What Makes Striking More Effective Than Grappling in Combat?

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Which is your personal preference for combat, striking or grappling?

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

Striking. Grappling hurts my back and neck

[@AdityaSajjai]

Striking it comes for naturally to be a and is easier to learn and apply for me also I learned striking basics from KZbin while grappling can only be taught

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Yea i definitely agree!

[@benjaminjones2769]

Striking just because it's fun honestly

[@Katcom111]

I enjoy both. But if someone is higher skilled grappler. It's better off learning how to sprawl and counter the takedown. I seen strikers that struggled ground work and I seen grapplers that are not great with their hands. Learning both and adding in the skill does help. One of my buddy is a coach for his MMA national team in Asia. He has the best strikers on his team but they work heavily on counter takedown and defense groundwork.

[@kshietijdas5241]

Grappling + striking = 🔥🔥 Both are useful in their own ways in a fight

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Totally agree 💪🏽💪🏽

[@jchannel8583]

Unless you have one shot KO power, or you have enough years of experience to understand how to control distance, you have to know how to wrestle to be "street ready." Even if you have those striking prerequisites I mentioned, all it takes is someone to reach out and push you to unbalance you, compromise your base and turn a striking exchange into a wrestling exchange. There's a reason wrestling is so important in MMA.

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

Spence, you deserve a billion subscribers. Your videos saving lives, dawg.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

I appreciate that

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

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[@benjaminjones2769]

I prefer striking but I do enjoy the art of grappling as well!

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Feel you 😎

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

I shadowbox everyday and let me say I also gotta relearn boxing. And I’m gonna learn kickboxing, MMA, Muay Thai, etc.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Let’s go 💪🏽

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

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[@lightningjadejavier]

You like me fr, i train karate, cause to me it's a universal use to train, like it's an adaptable martial arts to anything. And can still be called karate, but i gotta learn some taekwondo, muay thai and some boxing too. Maybe a little bit of kick boxing and kyoukushin karate. In the future.

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

@@lightningjadejavier awesome

[@gwmaira6571]

Grappling vs striking ❌ Grappling and striking ✅

[@mizukarate]

I agree with what you're saying here. Also keep in mind striking training is more adaptable to injuries, medical issues, and disabilities.

[@FitFighter15]

My Brother 🤜🤛 always same thoughts. Striking helped me several times against multiple attackers like muggers, car jackers etc..

[@BuildingPhysiques]

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[@feirabbitt]

Learn striking but you should also learn how to enter and exit the clinch . I have learned striking while using the clinch is a whole new world.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

I agree! Really helps with defense

[@omari2306]

Proper footwork and head movement can make you face 3 men at the same time, it's no joke.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Footwork is crucial!

[@omari2306]

@@BuildingPhysiques Indeed, picture this i face 3 attackers, i must allways target the ones in the sides never the one in the center, if the one who initiates the chase after me is the one in the left i do as follows: Falling step from jack dempsey strike with the right step forwards with the left foot, keep it up with another strike with the left and step forwards with the right, finish the whole action by doing a d'amato shift and pivot to the side, now they are all of them stacked infront of me again, and just repeat :)

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Yea man most definitely. Certainly if ever in that situation, running is your best option. But again, having good footwork saves you.

[@omari2306]

@@BuildingPhysiques Yeah but i'm talking about when there is no escape, like when you are cornered against a wall, forcing the offense could help you escape.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Ahhh gotcha!

[@nikolab.4065]

I prefer training in weapons 😂 Joking aside, I like striking more, I did kickboxing and MT before. And then I started eskrima too, to learn to use objects if needed. I'm looking to round it all up in the future with judo, specifically because it has grappling that doesn't make you go to the ground, which is what a grappling art for self-defense should be.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Man judo is nice! Never forget my teacher at the time got flexed by his master and the master was like 140 lbs compared to my teacher at 220 lbs. crazy!

[@nikolab.4065]

@@BuildingPhysiques judo is legit a superpower 😀

[@RobertoTheGreat5]

Right on my man 🫡

[@BuildingPhysiques]

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[@lethoknuckles2157]

I’ve thankful accomplished 3x golden glove in amateurs striking for more then one attacker I’ve also wrestled in HS better for 1v1 and if there arm wrestle to dominate the weapon

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Nice work!

