Otto Lingafelt: someone with a staff.It's a weapon.You don't pick a weapon based on any physical attribute, you get a personalized weapon (height, weight, material) suited to your physique, but you can literally use any weapon.If you join the police, you don't buy an assault shotgun/ak47 "because it suits your body type better."Silly....Show more
Sharri Scalley: you can watch boxing or you can watch boxing with some more bad *** **** going on
Rona Ising: well duh
Ricardo Rozelle: Yea you can be good. With out skill you will not be the Ufc champion but you can go very far for a life timeEdit. If you mean you have no skill YET then you can do great. In fact you may feel like you can't do it for half a year or longer. Eventually though it clicks and even becomes natural. So don't worry about it....Show more
Donte Schoenhals: I find MMA more entertaining because the fights are shorter and far less predictable. MMA fighters can use a lot more technique! s against their opponent than boxers can. Iron Ring is the best MMA fighting I have seen.
Keneth Mailhot: Actually I'd say, "Boxing" ........take any big looping punch thrower from MMA and put him in a boxing ring and he's toast!!As a matter of fact take any MMA fighter and put him into any sport where accuracy counts and he's done for. Whether ammy or pro MMA all MMA fighters fight like scrappy chumps. How do I know this? because I train ammy's and know the major differences between "big looping overhand punches", "big looping cross punches" and the short, quick and powerful overhand and cross punches of boxing. MMA always says, "Put a boxer in the cage and he'll get beat" well the same holds true the other way around as well. I say, "Put a MMA practitioner in the ring with a boxer under "boxing's rules" and the MMA homie is K.O.'ed not later than round 2 and that's if the boxer toys with him.MMA's striking is slow, loopy and scrappy at best. I'd like to see som! e MMA chump climb into the ring with a kickboxer under "tradit! ional american kickboxing rules" because it would be lights out for Mr. MMA.In MMA you're knocked out when the ref says so, but in boxing and traditional american kickboxing you're knocked out when your a** is out cold. hehehehe..........If you know what you're looking for you can see how a MMA practitioner holds his gaurd while standing. If he tried that in a "Boxing" ring.....G'night!!! That's a boxer's playing field........ an opponent with a nice wide open gaurd and no blocking, bobbing or weaving abilities what so ever. A MMA practitioner would be laughed out of "Boxing" for his lack of movement in his waist, knees, shoulders and neck when it comes to avoiding strikes especially against the ropes or in a corner. MMA looks neat, but where's it's actual science?If you said, "slip the jab" a MMA practitioner would look at you and say, "huh?" Do you even know how many MMA practitioners that are out there that don't know what a "medicine ball sized double end bag" is? ! about a good easy 95% Let alone a slip bag....LOL."Boxing" any day!!!!!!!MMA is for every Tom, Dick and Harry out there looking for instant stardom and fame as to where in Boxing it's all work and no fame or glory just work, work, work and nothing but. Americans don't like to work any harder than they have to hence the mess ups always get employee of the month and never the hard workers. Americans want things fast and quick like at the drive thru at McDonald's so they go into MMA events because other sports take too long and are way too hard to master for them. So you'll hear 99.9% of fast-lane Americans brag about MMA when in truth for all they think it is it's a big nothing when it comes to understanding actual fighting. They're all like, "eeww...ee.ww he threw him to the ground and beat him up!!" yeah I used to see that in grade school all the time so what's new?You'd be shocked at the number of ammy fighters ( not on my team ) I've spoken to before their fights at! ammy MMA events who have never had any formal training what so ever an! d go into that cage and look like top notch fighters. These Independent MMA ammy fighters....hehehehe........ Little street scrappers is more like it....... like their entire sport. There's a big difference between those of us who coach and know first hand what the score is and those who watch as well so I supose I'll get a lot of thumbs down for speaking the truth here.Boxing and traditional american kickboxing on the other hand well..... thrown/landed scoring...enough said.Oh and one more thing water bags are for people that have no clue and leather heavy bags are for real fighters. ROTFL MMA just loves those water bags...hehehehe...Show more
Freddy Shutler: I gotta go with MMA they kick people in the face for crying out loud and other than the floyd/ de la hoya fight boxing is pretty much dead and boring
Rona Espalin: I find MMA more exciting.re: William PI cannot believe your answers and questions on here. How did you honestly become a MMA coach? Yo! ur lack of research and degrading outlook on MMA is comedic.It's like your comparing Baseball & Football because they involve a ball. They're two different sports like boxing & MMA are two different sports. The only thing they have in common is two people fighting. One thing to note though, you can incorporate boxing into your MMA arsenal but you can't incorporate anything MMA into your boxing. And the reason you see a lack of movement in MMA 'boxing' is because of takedown defense.I haven't seen a person transfer over to either side and be successful yet. Yosuke Nishijima was a good boxer but has not won an MMA match so far. Like I said, two different sports. No athlete has yet to crossover and break down the stereotype.Although MMA & Kickboxing is an easier transition. Just look at Mirko Cro Cop....Show more
Andrew Sinatra: MMA, it is more exciting and fast paced than boxing. Instead of only using the hands, you can use the whole body.
