How often are JJ practitioners trained in stand up grappling in order to avoid going to the ground in a real self defense scenario?

How often are guys trained to breakfall in order to reduce impact?

Anyone here would like to share how Jiu Jitsu help them in a street fight?

I'm a 30-something guy who's been training Muay Thai for the past 3 months. I'm really enjoying it, but I'm facing a significant challenge: poor eyesight. Glasses and contacts aren't allowed in the ring.

Does anyone have any tips or advice on how to overcome this limitation and excel in Martial Arts especially when strikes are involved? Any experiences or strategies would be greatly appreciated.

Hello so i've been training kempo for 1 year and I absolutely love fighting and its all I think about but recently my coach made us do some crazy things like hit eachother in the face full strenght and made me hard spar with a heavyweight who is older and much more experienced than me. I literally couldnt think straight after sparring with him for days also he makes us hard spar a lot of times which is also bad in my opinion. I also never saw my coach fight even though he is a black belt. For these reasons and a few more even though i love martial arts it forced me to quit a few weeks ago the problem is i really miss martial arts and coach hates me now so I can't go back and there are no other gyms in my area other than one 1 hour dvive away which isnt good for me since i dont have a car. What should I do?

I have a test coming up in late January. 2-3 other schools are also testing in our dojo. Never trained with these folk.

I can't imagine how they must feel, but I feel like it's certainly a learning curve working with others who have different techniques and material.

Anyone else grade with other schools? Any obstacles you didn't realize you had to overcome in the moment?

Hello, I’ve recently decided to start doing a little heavy bag work and footwork on my bag in my basement. Nothing serious so no gyms or anything but I didn’t know what kind of gloves to buy. I’m looking into getting into MMA but I just wanted to hit the bag for a bit and learn some basic combos. Thanks

I was training in MMA and stopped because I was just getting my ass handed too a lot. But, I been in like random fights with of course untrained people. I like to say I won some of them.

But, I want to get back into training, not to getting competitive and join an organization. My twin brother is actually doing that. Personally, I want to train so I have the ability to defend myself and not make a fool out of myself.

I really am interested with kickboxing, and BJJ. A little bit of Muay Thai. I know some moves, I've used them for fun, not really ever used what I know in a random fight due to how much different it is when it's an uncoordinated fight.

I don't wanna be cocky, so I am asking for people's opinions on this, this isn't for a weight loss thing but purely for self defense and whatnot.

What should I do? Stupid question but I think this requires a lot of thought for me.

stubby beards (and shaved heads).

man never had i had to complain about other men's facial hair (or shaved heads) until i started doing BJJ.

we're drilling RNC escapes and submissions and they're putting their stubby beards and stubby shaved heads against my face and cheeks. it's not pleasant. lets just hope that i get no skin breakage on my face and have their sweat enter.

Jon and Dana white gave us possible clues, or hopes to the Aspinall fight actually happening, like jon answering "👀" to a fan asking for it, and Dana saying that an ngannou fight in the ufc isn't happening, declaring after that THE fight is Jones/Aspinall, what are your thoughts about this? Is this fight actually happening? It isn't? Tell me please

Good evening r/martialarts community,

I started with Kickboxing and Grappling a few months ago but have the feeling that I lack some basic athletic foundations that hinder me in progression, regeneration and injury prevention. Looking for some helpful tips that can complement my new found interest for Martial Arts.

I'm 25M, weigh around 80kg (+/-2) with a height of 184cm. I would personally say that I'm a bit skinny fat, so a lower belly and not too much muscle mass. Working an office job, so a lot of sitting during the day. Trying to use my standing desk more often and aim for 2h a day on my walkpad while working.

I dont have any real sports background. Went to the gym for some time but without any noteable progression. I'm glad that I can do some Martial Arts after I've got my eyes lasered, because I really enjoy the training.

Below is a list of the deficits that I realized and would like to work on besides the Martial Arts sessions.
Any sources, tips and personal experiences are highly appreciated.

- Stiffness/Flexibility/Tensions:
My body feels stiff, smooth movements are difficult. Especially my hips, legs and ankles aren't really flexible (holding a basic squat is possible but not comfortable at all, short/tight hamstrings+calves+quads).
My neck/upper back/shoulder are is constantly under tension. A lot of cracking when moving, especially in knees and shoulders (not painful).

- Strength/Balance/Stability:
My grip is rather weak and arms start shaking fast. Same for the legs, which are wobbly when using them (e.g. moving boxes down stairs). Holding balance while doing kicks is quite a challenge.

