Best no-BS martial arts for real combat + solo training?
Posted: May 15th, 2022, 6:08 pm
I mixed two different subjects together: Answers are welcomed on either, or both.
#1 = What's the best no-BS martial art(s) for real combat?
I used to do mixed MMA a bit: Boxing, JKD (which is not my favorite for standup, but not terrible), a little Brazilian jiu jitsu for grappling, though I did little of that besides being taught some basic sprawl and takedown stuff.
I've got a library of survival and military/soldier knowhow books I'll be getting into, as well as a lot of MMA and kickboxing books.
Any opinions on the best systems though?
#2 = Any tips for solo training or what stuff you can really learn best without a training partner?
I don't like this question either because solo training obviously is not ideal at all: I'll aim to get some training partners for sure when I can, but being a bit too mobile right now moving locations around, that's easier said than done.
Video games have not been a part of my life for awhile, but I'm actually considering springing for an Oculus Quest headset and trying out some boxing sims like Thrill of the Fight, so I have at least some training in footwork and movement, bobbing and weaving, and so on. Shadow boxing has always been a staple of boxing trainers, so I think it might be at least somewhat valuable, even if not a substitute for real training fighting with other men.
Some of the guys who helped me when I was a beginner in my 20s were amazing and were practically impossible to land a punch on at first, because they had such good footwork and bobbing and weaving and so on. This huge mulatto guy let me chase him around swinging for a long time, periodically smacking me with a jab to remind me how easily he could be landing punches on me if I didn't keep my guard up, and I could barely hit him (and what I did hit him with wouldn't have ended the fight too quickly in my favor ).
Then at the end he encouraged me by saying basically "Keep up the hard work on practice, because after I trained for around 6 months I was actually able to hit Don (the senior trainer)," LOL, so it took the guy I couldn't hit as a beginner half a year to be able to land a solid punch on the senior trainer.
I unfortunately kept up some bag work but otherwise got too lazy, "pausing" training and chasing women and wanting to spend all my time with them outside business work hours, and over-relied on our remaining gun rights in the USSA for theoretic self-defense.
I don't regret focusing a lot on women, but it was a mistake not to keep up martial arts, just in case that encourages any younger lurkers or anyone.
I think it does a lot of good to a man's psyche (not to mention muscles and testosterone) to practice martial arts, even if it's only some solo practice working a heavy bag or something.
Now I'm going to get back into martial arts for life and never quit again, even if I spare myself getting smashed in formal competitions.
I've really enjoyed getting back into it already even with just my Century BOB, and I got some of those wall bag things to fill with rice and strike for conditioning of the hands, among other things.
Without any guns overseas, I want to take combat training really seriously to make sure no one can mess with my beloved females (or kick sand on me at the beach, like "Mac" in the old "The insult that made a man out of Mac" Charles Atlas ads, LOL).
#1 = What's the best no-BS martial art(s) for real combat?
I used to do mixed MMA a bit: Boxing, JKD (which is not my favorite for standup, but not terrible), a little Brazilian jiu jitsu for grappling, though I did little of that besides being taught some basic sprawl and takedown stuff.
I've got a library of survival and military/soldier knowhow books I'll be getting into, as well as a lot of MMA and kickboxing books.
Any opinions on the best systems though?
#2 = Any tips for solo training or what stuff you can really learn best without a training partner?
I don't like this question either because solo training obviously is not ideal at all: I'll aim to get some training partners for sure when I can, but being a bit too mobile right now moving locations around, that's easier said than done.
Video games have not been a part of my life for awhile, but I'm actually considering springing for an Oculus Quest headset and trying out some boxing sims like Thrill of the Fight, so I have at least some training in footwork and movement, bobbing and weaving, and so on. Shadow boxing has always been a staple of boxing trainers, so I think it might be at least somewhat valuable, even if not a substitute for real training fighting with other men.
Some of the guys who helped me when I was a beginner in my 20s were amazing and were practically impossible to land a punch on at first, because they had such good footwork and bobbing and weaving and so on. This huge mulatto guy let me chase him around swinging for a long time, periodically smacking me with a jab to remind me how easily he could be landing punches on me if I didn't keep my guard up, and I could barely hit him (and what I did hit him with wouldn't have ended the fight too quickly in my favor ).
Then at the end he encouraged me by saying basically "Keep up the hard work on practice, because after I trained for around 6 months I was actually able to hit Don (the senior trainer)," LOL, so it took the guy I couldn't hit as a beginner half a year to be able to land a solid punch on the senior trainer.
I unfortunately kept up some bag work but otherwise got too lazy, "pausing" training and chasing women and wanting to spend all my time with them outside business work hours, and over-relied on our remaining gun rights in the USSA for theoretic self-defense.
I don't regret focusing a lot on women, but it was a mistake not to keep up martial arts, just in case that encourages any younger lurkers or anyone.
I think it does a lot of good to a man's psyche (not to mention muscles and testosterone) to practice martial arts, even if it's only some solo practice working a heavy bag or something.
Now I'm going to get back into martial arts for life and never quit again, even if I spare myself getting smashed in formal competitions.
I've really enjoyed getting back into it already even with just my Century BOB, and I got some of those wall bag things to fill with rice and strike for conditioning of the hands, among other things.
Without any guns overseas, I want to take combat training really seriously to make sure no one can mess with my beloved females (or kick sand on me at the beach, like "Mac" in the old "The insult that made a man out of Mac" Charles Atlas ads, LOL).