Quote Originally Posted by AWD OWNZ U
Ya I wasn't really looking to learn to fight when I joined Knuckle Up. I'm already proficient enough that I don't really worry about some punk off the street beating me down. I was thinking about doing MT though, I think it would be more fun than BJJ and I still have an opportunity to do some competition if I want to. I'll probably figure it out when I move and take a look at the gyms around there. So do you actually compete yet or are you just training?
I'm gonna be fighting now, but before this I've only done BJJ competition, and sub wrestling. I was told Sport Jiu Jitsu is a good way of transitioning into MMA because you're allowed to strike, but they limit the time you're allowed to be on the ground to 30sec or so, then they stand you back up. So that was a possibility as well. I just started incorporating my striking in the past year, so I'm still getting used to fighting standup. I'm actually letting a few nagging injuries heal right now, as it's not so easy to get fights with the low paydays, so I've got some time before I have to really turn up the volume. People back out because it's not worth it I guess. I adapted well to MMA and fighting, as I'm used to the training. I wanna train fulltime though, not just 15hrs/week, so I've been contemplating moving outta here and go to ATT, AKA, or somewhere else in Hawaii or L.A. IMO, I would suggest BJJ to you, as I think you'll get more out of it. Especially if you take it at an MMA gym. No GI BJJ that's used in MMA is different than GI BJJ that you see.