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Krav maga https://www.kravmaga.com

The current UFC does not favor grapplers at all.

I dont doubt that somone can use Shotokan Effectivly if they put their mind to it....but if they put the same effort into a more combat oriented stlye i belive they could be "more" effective.

yes there are alot more variables in a street fight..weapones and multiple opponets are both very real threats. There are other things that MMA does not teach aswell...but i still feel it's great preperation for a confrentation. As long as you keep other variables in mind.

There is a TKD Mcdojo on every conrer in the US ..does that mean they are effective for self defense? Popularity is not a good judge of effectivness.

In point sparring you do think about takedowns..thats a bad habit In point sparring you hit someone once and the fight stops In point sparring if you hit the top of my head before my elbow hits your jaw..you win.. In point sparring you USUALLY dont spar full contact. Most point sparring tournaments do not allowe knees or elbows or takedowns or even punches to the face. Yes i think it can teach bad habits.

Fair enough even though i dont agree with that.. But if that statment is true then a MMA/NHB fighter is going to have a HUGE advantage over an untrained person ont he street.

here is the point im making.. Yes there are effective techniques that are not allowed in today UFC's..the point is what makes someone else better at such techniques than a MMA fighter.. Do you think you could step in there and beat todays top fighter by poking their eyes and kicking them in the balls...i bet not...so what gives someoneelse a clear advantage? why cant they use suck techniques? and do a better job? yes its not "real fighting" But when you can kick,punch,elbow,knee,slam,choke,break..etc..I think those techniques might just come in useful in a real fight..

Actually most people do, as it showed what works and what does not for the most part. Groin strikes were allowed and happened. it protects your hands..yes so hands get broken less...it does not protect the other person..KO's are very common.. The last person i would want ot fight was a UFC fighter who could..eye gouging does not give anyone a specific advantage other than the already better fighter.. I garuntee it's better than point sparring will ever be. Superninjas sums it up well....this point is really not a good one..a NHB fighter is going to be able to handle himself in a real fighter better than 99% of people out there.

I was Joking for the most part...but slams can be useful as a last resort for some gaurd submissions.

mcdojo

bottome line is It's ok sometimes and for beginers maybe..we do it as a warmup sometimes even. But if you want ot know how to fight/react in a real fight then you need to spar full or heavy contact.

That was just a rumor on sherdog.com. He was an Olympic hopeful at one time but was dusted by other boxers at his weight. Thats why I said Near..because he didint make it either way he has awsome handspeed

He is a near olympic level Boxer with a BJJ black belt and Muay Thai skills...the result is one of the best Fighters in the world today.

yes there are techniques that can be very effective in a street altercation..the problem is alot of schools get so caught up in relyin on techniques they can practice against a resisting opponet that they are not going ot be able to use them in a real fight.

so stlyes that dont have succes under limited rules have a better chance than those that do?

cant get enough..

I know there is Groundwork, but I was under the impression the Gaurd was not taught in Judo?

Krav Maga is an Israeli stlye..used in Israel by the IDF. https://www.kravmaga.com has more info on it if you care ot read about it

a combination of stlyes is usually better than one...generally speaking

or what type you want to compete in.

sure most of the fighters in the UFC have also done TKD or karate at one point..does that mean thats what they fight like? or use it? Don Frye Uses wrestling and boxing for the most part. Yoshida is a judoka and is impressive from what i have seen. Newton definetly fights like a Jiu jitsu fighter I was under the impression Fedor had a background in Sambo..but I dont know much about him. Im not saying judo is not effective..i actually think it is very effective on the street because of the throws..but I think Wrestling has better takedowns and Jiu jitsu has better submissions.

Ya, it does depend on which camp your in. Take a look at Vitor... Vitor is a boxer... BJJ will teach you few strikes...but they will be well placed and effective ones.

My belief is that the techniques needed to subdue a trained opponent in a NHB match are not necessarily the ones that would be used to defend oneself if attacked on the street There is some truth to that but If it works against a trained fighter then it's going to work against an untrained person. and who says they are untrained..Thats something i would not assume in a fight...Maybe they wrestled in college or maybe they are a golden gloves boxer...something like that isint too uncommon.

definetly not but I think it is one of the more proven looking at whats out there. so when you step out of the ring it looses it's effectiveness? what about stlyes that cant win IN a ring with limited rules? if it dosent work in a simple 1 vs 1 competition why would it work better else where? to me the ring is a better test than anything else or than real fighting..whitch isint practicaal as a means of testing.. Judo has never had the succes of BJJ, Lots of Judoka have come and gone int he UFC..sure some did well but most did not do outstanding.. There was a highly decorated olympic judoka in UFC 3 who was unable to get past Shamrock in the first round. I'll ask again..if was all on fighter then Why did Judo not have much succes..plenty tried...are you going to sit here and tell me that somehow ALL of the judoka that entereed were less talented then the wrestlers and BJJ ist..look at the big picture. Ultimatly it comes down to the fighter..a stlye can only give yout he tools...some stlyes just do a better job than otehrs imo.