Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below 
There are a lot of accurate posts here by some knowledgable guys, but also a lot of people here are talking out of their asses mixing in some garbage, here's some corrections:
"Imo if your going to do one martial art and just one martial art then do shootfighting or do brazilian jiu jitsiu if you can find a good school. "
Shootfighting isn't a style, it's a trademarked name by bart vale, but a few americans have butchered it up into meaning something it's not.
"Let me tell you one thing, and that one thing is that there is just ONE word you need to know if you want to stop being a pussy and want to kick ass - and that is Jeet Kune Do."
JKD is a PHILOSOPHY, not an art! It can be applied to any art!
"It is good to cross train but ground fighting has clearly proven itself to be superior if you had to choose one or the other. It is very easy to get a striker to the ground and you don't even need to take a blow. Once they are on the ground(where all streets fights go anyway)"
You're making it out to be more simple than it is. Tell that to Igor Vovchanchyn, Bas Rutten, Chuck Lidell to name a few. It might be more appropriate to say it is more consistent in a one on one sanctioned environment, but to say it's clearly better is preposterous. Not a single upper level competitor would agree with what you're saying, both are very important. Also, the "all streetfights end up on the ground" is a marketing hype BS created by the Gracies. While many do end up on the ground, not all do- that is exaggeration. You are also assuming everyone on the street is a trained striker. Get a top level striker and a top level grappler, and they will have equal ass kicking ability against the average streetfigher, you're acting as if everyone out there is trained.
"It is a mix of Russian and Brazilian Samba (spelling?), Akito, Jiu Jitsu, and some other practical stuff. "
Samba is a brazilian dance. Sambo/Sambo are similar distinct competition grappling styles native to russia- they do not exist in brazil. Jiujitsu is the brazilian way to spell jujitsu- ever since the gracies came to america, now everone tries to spell it the brazilian way. Why stop there, why dont you start spelling Brasil with an s then as well.
"but a fighter not versed in ground fighting will never be a superior fighter. " Training is only half the ball game. Some people will never make good fighters. Joe Moreira, Amaury Bittetti, and Saulo Ribeiro come to mind. (all BJJ blackbelts, 2 mult. time world champions)
Bottom line is that there are some styles that may be more consistent, but it's really the fighter himself that makes it work. Find something you like that has had successful proponents, and train realistically. What do the 4 most successful styles (wrestling, bjj, boxing, jj) in MMA have in common? They all train realistically. Almost any art will be effective if you TRAIN REALISTICALLY. This means have lots of free sparring, don't have rules assuming your partner can or cannot do this or that or will follow a coreographed plan. Hit hard and hit for real, and know how to deal with it when you get hit. Its awhole different ballpark than sitting in the dojo following coreographed balet .
"Imo if your going to do one martial art and just one martial art then do shootfighting or do brazilian jiu jitsiu if you can find a good school. "
Shootfighting isn't a style, it's a trademarked name by bart vale, but a few americans have butchered it up into meaning something it's not.
"Let me tell you one thing, and that one thing is that there is just ONE word you need to know if you want to stop being a pussy and want to kick ass - and that is Jeet Kune Do."
JKD is a PHILOSOPHY, not an art! It can be applied to any art!
"It is good to cross train but ground fighting has clearly proven itself to be superior if you had to choose one or the other. It is very easy to get a striker to the ground and you don't even need to take a blow. Once they are on the ground(where all streets fights go anyway)"
You're making it out to be more simple than it is. Tell that to Igor Vovchanchyn, Bas Rutten, Chuck Lidell to name a few. It might be more appropriate to say it is more consistent in a one on one sanctioned environment, but to say it's clearly better is preposterous. Not a single upper level competitor would agree with what you're saying, both are very important. Also, the "all streetfights end up on the ground" is a marketing hype BS created by the Gracies. While many do end up on the ground, not all do- that is exaggeration. You are also assuming everyone on the street is a trained striker. Get a top level striker and a top level grappler, and they will have equal ass kicking ability against the average streetfigher, you're acting as if everyone out there is trained.
"It is a mix of Russian and Brazilian Samba (spelling?), Akito, Jiu Jitsu, and some other practical stuff. "
Samba is a brazilian dance. Sambo/Sambo are similar distinct competition grappling styles native to russia- they do not exist in brazil. Jiujitsu is the brazilian way to spell jujitsu- ever since the gracies came to america, now everone tries to spell it the brazilian way. Why stop there, why dont you start spelling Brasil with an s then as well.
"but a fighter not versed in ground fighting will never be a superior fighter. " Training is only half the ball game. Some people will never make good fighters. Joe Moreira, Amaury Bittetti, and Saulo Ribeiro come to mind. (all BJJ blackbelts, 2 mult. time world champions)
Bottom line is that there are some styles that may be more consistent, but it's really the fighter himself that makes it work. Find something you like that has had successful proponents, and train realistically. What do the 4 most successful styles (wrestling, bjj, boxing, jj) in MMA have in common? They all train realistically. Almost any art will be effective if you TRAIN REALISTICALLY. This means have lots of free sparring, don't have rules assuming your partner can or cannot do this or that or will follow a coreographed plan. Hit hard and hit for real, and know how to deal with it when you get hit. Its awhole different ballpark than sitting in the dojo following coreographed balet .
Last edited:
