How to Cross Train Martial Arts | ART OF ONE DOJO

[@anthonysamaniego1734]

I started training in TKD did it for 6 years and received a black belt. Then I moved and started training BJJ and hold a blue belt. My TKD instructor crossed train in a few arts and always brought in concepts from different arts. My BJJ teacher always made it clear that he'll never trash talk other arts, he may not believe in the fighting system of other arts but every art has something beneficial to teach. At the end of the day my training in martial arts overall both TKD and BJJ has helped me in so many achievements in my life whether in school or other opportunities. Life skills!

[@timkittle5418]

Copy that. The art in which I earned my chodan had all of that built in: TKD for stand up, Kodokan judo and jujitsu for grappling.

[@thetrickster3616]

your comment is so wholesome 🥰

[@nacktheslayer9882]

My TKD experiences is very similar! We incorporate a lot of throws, grappling and boxing in our self defense curriculum, but we also train olympic style sparring and traditional things like poomsae. But in Hapkido we do everything, from old school wrist techniques to judo throws, muay thai , taekwondo and ju-jitsu style grappling. We even do take-down sparring, which teaches us how to put it all together.

[@friday13jason1]

I started in TKD in high school and then went looking for Hapkido. I could not find it so I started Aikido. After I received my black belt in Aikido I started American Kenpo. I have found the circular movements of American Kenpo and Aikido work well together. I did this to address the ranges of unarmed combat. I have since found a Hapkido dojang and have been training for about a year. Each time I started over I put on a white belt and tried to not let anyone know of my previous training.

[@thepaganpirate3528]

I did Judo in Highschool, and Juitsu in college and Karate from end of college into now, and the amount of times while sparing I see an opening to flip that switch is so amazing. Cross training is a true benefit.

[@muayboran6111]

Well, I have a bit of an ego at first coming from muaythai to something like kyokushin karate but I had to learn to drop it. Was never anything vocal, I was hesitant to change the way I kick, punch eventhough I came to them to learn. When I did that I was good, I learned a lot

[@williamw1332]

The most difficult arts to cross train in are the ones that have weapons, cultural, and sport vs self defense differences. What I found most difficult is knowing what rules apply to which art like the scoring differences between Jiu Jitsu and Judo and Kosen Judo. Differences between self defense styles can also be really difficult. Ie. Silat, Ju Jutsu, and Wu Shu/Gung Fu. 🙏👍 Awesome video Dan, love it.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Excellent point...even the styles that are point or competitive based will have very different tactics and rules than each other.

[@jakeabinett1712]

I currently practice Taekwondo, Jiu-Jitsu and Freestyle Karate. Learning to blend the three together yet recognizing my core striking and core grappling bases can be fulfilling when you know what to work with when I have my Freestyle Karate be the glue to the both of them.

[@joekestel909]

My Grandmaster told me to train in as many arts as possible

[@LOVES-A1911]

Being humble and flexible while learning a new art or style are keys to being able to blend them together, but most of all respect for each is the most important of all. While doing my defensive tactics for Law Enforcement/Corrections they showed us how they wanted us to deliver a punch, it was completely different than what I'd learned, but I went along with it to make it through knowing that in a real encounter I'd fall back to what I learned while taking and studying Karate.

[@ironmikehallowween]

I appreciate the point that emphasizes that when you come into another art or perhaps even another school of the same art, you are a white belt, or a beginner in that system, if your previous discipline doesn’t have a belt system. Do not share what you know or how it was taught in your other school. People are there to learn what is being taught in the school they attend, not what you know. Often times, if the instructor is aware of your experience, they may ask you, what would you all do given this situation? Then share. In sparring , try to utilize the techniques being taught, not what you already know. I realize it is sometimes very difficult as muscle memory may take over in sparring, but try your best to do so. Otherwise you will not learn anything new which is why you are there in the first place. Do the techniques even if you feel they are inferior to what you already know. They may in fact be inferior or you simply may not be applying them correctly. Give it some time to see which is the case. I have cross trained in many disciplines. I have picked up some things each time. My core beliefs remain unchanged, but I can see the value they offer and have incorporated techniques that I found useful, either for myself, or students. Thanks for the video.

