takes much longer. So get stared with your wrestling and work the rest in a little later. Because you if you can take your opponent down and control him you have won half the battle. GOOD LUCK!

Gabriel S

Dec 25, 2008 at 5:06 am

Well boxing is a must. Then look into a grappling art. Try judo because it alone has more taekdowns and some ground fighting to get you by in a MMA fight. There are many other styles with different areas of skill in a fight. MMA style is a style which will change in the future. Look at the Begging of UFC and how Royce Gracie dominated the First two Championships until Ken Shamrock Broke his spirit and made him retire early in the UFC.Well any way The Twister Jui jitsu made by Eddie Bravo looks like it’s going to be the next best Martial art in the Future!

Beatchanter

Dec 26, 2008 at 11:40 pm

Take 2 styles, one to improve your striking (Boxing, Kickboxing, Karate, Taekwondo, etc) and one to improve your ground fighting. (Judo, Jujitsu, Wrestling, etc)

spacemonkey1958

Jan 2, 2009 at 10:09 am

wrestling- even though its boring in mma fights wrestlers win cause wrestling helps you control your opponent better than anyting else, there have been lots of guys who had less than a year of training in other discplines and did very well in mma, after all if you get mount or side control its not that difficult to catch an arm, or pound on someones head.

if you were thinking striking then boxing or muay thai (i think traditional kickboxing is over rated in mma)

TLE_MGR

Jan 4, 2009 at 6:52 am

Gracie Jiu Jitsu. A modification of Jiu Jitsu, that allows smaller victims to defeat bigger and stronger opponents.

Royce Gracie won three championships back in the early days of UFC when nearly everything was allowed.

As for the poster who said Shamrock made Royce retire, I seemed to remember Royce making Shamrock tapout on his way to the championship.

The second time they fought resulted in a draw.

Royce had nothing more to prove and had accomplished what he was supposed to do: Establish the UFC and promote the dominance of Gracie Jiu Jitsu.

So far his only losses are to the so called Gracie Hunter and Matt Hughes. Who also are well rounded in Jiu Jitsu and wrestling and much bigger and stronger.

Rickson Gracie eventually joined PRIDE and went undefeated well into his forties.

Two my knowledge Shamrock has never fought anyone bigger and stronger than him.

Anyway, learn Jiu Jitsu, especially Gracie style.