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Depends on the instructor, some AJJ schools are BJJ with western wrestling heavy in the curriculum. Some AJJ schools are just Japanese Jiu Jitsu and renamed.
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If the AJJ ends up being a renamed japanese jiu jitsu, is it still something worth taking?
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Take this from me, after 2 years of Aikido, any martial art that instructs you to do this if someone does that, is in itself, a joke. In the real world, no one is going to give you time to think, he's grabbing my collar, should I do Kote Gaeshi, or just punch him in the face or knee him in the balls, etc. For anything to become muscle memory, it has to be practiced if I remember right, over 5000 hours. Or you can do it quicker, by actually sparring with a fully resisting opponent.
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Based on my readings on the internet, krav maga seems to fit that bill. It seems to stress simple effective moves, without a 5 step technique. Seems to be whatever works, do it. Is that your understanding of it? The wikipedia page on krav maga makes it sound pretty appealing to me.
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I've had training partners who quit TKD, Hapkido, KravMaga, etc and just focus on BJJ. A striker who doesn't know how to fight on the ground is going to lose 99% of the time.
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In most of the actual real life fights I've been in, the majority have ended up on the ground. That's why I'm wanting to take some kind of jiu jitsu.
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You will love Muay Thai. You dont' spar as often as BJJ, but man, it's just a beautiful art that is so fucking destructive. You'll do things with your shin that you thought only a baseball bat to someone's leg could do. MMA isn't for everyone, but Muay Thai, can be practiced by everyone. I have shitty flexablity, half the time I can't kick higher than liver/rib cage, that doesn't stop me from enjoying and training in Muay Thai.
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I'm pretty flexible, it's probably one of my stronger points over brute force. Thanks for the muay thai suggestion, I'm going to look into a couple of the schools here for that.
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Rule out any martial art that does not allow you to spar at 100% resistance. Do not believe the bullshit that our martial art is too deadly for the ring or sparring. Pure Bullshido. If you have never used it in a "Rules" setting, how do you know it will work in a "No Rules" street fight.
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I totally agree with this.
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Out of the two, BJJ is the best for an older guy. My first fight was at 37, last at 38. BJJ was always the easiest for me to train for in MMA. Just some food for thought. Good luck.
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Thanks Anthony, that's the kind of post I was looking for, sorry for butting heads with you earlier. You've given me a lot to think about and a lot of good suggestions. Definitely going to check out the local muay thai places, there's 3 or 4 of them within half an hour of me.
Do you have any suggestions on picking a school and instructor? Questions to ask, things to look for?