Discovering The BEST Fighting Style For You

[@BuildingPhysiques]

What fighting style would you like to tryout?

[@Reuben5825]

I would love to try Judo Kickboxing or muay thai

[@RobertoTheGreat5]

I wanna try some kenpo

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Definitely try judo!

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Nice!

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Definitely do Taido! Found out recently, its similarities to Capoeira.

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

I’m slowly relearning boxing, but I have an interest in kickboxing and Muay Thai. Doctor say I can’t practice judo due to my back issues, but I have an interest in BJJ. I gotta relearn self defense to get rid of my childhood traumas

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Take one style at a time. It helps to do that.

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

@@BuildingPhysiques thanks

[@BuildingPhysiques]

No problem

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

@@BuildingPhysiques 🍷🍷🍷🍷

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

@@BuildingPhysiques 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷

[@thunderkatz4219]

Thanks bro I do old school Okinawan karate and boxing and jujitsu and weightlifting and I try to have a better godly relationship love the video

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Good bro!! I appreciate it too 🙏🏽

[@tnf9820]

Okinawan ? U mean kyukoshin?

[@Boy-nz4uu]

That’s the beauty in different anatomy’s in sports it makes different styles of that one sport I love martial arts and combat because it’s really an art and a lot of thinking and science behind it

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Yes indeed!

[@Alxei23456]

I'm 5'6 and started kickboxing just over a year ago and your really right. I'm one of the shorter guys in my gym and now I love sparring tall guys now (I used to HATE it), softening up the body with hooks, waiting for the hands to drop then landing an overhand. I was scared of taking punches and hits, it's more mental for me. But after you start taking em often and improve mental and physical conditioning you get better at taking that punishment and before long take less because of the experience. I love mixing up low kicks, body kicks and knees with boxing combinations. Plus I just feel stronger and in conflict situations I feel less worried if shits gonna go down lol.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

You’ll always be ready! See how you build up that mental strength tho. I love that. You realized it’s part of the game and you loved pass it. Keep training hard bro!

[@Naddoniz]

I am in that 5'6/5'7 range too. My arms are slightly longer than other people my height. I train Muay Thai and boxing. I use the get in and get out strategy alot and use my jab to get away after getting in and throwing some power shots.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

That jab sets up a lot of good combos

[@kirkbrooks9447]

One thing I'd add about physical attributes would be age, at 63 I'm in well above average shape but I can't fight the same way I could when I was 23, 33, or even 43. I was once more of a kicker with a strong background in Tae Kwon Do and now I'm having to relearn a lot about fighting. I'm having to pick up more boxing skills and save the kicks for the most opportune moments to use them. As an aside on Tai Chi, Josh Waitzkin is an American Chess Master and world champion, he's also a world champion in Tai Chi Chuan push hands competition. His book "The Art of Learning" is an excellent source and in it you see comparisons to chess strategy martial arts strategy. I like your content, thanks!!

[@ustanakjavo1247]

I’m very creative, short (171cm), little torso, I am used to take kicks and punches. I’m really good with my variety of low kicks and knees and elbows. I’m very good at grappling because my low gravity. So I do Kyokushin karate, muay thai and judo. Basically i mix martial arts using my tiny body and cutting the distance so well. And thanks to Kyokushin I can take hits to my body really good. And short distance is my distance.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Nice bro! The smaller torso helps a lot to minimize body punching from opponents. Especially that lower center of gravity, that is also advantageous. Physical attributes is important in combat.

[@RedPilled-qj9mr]

It sounds like you have all areas covered. You're a beast.

[@gabs81]

This video gave me some good insight. Thank you ❤

[@BuildingPhysiques]

No problem 😉

[@hermanchaves6723]

Thank You 🙏 endless blessings to you and your family

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Same to you!

[@RobertoTheGreat5]

Great points brother! Thanks for the video.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

No problem!

[@jewelsunniheartsfitnessanime]

I’m 6’1 ranging from 135 to 140 due to my early years of high metabolism lean training and I did lot of track running and long distance and football at WR and got into yoga stretching which translates me to just mix everything to what I see fit rather its taekwondo to pencak silat, and anything that benefits my Body to go beyond laws of physics to be flexible and agile and enhances my boxing experience to have strong legs to never give out And what I love about all martial arts techniques is everyone can learn all of it if they’re willing it’s there for us to go into to create ourselves and learn more of our evolution Just like boxing has multiple styles the other martial arts have styles within their techniques

[@BuildingPhysiques]

I agree bro! You gotta learn to put your own spin on it. Like you said in the other comment, Bruce Lee did the same.

[@smoothwiththegroove1]

Im 5/8 and im balance strength is my strongest quality tho since i was younger and upper body strength is really good. I had planned on taking first boxing cause of its beautiful movements and angles. Next i want Muay Thai, wrestling, bjj,judo,

[@BuildingPhysiques]

You’ll do well with judo for sure. Definitely do Muay Thai.

[@CrossSilver]

Another tip I think I can add, watch other martial artists with your build! I'm 5'7 with very good speed, so watching UFC featherweight where most guys are at that height range helps a ton to see what you can and can't do

[@BuildingPhysiques]

That’s a really good tip. I have done the same 😎

[@benjaminstubeart]

You are my favorite KZbinr,

[@BuildingPhysiques]

I’m honored bro 🙏🏽

[@masterbagua]

Dude! This vid made me a subscriber. BEST video on youtube to settle all the style debate mess.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

I very much appreciate it bro 🙏🏽

[@Reuben5825]

Yo thank you so much Spence for this video. I have always wanted to know what martial arts to focus on and this has helped me so much 🙏

[@BuildingPhysiques]

No problem man! Hopefully you get started soon!

[@SheepOfTheLord1]

It do be hard doing striking arts like MMA or Boxing or Muay Thai when you only 5'7 and everyone around ya is 3+ inches taller with longer reach, gotta go harder and riskier by brawling deeper in there to make up for the diff unless you're just wickedly skilled and trying to avoid CTE all the while too lmaoooo but if I get the time or money I'd still love to try out MMA nonetheless.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

If you sucker your opponents into brawling or get them to fight your fight you’ll win most of the time.

[@thaimuay5102]

Boxing is the foundation for everything. And good defence. But good kicks are so much fun, i not want to blend them out. Kicks take time to become really good. You have to love and enjoy it. otherwise there won´t be progress. - But it´s worth it.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Boxing is the number 1 martial art I recommend all ppl to learn. I totally agree!

[@realtruth1448]

Boxing is mid bruh... all popular martial arts destroys boxing, karate, K1, muay thai, etc etc, boxing not no foundation of nothing

[@ALONE_dm]

Bro I'm really interested in Learning Silat . Any suggestions for me please

[@benjaminjones2769]

I really love boxing! Been thinking about trying some BJJ 🤔

[@BuildingPhysiques]

A definite must do!

[@queendelight1689]

Love it 😊good information to know

[@BuildingPhysiques]

👊🏽👊🏽🙏🏽

[@shadowninja1059]

I aspired on wanting to learn karate didn’t do it that was a decade ago, boxing made more sense for me and I’m starting to integrate the basic footwork from karate and mixing it with boxing it helps if you’re flat-footed so you won’t be stomping about with feet that feels like cement.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Nice work man! How would you rate your footwork from a scale 1-5?

[@frederickmeadows8716]

This was a great video 💪🏽

[@BuildingPhysiques]

I appreciate it bro 🙏🏽

[@Monsterhunter16]

For me it took me a while to figure out my fighting style. This may be weird, but I kinda think of it like chess, making the best possible moves. So I kinda based my style based off logic, whatever attack that produces the best outcome for me. I will take a hit if it means I will be in a better position. It’s pretty much based off of Bruce lee’s being like water. If I need to fight a certain way, then I’ll adapt to it. This also helps me keep my emotions in control and more focused. I hope this makes sense. (MMA btw)

[@BuildingPhysiques]

That’s smart to approach fighting like chess tho. I always have said it pays wonderful dividends to be intelligent when it comes to fighting.

[@monikatyagi1998]

Sir, i need your help. So i have a fight camp blue print, in which first 2-4 weeks should be given for mobility,coordination and stability work preparing for upcoming strength,power and speed block . Can you please help me in this movement phase of mobility,coordination and stability. I don't know what drills and exercises to do,and how to plan my week correctly ?

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Are you on discord? Just shoot me an email or msg through there. I need more info.

[@monikatyagi1998]

@@BuildingPhysiques check your email.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

I got it! Expect a response by the end of the day.

[@Kardula]

this video makes me subscribe and want to hear more.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Thanks I appreciate it.

[@DC-KAKASHI]

Sir can you make a longer version of toji fushiguro workout mixed with cardio without any equipment and please give alternatives of pull ups bcz i dont have a pull up bar 🙏

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Just a cardio version you’re asking?

[@DC-KAKASHI]

​@@BuildingPhysiques no sir I want a video on how to make toji fushiguro physique(aesthetic+athletic body) without any equipment including pull up bar cause I don't have one 🙂 please make one.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Check this out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIG8nGt-j9OXmdUsi=1yO__z-v6lmJOTOW

[@DC-KAKASHI]

@@BuildingPhysiques thanks bro♥️ but can you please tell me some exercise for back without pull up bar or any equipment .

