I don't like it when people who do competitions say/think they'll necessarily be good on the streets just because they might be okay in the ring.
In a competition, there are rules, limitations. The streets.. It's life or death. I think that any physical training will help in some way. At least you're physically active, but it's also the choices you make that determines life or death.
If you want self-defense, you learn self-defense and not 'tournament fighting'. Not that it can't or won't help you but it's not what you should be learning.
For example, many people criticize Tae Kwon Do because they think it's a sport martial art only. That it's not a real martial art. And yeah, I partially agree that some schools do just only teach the sportive side of it, and not really the self-defense part of it. But it's wrong to say it's not a real martial art. I used to do TKD a while back.
I never really did boxing or wrestling. Honestly I'm not an expert on it, but I would say that would help a lot if you're actually good at it. It definitely can't be worthless if you know what you're doing but you have to know what to do and when. There are no rules out on the street, when your life is on the line. They won't be holding back and you shouldn't either.
I'd say for someone to not know the laws as part of training....that's not a full self defense study.
To not learn de-escalation, awareness codes, threat assessments...that's another incomplete point.
Boxing has many great benefits. It's main concern in this combination is boxing sometimes rely on gloves. So contact with hand needs few tweaks.
I wouldn't recommend kicks, especially any kicks above waist or knee level. Since you lose your balance. Though kicks are useful.
I'd say it's as good as the individual who studies it but takes it to their context too. It's not about having the full deadly tricks of snapping someone in half. Self defense is not fighting. It's making a strategy of escape first. You can use the punch and run tactic in boxing, wrestle when you have no choice. You don't have to unleash super display of locks, throws, kicks, gouge, butt, elbow, knees, sankyo, nikkyo, seoi nage, and everything. Just do what you need to run. Any art for the context should take this into account. You don't have to cripple him. Just escape at the earliest safest and assured moment. The least the techniques, the better.
Training for inside a ring is different than preparing for a random encounter out in the world. Inside a ring there is a sense of being "safe", where anything can happen outside of such an environment. How well someone's training has been totally depends on the individual and whether or not he or she has trained with that in mind.
I don't get why combine sport style for self defense when, traditionally, the martial arts have always been about self defense without having to add or subtract any modifications for it to work.
Intelligence wins any conflict.... See i dont lose a fight because i am incredibly intelligent. I know when trouble is starting and i pack up and leave, i avoid unwanted bad areas, i do not put myself in silly and dangerous situations.
So even if you are a superb fighter and win most of your fights, i still come out on top because i dont put myself in a situation to be defeated anyway... I suggest you keep studying until you find the desire to forget street fighting. This is also why i hate such styles as wrestling and boxing because they have no spirituality that teach people humility, instead i think it just promotes thugs.
Good luck with that.
P.S boxers are great with thier hands and terrible at defending leg and knee strikes, plus they are terrible at stuffing a take down and since you have little knowledge of wrestling a good grappler will destroy you. While wrestling allows you to be strong on top unfornutately going to the ground does not always turn out with you on top so you would be like a turtle on its shell.
Depends on what you mean by, "A little bit in wrestling". Generally speaking, assuming you're pretty skilled in both boxing and wrestling, then this is a very good combination, and you've be able to handle yourself in most one-on-one, unarmed situations.
I don't like to say you'll be safe in a street fight, regardless of what your style is because there are just too many variables in a street fight. However, I think the combination of boxing and wrestling would give you an edge over most traditional martial arts like karate, aikido, kung fu, etc.
However, this is assuming that your wrestling skills are at least half-decent. "A little bit" of wrestling is too vague... how much is that, one hour's worth of training? 1 year?
They would have a huge advantage over mist untrained people. Against someone trained the lack of kicking skills would be a serious weakness.
Since boxers don't usually deal with kicks I've found simply raiding a leg will often get them to drop their hands. This allows for punches and of course closing the gap to get in on them.
So if you're thinking of that combo I'd sat its a great start but add some kicking and the combination becomes excellent.
If there was someone who trained and competed in boxing but also trained a little bit in wrestling on the side, how would that translate to the street? Like what game plan would that fighter have to utilize to protect himself with his skill set?
