cross training

[equilibrium]

This question in many ways overlaps with many other threads and comments in them.

Why do you cross train? Tuhon Gaje almost every seminar that I have attended says that if you train in multiple martial arts, it can cause problems... you might want to zig when you should zag. It can also cause hesitation since your body has multiple trained responses...

So what is it that makes you feel the need to study more than one art?

Do you think it enhances your fighting ability or causes problems with it?

What are the positive and negatives of either cross training or not cross training?

[Ventura]

I guess you can say I crosstrain. I has not negatively impacted my skills. I don't need to crosstrain, but I like being able to do comparative analysis and learn the strategies and tactics of other martial arts.

It's good to know what the opponent knows and keep them guessing as to what you know.

I train Pekiti Tirsia no matter what art I'm currently crosstraining with. When I train BJJ/Sombo/Catch I think that I'm training my dumog. When I train Muay Thai and Boxing I think that I'm really training Pangamut. When I do MMA or Vale Tudo I'm really using Dumpag. People I spar with just think I'm unorthodox.