Wes wrote:

fernandez wrote:



If your krav maga class is decent, they will teach you the muay thai and bjj skills you need to know. For my instructor course we had to do a 4 day weekender just on ground techniques. Mauy Thai and JJ as taught are not a real fighting skills,they are both sports. Muay Thai's is taught more as a keep fit and even when is for combat rules are still used. There are no rules in a real fight. JJ is very good, as it is taught the stand up side of it is usually neglected which is something you need, also whic ground and pound is v effective and good looking, what happens if your opponent has friends or there are mulitpe attackers which is very common. While your on the floor trying to lock on the gatekeeper, they will just be kicking your head in.



Aye, I agree with you. I wouldn't say JJJ, BJJ or MT are not real fighting skills though. If you know one of those, you are odds on in a 1:1 situation IMO. Judo is also a great skill to have. It is a sport, but try saying that when you are ouchi gari'd and the judoka knows ne waza. You are in serious trouble.



Don't get me wrong, they will offer you a great advantage, its just they way that some are taught thats the problem. The idea that 'If you do this, they will do this, then this will happen' i have seen preached at numerous places i've been too and its a very very bad way to teach.
Fights font work like that, we may start standing up, then the attacker may pull out a knifemid fight, then what? i may get backed up to a wall, then what? He might have friends, there might be no way for me to disengage safely, maybe im with my girlfriend and someone has a knife to them.
I know numerous black belts in various disiplines who have been knocked out in real fights, cause its totally different to the ring,gym and dojo.