Reply With QuoteA couple of blokes in my Krav club used to do it. They liked it, but prefer Krav as its more real life. Worth a go though. And buy a kettlebell Jamie, 20 minutes on it leaves you ruined. Did a circuit in the garden tonight.
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Anyone do this?
Am ratting very bored with my methods of keeping fit. Running, circuit training.
A MMA club is up the road and they teach Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu as well as MMA and other classes
Have been in touch and explained that I want to get involved with stuff to make me fitter and stronger and not for competition etc
Thy recommended their Muay Thai classes. Am interested but has anyone done it???? If so, talk to me
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A couple of blokes in my Krav club used to do it. They liked it, but prefer Krav as its more real life. Worth a go though. And buy a kettlebell Jamie, 20 minutes on it leaves you ruined. Did a circuit in the garden tonight.
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Mate of mine competes doing it, have been along with him a couple of times. Fitness wise it is similar to most contact sports, but from a skills point of view it focuses more on the entire body as opposed to something like boxing.
Go along and give it a try, no harm done.
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Yeah that was what they told me. More full body training. Like I said an not interested at all in the competition aspect, just away to fret away two evenings a week and get a bit fitter doing something I enjoy.Originally Posted by Nexstar
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Check out hybrid MMA in Plymouth (google their website) and see if it seems up to scratch. They have only been open a year
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All looks good to me. They've certainly got plenty of equipment and I guess if it's popular then the coaching will be of a fairly decent standard.
I expect it will be in barefoot, most training gyms of that type are.
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They do two types of memberships. Each are for a min of 6 months
£45 per month and you can use their gym/cv suite as much as you like and attend any martial arts/MMA classes as much as you like.
£55 per month, all of the above plus the TRX/extreme circuits and all te other stuff that side of the gym
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I've heard a lot about jiu jitsu, it's very similar to my art, traditional wu shu (not modern, definately not modern) but my art is often described as "streetwise kung fu", quick plug: www.hungleng.org but Krav Maga is VERY VERY similar to Hung Leng in it's assertiveness and realism. We also don't wear angry white pyjamas and wear footwear lol....and at £30 every 3 months it's outstanding value....right, plug over
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They do Bazilian Ju Jistu on a Saturday morning, I'm tempted to go along. I've been doing Krav Maga for just over a year now and love it,done a grading and training for the next one, but thinking about giving BJJ a go as well for the competitive element.I've heard a lot about jiu jitsu, it's very similar to my art, traditional wu shu (not modern, definately not modern) but my art is often described as "streetwise kung fu", quick plug: www.hungleng.org but Krav Maga is VERY VERY similar to Hung Leng in it's assertiveness and realism. We also don't wear angry white pyjamas and wear footwear lol....and at £30 every 3 months it's outstanding value....right, plug over
Quite like the idea of doing competitions. Ill keep doing Krav though, Love it. Not heard of your thing but sounds interesting.
This is a cracking programme
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8W2ysA2mdno
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Yep, that looks pretty cool, I'm not sure about the big gloves though and all the punching, what I mean by this is that a fist was generally designed not to fit into the eye socket, now where's the fun in that? but otherwise, they do talk a lot of sense, when fighting someone with a weapon such as a baseball bat it's always wise to get in close. Sorry about the ad, but well? £30 every 3 months founded by a guy respected as a top teacher and martial artist by people such as Nathan Johnnson, Simon Lau, Mike Gray etc....can't be bad
Last edited by Hockey_saint; 14-08-2012 at 11:30 PM. Reason: bit of a watery intital reply
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Jamie, having a quick look on the local clubs website the minimum training requirements to compete at the entry level at 4 x Muai Thai training sessions a week,2 x strength & conditioning sessions a week and 3 x minimum 30 minutes runs, one of which should be sprint/hill training. I know you said you dont want to compete I think it's safe to say even doing half that would be good fun and get you very fit very quickly.
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Either that or it'll break ya...sounds like fun although, I think I'm probably more old school in that MMA always seems a bit wooly to me; pick an art you enjoy and get really good at it....I also love the "minimum requirements", it's almost as if they're paying you! although on balance you are gaining knowledge and time....but just be a bit weary, sounds most interesting but just don't OD it....my five cents worth.
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I agree with you about MMA, it seems to be the Jack of all trades of fighting. One of the things that appealed to me about Krav was how quick it is to learn and how varied and brutal is it, every class is different and learn something new every week. The only thing missing is the competitive element, but then how could you compete in it when most of the moves involve sticking your fingers in people's eyes or smashing them in the balls. As the israeli instructor on the video I linked says "you do this maybe they go to the hospital or maybe they go to the synagogue"
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Snap, exactly the same with my art, for example, our fighting stance typically is you stepping back with your arms close, protecting your flanks and your fingers pointing at the oppo; it sounds whimpy until you realise that A. security cameras these days generally don't have sound and you still don't look like the agressor and B...well, your fingers are pointing straight at their eyes; I remember a class we did a while ago with our founder for a bunch of newby students where the following week my sifu (teacher/master) had to explain to the new ones that "sticking your fingers into someone's eyes and using their head as a bowling ball can never be described as "self defence". The new head of the club (the founder past away recently) is much more into his sparring but I'm more of the opinion that, as you say, sparring is a game, it's not what you'd do on the street.
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did my first training session...was pretty tough going.
the warm up, sparring, working with a bag and practicing moves and a bit of cardio is a great deal tougher than you would think
the sport itself is clearly pretty brutal too...good stuff
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How tough do you think people think it is?
Good work though lad, anyone that is involved in combat sports gets me respect.
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dunno....just a figure of speech I guess...I am a pretty fit lad and it was pretty tough...I should imagine a mong who has decided to peel himself from years on the sofa would probably struggle like fuk....
all signed up to that Gym...although a complete novice and no where near as good as some there, they were a great laugh and really friendly...many do the MMA class which is on before hand...each class is for 90 mins.
they have an Octagon and everything
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Hope you'll be using your new found skills at the football this season?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzh9koy7b1E
Just remember, most martial arts today are mixed (for example Gungfu came from the silk route from India, and maybe even greco wrestling) it's just most don't insist you wear tidy little pants, put on gloves and "face off in the octogon"...also, the term "sport" kinda my point these things were life and death and when it becomes a sport, it has rules (no matter if it says it doesn't it does). Sorry, I don't mean to be negative, but a man older than I could tell you of some of the fads that have come and gone....Now Muay Thai however is grand (so is Krav Maga).
Last edited by Hockey_saint; 18-08-2012 at 01:22 AM.
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Muay thai is one of the hardest workouts you'll ever have, really good fun as well
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Been a few sessions now. Every time I come away hanging. Brillaint work out
Had to stand against the wall while someone (with gloves on) repeatedly punches you in the stomach till the instructor shouts change. Did that 3 times through FFS
The whole sport it pretty brutal.
Just waiting for my gear to arrive that I ordered so I don't have to youse their sweaty gloves and guards
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Wait til you do it laid on the floor with someone bouncing a medicine ball on your stomach until they say stop.
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That's pretty old school! most clubs these days rely on core stability excersizes to strengthen the abdominal muscles.....sounds a bit like the stuff they used to do like ripping bark off trees to improve grip or getting kicked in the shins until they develop strength to take such a kicking.
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To be fair that was when i used to go boxing trainin g when i was 20, a few years ago.
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The gym I go to now has a krav maga class... Fridays at 7pm
Might give it a look and drop my Thurs muay Thai class as at the mo I am (most weeks) doing Thai on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
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