WNY MMA: A Different Avenue of Competition

Have you been training your kickboxing and wrestling for a bit, but not comfortable doing ammy mma competitions yet. well, there is something for you in this world that will give you the experience of applying your standing wrestling, clinch work and your striking. In some of the earlier articles that was posted, I mentioned sanshou and shootboxing, does anyone remember that? if not you can look back into the past articles or just hang tight here and i'll enlighten you again. All courtesy of WNY MMA & Fitness.

This will just serve as a reminder that, what makes these following competition styles interesting is their rule sets. So in essence, you can build the skills to compete in them without a hitch. 

ShootBoxing: 

Now, I know some people aren't too familiar with what i will be going over in this article, but it's fine. Now with shootboxing which is also known as standing vale tudo, is a very popular promotion in japan. What makes shootboxing interesting is the rule set, it allows pretty much anything, except for the ground game. to make this simpler; the skill set that you build from muay thai is legal, along with neck-toss, hip-toss, judo throws, back drops and suplexes. This is also including standing neck locks and arm bars. it just sounds interesting, and to me, it feels like a fantastic middle ground between striking and mixed martial arts.

Sanshou:

Now for this one, I know that there are competitions that happen in the states, so this is a little easier to access than shootboxing. The rule sets for sanshou and shootboxing are similar; the throws are allowed but the chokes or "catches" as they are called in shootboxing aren't. But one of the cool things about sanshou is that it requires you to be able to catch kicks to initiate some of the trademark throws from sanshou. Even though there may not be sanshou gyms in your area, you can still participate once you have a background in kickboxing and wrestling.

What does this mean for the lovely people of western new york. Stop by WNY MMA & Fitness, and jump on some kickboxing and wrestling.