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I love MMA. For a sport it is very complete. I can't ask much more of it. For self defense it is very decent for conditioning, well roundedness and fighting under pressure. For self defense it is incomplete. Though it is incomplete, it teaches you a lot about self defense. 1. A thumb in the eye works like a charm. 2. Hitting to the back of the head works. 3. Hitting to the groin works. 4. Kicking a downed opponent works. So what ever is banned from the UFC works in real life

Blocking for conditioning You and a partner mirror each others blocks against each other your right inside forearm block to his right inside forearm block. chose 3 or 4 block that target hitting both sides of your forearms against your partners. That way both sides get conditioned. You can also practice this against a tree, but a partner is better especially for matching each others speed and rhythmn. For reaction speed, just get a partner and have him throw techniques at you like a 1 sided sparring match. If you want you can limit the attacker to 2 or 3 moves. Or he can use a stick and try to tap your open areas and you have to block.

Evander Holyfied and Mike Tyson 3 coming soon Now there is a match I don't need to see again.

I used to put down kung fu before I joined a school and realised that kung fu is a broad term...there are good and bad schools. Luckily I went to good one where we do MMA and Sanshou.

keep it simple silly KISS principle you only need 3 -5 leg techniques. What you should focus on is delivering them at any angle, because your opponent will always be moving and changing their orientation. Once you can strike an opening with your selected techniques from any position while moving and blocking then you'll be fine. Speed and coordination is key

I've done the art before...it's not for everyone. I liked it at first but after a while those odd circular movements started hurting my joints. It doesn't have that effect on every one. It generates a lot of power, but cuts down range. It's not a bad art, but just wasn't my art.

How well is it really doing though? I only just started to remember the names and I had to try hard to remember them as well. Ray Daniels Jason Bourelly and a girl name santiago there are a few others I can pick up by face like this slim asian guy and this thin irish looking dude blond spikey hair. I can't remember anyone elses face or names. I can't remember the teams names or who is on which team. I must say I am not fond of the rules, but from time to time it generates some exciting action. There are times the action is drastically boring but...when it's exciting it really is exciting. Saw a dude get knocked out with a jump reverse side kick to the gut...ouch

remember MMA is different from BJJ...Being awesome in BJJ doesn't guarantee you'll be good at MMA. Dean Lister is sick at BJJ but he's struggling in the UFC. Besides, maybe he only likes BJJ. I love stand up alot. That's what I started doing as a TKD MAist but when I started kung fu and learned throws and ground fighting, grappling quickly took over as my favourite aspect of fighting. I could grapple all day. Sparring with strikes tends to increase your susceptibility to injury. In grappling tapping is usually a very effective way of stopping a fight in progress. With striking you could call a time out when you feel a rib crack and your opponent is still excited and really clock you. MMA isn't for everyone. especially in the amateur league with all these wild people. Eddie might break their necks out of frustration. Haven't you seen the dude he choked out in that Youtube vid? By the way there is a BJJ practitioner Eddie rates alot. Marcelo Garcia...he is pretty talented himself.

I totally agree, it's not like you assumed he was going to hurt you. You already witnessed him attack others so you acted in self defence. Had you done nothing and let him get close to you, your judo could have failed and you coud have been injured or worse. Don't beat your self up about it

I totally agree I have left too many schools because of lack of proper training because the school wants to make numbers. I was a part of Side Kicks Tae Kwon Do originally Songham TKD. It was hard core when I started out. Sparring and self defense 2 - 3 times a week. I felt I could really fights back then. Then we started entering tournaments to build a relationship with other schools to encourage them to support our tournaments. Eventually they started watering down because the other schools didn't want axe kicks and ridge hand strikes in tournaments. Eventually we became olympic tae kwon do and sparred much less because people didn't like the bruises. Started getting more students but less effective at self defense and sparring Eventually left due to differences with my instructor. Went to ITF TKD where I learned even less self defense and less sparring. We did self defense that had a lot of jump kicks in it...quite ridiculous really. Now I have joined a kung fu school that does MMA and they don't compromise on training for anyone. I don't think I'll believing for now.

It is between kickboxing and MMA and that's what makes it so good. https://www.sanda-mma.com keeps tournaments that have muay thai, Sanshou, grappling and mma on their cards. So you get a little of everything. I like both MMA and Sanshou for the simple reason that MMA is the complete art in fighting, but sanshou is amore self dedfencec to me because you don't want to be on the grround in a strreet fight. Kicking punching throwing sweeping are all you need. Maybe breaking a few bones as well standing submission style like shoot boxxing matches

towel behind his neck and hold the ends while he practices kicks

Agreed

I don't think it was only about the money to him but a man had to make a living as a minority in a time when Minorities had it more difficult than now. He started his first gung fu school out of neccessity for money. There are things people need to fulfill in life. basic needs First on the list is food, clothes and shelter, some where in the middle is belonging and up top is self actualization. He went through all those phases until he eventually attained self actualization. He started a movement, he addressed certain issues in his films like in the chinese connection he address the racism between Japanese and Chinese. Yes it was a cheesy MA movie but at the time it was a master piece. My personal favorite was the way of the dragon. Enter the Dragon was a blockbuster...not particularly a good movie but it was hot and still is as a classic. Game of death was another big thing for him, to preach cross training eventually leading up to MMA. So yes he was about money, but he was human and in the end it became less and less about money.

I love MMA. With that said Just like nay fight organization like WCL or ISKA sanctioned events there are poor fighters and there are good fighters. IFL at first used to bore me because most of the fighters were good wrestlers with poor striking and rudimentary but effective BJJ. But I've been seeing the fighters improve and gain more skill as time past. UFC seems to have all the stars, while to me WEC has the talent the raw hungry Talent. I see alot of pure MMA fighters in WEC, not wrestling default or BJJ default fighters. I watch them all though because there is something to learn from them all. Elite XC is getting better. Bodog is pretty much a european IFL to me in terms of quality fighters and Art of war is not quite grown yet, nor A1. Pride is the top of the food chain when it comes to talent diversity and excitment. It will have to be UFC now since they own pride now