Boxing for street fighting

aznkarateboi · Brown Belt

hey i've been on this forum for quite some time and i've decided to learn Boxing, Tae Kwon do, and a little bit of san shou wrestling. do you think this combination would be effective for self defense?

TJS · Black Belt

yes..as long as it's a good teacher...depends on how it is taught...but it will definetly give you the tools.

G95champ · Black Belt

Honestly No.

TKD is usually taught as more of a sport. Not to say it can't be used for SD but its not MT by any menas.

Boxing is taught with gloves. In the street you don't have gloves so Boxers tend to break their hands a lot when fighting without gloves on.

Thats not to down Boxing or TKD any because both are super arts but both are more sport than combat.
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Yoshimitsu · Yellow Belt

I tend to agree with the above post. Having said that TKD may be a bit more sporty but they still have techniques that should be respected. I would think as well that most of the difference between arts that train for tournies and arts that train for street would only be recognized by other martial artists. I know there are some occasions that would prove that statement wrong though.

Karateka_latino · Black Belt

To make Boxing Street effective you may need to Train with a very very Dirty fighter, who teachs you how to use all the tools of boxing in real street fights.
Someone with rind AND street fighting experiences who can teach you how to hit without your gloves so you don't break your hands and things like that.

Venezolano · Green Belt

i agree with boxing, but not with tkd and san shou wrestling...

i suggest you wrestling and muay thai
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JerryLove · Black Belt

One needs to define what qualifies as "effective". Would a competition-level boxer take his BJJ or MT equivelent in an octagon or a street fight? Probibly not. Would a competition-level boxer be able to use his skills in a street fight? Probibly. Would those skill make him likely to win? In general, yes.

One need not have the best partial art or art combination in order to effectively defend one's self (though, of course, it does work better that way).

If the best exercise is "the one you will actually do", then the same must be said for a martial art.

OTOH, I see yet another person (assuming he's sincere) who apparently does nothing and who has simply decided which arts he will try (and three of them at that).

Why don't you go find a good school in an art that intrestest you. Study there for a while then see of you want to find another to cross-train. I'd recommend highly against gofing from not training to trying to take 3 diferent arts (unless you are discussin a school that teaches the three together).
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TJS · Black Belt

I agree that you should get a good base in one also. I think out of those 3 Boxing would be the best one to start with.

Kaju_influenced · Orange Belt

Withers M.A.A. · Brown Belt

I would say the combination would def. work. I train in TKD and feel it is a pretty good self defense system. Some of the stuff you wouldn't use but the basic kicks and such will. Boxing is a great art. If you don't agree then fight a boxer. Just don't take on too much that you get confused.
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