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Try reverse plank hold, Australian pull ups using chairs, or even hang a towel behind the door, close it pull yourself up. But be careful do at your own risk.

[@chandlermason9350]

thx for Video,I more a mixed fighter,and well i can take hit and keep going at least 2, cause Edured some pain and stuff after losing my grandma my mom's mom along time ago and also plan to use Jason todd training from a video to work on my body..cause i have the strength of 2 men,even tho i'm autistic but i'm not stupid,i plan to enlist in the Air force sometime this year and this help alot so thank you good sir.👍

[@BuildingPhysiques]

No problem! Sorry for your loss to man. Stay strong 💪🏽

[@chandlermason9350]

@@BuildingPhysiques I plan to for my mom,And i will be better.Trust me on that

[@BuildingPhysiques]

💪🏽👊🏽👊🏽

[@chandlermason9350]

@@BuildingPhysiques 👊

[@fernandoantunes151]

I have long arms and long legs and i don't like to use my hands for striking, just for paring or defense. So I tried Taekwondo. But I've never been anything like athletic and I couldn't keep up to the pace. So I moved on to Tai Chi, Martial Tai Chi, not that one we usually see in the parks. It has a martial, real applications approach but I miss that "finding your why" because I'm a slow person but I love kicks, not necessarily real fight kicking, but all sorts of basic kicks, every version of side kick makes me fill "thats my why", guess what, Tai Chi does have some kicks but mostly front kicks or at best crescent kicks. I miss the side kicks or the hook kicks. I suppose I need to find some kind of slow Taekwondo, maybe in another life. I mean, Taekwondo include some slow kicks exercises for strengthening and it was my favourite part.

[@JT-md7ke]

Good video broski!

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Appreciate it 👊🏽

[@sethlowell5255]

That’s why I choose Muay Thai I wanted to use everything but boxing is my first love

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Boxing sets up a strong foundation. Muay Thai with boxing is a dangerous combo 💪🏽💪🏽

[@MindFielder]

I hope am early. Love your vids bro

[@BuildingPhysiques]

I appreciate it bro 🙏🏽

[@BettyOnolac]

I found out I have tendinitis and I really like muy Thai especially since I have lowwww self esteem. Do you think I can still train for mma.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

You can.

[@martialartsaddicted5969]

Brother, can you suggest a Martial art to me? Filipinos are short, and im 4'7 at 15, what martial art would benefit me on my body type? Grappling? Striking? 1 from the two?

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Which art do you do you think you would like more?

[@shlokshivhare3356]

Hey can we get a dedicated training video for catch wrestling

[@BuildingPhysiques]

As interesting as that art is…I couldnt do a video soon just because I would like to study it more. But sometime this year I can try.

[@Azizullah95th]

The only three good things i have for martial arts are grip strength(i naturally have strong grips), strong mentality( not afraid of getting hit but i do used to be a p**** and feared fighting but not anymore) and ancestry gene for wrestling because of that alot of people tells me to go to bjj, wrestling and martial arts similar to these but i have a great love for Muay Thai and boxing and at the same time i can't gain weight and very skinny no matter how much i eat I don't get big i even go to the gym and i only added 6kg to my body and those are all mucles not fats. So what should i choose should i go for what i love and have passion in or what I'm made for(also consider this fact that where i live Rawalpindi, Pakistan there aren't much of martial arts gym and at the same time the budget is tight i can't afford injury and better diet especially more gyms)?

[@MammothMorals]

How can you have a wrestling gene but also be very skinny? Being skinny is the opposite of what you want for a grappling art.

[@Azizullah95th]

@@MammothMorals it's because I've been through a lot of fights and even though I never did wrestling I simply have this some kind of muscle memory where I automatically do the wrestling moves smoothly even in an actual street fight that's the one I'm talking about.

[@Raul_evans]

Soryu style is for targeting the neck and makes your arm like a blade 🗿

[@TheDreadMan]

This video was very insightful as a fellow martial artist & combat sports enthusiast. I've been doing traditional Kung Fu / Wing Chun for the about the last 8 years, and it works for me personally. Some people question it's practicality but I would say that if you do want to defend yourself there are other martial arts to learn besides that

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Precisely. It always boils down to the practitioner nonetheless. The user makes the art.

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

Awesome

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Thanks 🙏🏽

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

@@BuildingPhysiques welcome

[@Htari.0]

can u make a video of wally physique training?, wally from hajime no ippo

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Would you prefer an actual follow along workout or a structured routine/breakdown?

