Saturday, May 15, 2010

Whats a good martial art to cross train with taekwondo?

I%26#039;m a Tae Kwon Do student looking to do start some cross training. What other art covers a lot of TKD%26#039;s short comings? Some that I%26#039;ve heard from the people I train with are Jui Jitsu or Kempo-kai. Any other suggestions?|||It depends on what you want to gain from your training. If you want to round out your fighting skills, you will most definitely need to work on your ground game. Jiu Jitsu and/or Judo will be your best bets here, and if you can manage to take both I highly recommend it because they also supplement each other!





Take some Muay Thai as well. This will make you much more confident with your hands, as well as strengthen your kicks and make them much more crisp and powerful.|||muay thai and then down the track a bit do a ground/grappling style.|||Judo was a lot of fun back when I studied TKD. Traditional American Boxing is also a good counterbalance to the TKD kicks.|||Hopkido. (I hope my spelling is right) It is akin to akido, but originates from Korea, the same as Tae Kwon Do. This will teach you the in close fighting that TKD lacks.|||The best Martial Art to cross train with TKD is Hapkido it is a form of Korean Akido. The reason I say to cross train in this art is because from training in TKD you Will have the Korean language down for movements and forms. The numeric system is the same and you will more than likely find a Korean Master of Hapkido is also a black belt or (DAN) holder in TKD.|||Tae Kwon Doe is a very kick oriented art, so you probably want to look into a close combat style. Judo or jujitsu are good for weight management and for using your opponent, but if you are a life long TKD artist, then Kung Fu would probably be a good match, Take Pai Lum Kung Fu if you have a school near you, or any type if not.|||Try Hapkido. It gives a perfect balance %26amp; you don%26#039;t have to try to learn another language.|||I take 3 martial arts and yoga.





THe names of the martial arts are ki-aikido, shaolin-do, and capoeira.





Ki-aikido is a fun and weird martial art. Some of the higher ups can throw me without touching me. They can also do other weird things. This branch of aikido focuses more on the development and use of body energy in throws, grounding, weapons, and movements. Good schools for ki-aikido will belong to the ki society. I believe they have a list of locations on their website.





Shaolin-do is a line of shaolin schools owned by grandmaster Sin Kwang The. They offer unlimited access to all weekly shaolin style kung fu, tai chi, qi gong, nei gong, etc. classes for ~100$ monthly. They have good weapons training and teach a great variety of styles that are very useful. You can find more info and a list of locations on their website (shaolin-do.com)





Capoeira is very fun. It is also very tiring (1000 calories a class). You can watch some capoeira videos on you tube. Good ones will usually have bahia, batuque, mestre (master), or batizad in the name or description. Be warned that all of the %26#039;flashy%26#039; moves hurt like heck when they make contact. you can learn to attack in a large variety of crazy ways. There are no kattas in this martial art and you can use whatever you know.|||KAJUKENBO....Since it combines other martial arts. Its meaning comes from the name....KA from korean karate, JU for Judo and jujitsu, KEN for Kenpo and BO for Chinese Boxing (Gung Fu) and it very practical for the streets since it concentrates on street self-defense which many traditional martial arts lacks, plus it developes a very strong caracter and understanding of body movements and mechanics.|||I had to think a little bit but your answer is muay tai. It is a really good art that deals with the short-range fighting that TKD doesn%26#039;t. Plus, muay tai also incorporates kicking and kneeing which would go really well with your TKD expertise :)|||Any studies in grappling will expand your understanding of the martial arts in general... So Jiu Jitsu would be good, or Judo, Aikido, Wrestling or Chin Na. (Often taught within Kung Fu styles, but many sifu will teach it to blackbelts in other styles)|||I did tkd for 5 years and became a 2nd degree black belt. then I got bored and found a new sport about 4 years ago called sambo. Trust that is the way to go. you do submits takedowns throws and core power increases alot and I mean a lot. plus its good because tkd is not realistic in a real fight onlyin forms and other tkd tourneys

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