advice on martial arts

keepherlit

Hi guys,
I am interested in taking up a martial art form but have no previous experience( watching on tv doesnt count).
I have a slight problem though, I have had numerous ops on a knee injury ( acl, mcl, lcl, fracture, you name it!) and rehab is still ongoing, this does not hinder my enthuasiasm though. What would be the best form of martial art to begin with or do you know of any class that would benefit me, it would also act as rehab for my knee. northside of dublin preferably.
thanks for your help guys.

spiral

what happenned to your knee ?
How long has it been
I would be very careful what martial art you go with.
Judo bjj and sub wrestling can be quite tough on the knees .
I cant see Muay Thai or full contact kickboxing being easy on the knees either.
That being said if your rehab is done before you start and you tell the coach and classmates you might be ok.
I would definitely not pick any of the above arts before my knee was very close to 100%

keepherlit

spiral wrote: »

what happenned to your knee ?
How long has it been
I would be very careful what martial art you go with.
Judo bjj and sub wrestling can be quite tough on the knees .
I cant see Muay Thai or full contact kickboxing being easy on the knees either.
That being said if your rehab is done before you start and you tell the coach and classmates you might be ok.
I would definitely not pick any of the above arts before my knee was very close to 100%

rugby injury x3, the knee will never be 100% but hope to have it back to about 85-90%, then i think its just psycholgical.

Pride Fighter

He/she should take up boxing until the knee is 100%.

pearsquasher

You're welcome to come check us out. Bujinkan training deals with whatever you're capable of. (I recently saw video of a guy in a wheelchair)

www.bujinkanjiyu.blogspot.com

Drop me an email from there if you're interested.

spiral

TBH I would imagine almost any art with a lot of lateral movement and balancing on one leg is iffy. Boxing might not be a bad choice though.

Roper

Can't imagine any grappling style being a good idea. Striking styles are also quite "twisty" on the knees, but in those, at least you could opt out of the things you can't do and still get a lot done.

Colm_OReilly

Any random chaotic movement which places stress on the knee can cause reinjury, so we can rule out essentially any sport - martial arts included.

My advice would be to rehab the knee, learn how to squat properly so it builds up it's strength, and live your life - which will unforunately entail maybe reinjuring your leg.

We're not able to give medical advice on this board (not that any of the posts thusfar have constituted medical advice) but NO sport acts as rehab.

Find an martial art you enjoy, in a club you enjoy, and do that. But rehab the injury first.

keepherlit

believe me i dont want to risk anything again, when I say rehab it would be at a stage when the knee is near 100%, will be doing non contact sports to improve range of motion, so that the core muscles around the knee can support any weakness.
thanks for your help guys, I think best to remain an armchair fan for the moment.

O'Leprosy

Roper wrote: »

Can't imagine any grappling style being a good idea. Striking styles are also quite "twisty" on the knees, but in those, at least you could opt out of the things you can't do and still get a lot done.

Agreed, I think Pride is right when the only way to be really sure is maybe boxing. Trying any turning/spinning kicks, backfist strikes etc would be dangerous on a bad knee, sorry to say, but it would be an accident waiting to happen. Hope I'm not been big brother here, but maybe even weights and punching a bag might be the best, would it be worth it risking the knee again and it could quite easily happen sparring. I had a mate from Romania, black belt in Shotokan Karate and a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, done his knee in badly during boxing sparring.

FiannaGym.com

You should be able to join an MMA gym and train with the knee in mind.

Join a boxing club and do some jitz, but only off your back and against people who know what they are doing.

But like the Zen Master said, rehab your knee first. Get a wobble board, balance ball, etc and work as wide a vareity of leg exercises as you can.

Peace

footbag_man

www.mmaireland.com