[@colemanrucci2688]

This is a good video on cross training! Tae Kwon Do was my first martial art as a kid and I achieved my 1st Dan Black Belt after 4 years of training. 9 years later I got exposed to Krav Maga when I joined the security team at my church and really enjoyed it! 4 years in and I’m a Krav instructor now. I also recently started training in Combative Jujitsu which compliments Krav Maga really well.

[@laviothmartel9813]

Been training bjj for 6 years before I started at a shotokan dojo 3 or dm5 months ago

[@davidwayne9982]

One of my original instructos once said" treat EVERY technique you see- whether OURS or some OTHER style-- as though you are seeing it the FIRST TIME- even if you've done it thousands of times>" Made good sense-- if you look at it every time like it's new-- you'll more often notice something that needs fixing- changing or is correct..

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Speaking the truth right here :)

[@bw5020]

"Embrace that change" "Be the Student" I suffered from this and I know many like this. Leave your ego at the door. You aren't dashing your previous experience. You are adding to it. Just don't step on their toes. Cross training is far more fun when you don't take new or conflicting knowledge as an attack on your self esteem or prior efforts. Going from Korean martial arts to Kung Fu, it's wild but I dig it. I feel far more well rounded than I've ever been. I highly recommend

[@Docinaplane]

Exactly! Learning something new doesn't take away what you learned before, just adds to it.

[@meidaswolverine814]

My daughter's martial arts school is the perfect example of this concept. It has 3 tiers of Keup (Kyu) after white belt. All tiers have poom-se (kata), breaking techniques, and self defense modules. 1st tier is traditional TKD. The self defense modules are all stand up. 2nd tier is still stand up, but gets into joint manipulation. 3rd tier involves grappling and ground fighting. I was extremely impressed with this schools approach to self defense.

[@edwinperez2726]

Thank you for this video! You hit the nail on the head. I did this when I was a kid and it made me better. I started in boxing and did it for a few years, then moved into Ju Jitsu for a few years as well. I had a cousin that was training in Karate, and had trained in 2 other stiles, and I would go over to his house and train with him, he was a brown belt at that time. A few years later, they opened a Garyu Rico Do school close to home and I started my 2 years in this stile before the school changed to Semai Do and I practice it for over 2 years before going to college. These changes made me to become a better student. When I had to spar with others, I would use anything I had in my education that sometimes confused my opponent. Again, thank you, other videos are always talking what art is better, they are all good, just learn and move to another if you what to learn more.

[@camiloiribarren1450]

I think cross-training is great, such as when I went from my first years of Goju Ryu into Capoeira back in my early college years because I had to learn to be more loose and be more rhythmic with my moves. Now, while training in Goju-ryu, I am signing up for the kung fu style of Bajiquan under the school WutanNJ (also has a KZbin channel) and, though there are similarities, there are many differences in their moves and forms which makes it more interesting because it's different applications with similar techniques & completely new techniques learned.

[@blockmasterscott]

Tai Chi helps my Choy Li Fut enormously! Makes me much more fluid and relaxed. That's my cross training lol.

[@timkittle5418]

I earned my chodan in Kyuki-do in 1997. Acouplw years later I went back to school and eventually moved 700 miles to attend law school. I was out of formal training for almost two decades until I started up with a TSD school in 2019. There are innumerable similarities but some distinctions, such as clambering for strikes. As I observed, neither is incorrect but I have almost 30 years doing it another way. It has taken some time to incorporate the new way but I have worked on it.

[@tonygallagher6989]

Good timing. I did a Shotokan class tonight. Six years of previous Wing Chun experience made it a more confusing experience than it should have been.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

DEFINTELY culture shock there, but I'm sure with some work you'll find some ways to blend.

