NHB training schools

[Steve_K]

Hi everybody

My sister watches this show called Real Life, or something, and one episode I saw had this guy who was trying to make money to train for an NHB fight. He was training at this gym that focuses on just that. His coach was talking about him and his chances, and how he never fought before that, and I think he even said he had only been training for a matter of months.

Surprisingly he won his fight against a guy who had been fighting for a couple of years.

I was wondering how some of you felt about these gyms. Not schools that teach TKD, Karate, Muay Thai, Boxing, and Judo or BJJ as complimentary, but a gym that teaches people to fight in these mixed martial arts competitions specifically.

I have less than favorable opinions for this idea because I feel it skips practically all the philosophies that you get training at a traditional martial arts school (I use traditional loosely). I believe the students skip the cultivation of technique and skill, and allowing their minds to grow with them with the realization of their potentially deadly new skills.

I realize these gyms could be compared to boxing gyms, but I have a friend who has been boxing for six or seven years, and I know that his first fight was nothing like this guy's. He had the whole show going on, with an arena filled with spectators, a silk robe, girls in bikinis... the whole nine yards.

I believe however, that more martial arts schools should be a little more aggressive in their realistic combat training. Some schools do tend to favor the aspect of developing good self esteem, pacifism, forms, technique etc, but not so much realism. The standard for "martial artist" can't be only someone who knows self defense moves, techniques, katas, but also someone who is known to be able to seriously take care of him or herself.

On a less philosophical level, these schools eliminate the necessity and adventure for a martial artist to go from style to style, and school to school, to develop his or her own complete martial art.

Thank you if you've read my entire post, and I look forward to your response.

[IronWarrior]

If people want to do that type of training its there choice! Personally I prefer the 'Kyokushin Knockdown' more traditional based type of fighting instead of the mixed striking/grappling you see alot of today.. No...NHB is not 'traditional Martial art' its more of a 'contact sport concept' but the people that pursue NHB training are not looking to learn a Martial Art they usually want to train to get in shape or train to fight in those type of events...What I do notice though from years ago is NHB events are starting to become like the 'WWE' with there reality based shows like 'Ultimate Fighter' e.t.c.. which is not good for there image 'from some of the antics I've seen from the show'.

[niel0092]

I dont mind it. People go into MA with all kinds of different goals. This type of school will help people with the goal of fighting in NHB competitions just as a school for internal arts can help a person on the road to personal and spiritual growth. They're just different ways to meant different goals in martial arts and both are worthy in my opinion.

[italian_guy]

I selected, I don't mind. If all they want is to became professional MMA fighters I think they should have a school optimized for this purpose, however MA in its completeness is a different thing.

[DokterVet]

I think it makes a lot of sense for someone wanting to compete in MMA to be trained with that in mind. That well he or she will recieve rounded training without any wholes in his or her game.

I don't think martial arts by definition require any kind of forced spiritual growth. One may choose to make that part of one's goals as a martial artist, but I see no reason why that is required to make someone a true martial artist.

[MasterH]

I don't mind it. We all have different reasons for training. Mine is for fun, others want SD, or sparring, of fitness...........

[SubGrappler]

Martial arts are supposed to teach you how to fight first and foremost- the reason why I favor such schools is because this is obviously the number one objective here. If you want to become a better person or become religious, there are college classes that you can take. If you can go to a school and come out knowing how to fight, they've done their job.

[UseoForce]

I think NHB schools can make one a better person. What better way to teach respect for violence than to have one expierience violence for his or herself.