Which styles are the best for MMA?

This is my thought on it. I want to know what you guys think. Tell me if you have martial art experience.





It is better to learn the arts that make up MMA first and then go to a good MMA school and put it all together. The best arts for MMA are in my opinion Muay Thai (standup), Greco roman (wrestling) and BJJ (ground game). Western boxing is good to incorporate into MT and free style wrestling into Greco roman wrestling .





After this go to a MMA school and you will be set. They will tell you all you need to know.





It will be hard to find all these places to train at but if you live in a big city in the US you will be ok for the most part.





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I am a martial artist and a big MMA fan. I do both tradional and modern styles.





Check out Dog Brothers and UFC/Pride

Which styles are the best for MMA?
For goodness sakes don%26#039;t listen to that guy.





I have been fighting MMA for a couple years and I can promise you that you will learn nothing in TKD or JKD that will help you in the cage.





Its best to get with a solid MMA club and learn it from scratch if possible. Each style will have their own little quirk that will need to be ironed out.





IE - A boxing stance can be too short and will not give you the ability to defend take downs. Additionally a wrestling stance will cause you to have your strong leg / hand forward when you should have your weak leg / hand forward when fighting. The punches are similar to boxing and the take downs are similar to wrestling but its better to learn MMA from an accomplished MMA coach.





Even BJJ that you will learn will teach many things that simply don%26#039;t work in the cage - like an X guard.





Of all the martial arts you listed - I would learn BJJ if you wanted to come into MMA with any base. At the B and C level shows - alot of fights are won with BJJ.





MMA is a tough sport and requires alot of dedication and work - you will be frustrated. I trained in Judo and BJJ before MMA was really even a sport. My base was freestyle wrestling and BJJ. When I got into it - I had wished I never learned wrestling as I would take shots whenever I felt like I was in trouble. Eventually I was taking desperation shots instead of rolling with the punches and setting up my own offense. Whatever your base is - thats what you will fall back on when stuff goes wrong. Your base should be MMA!





Good Luck!
Reply:Top 5 in order.





5. Tae Kwon Doe (To learn how to evade/counter attack/and make your punch shatter glass.)


4. Jeet Kune Doe (To kick *** and learn proper form/kicks.)


3. Any type of boxing/wrestling (learn the techniques and get tougher.)


2. Muay Thai (to learn how to punch and kick hard and properly and consistantly.)


1. Brazillian Jiu Jitsu ( 80% of MMA is BJJ because of ground fighting and on your feet fighting for take downs/chokes/submissions.)
Reply:juijuitsu
Reply:Nick%26#039;s answer is probably best I%26#039;ve seen in a while.





The studio I attend classes in Shotokan karate at offers MMA using BJJ and Shotokan classes. The students attend both classes, some even adding on boxing to that. There are weekend classes where they string it all together. Seems pretty practical to me for a starter, and more styles can easliy be added on once you have a nice base down. Shotokan is pretty good because it gives you a low stance that%26#039;s difficult to take down, strong punches and kicks to keep them away, and then if you are taken to the ground, BJJ adds the tactics to grapple and get them under control real quick.
Reply:i think it would be a good idea to have some background in martial arts so you have a foundation. probably muay thai with jujitsu would be best combination. however putting it all together is more difficult to learn, unless you are very adaptable, there might be a tendency to fall back to a style you are more comfortable with, which ever it might be striking or grappling. going to a mma school would definately improve your game by putting your tools together with more consistency. starting at a mma school would help you learn to adapt both striking and grappling from the get go would benefit


as long as you are willing to learn, either way should be beneficial
Reply:Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu are good