[@eranshachar9954]

Eh yes! Cross training. Something I've done in my life. When I was an 11 years old boy, I started with "Vale Tudo" (Which means: Everything Goes). In age 13, Archery, Sword Fighting & Knife Throwing. In age 14-19, Southern Shaolin Kung-Fu & Animals, I've learned many weapons from my Kung-Fu master, he favored me. In a later time, I've learned Goju-Ryu Karate, and about 3 years ago Muay Thai. So my combination is: American, Chinese, Japanese & Thai. My dream is to establish an art of my own, which will connect between all 4 styles. And if I ever come to the US, I will come to visit you Sensei Dan, to learn Kenpo from you, which is a style I don't know. And my man Johnny Lawrence, gave me the will to go and learn Tang Soo Do, which is also something foreign to me. Whenever I come to learn a new art, I put on white belt/sash, forgetting about my ego, and learning the style I don't know.

[@connorperrett9559]

What kind of sword fighting?

[@igorcarvalho2557]

I've been training Shotokan Karate for a good while now (I am currently a purple belt, and I plan on achieving my black belt in the next two years). I absolutely LOVE Karate, but I realize the shortcomings of training in a sports-oriented style and/or Dojo (which is my case). Considering that self defense is my purpose, I have made two resolutions: 1. To complement what I train at my Karate Dojo (classic kihon-kata-kumite), I do some "homework" off class, hitting the makiwara and heavy bag, and studying the realistic applications for the kata movements (which we rarely, if ever, do at the Dojo) 2. I've decided that I will cross train once I get to black belt (because due to a very tight schedule, I am unable to train two martial arts at once). I have chosen Jiu-jitsu, because grappling and ground fighting are the most alien aspects of fighting for me, so I think it will be an extremely valuable set of skills to add to my repertoire.

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Over the years, I have been an instructor of Pencak-Silat and Yau Hawk Tao Kung Fu and my system now is a blend of the two. In addition, I practice some Wing Chun, which I find fits perfectly in the space between punching and grappling.

[@christophervelez1561]

Yes a cross training video! Just started the video!

[@emmetttaylor1739]

When I st stared at M.A.S. here in Chicago back in the 70es they sis Karate and Judo. I did them both. It was a good idea and when I had to use them I had to stack and do ground fighting too.

[@Redsensei10p]

Currently I’m trying to incorporate EP Kenpo into MMA. My third degree black belt thesis is on how kenpo can be used in MMA. great video👊🏼

[@ArtofOneDojo]

I would LOVE to read this thesis (if you were letting others read it). I love seeing what other people's perspectives on this is.

[@Redsensei10p]

@@ArtofOneDojo I’ll have to get in contact with you some day in the future!

[@rynoerasmus7869]

Love the T shirt, Mr Dan!

[@jacobharris954]

As Dan Insansto says " When I have a Black belt in one system, I then start to have a White belt in another"

[@YoukaiSlayer12]

Very good video. Especially on “that’s not class, that’s just being a ass”. But yea I agree cross training is beneficial especially when you focus on capitalizing on what makes your martial arts better. Which while Shotokan is my primary practice, I enjoy going over TKD for changes in perspective & exploring grappling to capitalize on my size & strength.

[@ErraticStaticc]

I just happened upon your videos and lost the last 3 hours watching them (now subscribed). This one was very interesting to me because I just recently starting learning Kenpo, in my first month still, and this week I am joining BJJ gym to learn as well. My hope is that by learning both at the same time I can incorporate one into the other as I learn, develop and my skill grows. Currently the only training I have is Army combatives levels 1&2. Great videos and I plan to keep watching!

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Thank you and welcome to the channel! I hope you continue to enjoy our videos! If you like Kenpo, we just did an interview this week with Darryl Vidal talking comparing our Kenpo systems :)

[@samuraialfredo]

Another obstacle worth mentioning is that sometimes when a person wants to cross train and the new instructor refuses to teach you because you're already a member of another school. For example, my karate sensei wanted to train in Judo, but the other sensei refused to teach him because he was already an instructor elsewhere.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

That is a very real thing, and that comes down to the reasons and up to the student to make a decisions to keep with that or change.

