Em MacIntosh
3rd Black Belt
I think Bruce would be proud of UFC an MMA. He would always ask "does it work?". UFC and MMA are great examples of fighting, period. They have minimal safety to bring it as close to reality as reason will allow and prove most of the weaknesses other martial arts have on their own. My question is how would the old guys do? Joe Lewis, Ed Parker, Chuck Norris, Bill Wallace, Bruce Lee, Don Wilson etc. Many of them might do pretty good in an "old timers" legue or something. Not that they can't still scrap with the best of'em, I'm just curious to see they're styles and how they apply to the "gauntlet" of selective breeding built up by the UFC and MMA. It seems that no matter your background, you have to have standing game, ground game, elbow and knee skills. I think Bruce would still be tearing guys in half to this day.