"Sports" MA vs other?

[Fenris-wolf]

Could somebody please explain the primary differences between a sports MA and any other MA?

 

I recently started Judo, and I've heard that's called a sports MA because it's an olympic sport and there is an international standard. But so far it hasn't seemed any different to any other MAs I've practiced.

 

Thanks.

[fireka]

dont get me started, the whole concept really ticks me off, any thing can be a sport, just stupid people like to make limiting comments often time about there own style!

[battousai16]

and there you have it. that's really all there is to it. some martial arts were modified slightly to have a more point scoring style to them, but they still have fighting applications.

[Fenris-wolf]

Oh... Well, that's confusing

[battousai16]

i think it's just taking a martial art, and altering it a little so it's designed a little more to score points or pin someone instead of going for a kill. techniques are created that are meant to just tap a target area or look snazzy

[AndrewGreen]

Sport limits techniques (but then so do non-sport styles), how much depends on which "sport", but train against a fully resisting opponent, giving them a big advantage.

 

Sport also has a competitive format.

 

Some people just train for the sport, others use sport as a training method, but include things not a part of the competitive format. (multiple attackers, weapons, etc.)