Originally Posted by
YouKnowWho
I believe the best order should be that you compete in:
- golden gloves boxng to test your punching skill.
- kickboxing tournament to test your kicking and punching skill.
- SC, Judo, wrestling tournament to test your throwing skill.
- BJJ tournament to test your ground game skill.
- Sanda/Shanshou tournament to test your kicking, punching, throwing skill.
- MMA tournamnet ro test everything.
You have to develop your striking skill and grappling skill separately before you can do your integration. To jump right into MMA too soon may not be the proper training order.
I agree to an extent.
If you truly want to test and develop your skills then, arguably, the best way is to fight the best in each specialization.
Your wrestling will be tested in MMA BUT not to the extent that it would be in competitive wrestling, same goes for your striking, grappling, etc.
MMA is the prefect vehicle to "put it all together" BUT the jury is still out (IMO) if it is the perfect venue to DEVELOP those skills.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !