Why (Forced Mixed) Hybrid Martial Arts Are Bad

There are lot of martial art dojos / schools / organizations which mixing techniques from various unfitting fighting styles into their training nowadays. For examples:

- Mixing and teaching Sambo throws and Muay Thai strikes all at once in one training day.

- Mixing and teaching Qin Na jointlocks and Kenpo strikes all at once in one training day.

- Mixing and teaching Karate Kata dances and kickboxing strikes all at once in one training day.

- Mixing and teaching Jujutsu submissions and Karate strikes all at once in one training day.

- Mixing and teaching Aikido throws, Collegiate Wrestling pins and Taekwondo strikes all at once in one training day.

- Mixing and teaching Pencak Silat dances, Wrestling throws and Jeet Kune Do strikes all at once in one training day.

Well, i will not mention the name of those bad dojos one by one here (too tiring because the are too much nowadays), but you can recognize it by watching how they training at the dojo.

Why (forced mixed) hybrid martial arts are bad for our safety?

Training at force-mixed hybrid dojo is worse than someone who doing cross training at 2 dojos in same time period:

- The students will be confuse because there are no focus - no clear goal in training. In real street fight, they will frozen - can’t do anything because their brain and reflex aren’t trained.

- Overtraining symptoms like confusion, failed to focus and injuries are often happen. Of course because their training duration at dojo is 1-2 hours longer than training duration at normal dojo.

- Wasting time and money for nothing, that another disadvantage from training at those dojos (they often give us expensive training fee to make their dojos looks exclusive).

Bruce Lee once said: “I fear not the man who has practiced 10.000 kicks once, but i fear the man who has practiced 1 kick 10.000 times”. Focus is everything in martial art training.

Focus and concentration are extremely important in martial arts for a variety of reasons, including improved performance, self-defense, and mental discipline. It allows practitioners to execute techniques precisely, respond effectively to opponents, and maintain composure under pressure.

Mastering just 1 useful punching technique is far far better than mastering 100 useless punches.