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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(contact)" data-source="post: 683734" data-attributes="member: 41">Maybe I'm a bit late, but I'd like to chime in with a quick point.Consider Muay Thai.  It is a technically simple (that's an advantage!) fighting system geared for sport competition, but is also a fantastic base for striking training.  I trained American style boxing/kickboxing for years, and recently added the Muay Thai kicks to my repertoire for their sheer power.  I've trained with a few different Muay Thai schools, and have great respect for the fighters I've met there.Don't listen to the haters:  Judo is a fine fighting system.  Judo's emphasis on 'stand up grappling' is a fantastic combative base, the training is tough, and most schools I've run accross do train submission fighting to one degree or another (even though it isn't officially part of the sport).A lot of American Judo schools are run by people with wrestling backgrounds, so they place a high emphasis on conditioning as well.Wherever you go, you're going to want to attain peak conditioning, not only for the fighting benifits, but for the overall quality of life benifits as well.  Some schools place no emphasis on this at all, while others make conditioning a core element of their curriculum.You can check out <a href="http://www.mattfurey.com/conditioning_book.html." target="_blank">http://www.mattfurey.com/conditioning_book.html.</a>  Matt Furey's Combat Conditioning book will teach you the basics of bodyweight calesthenics, which will put you over the top both in your matches and in everyday life.  The exercises are not complicated, but they will whoop your behind.Have fun, keep an open mind, and remember, there are fantastic techniques in every martial arts system.  There are no bad choices.  Trying to compare systems in terms of which is 'better' than the other is operating from a false assumption.Personally, I say train with whatever seems the most rewarding, and cross-train with other systems as much as you can.It's in vogue right now to think about your martial practice in terms of "street fighting", and people use this mythical "street reality" as a measuring stick for martial worthiness, but remember this-- a good fighter knows how to impose his fightng paradigm, period.  If you want to stand up and throw hands, you learn how to make your opponent swing with you, and if you want to put submissions on them, you'll learn how to take them to the ground.But "street fighting" isn't the only reason (or even the best reason) to undertake a lifetime of martial practice.  You'll want something that resonates with you, fits the kind of person you are, and helps you to become the kind of person you want to be.Listen to your gut-- it won't steer you wrong.</blockquote>

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