Anyone knows something about the kung fu mao chuen style?

Ive been training soviet style boxing for past 7-8 months and the thought only hit me now as I realised this style of boxing prioritises getting points instead of hurting your opponent so will it be effective in a street fight?

I’m an intermediate in TaeKwondo. I got a wrestling mat at home to put a little bit more practice in. Now, I’m on the market for second hand training gear (on a budget). For those who practice this style, what is the best piece of equipment to train kicks on my own? Regular Heavy bag, freestanding heavy bag, BOB, etc… be as specific as possible.

Thinking of going to a new gym here in town but feel bad for leaving my current gym because my instructor comes into my work a lot. Feels like breaking up with a girlfriend and being afraid of seeing them with your new one.

Anyone else experience this? Lol

Just wanted to ask do a lot of people at y’all’s gym quit fast ? Out of 8 that joined this month it’s down to me and 2 other fellas but I haven’t seen one of them not sure if he quit and the other got hurt pretty bad while at the gym.

Hello, so I’m an pretty experienced boxer and also had a couple amateur K-1 fights. I stopped k-1 because I always liked boxing more, but I don’t want to do normal amateur boxing fights, I want to start straight with bareknuckle fights because it always excited me. The question is where do I find these events to participate as a „beginner“. I would also travel to do that, as an example thailand, but I don’t know if in Thailand people also do boxing/bareknuckle or only Muay Thai. Would appreciate any kind of help

Looking to start striking again and have 2 options

school 1

mixed striking gym(boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai and 1 MMA class)

20 minute walk from my house

170$ a month for 5 days a week

school 2

pure boxing gym

20 minutes by bus

135$ a month, 6 days a week

gyms open all day with multiple classes a day

goals to transition to MMA in the future, I’ve grappled for 4 years and want to work on my striking

which one should I go t?

I just saw a video about how you should fight an opponent depending on your size. For the smaller person they showed them moving around more, distancing, going for more timely strikes, and avoiding any sort of big shot or grappling.

I found this interesting because I always thought I was powerless against someone bigger. Not that I can go around taking on bigger opponents now but if I train enough maybe I can see why it works and have some sort of guideline in the back of my head.

I wanted to start bjj but coach didn't allow yet

Hi guys! So I wanted to start bjj and I have been wrestling before (6 months) freestyle wrestling but in my gym there is like beginner classes that are about a month and you need to do this before starting the actual bjj training. I asked the head coach that can I start bjj but I didn't tell him that I knew basic stuff from freestyle wrestling. Head coach said that I can't start bjj with them right now and I need to wait to next year january to star beginner classes. Is it good idea to tell him again that I have been wrestling before or just wait till then? Any ideas what can I do before joining?

I’m between 5’9” & 5’10” (175cm-178cm) and was wondering if I should start learning kickboxing/Muay Thai. I don’t plan on getting into any fights, I just would like to know if the martial art I train would be effective for someone my size. I considered BJJ too but I think I’d rather learn striking than grappling since it seems more fun.

Usually Ill just randomly throw a few waiting for the kettle to boil but lately ive noticed that every time I drink I tend to do it more. Anyone else like me 🤣?

hello everyone I'm f20 yo, would like to start next year muay thai (all muay thai classes are closed for this year), I just wanted to know if you had any advices on what types of workout I could do and if I could have great results with my home gym equipment or not (dumbbells of all sizes, pull up bar, elastics bands) or If I needed to go to the gym. kinda out of shape since I've not done any sports since last summer also trying to realign my nutrition so I bought whey protein and lots of vegetables/fruits/meat etc, if you also had advices on that I could take em !

Yesterday I was sparring an theire boxing session with people more skilled than me and since my stance was shit, I took so many punches. Today I had several sparring again and I was more afraid than before?

Is there any tips I can follow to overcome that fear?

I got plenty of stories honestly, and they happened mostly in my younger years. The funnies memory I have of getting humbled was when I had a real good season of wrestling JV in high-school. I was 27-3 and always winning first place medals, 2nd at the lowest, so majority of the time I really felt like I was THE shit. One day I had to get humbled tho.. I got the chance to wrestle varsity for another school’s team because they were short one guy and needed a sub for that weight class. I wasn’t as ready for such a drastic change in pace as my cocky ass thought I was 😂.

To keep a long story short. This mf MOPPED THE FLOOR w my silly ass. Not only did he tech me, but the worst thing I remember was a blast double straight into my gut that was so fast and explosive… that he blasted the LOUDEST fart I’ve ever heard, clean outta my body….. stg that shit echoed through the gym.

To make it even worse, homie had me lifted in the air… laughing w his teammates and walking around to flex a bit for the crowd, while I’m over here kicking and scrambling to get out of his grip. Then outta nowhere he slammed my shit (it was controlled but very embarrassing), just to let me back up and get more takedown points.

I learned after this not to be so cocky and NEVER to underestimate ANYONE. I enter every match clear headed, open minded, and humbled.. knowing that it can go any way, and vowing to do my best no matter what. And now I win a lot more bc of that mindset I think but damn 😂 that’s where it all began. Anyway, moral of the story is to stay humble before you GET humbled hahaha.

