There a place I gonna go that yachts taekwondo and jiu jitsu. I'm probably gonna take jiu jitsu, but they also offer both at the same time, is that a good idea in order to be proficient in both, them being so different?
I am about to start training a 2nd art (BJJ alongside Muay Thai). It depends on your goals. My reason is that the extra variety will: - Keep things even more interesting week to week - Hit different parts of my body so my general strength/fitness is probably going to be better - Hit different parts of my body so I can train a bit more often without being too sore/bruised. - If on the off chance I do get into a self defense situation, I feel like having both striking & grappling will give me a good continuum of force to choose from based on the situation's needs.
It really depends on you, what you enjoy and how you best learn. I'd suggest trying them both and seeing how it goes. What sort of TKD and jujutsu is it?
Emphasis by me. You don't mean at the same time as in... well, the same time, I guess? Personally I train several arts at the same time and only profit by it. But they also have similar mechanics, so it's okay for me and works out. In your case it would be a striking and a grappling art (given you mean BJJ), so there shouldn't even be a problem, that you run a high risk of confusing anything. In the end you will have to try it and see if it works out for you. Maybe you end up realizing you don't like one or even both of them and do something else.
Being old and more of a traditionalist I will be the unpopular vote based on responses so far. Take one, get a good base in that art and then start the other. I have trained several arts over the years, but I have never started 2 new ones at the same time
Starting 2 new arts at once can be a big thing. Not so much because of confusion over the two. tykwando and jitsu are different enough. but because the start of an art has a strong learning curve. also for practical reasons devoting the time for learning two arts can be a big thing. Although it is easier if they are both in the same venue. There is relatively litle home practice of bjj but tykwando has patterns/forms/kata. that said if you can get through the initial stuff. No reason whatever not to practice two or more arts at once. I wish you the best in your endeavor, keep us posted on how it goes.
The most I used to do was 3/4 arts at the same time. Thai on Mondays, sub-grappling, more thai and rapid arnis on Tuesdays, then BJJ on Saturdays. Loved it and because there wasn't much overlap it all worked together.