[@5dragonskarategoryukarate-890]

Train hard and train smart.

[@محمدالكناني-ق6ب]

You are a very likable person with special charisma. Thank you very much for the various and interesting topics that you present on your channel. Which for me is an important source in the field of martial arts. Please show some techniques related to Kajukenpo and Russian Sambo

[@septred3]

One of the hardest crossovers I had in the martial arts training criteria was combining Tali-Jutsu with Tae Kwon Do. Let's just say that it was one of the biggest Tae Kwon Don'ts of my life without attempting to be humorous like you know of me for.

[@214warzone]

I want to start Judo (I normally train Savat). Hopefully I can do this after my job relocates.

[@StudioGhostUtah]

One aspect of this that one also needs to consider is if the schools you're training at are okay with students cross training. Back in college, I attempted to cross-train Taekwondo and Kung Fu, specifically Wing Chun and Hung Gar. The Kung Fu school was open with cross training and actively encouraged it. The Taekwondo school on the other hand had a very "our way or the highway" mentality. However, they went about enforcing it in a very toxic way, where even interacting with students from other schools was discouraged, which is honestly strange. I guess another benefit of cross-training, arguably, is being able to compare teaching styles and instructor conduct. Training with the Kung Fu school made me realize how toxic the Taekwondo school was.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

If a school says "Our way or the highway" take the highway. You don't want to learn from a place with that kind of toxicity.

[@fijiunlimited4503]

My friend in college who was heavy into martial arts said his opinion is to be solid in one art as a foundation (the example he brought up was Bruce Lee had a solid base in Wing Chun B4 evolving to JKD).

[@gingercore69]

Im learning sipalki and bujinkan at the same time, one is a tournament heavy competitive style with striking, grappling and weapons, and the other is a conditioning heavy non competitive style with striking grappling and weapons... Its probably a mix made in heaven with how good it fits

[@bw5020]

What's that first one

[@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840]

ooh....my weirdest combination was: Sicilian Stick and Knife Fighting Teak Won Do Pankration Kyokushin-Kai

[@SempaiMarc]

You can only get better with more knowledge, properly. As I teach, always have a full tool box.

[@davidwayne9982]

It Ain't the art- it's the ARTIST...

[@Hiltonliveparanormalnews79]

Kick boxing my base , learning kenpo , mixing it with krav maga , but i am prior military, and corrections so i saw alot of krav maga in those defense training

[@juelz713]

Some teachers get jealous when they see you training at other school

[@PhilipAJones]

Ok, do you have like... EVERY (classic) Karate Kid/Cobra Kai shirt?

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Not all, but I'm working on it :) I still have a couple I haven't broken out yet :D

[@artisticsolarninja]

i do cross training at home. shadow boxing at home. i mixing up some strikes and techniques and principles that i made for my style of my own martial art.

[@artisticsolarninja]

at home

[@LOVES-A1911]

Once you feel comfortable with what you have look for a partner/student, maybe one day you might successfully blend them and create your own art/style and with hard work and a little luck a new form is born.

[@connorperrett9559]

Have you learned anything in person? There are some things you may be doing incorrectly that you wouldn't notice yourself doing, but a good coach or teacher would.

[@TheInfantry98]

@@artisticsolarninja What you said makes absolutely no sense in anyway possible

[@raphaellopez9290]

Wing Chun is good for escaping grappling holds

[@neoravencroft]

I always feel that my training in Muay Thai would conflict with my training in Uechi Ryu Karate because of how different the applications of moves are done. I want to start Judo pretty soon which I think would blend better with a striking style.

[@jamielondon6436]

Pretty much the only thing I'd add is that if you're crosstraining and feel that what is being taught is risky or unhealthy, just don't do it. Sit that one out or even leave. Might be several reasons for such a problem, like just your own body's pecularities (prior injuries, lack of flexibility, etc.), lack of experience with a certain type of movement - or the instructor or even art might actually be crap. Unfortunately there is a lot of Bullshido out there. :-/

[@kumar7586]

Fully agree. If you don't find it useful, don't do it.

