goshinman Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 I'll get straight to the point, what is it? Here is my understanding of it. At first I thought of it as a philosophy of crosstraining in different Martial arts. Then as time went on I noticed some peeps were speaking of it in terms of a specific style(s) of fighting i.e. muay thai, boxing, wrestling, and BJJ. So what I need to know from MMA fans is what it is exactly. If I train in Kyokushinkai, judo, and boxing am I doing mma? If the answer is no then why not? If I do muay thai, BJJ, wrestling, and boxing am I doing MMA, jeet kune do concepts, or pancretion? Tell me! Tapped out, knocked out, or choked out...Take your pick.http://jujitsu4u.com/http://www.combatwrestling.com/http://gokor.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfighter Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 It doesn't have to involve any specific martials to be a mixed martial artist. A MMA is usually someone who trains in a grappling art and a striking art, for example karate and judo or kung fu and submission wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewGreen Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Integration. Simply doing Wrestling & Boxing & jiujitsu doesn't mean you are doing MMA. The ranges and skills need to be integrated. So you need to be sparring with all forms of strikes, clinch work, throws, Strikes on the ground, submission, etc. All one package, not 4 seperate things . Andrew Greenhttp://innovativema.ca - All the top martial arts news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goshinman Posted September 22, 2003 Author Share Posted September 22, 2003 Integration. Simply doing Wrestling & Boxing & jiujitsu doesn't mean you are doing MMA. The ranges and skills need to be integrated. So you need to be sparring with all forms of strikes, clinch work, throws, Strikes on the ground, submission, etc. All one package, not 4 seperate things . So basically it becomes a style of fighting correct? Tapped out, knocked out, or choked out...Take your pick.http://jujitsu4u.com/http://www.combatwrestling.com/http://gokor.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewGreen Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Not really, More of a training method. Style is individual Andrew Greenhttp://innovativema.ca - All the top martial arts news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebranch Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 It becomes a style when the individual opens a school and starts teaching his style of MMA. It can't be helped the student will have some similarities in the teachers style. I hate that word style, system is so much better. So by that logic if you study a system of fighting that includes striking, grappling, groundfighting, etc, and the training is some full contact with heavy bag work and sparring and such. Then someone will consider that MMA's? Interesting. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yet another TKD guy Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Its also the culture. If you call yourself a mma be prepared to knock some people out. AKA Os3y3ris/Osiris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebranch Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 I don't claim to be a MMA's, but in reality Budo Taijutsu is a MMA. It has everything in it and much more. It's composed of 9 schools of fighting, ranging from weapons, grappling, striking, and lots of other really cool stuff. My school trains however you want to train, makes no difference to them. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Monkey Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 i think it becomes a style when a guy opens a school, charges money for it and wants to be differentiated from the rest... post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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