[@JEFFMAN90]

When I started doing martial arts I trained in Muay Thai for almost 8 years before transitioning over to BJJ. Hell at one point I was doing both at the same time but had to choose one due to time constraints. Learning both striking and grappling is the best way to go if you're doing martial arts for self defense

[@chamsseddin4449]

almost all the points you made could be said about grappling in another way, multiple opponents vs only one, your chance against bigger opponents, weapons, finishing the fight through a KO, physical and mental toughness, managing distance, well, understanding the situation you're in is essential as a self-defense principle not just as a striking principle, so you see how many opponents are against you and how big they're and whether they have weapons or not is essential, and if you're good at grappling you should have a good chances against bigger opponents just as striking is because if your opponent is so big that you prefer striking and avoid grappling then just run and this is basic for self-defense as i said, and you get mentally and physically tough with grappling too, plus the chance of finishing your opponent through a submission or a g&p is even better than betting on a KO, so according to what you're saying, just focus on self-defense which mean avoiding fighting as much as possible (if you're avoiding getting to the ground, because most fights go to the ground), then all your arguments about striking are just meaningless, if you're in a fight grappling provides the greater control thus it have the upper hand, and of course both is even better, but in terms of priority, grappling should be the way to go, here we're talking about fights in general, if you're more into self-defense and avoiding fights as much as possible, then you have get it, just avoid fight, because if you're in a fight you're getting to the ground, that's just the way it is.

[@thunderkatz4219]

Love your vids this is gonna Out of kenichi but for my striking I do okinawan karate and muay thai for grappling i do japnese jiujitsu and judo

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Nice combinations! Appreciate it too 🙏🏽

[@dmelton5583]

Depends

[@harshaltheboss]

Bro make a video on how you manage to train calisthenics, martial arts and flexibility at the same time

[@BuildingPhysiques]

I’ll do a vlog soon enough.

[@CoachJosh-ki3sz]

"Striking first" " You want to avoid being taken down first "

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Indeed!

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

I gotta relearn grappling for real. I haven’t trained in judo in years and I forgot how to apply takedowns, throws, slams, etc. and I admit I gotta relearn how to defend myself

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Definitely man. Me as well tho. I wanna improve my grappling more.

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

@@BuildingPhysiques me too. Hope one day we can grapple together

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Definitely

[@mevlutkaraer9476]

Nice 😮😮

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Thanks!

[@Shouko-sama]

Use grappling when you have no choice but to do so, problem with grappling if the other guy is better than you at it, probably the opponent wins whereas in striking even if the ither guys knows how to fight you have a chance still

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Great point!!

[@asrimuhammad7951]

For me. First striking, and then grappling. I am a striking specialist. Taekwondo, boxing and lethwei

[@BuildingPhysiques]

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[@edkix5701]

Both have their advantages. But there is one key thing to remember…. Strikers can engage with multiple opponents. Grappling cannot.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Most definitely!

[@_davidboxing]

The KidGeorgio dude here on KZbin/TikTok “Take me down win $1,000” has already disproven that. He had a video of him doing 1v5. A monster of a wrestler can take on multiple opponents as well. A lot of them are athletic freaks and hella agile.

[@edkix5701]

@@_davidboxing that sounds like a good video. I can’t seem to find his 1v5 but I’ll keep looking. Was it wrestling only? Or were his opponents allowed to strike him while he was attempting to wrestle?

[@shalevsaada7596]

I highly disagree. To know how to stay in your feet you need to know how to grapple and defend your self from being tossed on the ground. Being a good striker can be really helpful in a street fight but if you dont know what to do if the guy come and grapple you than all your striking skill are useless

[@BuildingPhysiques]

That’s true! However, that does depend as well. I have been in situations (sparring) where the guy would go for a takedown and would fail just because of my strength. It does greatly help tho to be able to defend against it.

[@shalevsaada7596]

@@BuildingPhysiques yes strength is very important but don't depend on strength because it's like depending on luck. It's either he is much weaker and you can rogdoll him or equal and than skill is important. I'm my self more of a striker but it's important both. Anyway nice video peace ✌

[@BetterThanYou96]

You talk like some bozo on the street is some professional wrestler or grappling artist. Trust me, they are easy to anticipate, maneuver around and counter. Striking >>>> grappling always.

