How Much of an Advantage Would Somebody With 2-3 Months of MMA Training Against Somebody With None?
I’ve been contemplating doing some MMA classes to get some basic martial arts skills down to be able to defend myself if any issues arise.
Now what I’d like to know from some of the more experienced people out there is how much would 2-3 months of MMA training get me in a fight? Furthermore, with more training, how far does that get you?
Basically, I’m just trying to figure out how long to train for or if I should go for it depending on how long I’d have to be in classes to be fairly good at defending myself in a physical scuffle.
You can get pretty good with some dedicated training over 3 months. The problem is that you will lose most of it when you stop. Say 3 months after you quit, you would be right back where you began.
James
It depends mostly on you. How quick a learner are you? How often do you train? How much effort and concentration would you put into it? etc, etc.
Also, competence in martial arts is like muscles in the sense that, if you keep working on it, your ability will increase. If you stop doing it for a while, your ability will decrease. 2-3 months will give you a bit of an advantage over your average guy, but you lose your reflexes many times faster than you can build it. For instance, if I take a month off from sparring, I will not come back the same.
I’d advise just doing your best to avoid physical scuffles outside of the ring — even if you train consistently.
To me I believe this has a similar point to martial arts. I truly believe in six months you learn just enough to get your but kicked even worse. Not to mention what happens after you quit. I just spent a month away from the gym for different reason, when I went back I got tapped by people that should not have been tapping me. That is after one month. If your only going to take something for two or three months you could find better things to spend your money on.
Now there is something that should be said for the mental side of this. If you leave after such a short time and think your a bad mofo you’ll get your self hurt. If you leave and said "hey I learned some cool stuff" that could play in to what may happen if you get in to a fight. If you mind set is right you will retain the knowledge that may help you out.
Good luck
Unfortunately you would not attain skills suitable to give you an advantage over the common man. You would attain endurance but in only two months of typical MMA practice you could burn the extra endurance in 3 hard swings. Now set aside MMA, Push Ups every night builds endurance within a week and uses the same muscles as elbows and overhand punches. This combination along with shadow boxing AND MMA training will give you an edge.
Five days a week for 3 months? Two days a week for two months?
It greatly depends on what you’re willing to put into it and how quickly you actually learn as well as what you’re taught.
Whatever the case, two to three months could be a hell of a difference. It should result in some understand of proper striking mechanics, some comfort on the ground, an actual understanding of the aim of fighting, and if you’re lucky some decent sparring time. But again this just applicable to one individual, not everyone starts off at the same place. A natural athlete or a couch potato are going to make these same strides in the same time training, but the natural athlete will actually have widened the gap between the two, not to mention the natural athlete would typically train more and harder than the couch potato who probably got that way from being lazy to begin with.
The idea is to stick with it and put your all into your training. So much easier in theory than in practice.
Well it will take some time to get good prob more then 2-3 months, but its not how long you train for, if that is what ur looking for in a martial art thats wrong,
ITS A LIFE STYLE
That depends. I have seen students who came in with no experience and were naturally pretty good fighters who just wanted to hone their skill to keep on top of it and I have seen martial artist who after a year could not have fought their way out of a wet paper bag. A lot of it is mental attitude. If you can not imagine yourself hitting someone and defending yourself it just isn’t going to happen.
It also depends on the school you choose. The majority of schools is geared towards tournaments and the sports aspect of martial arts. If you are good at tournaments you are not necessarily good in a street fight where there are no rules and everything goes.
In a good school that focuses on self defense first 2-3 month will give you a little of an edge in a fight but if you quit and don’t practice you will lose that edge much faster than you gained it. Reflexes, agility, strength, stamina, etc need constant practice. The thing with martial arts is it will give you back exactly how much you put in it. Like hot water it cools quickly if no heat is constantly added.
You might just want to look into taking a self defense course rather than joining a martial arts school. If you join a martial arts school there is usually much more involved than learning self defense for a couple of months. Martial artists generally practice hard, are very committed and dedicated to their school. A true martial artist who has chosen this path makes his martial arts a way of life.
It can give you an advantage if you focus in a few areas. If you train a little boxing, a little jiu-jitsu, a little wrestling, a little mauy thai etc. then 2-3 months probably isn’t going to be enough time to make you competent in the whole range. But lets say you focus on boxing, sprawling, and getting back to your feet when you have someone in your guard. In 2-3 months if you bust your ass you could become competent enough to give average joe real problems. Now with that being said if you actually want to really become a skilled mma fighter you’re going to need to be more versatile, but in order to become a competent street fighter being a pretty good at a couple of things can go a long way.
Also do not listen to the guy who says to do push ups…I mean you can if you just want to get in better shape but its not going to give you any fighting specific benefit.