Freestyler777
Blue Belt
Disclaimer: This may be offensive to some readers.
Since MMA has come to America, it seems everyone is training in MMA style fighting, and in the three most MMA-proven effective styles: namely, Muay Thai, Wrestling, and BJJ. Alas, not everyone is young and fit enough to practice these individual arts, let alone MMA. What should the 'average' athlete do in order to learn unarmed combat?
I think what MMA did for society was that it should that non-lethal 'safe' techniques that can be done every day in sparring/rolling are more effective than 'deadly' techniques, which can't be done to a resisting training partner, or else you'd kill them! Karate and Kung Fu still have tremendous merit, don't get me wrong.
But does that mean that martial arts should be the domain of young, strong wrestlers? Certainly there is a way to learn self-defense without being a great (and young) athlete?
I am not bashing the older martial arts. All I am saying is, wrestling has proven to be the best traditional martial art, and MMA is the most realistic combat sport. If people discarded Karate, what place would there be for people who don't like MMA, non-athletes, women, and children? Not everyone is interested in Muay Thai Sparring or wrestling or submission grappling. The premise is, everyone should be entitled to a martial arts education. How would you suggest that lofty goal be accomplished?
Since MMA has come to America, it seems everyone is training in MMA style fighting, and in the three most MMA-proven effective styles: namely, Muay Thai, Wrestling, and BJJ. Alas, not everyone is young and fit enough to practice these individual arts, let alone MMA. What should the 'average' athlete do in order to learn unarmed combat?
I think what MMA did for society was that it should that non-lethal 'safe' techniques that can be done every day in sparring/rolling are more effective than 'deadly' techniques, which can't be done to a resisting training partner, or else you'd kill them! Karate and Kung Fu still have tremendous merit, don't get me wrong.
But does that mean that martial arts should be the domain of young, strong wrestlers? Certainly there is a way to learn self-defense without being a great (and young) athlete?
I am not bashing the older martial arts. All I am saying is, wrestling has proven to be the best traditional martial art, and MMA is the most realistic combat sport. If people discarded Karate, what place would there be for people who don't like MMA, non-athletes, women, and children? Not everyone is interested in Muay Thai Sparring or wrestling or submission grappling. The premise is, everyone should be entitled to a martial arts education. How would you suggest that lofty goal be accomplished?