[@shalevsaada7596]

@@BetterThanYou96 😂😂whatever buddy you surely know what you are talking about

[@josiahbholahillaire3574]

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[@BuildingPhysiques]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@natehoward2854]

My fighting style is 80% striking and 20% grappling. Can simply learn grappling with a judo dummy like i have one, and also good for ground n pound.

[@michaelsmelt5218]

You wont learn shit without actually going to grappling classes

[@natehoward2854]

I won't. least its better than nothing, and free.

[@BAILEY078]

Wrestling and boxing are most useful and important.kicking/knee and submission are low tier

[@chandlermason9350]

👍

[@BuildingPhysiques]

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[@chandlermason9350]

@@BuildingPhysiques 👊

[@harshaltheboss]

Bro make a video on how to master and become better at kicking

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Got videos on that. Do you watch my older videos?

[@harshaltheboss]

@@BuildingPhysiques yup is that enough?

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Enough for what exactly?

[@harshaltheboss]

@@BuildingPhysiques enough for master kicking?

[@BuildingPhysiques]

What does “master kicking” mean tho? Like some ppl may say doing every single fancy jump kick is mastery, having really good kicking height and control is mastery. The question you’re asking is pretty broad.

[@Gamedrawer14567]

Damn my man has the same shirt as me

[@BuildingPhysiques]

😂😂nice

[@grappling.enthusiast]

if you want to avoid the ground, learn grappling. striking wont teach you takedown defence.

[@nkosinathimbikwana3941]

FIRST ONE HERE 😂

[@BuildingPhysiques]

👊🏽👊🏽

[@NathanMladenik]

You're cooked if you only know one you need both. so its a stupid comparison tbh, i agree you need to learn how striking first though cause you need to know how to take a punch

[@BuildingPhysiques]

It’s not stupid but okay.

[@NathanMladenik]

@@BuildingPhysiques it is kind of a stupid conversation to have, because either way if you only have one of them you're screwed 😂. so its better just to train both, but even though thats the case theres nothing wrong with having the conversation cause we all do it anyway and its fun to talk about

[@loercayt6146]

Grappling for me cus you can subdued your opponent without serious damage them

[@BuildingPhysiques]

That’s true!

[@hkunsam2410]

Grappling is effective if only you can grapple against 2 or 3 opponents at the same time.

[@frankmorrison2711]

What if the opponent is taller and heavier? Grappling you can beat out larger, heavier opponents.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

I seen that done with striking as well.

[@frankmorrison2711]

@BuildingPhysiques it can be done but it seems more often accomplished with grappling than striking.

[@kaosdelakatastrofaAPG]

What combat, what is combat? You think mma or bjj or judo or sport karate are combat skills or what. What is combat. In combat we don't have rules and we choose weapon and not to lose. So we look way to kill.

[@BuildingPhysiques]

If you think mma, BJJ, boxing any martial art is not capable of killing you are sadly mistaken. Don’t let the rules befuddle you. That’s for entertainment. Combat is combat. It’s means to fight.

[@benjaminjones2769]

People with his frame of mind are sadly delusional! They either think because of what they did trumps others or just don't think it has value! They only see things in a myopic view! Dude combat is combat and the rules are there to ensure nobody is killed! Stop trying to put your own spin things to fit your viewpoint

[@kaosdelakatastrofaAPG]

@@benjaminjones2769 Combat is combat when you fight for life not for money and gay pride heeiii gay stop be blind.

[@benjaminjones2769]

@@kaosdelakatastrofaAPG no combat is to fight! Stop putting your spin on things to fit your agenda or soothe your ego! That's another problem ppl have, too many egos! Just stop my dude

[@BuildingPhysiques]

Quote…”The first records of the word combat come from the 1500s. It comes from the Late Latin combattere, from com-, meaning “with” or “together,” and the Latin verb battuere, meaning “to strike” or “to beat.” The word battle is based on this same root. Combat most often implies physical fighting.”

[@harshaltheboss]

Bro focus on making a video on what people say in your comments section

[@BuildingPhysiques]

The thing is, I have videos on the stuff you requested. Do you not checkout the channel?

[@jvtriggaplay5723]

Grappling is most effective