the next big thing

crosstrainer1

:cool:over the years certain martial arts come to the forefront kung fu in the 70s karate in the 80s jkd and so on as we break into another decade what do you think will come to the fore front. my own perdiction in Filipino kali espicaly panantukan (filipino boxing)

tysonslovechild

bjj, nuff said. Proven time and time again.

Hail 2 Da Thief

MMA!

Doug Cartel

It's very hard to answer these kinds of things, because you invariably think the thing you do is going to be the next big thing.

That said, I think maybe recreational Olympic wrestling clubs might see an upswing internationally. Right now wrestling seems to be limited to certain countries, and in those countries it's not a sport you just walk into at any age and have a go, but I think both these things are changing. Right now this is mainly due to all the MMA people who want to improve their takedowns, but once it reaches a critical mass of people it'll take off on it's own.

arybvtcw0eolkf

tysonslovechild wrote: »

bjj, nuff said. Proven time and time again.

Proven where?.

Kayleigh Screeching Guru

Kayleigh Screeching Guru wrote: »

Proven where?.

UFC 1-4

arybvtcw0eolkf

Deleted User wrote: »

UFC 1-4

Thats it?.

Personally I'd say BJJ.

From talking to a lot of younger lads taking up martial arts BJJ, through the UFC, has captured their imagination.

I've lost track of the amount of times a lad has told me he does MMA, but when we get chatting it turns out the lad is training in BJJ.

Its all good, it gets people off their arse's and doing something.

I've also noticed a good cross over between BJJ & Judo in the last 2-3 yrs, and I'd say the sub-wrestling guys might be finding the same.

Although the attendance at BJJ comp's pales into insignificance when compared to something like TKD or kickboxing, but its a growing sport.

tysonslovechild

Proven in the cage and also against other martial arts. just watch some of the videos of the gracies proving this on youtube. im not even a practitioner of bjj but just go by what ive seen. id throw judo in there aswell.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Kayleigh Screeching Guru wrote: »

Proven where?.

On the ground when they're scratching their arses off the mat!:pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CrtrrbZEQU

arybvtcw0eolkf

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

On the ground when they're scratching their arses off the mat!:pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CrtrrbZEQU

lol @ "butt floppers"... I never heard that one before, now I can't wait to see someone pull guard so I can call 'em a butt flopper!.

Although with my recent ankle injury I've been pulling guard butt flopping a lot and working from there myself.

Doug Cartel

I thought BJJ was the current Big Thing? I know more people actually do TKD (especially here in Ireland) but, no offence to the TKD guys, it's not the "in" thing.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Doug Cartel wrote: »

I thought BJJ was the current Big Thing? I know more people actually do TKD (especially here in Ireland) but, no offence to the TKD guys, it's not the "in" thing.

I lived in Vancouver recently & the biggest Judo club in the area charge $25 a month with the option of training 5 days a week if you so wished.
I contacted a local BJJ club who told me that it would cost $80 a month to train just once a week & it's over $200 a month to train 3 times a week :eek:.
BJJ/MMA is huge business in north america.

p to the e

I think wrestling will become bigger in Ireland as a means to improve in MMA. It's not hugely popular in Western Europe but this may change as MMA grows.

OLDMAN1

p to the e wrote: »

I think wrestling will become bigger in Ireland as a means to improve in MMA. It's not hugely popular in Western Europe but this may change as MMA grows.

it might not be big in Ireland and england, but it is big in europe, France as a example has a big wrestling culture...

Doug Cartel

OLDMAN1 wrote: »

it might not be big in Ireland and england, but it is big in europe, France as a example has a big wrestling culture...

It's not really seen as a recreational sport though. Basically, people start as kids and get weeded out as they get older. It's not as easy to just turn up and train as an adult like you would in most martial arts.

If you read Russian Judo by Alexander Iatskevich, he talks a bit about this. It's a system that produces great elite-level players, but for everyone else it's tough luck.

Like I said above, I think wrestling for the rest of us is going to to be more popular in the future.

Sid_Justice

interesting? So similar to boxing? There aren't a lot of low-level mediocre boxers walking around that still train, either you have what it takes to compete at some level (regionally/nationally/internationally) or they tell you to find a new hobby?

Doug Cartel

Yeah I guess so. Which reminds me, what happened to white-collar boxing? That was supposed to be taking off big time a few years ago.

Sid_Justice

Still going, seems to be an event on every other week.