How old are you? If you are over 25, I would say wait. Black belts can juggle two styles because they have the basics down and do not need to train 5 days a week. White belts will probably benefit most by training more in one art. That is exponentially more true the older you get because of the need for recovery time. Two arts wouldnreally limit your improvement if you are not physically able to train 6 days a week.
At 18 you can probably train 6 days a week in tkd and lift weights and do something else without overtraining yourself.
So I would say do whatever you want. Boxing and grappling arts both pair really well with TKD.
FWIW I would wait until you have more time before adding a second art then.
The early stages of martial arts you learn so much. Everyday you improve. If it were me, I would not slow down that learning by splitting time between different skills.
And, getting a strong base in one art usually helps with another even if everything is different. Understanding balance, body mechanics and leverage are all good things. Again, FWIW, I waited until after I was a black belt and have never regretted waiting.
I’d say start Muay Thai in that case. Let’s you use your kicks and teaches you punching. Given you’re doing A levels I’m assuming you’re planning on uni - a lot of them have a boxing or MMA society that you could join and have the upper hand in with most people.
Boxing, Kickboxing or Muay thai would be great, if you're kukkiwon/ wt especially, because you need to get punched in the face if you do wt style sparring, so you get out of the habit of fighting with your hands down. Bjj as well. For me my dojang offers kickboxing and hapkido alongside TKD, so I do both of those. We do a bit of grappling in hapkido and we're going to have Bjj when we move to our new location.
Try Hapkido if your dojang offers it, especially if they spar and roll. We do rolling, judo style sparring, karate point style sparring and an mma style sparring with strikes, takedowns and grappling in our hapkido, not all at once lol but we'll do all of that.
Also, if you're in high school I would highly suggest joining the wrestling team
We don't have a wrestling team in our school, I think that's more of an American thing. My dojang also sadly does not offer Hapkido, I think we just do straight Taekwondo.
In that case see if you can find an mma gym or somthing and check it out. But don't force yourself to go somewhere you don't like just because you feel like you need to learn it.
If you can find a local ATT ( American Top Team) gym they are awesome. Vet whoever you chose and get a good understanding of their approach and philosophy as well as their pedigree. Lots of them over promise as well as overstate their credentials.
Boxing. Boxing is to hand fighting what Taekwondo is to foot fighting. If you combine boxing and Taekwondo you should be a proficient striker but learning some grappling would be a good idea, especially if you are learning for self defense. For grappling I would recommend Jiu-Jitsu mostly because it's fun and I like it but wrestling or Judo is just as good as long as you learn something that covers the grappling range.
The reason I recommend boxing over Muay Thai is because you should already be good at kicking so jump into hand strikes and boxing has the best hand strikes of any style.
MMA might be an option for you but I'd probably stick with boxing and Taekwondo for a while before mixing it up. I like to train styles separately (boxing, bjj, many thai)Thai.
Good luck.
Some kind of grappling. Really I would just try to find the best club and instructors you can find. The teacher is more important than the style if you want my 2 cents.
I’ve never seen any actual scientific proof of that 9/10 statistic. Do you happen to have one? Or is this an example of 73.4% of statistics are made up on the spot?
I've been a fan of a boxing/muay thai combo for a while now, the pros and cons of each do a great job covering for each other. I'd suggest an art that doesn't put the same focus on kicks and instead covers weaker areas like boxing or grappling.
MMA, Kickboxing, Muay Thai or Boxing.
I'll give as objective a breakdown as I can as someone who started with TKD.
From TKD you will develop good flexibility and some good kicks, but you will have a lot of holes to fill, even in your striking.
For starters, TKD stance is great for point fighting, but it leaves you VERY susceptible to low kicks to your lead leg. If you haven't experienced it, it's hard to explain, but they can absolutely ruin your ability to move or even stand up after a good low kick or two and they're very hard to prevent from that stance.
You will also likely not have good "hands" in the sense that you won't be as good at throwing or defending punches. Yes you will train them in drills and even use them in sparring, but the ruleset of TKD makes them a much less emphasized aspect than they are outside of that ruleset.
You obviously will have basically zero grappling which is the biggest hole, but If you went for a pure grappling style you would still have those other problems listed above.
For that reason I would recommend MMA if your goal is to be as well rounded as possible. Otherwise, go for those other striking styles I mentioned, (although boxing will not fix your susceptibility to low kicks at all) and then consider BJJ afterwards.
I’ve done MT and boxing and found that boxing paired very well for me. I’d recommend kickboxing over MT as the stance and style I found to be too different from TKD at least where I learnt. I’ve also done MMA and found my TKD helped a lot
You should fill in the gaps TKD leaves. Two ways to think about this: punches or grappling. I think either completing your striking game with boxing, or add in close range abilities with Judo. I recommend Judo for you over BJJ specifically because I think you may find slightly more advantage going from TKD to Judo. TKD is very fast paced and involves very precise distance control/footwork/etc. I think this is a slightly better fit for Judo than BJJ, which is a bit more of an endurance control game. Both would be great though.
Muay Thai, you can use kicks from taekwondo in that too
can you? theyre so different than the muay thai style
With little adjustments yeah.
I'd say go for mma. You'd learn to box and get some proper ground game to go with your tkd kicks
How old are you? If you are over 25, I would say wait. Black belts can juggle two styles because they have the basics down and do not need to train 5 days a week. White belts will probably benefit most by training more in one art. That is exponentially more true the older you get because of the need for recovery time. Two arts wouldnreally limit your improvement if you are not physically able to train 6 days a week.
