For starters, would you recommend me to Muay Thai or Brazilian Jujitsu ?

For mma competition, or just for regular practice and sparring.





I will sooner or later practice both, but which would you recommend now?





I already know two other arts.|||in my very experienced opinion muay thai.a good stand up style will always stand you in better sted than ground fighting and grappling.thats not to say dont do it,but get a good stand up base first.or you could listen to the some of the other gibberish and obviously very inexperienced answerers here.|||Hi there





Without being predigest i would say always start with a dynamic striking art and then move onto grappling once you have mastered the basics. The reason behind this is that most fights begin with a punch or kick situation. It will usually end up on the floor which is where the grappling and ground work comes into play. If you want to work in Security then do grappling but realistically i very much doubt you will have to make someone submit in a real life situation. Its much more logical to start with strikes then grappling then after many years of training take out the hard stuff.





Keep it real and remember how many Policemen it takes to restrain and hold down an aggressive person? At least 4 or 5.





regards





idai|||It depends on what you%26#039;ve studied before. If you%26#039;re looking to build a base, go with what you%26#039;re least comfortable with. I knew that my standup game would be the hardest to master, so I started in boxing. Then I later went with BJJ.





As I suspected, I%26#039;m picking up BJJ a lot quicker and in about a year, I expect they%26#039;ll be about on par with one another.|||it would be best to take up muay thai first, its easier to master coz as a martial arts enthusiast i bet by now you already know how to punch and kick right..when you master that then take up jujitsu..so if you are in a fight you cant win standing up, you can always take him down on the mat..goodluck!|||That depends on your goal. For fitness, I can%26#039;t find any single activity more beneficial than muay thai. It%26#039;s also (as I%26#039;m sure you know) one of the most effective arts around. If you%26#039;re looking for functionality, BJJ is the way to go because you learn to apply it more quickly than muay thai, and the cardio%26#039;s nothing to sneeze at either.|||Brazillian Jujitsu hands down. Muay Thai, as powerful as it is focuses on strikes. Jujitsu cannot be effectivly countered unless you have a specialized knowledge in grappling which is far more specialized than striking.





When it comes down to it a striker is smart to always fear grappler%26#039;s. This is because most martial arts focus on striking and conditioning for the said strikes. An effective grappler uses less energy but also more spontineity.|||For pure fighting, you can%26#039;t beat (in my opinion) the Gracies.


I would start with Brazilian Jujitsu.