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Muay Thai vs Karate??……which is better to get into?
Please answer this if you know what you are talking about………..Iam looking to get into one of this two martial arts: Muay Thai or Shitoryu Karate( they are the closest schools near my house) I want something that is good for self defense. I hear that karate is excellent for street use since it has knife defenses, vital point strikes and so on. Does muay thai work as good as karate on the streets??
It’ll take you longer to become well versed in Karate, however Karate would be better for self defense than Muay Thai.
Why? Self defense isn’t just a matter of knocking the other guy out first. If you’re trying to defend yourself from an attacker, that means you’re trying not to be hit, wounded. Muay Thai will teach you a little bit on how to dodge and avoid punches, kicks. Karate will teach you that as well, and at the same time it’ll teach you blocks. From my understanding of Shitoryu, it has a great focus on defensive tactics, especially in regards to blocking. And if you’re talking self defense, surely you’d want the art with better and more defensive moves?
Karate has more striking techniques than Muay Thai would teach you. I guarantee you, you’ll have a wider range of kicks and upper body strikes to choose from. Don’t be fooled; elbow and knee strikes aren’t exclusive to Muay Thai. Like I said before, probably everything you’d learn in Muay Thai, you’d learn in Karate, and more. Along those lines, and although I’m not positive, Karate will most likely teach some grappling techniques. Perhaps nothing major, no wrestling or “ground game” so to speak, but it will probably teach some joint locks, wrist locks, small digit manipulation, so on. So while Muay Thai teaches just punches and kicks, Karate will take that a step further and show you how to disable or control your opponent.
And, don’t get me wrong, Muay Thai is a great art, by all means. Except all I’ve ever seen it do is fast track people into being able to unleash pain on their enemies. That’s great for arena combat or if you’re already versed in martial arts and are looking to add to your repertoire. However, you fall into neither of those categories. You want self defense, not just raw damage dealing ability.
Warrior Pages, Entering into Vital Point Strikes
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Vital Point Strikes: The Art and Science of Striking Vital Targets for Self-defense and Combat Sports $19.35 Vital Point Strikes is a guide to pressure point striking for the average martial artist. Sang H. Kim demystifies the lore of vital point striking and shows you realistic applications of vital point strikes for self-defense and combat sports. For those new to the concept of vital points, he begins by examining the Eastern theory of acupoints, meridians and ki (qi) and the Western scientific concep… |
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Essential Anatomy: For Healing and Martial Arts $18.69 This unique book will familiarize healing practitioners and martial artists with basic concepts of the human body, as defined by both Western and Eastern medical traditions, allowing those engaged in healing and martial arts to develop a more complete, holistic, and scientifically forward-looking understanding of the body. Overviews of philosophical and conceptual underpinnings are followed by det… |
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Kyusho-Jitsu: The Dillman Method of Pressure Point Fighting $21.50 Thorough detailing of how to use pressure point strikes for personal self-defense…. |
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Can you Even Throw a Punch?
The danger today – You!
When the World Turns VIOLENT! I bet you run.
What to do if someone wants to fight you!
Help me, Im fat, lazy and afraid of a bully.
The enemy may be next door – afraid to look?
Can you even throw a punch?
Are you martially in danger?
All titles to bring on that chilling fear inside and solicit a response – so read on..
ITS DANGEROUS OUT THERE
Its dangerous out there and especially for you..
The enemy may be next door and you dont know it but you got to have the guts too look. What can you really do once you see some violence or get scared or worse because you receive a bashing or king hit – do you hide in your room?
Were are you on the scared meter of life? Are you out there amongst it or a bit of a shy body or house mummys boy?
You know that given a situation to be a hero and stop a crime, terrorism or violence you’ll be able to step up or chase after them etc – or maybe you’ll cower or be the victim.
TV today scares the shiit out of many people as it promotes violence and turns the meek yellow and nervous.
The danger today is maybe not too obvious to you but you better hone your sensors or youll get hit without seeing it coming.
PHYSICAL COMPETANCE
Have you ever seen raw assault or someone getting ‘owned’? Just search google for “martial street fights” – “martial owned” Watch those movies and cringe!!!
http://www.google.com/search?q=martial+owned
http://www.google.com/search?q=martial+street+fights
Kung Fu, Boxing, dancing, balley, incompetance? What will you present to your attacker?
Today we are lazy, probably fat too.. Go look in the mirror and skip for ten minutes, then check your image again and what do you see?
Can you throw a punch or even stand steady on one leg? can you do a round-house or even give a kick to the knee? Ever heard of a combination?
I can judge I am probably half the strength and endurance form 10 years ago, how about you?
MARTIAL KNOWLEDGE
a martial art is defined as – 1 : of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior 2 : relating to an army or to military life 3 : experienced in or inclined to war : WARLIKE
http://www.martialarm.com/information/martial-arts-definition.html
a martial art is defined as: various forms of self-defense, usually weaponless, based on techniques developed in ancient China, India, and Tibet.
http://www.martialarm.com/information/martial-arts-definition.html
Do you even know the diffference between kung fu and karate? Do you think wing chun is a chinese dish?
The different styles can even be related to shapes or geometry – squares, triangles and circles.
Because karate, judo, kung fu, and tae kwon do have been more prominent than other forms in popular culture, from film to sporting events, many people mistakenly believe that all martial arts are Asian in origin. In fact, diverse cultures throughout history from Europe, Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East have also given birth to their own martial art forms.
