Yea i can punch pretty fast. My friend who has a lot of experience was showing me some stuff today (trying to grab my fist midair and basically deflect it) and he couldn't grab it at full speed so i might go check out a Muay Thai gym.willard3 said:I have a friend who is about 6'5" and over 200 lbs, and he has done both muay thai and MMA...I think he liked MMA better, although he did incorporate a lot of elbows and knees into it, so it was basically still muay thai. And though he's big, he's still really fast.
So don't discount faster martial arts just because you're big. Hell, learning a quick style might throw potential opponents for a loop, cause they'll be expecting you to come in for the brawling grapple.
Honestly? For dicking around with your boys? I'd recommend Kendo. It's a real martial art, but it also has the added benefit of being one of the few you can train without having to go full force; there's a group of about six us of ("Permanent" members with about another dozen or so who rotate in and out as their schedule allows) who get together every weekend to duel; it's good exercise coupled with decent training that has relatively few casualties (in the better part of a decade we've only made three trips to the ER, and even then, alcohol was a major factor) and you can find the practice swords for around sixty bucks, +/- $10 depending on how scare supplies are, and keeping in mind that we only have one store in our town, it shouldn't be too bad.Stormcloud23 said:Really what i'm looking for is something to do with my friends. A couple of them know some fighting styles and i just wanna be able to spar with them. Not trying to hurt each other, just something active to do. Could you recommend the best thing for that, keeping in mind my size and etc.
This.ElephantGuts said:I suggest Krav Maga, it's the most useful martial art you're going to find. And you can impress people when you tell them you know a martial art that doesn't just have another stereotypical Asian name.