What's the best base discipline to start in mixed martial arts? 7 posts

What is the "Best" martial art is a trick question that everyone keeps trying to answer. When they say you need a base art to work from they are saying that you should become highly efficient/master one martial art before learning others to round out your repetoir and stepping into MMA practice.

Which art? All highly depends on the individual. People win matches and not a martial arts style. Which art is best for you depends highly on your personality and temperment, your body style, and what teachers are available to you.

To compete in a MMA tournament setting you are going to need good conditioning, good stand up striking, good stand up grappling and throwing, and good groundwork grappling. Various karate, kung-fu styles and kickboxing will give you the first. Aikido, Judo, Greco-Roman Wrestling, many Historic Western Martial Arts, and a good traditional stand up JuiJitsu system will give you the second. Gracie style Brazilian JuiJitsu, and wrestling will give you the third.

It's important to pick one art and get good at it before branching out too much. Otherwise you will just hamper and slow down your training.

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I think there are many facets to this question. Do you want to compete? Do you want to win? Do you want to learn self defense? If you want to compete at a high level, I would recommend an all around martial art that teaches the three areas of striking, takedowns and ground game. If you start with an art that favors one you will have to play catch up with the others. I favor Yong Mu Do (Hapkido) because they have competitions in which all aspects of fighting are covered without a lot of contact (good for beginners). The ideal MMA fighter has an INTEGRATED mix of Muay Thai for striking, BBJ ground work, Judo/Wrestling for takedowns.