How valuable is cross-training in Muay Thai and Judo?

I plan to do some MMA sparring, but also I just want self defense and to be able to Grapple since I am in Wrestling. I will be doing Judo and Muay Thai this summer.|||if I were you i%26#039;d pick one or the other to start that way you can get a better grasp on the concepts that you are learning. Instead of learning muay thai think about american boxing, 90% of judo works out of the clinch, muay thai uses alot of strikes from the clinch as well which may complicate things in a fight.|||great. let us know how you do when you get your first fight. (not a street fight but in competition)|||Any forms of cross-training has value whatever arena you decided. Cross training can be used in almost any styles.





First, you need a foundation or base art. Trying to master many different arts are very difficult and can be detrimental to your growth as a MMA fighter or simply as a martial artist.





Once you pick a base or primary art, then you can use other arts as supplementary / complimentary to your base art. If we look at the MMA arena as an example , we see fighters who are either a strong wrestlers or strikers. These fighters have perfected one art that would become thier bread and butter.





There are many advantages of cross-training such as understanding the differences in other types of martial arts available to you.





The downside is which you need to be aware of is that cross-training means that a large portion of your time is devoted to learning a different art than your base art. This means that you are taking ample time away from growing, learning, and improving in your base art.





Good luck in your endeavor !|||With a wrestling background, judo should come very natural to you. Judo is very important because of what you can do when you have someone in a thai clinch.