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sifu Adams
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Has point sparing weeken the fighting in the martial art. I trained in Eastern Ky and we didn't use pads and there wasn't a point system. everything was controled but believe me when you left the dojo you knew if you won or lost. I have since move to Ohio and been to tournaments in Tenn, Ky, Ohio, NJ, Ind, and even in Athens Greece but the fighting I saw didn't compare to the fighting I was use to. I have hosted many tournaments and when I started I didn't have a lot of rules and we went 2 min rounds.non-stop ... well... we had a few miss haps during the tournments and that caused me to rethink my no rules. my problem was the Martial Artist that alway done tournament point fighting did't know how to fall, was not use to attacks to the groan, and many of the black belt that was judging didn't know how to score it. Ex. my first tournament the guy who won, (TKD) end up with a black eye, bloody nose, and a dislocated shoulder. I even have a photo of a guy holding him above his head yet, he still won. Keep in mind the guys that lost walked out with veary little bruses. Since then I have went back to point sparing. my Question is without going to a NHB event. what rules would you put in place for a mixed martial arts tournament. keep in mind that we love to ground fight, sweep, grab, ect.... One of my students said to go to boxing points?