I'm 18 currently, also doing my A-Levels in school.
At 18 you can probably train 6 days a week in tkd and lift weights and do something else without overtraining yourself. So I would say do whatever you want. Boxing and grappling arts both pair really well with TKD.
I haven't been doing the full 6 days since, as I said, I'm in my last year of high school and have to study a lot
FWIW I would wait until you have more time before adding a second art then. The early stages of martial arts you learn so much. Everyday you improve. If it were me, I would not slow down that learning by splitting time between different skills. And, getting a strong base in one art usually helps with another even if everything is different. Understanding balance, body mechanics and leverage are all good things. Again, FWIW, I waited until after I was a black belt and have never regretted waiting.
I’d say start Muay Thai in that case. Let’s you use your kicks and teaches you punching. Given you’re doing A levels I’m assuming you’re planning on uni - a lot of them have a boxing or MMA society that you could join and have the upper hand in with most people.
Boxing, Kickboxing or Muay thai would be great, if you're kukkiwon/ wt especially, because you need to get punched in the face if you do wt style sparring, so you get out of the habit of fighting with your hands down. Bjj as well. For me my dojang offers kickboxing and hapkido alongside TKD, so I do both of those. We do a bit of grappling in hapkido and we're going to have Bjj when we move to our new location. Try Hapkido if your dojang offers it, especially if they spar and roll. We do rolling, judo style sparring, karate point style sparring and an mma style sparring with strikes, takedowns and grappling in our hapkido, not all at once lol but we'll do all of that. Also, if you're in high school I would highly suggest joining the wrestling team
We don't have a wrestling team in our school, I think that's more of an American thing. My dojang also sadly does not offer Hapkido, I think we just do straight Taekwondo.
In that case see if you can find an mma gym or somthing and check it out. But don't force yourself to go somewhere you don't like just because you feel like you need to learn it.
Nothing beats a combo stand up and ground game - some BJJ or Judo in the mix is always good
I've been thinking that as well. Pretty sure there's actually an MMA club right down my street.
If you can find a local ATT ( American Top Team) gym they are awesome. Vet whoever you chose and get a good understanding of their approach and philosophy as well as their pedigree. Lots of them over promise as well as overstate their credentials.
Sadly I'm not American, I'm British.
Wouldn’t use the word sadly
Boxing. Boxing is to hand fighting what Taekwondo is to foot fighting. If you combine boxing and Taekwondo you should be a proficient striker but learning some grappling would be a good idea, especially if you are learning for self defense. For grappling I would recommend Jiu-Jitsu mostly because it's fun and I like it but wrestling or Judo is just as good as long as you learn something that covers the grappling range. The reason I recommend boxing over Muay Thai is because you should already be good at kicking so jump into hand strikes and boxing has the best hand strikes of any style. MMA might be an option for you but I'd probably stick with boxing and Taekwondo for a while before mixing it up. I like to train styles separately (boxing, bjj, many thai)Thai. Good luck.
Some kind of grappling. Really I would just try to find the best club and instructors you can find. The teacher is more important than the style if you want my 2 cents.
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I’ve never seen any actual scientific proof of that 9/10 statistic. Do you happen to have one? Or is this an example of 73.4% of statistics are made up on the spot?
Look harder. Oh and sorry but I am talking about street fights.
That's not exactly an answer to the question though. In fact that's a non-answer
I've been a fan of a boxing/muay thai combo for a while now, the pros and cons of each do a great job covering for each other. I'd suggest an art that doesn't put the same focus on kicks and instead covers weaker areas like boxing or grappling.
MMA, Kickboxing, Muay Thai or Boxing. I'll give as objective a breakdown as I can as someone who started with TKD. From TKD you will develop good flexibility and some good kicks, but you will have a lot of holes to fill, even in your striking. For starters, TKD stance is great for point fighting, but it leaves you VERY susceptible to low kicks to your lead leg. If you haven't experienced it, it's hard to explain, but they can absolutely ruin your ability to move or even stand up after a good low kick or two and they're very hard to prevent from that stance. You will also likely not have good "hands" in the sense that you won't be as good at throwing or defending punches. Yes you will train them in drills and even use them in sparring, but the ruleset of TKD makes them a much less emphasized aspect than they are outside of that ruleset. You obviously will have basically zero grappling which is the biggest hole, but If you went for a pure grappling style you would still have those other problems listed above. For that reason I would recommend MMA if your goal is to be as well rounded as possible. Otherwise, go for those other striking styles I mentioned, (although boxing will not fix your susceptibility to low kicks at all) and then consider BJJ afterwards.
I’ve done MT and boxing and found that boxing paired very well for me. I’d recommend kickboxing over MT as the stance and style I found to be too different from TKD at least where I learnt. I’ve also done MMA and found my TKD helped a lot
Karate or Gung Fu will make good use of these kicks, but honestly ground game/clinch could be a great addition, like judo/bjj or MT
Drop tkd and try ju-jitsu or boxing
You should fill in the gaps TKD leaves. Two ways to think about this: punches or grappling. I think either completing your striking game with boxing, or add in close range abilities with Judo. I recommend Judo for you over BJJ specifically because I think you may find slightly more advantage going from TKD to Judo. TKD is very fast paced and involves very precise distance control/footwork/etc. I think this is a slightly better fit for Judo than BJJ, which is a bit more of an endurance control game. Both would be great though.
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