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Originally Posted by Profits of Doom
Seriously man, you will be wasting your time with Kenpo. As a kid I took Kenpo and Shotokan in Coral Springs, Fl., and the guy that taught the Shotokan class was an ex Japanese Olympic instructor. I still rose through the belt levels quickly without really learning anything except point fighting, which is completely useless in the real world.
Muay Thai and BJJ are the foundation that every MMA fighter starts with, and there is nothing any other martial arts is going to teach you that is so devastating that it can't be used in MMA. In fact I would argue that the headbutt is the one thing that can't be used in MMA that is any kind of an equalizer, but that is a whole other subject.
If you don't go with Muay Thai or BJJ then the only other decent option is Judo, which will teach you some ground fighting as well as how to drop someone on their head, but it's still not going to match what you could learn by combining Muay Thai and BJJ...
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Thanks for the informative post, THAT is what I'm looking for, not a fucking beauty contest. As a kid I took TKD and it was all about point sparring, tournaments and flashy ineffective roundhouse kicks. Shit that will get your ass kicked if you try it on the streets.
I'm looking for something without all the flashy moves, I want something geared towards effective simple moves. So far I've been reading up on different styles and I will be visiting 3 schools next week. Right now I'm leaning towards the krav maga and BJJ combo, but I'm going to have to look into muay thai now. There is a school near me that teaches muay thai but it looks like a commercial MMA place that does kenpo and BJJ as well and has a big kids program.