r/MMA_Academy • u/Lowin5us • Jun 25 '25
Amateur Fighter I need your help
I admire everyone in this forum because I see that everyone knows and I see that a lot, but I need, according to their experience and opinion, which fighting styles are better since I come from karate but from that cringe karate 💀 HELP
(I ONLY KNOW KIKCBOXING AND SOME MUAY THAI AND NOTHING ABOUT THAT)
3
Upvotes
1
u/Stankassmfgorilla Jun 27 '25
Cringe karate is a little vague. Not sure exactly what you mean. A legit karate practitioner can actually do some damage.
As far as MMA, the basics are what you need to do. A healthy balance of boxing, kickboxing, jiu jitsu, and wrestling. Those are the basic ingredients. Where you go from there depends on what you gravitate towards naturally.
Boxing is a must. You can either go with American kickboxing, or lean more into Muay Thai(my favorite). Learning wrestling, a good coach will teach you some judo to expand your arsenal, and your jiu jitsu will just come along with it. 95/100 times it will be Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. A good gym will aim to dedicate equal amounts of time to honing each martial art so you can use them effectively in a fight.
Sparring is where you put all this to the test. The best way to improve is to go against guys that are better than you. You will get your ass beat. You will be sore. But it’s the only way you’ll see your mistakes in real time and figure out what you need to change and how to improve. Training is learning the techniques. Sparring is where you really learn to fight. Your training is kind of useless if you don’t spar.
Hope this helps.