Keven Woodington! : I think that boxing is more entertaining,
Giovanni Malool: A st! aff is ideal for a person who knows how to use it.A weapon any weapon is no more then an extention of your body. And is only as useful as the person using itEdit: if you don't think a staff is meant to kill or capable of killing then you shouldn't be practicing with one...Show more
Vernon Martorana: Yes. The more reps you do the better you'll get.
Alberto Kozub: I want to take mma, but I have never done any sports before. I have been running this whole summer and doing sit ups and jump roping to condition myself. However, in the case I don't have any skill in muay thai, will practicing get me stronger or better, or will I go nowhere?
Agustina Stimmel: That depends on you buddy. I have to go with mma. More action, more things going on. Both can be boring and both can be entertaining.
Booker Warlick: a newer fighter a staff is great for those without as much training to get better or defend themselves other than that it is the fighter not the weapon(! your build does not determine your weapon in nearly all cases)
Samara Siewers: Other than the sound of bodies hitting the mat, and the Sensei speaking, aikido classes are very quiet.
Catheryn Small: MMA. I used to watch boxing - but the lighter weight classes usually went the distance and didn't seem like fighting as many times the clear "winner" did no more damage than the person that lost the match. MMA is more likely to have a clear winner, either by submission or knock out or stoppage [the exception that makes the rule is the recent Kimbo Slice fight]. The lightweights and the heavyweights and all in between are exciting to watch where in boxing I only find the light-heavyweights and heavyweights exciting....Show more
Lashawn Zabarkes: MMA. 'nuff said.
Adelle Weight: um...the only way to get good at martial arts is to practice.oh, and mr. avatar, he was just saying he was training his body for it, that wasn't harsh, that was douchebaggery.
Donnie Bolio: I used to train in Taekwondo and now I have been trai! ning in Aikido. I haven't heard a single yell in Aikido, which is much different than my years in taekwondo.
Mahalia Brindle: staffs are meant to be fast and swift.judging from the momentum used in your staff and the speed will show how much damage a staff will deal.i do not think a staff is meant to kill anyone. just to put the guy down after a good beating.simple as that....Show more
Donny Bankson: The avatar missed it completely it looks like...Yes practice makes PERMANENT! So the key would be to practice the correct techniques. As for your conditioning that is all well and good but my recommendation is to practice over working out. By doing the action your working towards you'll get the perfect exercise for it. Example. Punching bag grappling shadow boxing, things that work your body and technique > push ups sit ups runningWhile in all likely-hood both will be needed, the first set is preferable in general
Barrett Felicia: muscular, fast, strong, ! slow?what do you think?
Elli Esaw: It certainly is very physically demanding. I've been training for a couple of years now and it requires a greater amount of skills than anything else i've done. soccer (midfield) was more demanding from a cardiovascular standpoint though.
Piedad Bassiti: My opinion is with MMA. I've never been able to get into boxing, but with MMA you have a mix of different things. Wrestling and grappling, boxing and different types of Martial Arts.
Sheree Hipwell: Edit: I meant that I am preparing for mma, I will start classes in about a week. So should I condition myself, or practice with a punching bag. Btw, my Muay Thai gym has boxing equipment and stuff.
Lester Haschke: just cause you have good conditioning will doesn't mean you have skills to apply techniques and you know the areas to attck and the natural movement of a fighting human being..... go train so you can spar, you'll see what running does for a fight. it just m! eans that you will have stamina while you get punched out.harsh but the! truth wouldn't be so harsh if you changed it. and by change it i mean train with a qualified instructor
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Janeen Perona: MMA, simply because there are several styles of fighting to watch, compared to boxing which is repetitive and can get a bit monotonous if it is a long 12-rounder jab-fest.
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