I want to Start Mixed Martial Arts.....?

Question

I have 2 yrs in greco and freestyle wrestling. Any tips to start mma?Thnx in Advance

Answer 1

I've been doing MMA for a couple of years. i absolutely love it and it's tough. Not many tips i can give since you've had experience. Just know that if you get a really really good coach then it's hard as h**l but other then that you'll probably love. bet i can beatcha though

Answer 2

With all of your skills in wrestling I'd say that Judo would be one of the best choices for you. To start MMA though just go to any reasonably good place you can find and learn. Also make sure that your in good shape. It's very difficult to learn by yourself so get some help from professional. Also try yellowpages.com. Good Luck.

Answer 3

This could be of interest:

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Answer 4

Go to your local dive, find the biggest guy there, and hit on his chick.

I like to call this the 'total immersion' method.

Answer 5

Since you already have some grappling you have a few ways to move forward-  

1)  Enhance your grappling with an art that has more submissions (BJJ, Judo, Hapkido, Sambo for example)

2) Switch up to a more striking-oriented art - boxing, muay thai, jeet kun do

3) find a good MMA school and start training - you really have to be careful and check out the instructors though.  Lots of "MMA" guys may be good at one aspect or the other, but not have both.  

Personally I'd look at striking next - a lot of fights end up on the mat, but ALL fights start off standing...you are probably fairly comfortable on the mat.  I'd continue with the wrestling and add in muay thai myself - the elbows and knees compliment wrestling nicely.  With good opponent control from wrestling and good strikes (especially inside striking) you should be able to develop a solid ground and pound game.

Answer 6

Well Mike G the roman greco wrestling is fine, but wouldn't going to a traditional dojo in like say, Jujitsu, Judo, Okinawan Karate, Muay Thai, etc. etc.  make more sense for at least a year or two?  I've been on yahoo answers all day today asking technical questions because I can plainly see a "lack of knowledge" in traditional art forms from competitors in the cage.  One of these days there are going to be MMA coaches where I am right now who'll be demanding their students take up "tradidtional art forms".  The way I see MMA is that there's always room for improvement in every aspect from coaching to promoting, to finite rules to the actual fighters them selves.  One day down the road though these modern day coaches are going to have to switch gears, becuase their fighters are mssing key techniques in the cage.  Every thing from soft blocking to your average side kick and every technique in between is being missed in today's MMA whether amateur or pro, but these things will change because the coaching will become more technical and these coaches won't even allow their students in the cage until their students reach a "minimum skill level" that will far surpass today's skill levels.  Are you going to take the time to train properly or will you be on board with the many that will be left behind in the long run?

I will lay money that any good traditional sensei, if he took his time, could train an almost unstoppable fighter in the cage as it stands in today's MMA sport dude.  Too much of common technique is either not trained or completely missed by both fighters and coaches and that's no lie.

Food for thought .........

Answer 7

make sure u are in shape...alot of guys jump into it without any cardio or anything...they get frustrated becuase they train for 30 min. and are gassed...cardio is key.

find a good gym with an intstuctor(s) who have some credentials. they should be always telling u to work on your form and correcting your technuiqe.

last tip...stick with it and dont get frustrated