[@RKEproductions]

I currently do Kenpo 2-3 times a week and lift weights around 1-2 times a week. I really want to start training in BJJ as well. Any tips on how I should balance my kenpo, weight lifting, and bjj training with proper rest days? Thanks!

[@lionsden4563]

Cross training WILL make you a better martial artist and fighter.

[@peterkhew7414]

After a while, everything gets blended together, until it's not recognisable which technique is from which art.

[@valeriecatanzaro_art]

Hi Mr Dan, hope you're doing great! Love your KZbin channel. I was wondering if you would be interested in making a video about the Matsumura Seito (Shorin ryu) Karate style. I switched from Shotokan to Seito 6 months ago when I spent months in the US (I'm from France). This is a great style with focus on tradition, efficiency and the history of it is quite different from the other Okinawan styles.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Got it and noted!

[@dylan_krishna_777]

I'm a wado ryu karate student and i want to mix it with Judo, do you think it is a good combination? The one is atemi wazi and the other one is tachi and newaza . I'm still a beginner but in combat you have distance and close combat fight . striking is like a building a brige to get close to the opponenent and to get in reach of the the trowing and grappeling techniques of judo. 🥋🙏👊

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Absolutely. In my opinion, Judo, Jujutsu, BJJ, Wrestling....blend incredibly well with most other arts.

[@rabronin]

Where did you get your shirt? It looks cool!

[@ArtofOneDojo]

www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/18258526-retro-karate-kit They have a TON of them :)

[@rabronin]

@@ArtofOneDojo Thanks a lot 😄

[@metrfulton9708]

You can not have striking without grappling , and you can not have grappling without striking😁

[@ShaunCKennedyAuthor]

You're either here to learn or you're here to leave. Sometimes I'm here to learn. Sometimes I'm here to leave. Often this has more to do with me than the place I'm entering into.

[@conorfiggs234]

0:40 combat Sambo would like a word

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Sambo covers ALL aspects of all focuses of training at a top level? It's a fantastic art but it doesn't cover every facet of martial arts...no art does. That's why hybrids and mixed training exists.

[@Jpizzel-f1x]

Can you talk about army combatives next

[@ArtofOneDojo]

It isn't next on the list but it is on our agenda for this year :)

[@Jpizzel-f1x]

Badass

[@harth1026]

Capoeira and Eskrima.

[@TheInfantry98]

Can I send you a martial arts presentation that I put together ? It’s titled “violence in the martial arts” .

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Sure. You can send it via our Facebook messenger or our email, [e-mail]

[@TheInfantry98]

@@ArtofOneDojo Awesome thank you

[@TheInfantry98]

@@ArtofOneDojo I have emailed the presentation. Thank you again!

[@darkapostate8358]

The best way to cross train? Don't. Train in arts with the same technical roots, preferably ones that were originally taught together. Going from Iaijutsu and Kenjutsu to karate was a hard shift. The core principles, philosophically and physically, are dissimilar. However, learning jujutsu worked quite well. Why? Samurai taught kenjutsu and jujutsu as a complete, coherent art. Karate clashes with that, as the peasants who practiced it didn't develop it as a war art, but one to defend against warriors with what they had at hand. If you examine most arts you will find gaps or rough edges that many practitioners struggle to understand the "why" of, or the "what now." This is due to removed or missing content. Kenjutsu lacks jujutsu and vice versa. Judo focuses primarily on throws, jujutsu on ground fighting; they complete each other. Don't cross train, pursue a complete art, even if that means learning several.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

But learning several complete arts serves the same purpose. You're finding knowledge to compliment another art. It all honestly comes down to the person. Different arts will resonate differently. Judo is a pretty hard shift from Kenpo, but after a little bit of work and understanding I FOUND a lot of the same technical roots and they actually blend pretty well. Sometimes it takes work to find it, but you're right....sometimes some combos just don't fit.

[@TheInfantry98]

I’ve cross trained my entire life so for me cross training is very natural