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I want to start a martial art for self defense. I'm looking at Krav Maga in the long run, as I hear it's the most effective. However, the studios here are a bit pricey. Our sports university offers some cheap martial arts courses every semester, but they don't do Krav Maga. I'd still like to start there just to get a feel for how I'm going to handle regular martial arts training on top of my current sports schedule. The choice is between Wing Chun, traditional boxing and Muay Thai. Boxing interests me the least, personally. Wing Chun has a mixed reputation and is also supposed to be bad for beginners. I like the sound of Muay Thai, but I'm not sure if the instructors are any good and also the course is early in the morning (eugh). Right now I'm thinking I'll bite the bullet and do Muay Thai, or alternatively I'll toss the idea and start right up with the Krav Maga studio. Or is Wing Chun any use? I'm mostly just looking for something efficient that will help me out in a worst case scenario (I never get into fights but I'd feel better out at night anyway). I already do strength and endurance training on my own if that's important. Alternatively if someone wants to recommend me a great martial arts studio in Vienna I'm all ears.
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Sep 20, 2016 18:40
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Oh, did not expect that about Krav - would you say it's all around a bad system or is this more of a thing where it's too hard to find an instructor that isn't teaching you five finger death punches and spirit bombs? Mostly asking out of curiosity at this point since it looks like I'll be doing MT based on your responses, or maybe boxing if I can't be arsed to get up at 6.30 to get my poo poo kicked in before work.  thanks for the feedback guyse: ^I'd totally read that dump
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Sep 20, 2016 18:57
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Siivola posted:Did you read the OP? Read the OP. Especially the links. I did! But even the Sam Harris blog entry conceded that sometimes violence is unavoidable. It's never happened to me. It probably never will, I'm not the kind of guy who gets into fights. But I'd feel better about myself if I felt like I could handle myself. That's all. But yeah, I'm totally doing the Muay Thai thing. I was just curious. I like reading about this stuff, so thanks for explaining everyone.
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Sep 20, 2016 19:09
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Follow-up to yesterday: I've enrolled in a boxing class. The Muay Thai class sounds nice too but it's early in the morning and my inline skating course is on the same day late in the evening. Muay Thai sounds pretty intense so I think that would be too much. I'd also have to lift weights the morning after  e: Sorry – what I wanted to know was, is strength training or cardio on the same day as a Muay Thai or boxing class a good idea, or is it too much? I have never done martial arts so I don't know how intense it usually gets. (I don't know why I ended up posting what I did) Entenzahn fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Sep 21, 2016 |
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Sep 21, 2016 16:20
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Now that I'm about to start boxing I'm actually getting a bit worried - how much damage can the sport do to your brain? If I'm anxious about this sort of thing I should probably leave out sparring, but is boxing without sparring still useful?
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Sep 22, 2016 10:40
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Alright, thanks guys. The course is only going for 90 minutes a week so I'll do as you suggested and only spar occasionally with protective gear on. In the long run, is Muay Thai better in this regard or should I generally steer clear of striking arts if I'm overly worried about brain damage?
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Sep 22, 2016 15:08
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