Or a combination of triangles with small circles as can be seen in chinese trapping, wrist locks or Aikido entry and endings.
Despite the array of martial arts and styles, most of them share common techniques, and so they can be organized into broad categories that facilitate understanding. The primary way of classifying martial arts is by the basic physical technique they use: striking or grappling.
If you’ve never studied a martial art, your awareness of them most likely starts at Bruce Lee movies and ends with the stylized theatrics of The Matrix. If that’s the case, you may not realize from what you’ve gleaned onscreen that there are an estimated 200 unique kinds of martial arts, and within these, thousands of different styles. Karate, judo, kung fu, and tae kwon do are among the most popular and well-known of the martial arts in the U.S., but there are numerous others.
MARTIAL TRAINING TO LIVE
Training is hard..really hard. The most hard is to get started and its down-hill easy from there. What you need is a martial arts machine – something new and exciting to get you off your fat ass.
Search for it – martial arts machine – http://www.google.com/search?q=martial+arts+machine
Whats important now is to do something, start with brief excercise, get into stretching, shadow box, then step up and train hard.
Or find a martial arts school in your area – http://www.google.com/search?q=martialarm+schools+directory
GO to the local phone book and look up kung fu or karate. Then give them a call, go along or take your kid.
Everyone knows someone who knows how to fight – with fists, knives, weapons, guns, tactical, sensless, whatever but START!
CONCLUSION IS ACTION
Life is not scarey but maybe your lack of skill, self confidence and personal competance is making you scared.
Be pro-active and look, then choose and participate in action whether alone with a martial arts training machine or go to a dojo.
If you are not liking what you see in the mirror, afraid to go down a dark street, scared of a potential confrontation then train now.
Be pro-active and look, then choose and participate in action whether alone with a martial arts training machine or go to a dojo.
Life is not scarey but maybe your lack of skill, self confidence and personal competance is making you afraid.
We cant all be Bruce Lee but you also dont want to be an emotional and physical punching bag do you?
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How come Aikido has none/insufficient striking?
How come it hardly has ANY striking? Striking is vital for an effective style.
you don’t see much striking because
A: alot of instructors don’t know the ways to strike while doing techniques
B: it can make practice more dangerous with lower level students
a skillful and knowledgable aikido practiotioner can hit you multiple times while they do techniques, but it isn’t necessary because once they put you on the ground and pin you they don’t need to because you’re no longer a threat. and if you know the traditional way of performing some techniques you wouldn’t worry that there isn’t any striking, because if you perform them that way or with conviction then whoever you are using them on either has a broken arm, skull, or is dead.
and i mean that in all seriousness
to keyboard warrior:
aikido doesn’t suck, any true martial artist would never say something like that regarding any other martial art.
oh and jigoro kano (founder of judo) once said to morihei ueshiba (founder of aikido) after seeing him practice aikido “that is the true judo”
so if the founder judo had that much respect for aikido perhaps you should rethink your view on it and maybe try it out to better understand what it means.
and i know it would help with judo, because to throw in judo you must grab ahold of your opponent and in aikido techniques begin when your opponent grabs ahold of you
Advanced strikes and grabs – Aikido Nidan pregrading test
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Strikes and Kicks Part 2 (Self Defense and Martial Arts Inc. Series) $39.95 Video Reviews were previously completed about other videos developed by Mr. Saladino and not necessarily the programs listed. Strikes and Kicks Part 2 In this two part instructional training program, there are a great deal of striking and kicking techniques presented. Learning how to effectively incorporate striking and kicking will provide the necessary tools required counterattacking various a… |
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Strikes and Kicks Part 1 (Self Defense and Martial Arts Inc. Series) $39.95 Video Reviews were previously completed about other videos developed by Mr. Saladino and not necessarily the programs listed. Strikes and Kicks Part 1 In this two part instructional training program, there are a great deal of striking and kicking techniques presented. Learning how to effectively incorporate striking and kicking will provide the necessary tools required counterattacking various a… |
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Secret Strikes: The Hidden Atemi of Aiki $69.00 Even in the Aikido schools where strikes are considered anathema, teachers will show students the suki or openings where a punch or kick could be inserted. These strikes are then considered hidden weapons to be unsheathed when the opponent is not as cooperative or spiritually swayed as the student would like him to be. Suki are part of this “Secret Strikes” DVD, to be sure, but there are two othe… |
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The Ultimate Self Defense System : Krav Maga, the Official System of the US Secret Service and the Israeli Special Forces $7.00 A self-defense system called Krav Maga also called the officialIsraeli self-defense system was created by Imi Lichtenfeld aboutforty years ago. Idea of Krav Maga is to teach anyone,regardless of age, physical prowess and experience how todefend themselves against a variety of attacks.Because of Krav Maga’s effectiveness, Krav Maga hasgained acceptance in many of the world’s best military andpa… |
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Attacks in Aikido: How to do Kogeki, the Attack Techniques $6.99 For the first time: an aikido book that focuses on the attack techniques! Although aikido is a purely defensive martial art, attack techniques need to be practiced in order for the training partners to exercise the proper defense against them. And for the aikido skills to increase, the attacking skills must improve accordingly.This book presents all the attacks, kogeki, practiced in aikido – grips… |
