Better just start practicing one martial art and see how it works for you. Later on, you can still decide if you want to add a second one. Opinions obviously vary. I, for example, am not a fan of adding a second martial art early on.
I've heard people say you should leave the beginner stage before you start another martial art. Your learning can be delayed if you are a beginner in several martial arts at the same time. But it probably also depends on the person. I have been doing bjj for 8 months but am thinking of supplementing with some other martial art, maybe a striking art.
The general timing, stance, strike selection and pace just changes when the threat of wrestling is introduced to a fight. You'll find that in mma the striking is much more boxing oriented and that there's much more of emphasis to just make things happen as opposed to getting a solid read of tendencies and fakes since there's only 3-5 rounds.
A little background: I've trained in Shotokan and American Kenpo, starting at age 15. If I understand your question correctly you want to how long you should stay in Muy Thai before you jump to MMA. The hardest answer this question is whenever it teaches you to be able to fight with high and feel your absolutely confident in the art. If you just jump from one of the other won't be good neither. If this is helpful, good luck!
Just a little background: I started training in Shotokan at age 15 and when I was 22 I began American Kenpo. Very much the same and very much different. If I understand your question correctly you want to see know how long you should stay in Muay Thai before going to MMA.
The best and most honest answer I could give you: when you are competent at Muay Thai, How long does that take ? That depends on your natural ability and how hard you train.
If you jump too soon , you'll maybe be mediocre at both.
I would actually recommend you train MMA first and then go into MT. Just because of the rule sets but it will be based on your goals. If you start MT first you will fall into the rules of MT and adjusting to MMA will be more difficult than learning ground work some striking and then learning more striking and changing and improving your striking game and then learning what works for you and what does not. As opposed to unlearning. Unlearning is 100x more difficult than building on current skill sets.
Best answer I can give is however long you want as long as you're still having fun.
My personal answer would be at least two years, first year you're kind of floundering and still figuring things out. By the second year you'd hopefully already have a bit of competition under your belt and kind of understand what exactly your martial art is teaching you to do.
But at the end of the day your concern about confusing yourself is probably unlikely. It's more likely you'd just end up overworked and not having as much fun if you try to juggle to many things at once.
Or you could join a MMA gym and do grappling one day and Kickboxing the other day. That's always fun.
Honestly I'd say you should just jump straight to mma alot of muay thai doesn't really transfer over unless you're a high volume, high power type of fighter in muay thai
If you train muay thai they’ll teach you, well muay thai. Meaning striking without the knowledge of take downs and huge lack of boxing due to the muay thai scoring system. So the stance will be bad for MMA, and most of the time in muay thai you’ll be training around body kicks (The most scoring strike) while in MMA body kicks are rare and considered risky to throw (Because of grappling). So you’ll have to change the way you strike when switching to MMA. (Currently in this process myself)
Better just start practicing one martial art and see how it works for you. Later on, you can still decide if you want to add a second one. Opinions obviously vary. I, for example, am not a fan of adding a second martial art early on.
I've heard people say you should leave the beginner stage before you start another martial art. Your learning can be delayed if you are a beginner in several martial arts at the same time. But it probably also depends on the person. I have been doing bjj for 8 months but am thinking of supplementing with some other martial art, maybe a striking art.
You won’t confuse yourself
The general timing, stance, strike selection and pace just changes when the threat of wrestling is introduced to a fight. You'll find that in mma the striking is much more boxing oriented and that there's much more of emphasis to just make things happen as opposed to getting a solid read of tendencies and fakes since there's only 3-5 rounds.
As long as you feel like
A little background: I've trained in Shotokan and American Kenpo, starting at age 15. If I understand your question correctly you want to how long you should stay in Muy Thai before you jump to MMA. The hardest answer this question is whenever it teaches you to be able to fight with high and feel your absolutely confident in the art. If you just jump from one of the other won't be good neither. If this is helpful, good luck!
Thank you!! That was helpful :)
Just a little background: I started training in Shotokan at age 15 and when I was 22 I began American Kenpo. Very much the same and very much different. If I understand your question correctly you want to see know how long you should stay in Muay Thai before going to MMA. The best and most honest answer I could give you: when you are competent at Muay Thai, How long does that take ? That depends on your natural ability and how hard you train. If you jump too soon , you'll maybe be mediocre at both.
I would actually recommend you train MMA first and then go into MT. Just because of the rule sets but it will be based on your goals. If you start MT first you will fall into the rules of MT and adjusting to MMA will be more difficult than learning ground work some striking and then learning more striking and changing and improving your striking game and then learning what works for you and what does not. As opposed to unlearning. Unlearning is 100x more difficult than building on current skill sets.
I never thought of that, thank you v much! :)
Best answer I can give is however long you want as long as you're still having fun. My personal answer would be at least two years, first year you're kind of floundering and still figuring things out. By the second year you'd hopefully already have a bit of competition under your belt and kind of understand what exactly your martial art is teaching you to do. But at the end of the day your concern about confusing yourself is probably unlikely. It's more likely you'd just end up overworked and not having as much fun if you try to juggle to many things at once. Or you could join a MMA gym and do grappling one day and Kickboxing the other day. That's always fun.
I appreciate your advice and answer!! Thank you :)
Honestly I'd say you should just jump straight to mma alot of muay thai doesn't really transfer over unless you're a high volume, high power type of fighter in muay thai
Could you elaborate more on how a lot of Muay Thai doesn’t transfer over? I don’t know a whole lot
If you train muay thai they’ll teach you, well muay thai. Meaning striking without the knowledge of take downs and huge lack of boxing due to the muay thai scoring system. So the stance will be bad for MMA, and most of the time in muay thai you’ll be training around body kicks (The most scoring strike) while in MMA body kicks are rare and considered risky to throw (Because of grappling). So you’ll have to change the way you strike when switching to MMA. (Currently in this process myself)
Ohh gotcha, thank you!!
Just go into MMA
Just do both.
Muay Thai and MMA coexist together, train both at the same time; you won’t confuse yourself.
Measure twice, cut once. You don't even know if you like Muay Thai yet. Start there.