Anybody else wanna share?

im pretty good with my kicking range, not perfect but yk. the main problem is i never hit punches. im always too far away. i need to learn my range, then how to go from kicking range to punching range. any tips? i do muay thai

Couldn't find much information about this online but I really admired the fight sequence in this scene and noticed that this Batman's fighting style is the closest to the Arkham games which I've always been interested in but can't pinpoint the martial arts he uses. Any thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEd3rDk2LeY&t=3s

i dont know the names of the different 'levels' of fights. ik what sparring and interclubs are (although im not sure theyre considered fights), but what does amateur fight mean, and so on? i do muay thai.

As stated above. Please help me. I don't wanna roughen,toughen myself or anything of that sort.In just need a decently effective for real life usage decent effort martial art with sparring. I require sparring to deal with anxiety and the lesser amount of strength training is due to ADHD, it'll be easier for me to set a routine the more draining it is. Once I set a routine I should be able to put effort into the heavier parts as it is not really a problem of physical constraingexcept for my flat foot.

A bit of background, Im a university student and Im a Malaysian.

I have plans to compete and Muay Thai is quite popular in my area with multiple associations organising Muay Thai competition.

On the other hand, Kyokushin also looks interesting to me, the hard style bareknuckle sparring provides a different experience compare to other martial arts. The only thing I am not sure is the rate of competition organised in Malaysia.

Both of them are relatively affordable but I can only choose one due to time studying. I could consider competing independently in kickboxing or Muay Thai if I train Kyokushin in the future (just have to find my oen cornermen and pay for the competition fee myself).

Hopefully I can get a few advices from this sub here.

Extra note: I have also thought about training Kyokushin when I get way older after competing multiple times in Muay Thai as a way to kinda keep me active in sports.

I'm torn between pursuing Boxing or MMA.

I've been cross training in boxing and Muay Thai for quite some time now and have also been fighting in amateur boxing and I realized that my boxing is really mediocre.

I get my ass handed to me more often than I hand it to others. Despite that, I still fought in a few amateur boxing matches because it's the only combat sport competition available here and I wanted to get combat experience. I haven't won a single one of them.

I'm better at kickboxing and even then, there are still others at the gym who's better than me although not as many as in boxing and I could still hold my own against them even if they are better than me plus I just feel more comfortable doing it.

I haven't got the chance to fight in Muay Thai or Kickboxing yet as MT and KB tournaments are held very very far from my place.

I was watching Francis N'gannou vs Ciryl Gane and Gane outstriked N'gannou but N'gannou managed to win through grappling.

I was thinking maybe I could be someone like N'gannou. He's not the best striker but he's also not the best grappler. He's good at both but not the best.

I also talked to my coach about it and he agreed with me. He told me in Boxing if you get outboxed, there's nothing else you can do. In MMA you can be a jack of all trades, master of none. If you get outboxed, you can try kicking them. If it still doesn't work you can try taking them down and submitting them.

For those reasons, I believe I would have a higher chance in MMA than boxing.

There are also cons that he told me such as MMA being more brutal than Boxing because gloves are smaller, strikes are more painful and dangerous (kicks, elbows, knees) and injuries in MMA are far more gruesome and life changing than injuries in boxing.

Now if I could get to choose which one I would have more aptitude at then I would choose Boxing since it is the first combat sport I've watched and followed but I have to be practical and realistic.

The only reason I don't train MMA is because there isn't any MMA gym here so I basically have zero grappling knowledge yet, at least for now but I'm planning to move soon.

Should I pursue Boxing or MMA? (Kickboxing or Muay Thai is out of the question as there is no professional Kickboxing or Muay Thai in my country and even if there are, I still don't think I would)

I have a friend who's a bodybuilder, he was pretty confident about his strength and wanted to grapple with me. I do mma and some grappling as a hobby. I am 5'7 165 lbs around 25% bodyfat, he is 5'10 190 lbs sub 10% bodyfat.

We started grappling, and I immediately saw the strength difference. Posting on his head, grabbing his wrists and arms was so difficult, as were single legs. I could blast double leg him multiple times but scrambling was very difficult and when I finally was able to pin him, getting submissions off was even more difficult. Armbars and kimuras were impossible, so were leg locks. After like 5 minutes of tiring him out, I was able to sink in an rnc.

Even when I was controlling him, I felt like I was getting ragdolled as I couldn't hold him down and he was powering his way through everything I tried. After one double leg, he pulled the Derrick Lewis and just got up again lmao.

The most terrifying thing in my mind was imagine if he had a month of jiu jitsu or wrestling under his belt. That would be absolutely terrifying....

Ok rant over(not that I was ranting)

• Is gaining as much muscle as possible a huge advantage in UFC, Boxing, muay Thai etc ? Given the technique etc remains the same.

Since power = mass × 2 acceleration.

-If you would want to gain as much muscle as possible , which part of your body would you want the muscle to be isolated added? ( for predominant striking .

• is too much muscle beyond a limit detrimental for striking?