1ONEfighting

No such thing as cheating on the street, just winning.

"a judoka's mind-set isn't "how can i defend myself" it's "how can i settle this smoothly and be gentle so that neither of us has to get seriously injured". " That really depends upon the individual what mindset they carry, not the art itself. I know some truly brutal judo players.

Yeah, 1ONEfighting is Correct!! I almost cannot fathom how Correct he is!!!!!

I prefer the family oriented ads to the "Learn the moves that Navy Seals use to Destroy the Gracies" type of ads.

For the UFC to properly resemble a streetfight, each combatant should have to consume a couple pitchers of Guinness and two shots of Jagermeister, and the ref should be an ugly girl that they both think is attractive.

*bites troll bait* You hear the name Miletich thrown around in UFC circles because Team Miletich is synonymous with MMA. Pat Miletich was the longest reigning champ in UFC history. Matt Hughes is P4P the greatest fighter in the game today. Tim Sylvia is the UFC Heavyweight champ. Jeremy Horn has won more fights than any three fighters put together. If you even have half a clue about wanting to fight and win in the UFC, you need to train at MFS. Miletich means championships.

Single high crotch ankle pick uchimata scissor sweep Double lift

There are a lot of subtle nuances in the UFC that also favor strikers. Gloves come to mind. Strikers don't break their hands nearly as often now. You can no longer wear a gi, or wrestling shoes. The rules in the UFC are not there to give an edge to strikers, or grapplers. Most of the rules are in place to appease the various state athletic commissions, and for the overall safety of the competitors. And over the course of the past few years, a number of striking oriented fighters have done increasingly well in the UFC and Pride. Mirko "Cro-Cop" Filopovic, Maurice Smith, Bas Rutten, Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddell, etc. They would not have gotten nearly as far in their careers without knowledge of grappling and takedown defense.

Whoa. What a thread. Okay... Striking AND grappling are completely necessary if you EVER want to consider defending yourself on the street. You can be the hardest hitting chi flowing eyepoking son of a gun on earth, it still won't help you if someone decides to tackle you out of nowhere. You can be a BJJ Grandmaster and not see the right suckerpunch coming. Learn both striking AND grappling, because if you don't you better not get in a fight. This isn't 1993. It's been 10 years since the first UFC, and any open-minded martial artist worth his salt has at the very least crosstrained a little bit. There should be no distinction between striking and grappling, in my honest opinion. They both fall into one category, and that is FIGHTING. Consider yourself as an NFL team. Grappling=Defense, Striking=Offense. You have to have both in order to win. You can do alright with a strong one or the other, but if one is too weak you won't make it to the playoffs.

Versus eachother?!

Joe Son was the UFC fighter who hit Keith Hackney 30 times in the nuts. Anyway, Bruce had the work ethic to excel at whatever he wanted to do, I'm sure MMA would be no different. The thing is, he would not excel with his style. He would have to totally restructure the way he fought.

That's ideal to keep in your vehicle, but to carry around your toolbox might prove tiresome. And you don't have to work as a gardener to carry shears.

A lot of places (e.g. The UK) don't let you carry a knife, and guns are outlawed. I'm just presenting a viable alternative. And I may be a little crazy.

Nice article, but I mean a regular redneck nine inch long piece of mean. I never really liked the Leathermans. If I need a knife, I have a knife, if I need a pliers, I use a pliers. *spits tobaccy*

I live in Kansas. Free time is abundant, and pliers are never out of place.

I definitely would say a pair of pliers are the best weapon you can carry in order to avoid prosecution. You can wear them anywhere, in an easily accessible holster. You can deliver an endless variety of powerful, highly focused blows. If grappling, you can grab the nearest soft spot and squeeze until your opponent decides he has had enough. The police will never look twice, or presume malicious intent on your part. A completely utilitarian appearance, and a nasty variety of options.

I love both. Fighting is fun, regardless of the range.

As much as I am a grappling proponent, I would never use those two fighters to describe either Wing Chun or Wrestling.

Karate does use Hip Rotation Momentive Power (HRMP) but not to its full potential. I blame it on the forms. Being forced to keep your torso squared and rigid as you throw said punch starts a lot of bad habits. You can't deny the difference in a boxer's punch and a Karatekas.

The Karate punch is generally mostly arm, whereas the boxing punch incorporates full body weight.

Love it TOO much. When I pop in that mouthpiece, It's go time.

Reminds me of an old Seinfeld bit. Picture chinese farmers, working all day with a pitchfork and a shovel, and what do they base their eating utensils on? Two pool cues.

I don't find fault in arts that are deemed "traditional", I find fault in arts that rely on theory rather than practice. I know far too many martial artists who have been beaten down by unskilled and untrained fighters when their "lethal" self defense broke under the pressure. They should have fared better, with their training and all, but they either had the wrong mindset, or poor economy of motion, or they were just too frozen up to make their techniques work. The main difference between the two schools of thought is this. TMA makes martial artists. MMA makes fighters.

MMA is not just what works in "those" type of fights under "their" sets of rules. MMA strips away all the classical bs, as outlined by Bruce Lee. MMA comes closer to true Jeet Kune Do than Bruce Lee could have ever imagined.

"The modern equipment replaced old make shift equipment that served the same purpose, the techniques are the same." That is the problem. The techniques don't change. Feudal Japanese warriors did not have to worry about someone coming in and punching like a boxer, because the samurai did not punch like boxers. There has to be growth and adaptation to the needs of today, or you practice a dead art.