zDom
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zDom, here is my question. If, in your opinion, Hapkido is better then MMA, why do you go out of your way to prove that "it is MMA and has everything MMA has"?
To clarify my opinion: hapkido is the best and most complete system available HERE, where I live, IMO.
If I were elsewhere, it could well be that the best training might be found in a MMA gym or club. Or in a boxing gym. Or in a Shaulin temple.
But do you really expect me to sit silent while certain MMA proponents go on and on about how ineffective TMAs are and how MMA is the ONLY "effective" and "proven" system for fighting? That's hogwash.
Moreoever, it is libel (n. a written statement in published form that damages character or reputation) and is damaging to TMA businesses. It may even be actionable in a civil court.
I'm not out to prove that hapkido IS "MMA". I think you and other MMA proponents have established that MMA is a new martial art of its own.
For one thing, "MMA" seems to lack certain elements that would make it a "-do" (Japense/Korean for "way").
Hapkido IS a mixed martial art in the sense that, as practiced in the dojang where I work out, we work on techniques for all fighting ranges.
It is a mixed martial art in the sense that "yawara" introduced by Choi, Yong Sul, was mixed with Yudo and kicking from Buddhist temples and a whole lot of other martial art stuff to come up with a complete fighting system. Different specific ingredients, but the same sort of recipe.
Only the HKD recipe has been solidified into defined curriculums whereas the MMA recipe is kind of like how some grandmothers cook "well, honey -- I put a little of this in and a little of that -- I've never bothered to write it all down..."
Out to prove hapkido has everything MMA has? Sure. Why shouldn't I? Hapkido DOES have everything MMA has. But on my part, I'm not out to bash MMA...yet.
There are some things I find very disturbing about the MMA culture which I may bring up for discussion in another thread.