MMA in Berlin. You know anything a beginner should knoe?

For a bad knee, I'd skip places that do a lot of takedown drills on mats. Check out Berlin MMA in Friedrichshain near Boxhagener Platz. They're pretty good about letting you sit out any leg-heavy sparring and focus on striking and ground control instead. A trial class there is about 15 euros and they'll usually give you some tips on modifying moves for your knee.

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honestly if youve got a bad knee and wanna ease into it without getting thrown around, check out Tiger Muay Thai near U Hermannplatz. they do mostly standup work so your knee wont hate you the next day. the coaches there speak good english and theyre chill about beginners showing up with zero experience. a trial class is like 10 euro and they dont push you to spar if you dont want to.

also fwiw, if u ever wanna try something that's easier on the joints, capoeira at Capoeira Berlin in Kreuzberg is surprisingly good for learning movement and body control without the impact. not the same as fighting but it'll get you comfortable with your body and the community is super welcoming. just a thought

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seconding the friedrichshain rec but honestly if your knee is bad, maybe look at a gym that's more focused on striking first. choy li fut in neukölln has a solid muay thai program and they're used to people with old injuries modifying stuff. striking is easier on the knees than wrestling or bjj takedowns and you'll still learn the basics of distance and timing. 15-20 euro for a trial at most places in berlin

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Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.

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if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point

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honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.

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