Thai_Kick Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 MMA in Ontario, Canada may be finished after a few unfortunate turn of events. MMA is illegal in the province of Ontario and all MMA tournaments that I and everyone else have competed in could have resulted in arrests (which has happened before). The past few tournaments were a great success and many believed (including me) that the sport will survive, be recognized and respected by the government of Ontario, but this was not to be. Ken Hayashi is the Ontario Athletic Commissioner and he is the reason that MMA is illegal in Ontario, he has been "cracking" down on the events with the RCMP (Canada's version of the FBI) and has just recently busted a MMA event before it started last week. As a result, at the last second the rules changed in the competition, there was a fighters meeting and it was stated that it HAD to be a point sparring (Karate Style)/grappling event due to Ken Hayashi's apperance, everyone was upset (none of us know how to point spar ), the result was many of the top guys were disqualified for excessive force by the end of the tournament everyone was disgusted, we just wanted to go home and forget the tournament every happened. Right now the future of our sport is dim, we don't want to point spar we want to fight MMA style, that's why we train hard but the only way to do that now is to move to another province. Limits Are Not Accepted. They Are Elbowed, Kicked And Punched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted October 12, 2002 Share Posted October 12, 2002 ...call me a doofus but what does MMA stand for? 1st dan & Asst. Instructor TKD 2000-2003No matter the tune...if you can rock it, rock it hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabid hamster Posted October 12, 2002 Share Posted October 12, 2002 Mixed Martial Arts. It is only with the heart that one can see clearly, for the most essential things are invisible to the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted October 13, 2002 Share Posted October 13, 2002 Damn, that sucks, man. Looks like you have a lot of travelling to do for your MMA events then. It takes sacrifice to be the best.There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 im a full contact kickboxer (and a grappler) for full contact kickboxing cards i gotta either go to the states or quebec so we are all in that boat....just chill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severe Matburn Posted December 23, 2002 Share Posted December 23, 2002 I'm from Ontario, same problem dude...i'm surprised they dun make slamming illegal in grapplign and wrestling events, lol...amateur kickboxing is illegal too. Our government sux big times, everyone knows it. I'd choose bush over cretian any day. Its not fair that quebec can do it and we can't. I think if we got old KEN to practice point sparring fer a while then go against a MMA guy and see how useless he is...maybe he'll change his mind...or we can always do it the old fashioned way...baseball bats anyone? lol, jk "razor elbows, killer knees, iron fists and monster kicks""Nice punch!!!, now let's see how well you punch with a broken arm" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molson style Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 this pisses me off, atleaste i know it's still legal in vancouver/calgary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiu-jitsu fighter Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 HEY IM A FELLOW CANDIAN AND MY MASTER TEACHES OUT OF TORONTO , HE TEACHES AT KARMA MARTIAL ARTS WAGNNEY FABIANO, HE HOLDS GRAPPLING TOURNAMENTS EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE, COME ON DOWN TO MONTREAL THERES MORE TOURNAMENTS THAN I CAN HANDLE "When we go to the ground,you are in my world, the ground is the ocean, I am the shark,and most people don't even know how to swim" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molson style Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 sounds cool. if i ever come to montreal, i'll give u a call and check them out if possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiu-jitsu fighter Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 molson style ,talk to me on icq, also i study at the cultural martial arts academy "When we go to the ground,you are in my world, the ground is the ocean, I am the shark,and most people don't even know how to swim" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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