- Diet:
Deficit or Surplus in my situation? Get lean first and build up on that?

My goal is to improve in Martial Arts, stay injury free and feel myself better/more athletic in my body.
I'm doing 2-3 sessions per week in the evening for now, aim for 3-4 in the future but have the feeling to improve other areas first for improved regeneration.
Thank you in advance.

Started doing MMA (basically focused on striking) in a previous gym a year ago. Didn't like much as the coach was hard on cardio and "the defence is the attack" (which is dumb in my opinion) and also managed to get an injury on a thumb.

Fast forward to 3 months ago where I changed gym and it's super fun. We keep it on technique and also light sparring but sometimes I find it hard to be motivated and I also get paired to spar with more advanced or taller opponents (2-3 years of training in advance).

I have 2 main questions:

1. What's your solution to be motivated and keeping it together on this journey? I love this sport and it helps me mentally and I also need it for my job.

2. What advice can you guys give me for ground game? Sometimes I find it hard to defend or escape. Any trick, tips, videos or good words can help.

I've gotten really into Miyamoto Musashi after reading the Book of Five Rings and would love to get some recommendations on other similar books that focus on martial arts and also adjacent philosophy?

I've also read Hagakure, Zen in the Martial Arts and The Art of War which was similar but didn't quite have the same effect on me that the Book of Five Rings did.

If it matters im into Muay Thai and BJJ but am really open to any and all martial arts!

I took traditional martial arts as a youth (not the very effective ones with sparring) before getting into combat sports, so I’m naturally very skeptical of any TMA I see that isn’t pressure tested

With that said something that always interested me was the wing-chun blocks, hand fighting and elbow applications. In my TMA I tried there were “barging techniques” that applied this very basically as well. I know very little of wing chun aside from what I’ve seen on short video clips, but in those clips I’ve seen them occasionally demonstrate techniques that I’ve seen used in MMA, Muay thai and even street fights

Most notably that “52 blocks” style in street fights, Dustin Porier’s elbow blocking stonewall cross-guard, Anderson Silva’s hand-trapping/elbow blocks, Superlek hand-fighting Rodtang with occasional elbows but mostly to set up the knee, Jon Jones applying pressure on his opponents hands/forearms before coming over the top with an elbow or spinning around the opponent’s guard to land the elbow

I guess my question would be: Is it worth looking into wing chun techniques for practical techniques and ideas to add to striking? Or are these ideas taught sufficiently in muay-thai and mma with not much else to expand upon?

So ive been learning the pendulum step and its good for my defense but i also want to be aggressive since before learning pendulum i was really high punching volume and aggressiveness in my sparring should i combine these 2 styles??

I’d love to see Don Frye or maybe Royce Gracie

I have heard that ibuprofen and other pain relieving medication can have adverse effects on intense physical activity. However, is it safe to use something topical, such as a lidocaine patch? I had a rough training session yesterday, and am considering wearing one into today’s class to help control the discomfort.

I am from North India and have been in karate training since July, I devote around 1½ hour daily to the training but still my parents complain of increasing body fat. Today my mom told me that my face fat has increased, I checked so it's not like hanging but my neck is not totally fat free plus my belly fat too, it has not increased I guess but not decreased too. For your knowledge my trainer is Tibetan 51 year old Black Dan 5 of his time (when karate was not a sport and training was like hell, all those difficult tests) plus an army man too, so I guess he is already squeezing me out to full potential. Still, I am not able to lose, when I asked him he said you are not becoming fat but I am not satisfied with his answer. Anybody faced similar things too?

Was considering getting a heavy bag but since im in a apartment ive read that its pretty loud for neighbors. Is a double end bag a better option?

I am diabled but still can walk and stuff just not for long distances without breaks. Would it be possible to find a style that wouldn't be too much on body but also provide at least some form of protection? I'm not expecting to be like Ip Man or a UFC fighter but would just like the slightest edge if possible.

I’m sure you’ve probably heard more and more people nowadays argue that running is not important to be a good fighter and that your respective MA trainings itself should be enough to get your cardio up. Just wanted to know what your stance is on this? Im a boxer and I personally do think that doing hard and consistent boxing trainings (drills, heavy bags, pads, shadow boxing etc.) should be enough to prepare myself for an amateur boxing match because you’re obviously doing cardio but also sharping your skills so it’s like killing two birds with one stone. What do you guys think?

I've been getting a bit confused since I've been talking to friends about it but we're also not sure, I'm still pretty new to trying martial arts but I enjoy it so far.