[@Htari.0]

i would like both, but if u can't do them both then make a follow along workout ​@BuildingPhysiques

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Gotcha!

[@Htari.0]

@@BuildingPhysiques tysm bro❤️

[@BuildingPhysiques]

No problem bro.

[@jon-kd5st]

Easy folk style wrestling in the usa if you're young other then that. Whatever fits your lifestyle.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Exactly, find something that works for you.

[@AmitRastogi-cx9td]

Bro I leave taekwondo because of my work how should I practice kicks to stay at my level at home

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Do what I did. Train using KZbin. I have videos. Just train using different videos.

[@Daze_Tempest]

Hey Spence i am actually starting to work out am 16 and don't have any gym equipment other then 30kg dumbbells of my uncle i was asking if there is a alternative to pull ups if you don't have anything to pull up on?

[@BuildingPhysiques]

That’s tough. You can do Australian pull ups on some chairs or you could do a reverse plank. I suggest to do pull ups at the park or maybe get a pull up bar online.

[@Daze_Tempest]

@@BuildingPhysiques interesting i have never heard of Australian pull ups might to look it up thx for the tips spence!

[@BuildingPhysiques]

No problem! Let me know if you need any other tips.

[@Daze_Tempest]

@@BuildingPhysiques Hey Spence i actually had a question for something i do as a warm up before my work out i actually run up and down my stairs to get my legs loose is it good if o do this or is running normally good enough?

[@BuildingPhysiques]

That’s actually pretty good. That’s a great way to get the heart rate up as well. So keep running up and down those stairs 👊🏽

[@SlangScientist]

This is not a subject that is often spoken about. Five moons on this one.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Thanks, I appreciate it 🙏🏽

[@iuliak8411]

It's nice to have someone to practice with outside of class, but as a BJJ student, you need to buy mats for that.

[@jewelsunniheartsfitnessanime]

Bruce Lee had took moves from every martial art that was beneficial for him and made sense for real self defense which is smart And Notice how most wushu, taekwondo, jeetkunedo practitioners are lean at all heights which helps the mobility on offense and defense in those martial arts. Tekken/virtua fighter and street fighter had shown characters of ideal body types that fits the martial art they practiced

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Exactly! That’s why physical attributes are so important. Ideally you wanna pick an art that works best for your body type.

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

Virtua yes, but Tekken hell no

[@jagger_claw]

Controversial fact Bruce was actually against mixing JKD with other martial arts!

[@jagger_claw]

@nicholasgreen339Boxing is structurally different from WC. It's not more or less the "same" thing. "I have lost faith in the chinese classical arts, though I still call mine chinese because all styles are products of land swimming, even the Wing Chun school. So my line of training is more toward efficient street fighting with everything goes, wearing head gear, gloves, chest guard, shin/knee guards, etc...I've named my style Jeet Kune Do, reason for my not sticking to Wing Chun is because I sincerely feel that this style has more to offer regarding efficiency." - Bruce Lee to William Cheung "Bruce's art is based on a set of principles & philosophy. It's not do anything & call it JKD. The latter example is more Fencing & Boxing. & really no Wing Chun at all. Because Bruce had moved away from that to a more effective streamlined way of fighting." - Tommy Carruthers [Original JKD Instructor]

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

I need one that specializes in inner tactics. Too bad the only people who claim to teach that are mcdojo scam artists

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Yea man it’s crazy the amount of scam artist that exist these days in martial arts. Miyamoto Musashi briefly discussed it in his book. Hopefully you can find something man.

[@thebladedwind993]

Personally, I'd want to learn Sambo or explore Muay Thai further.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Sambo seems interesting

[@TheSlackerNamedJack]

KNOW THYSELF! Mental is the one I am always on because it is the one you WILL ignore/downplay/forget. What your mental habits and emotionalweaknesses are will NOT be ignored by your opponent. So they better not be ignored by you. "Everyone got a plan today get punched in the mouth and some people will punch back." You will get hit. That's probably the biggest obstacle for anyone who wants to do this. There's the fantasy that we just float and don't get hit. You just... Move past it.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Exactly! Mental strength/focus is key in martial arts/combat.

[@TheSlackerNamedJack]

@@BuildingPhysiques we might have to link up at some point I'm more of a twitch streamer but I would love to trade stories.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Most definitely! Let’s make it happen

[@tonymontana3949]

i like kajukenbo krav maga mcmap defendu american kenpo grecoroman wrestling

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Nice!

[@psychoexplosion9209]

I’m cooked I ain’t got nothin 😭 I can’t even learn I think

[@Progeneratoryt]

i'll give you an accurate rework of your videos to see how much support accurate trainings get no offence, this art has been around too long to make little to no progress