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Black Belt
Howdy all. Weve seen the same old MMA/Sport vs. TMA/Street Tactics argument over and over. MMA can be practiced @ full speed. TMA is too deadly to spar with. Bla bla bla. I personally have always been on the fence, which is why Im posting this. In my very short time in MA Ive mostly been involved with closer to TMA than MMA. Problem is, every few months my head starts talking to me. It says stuff like lets try this under pressure, this wouldnt really work, has anyone ever actually done this in a real fight, etc. Whereas in the short time I did MMA I never doubted its effectiveness. Sure I saw some holes in it, but that will be in every style/ concept out there. Anyways, one of the things that really gets my head spinning is this. Ive read several times in this endless debate things like (paraphrase):
I trained in TMA for years. Then I tried MMA and couldnt believe what a big waste of time TMA was.
I had a false sense of security from TMA, MMA showed me what was practical and could really happen in a fight.
I got my butt kicked after several years of training TMA by a newbie in MMA.
Of course this isnt word for word. But weve all seen the ideas during this ongoing debate. But it occurred to me today when I had toooo much time on my hands @ work, Ive never once read the opposite. Not one time. Ive never read of someone starting out in MMA, switching to TMA, and being really glad they did it. Ive never seen the above examples in reverse. Have any of you done what Im talking about? Are you happy you did? I mean real experience here. Not theories. I have my own. And this is meant for a Self Defense point of view. Not TMA showed me the way to inner peace so its better. I mean TMA made you a better fighter than MMA. From your experience. Im not trying to re-hash the same boring argument, but find out actual experiences from people who have done this. Perhaps some of you have posted stuff like that and Ive just never noticed. Im interested.
I trained in TMA for years. Then I tried MMA and couldnt believe what a big waste of time TMA was.
I had a false sense of security from TMA, MMA showed me what was practical and could really happen in a fight.
I got my butt kicked after several years of training TMA by a newbie in MMA.
Of course this isnt word for word. But weve all seen the ideas during this ongoing debate. But it occurred to me today when I had toooo much time on my hands @ work, Ive never once read the opposite. Not one time. Ive never read of someone starting out in MMA, switching to TMA, and being really glad they did it. Ive never seen the above examples in reverse. Have any of you done what Im talking about? Are you happy you did? I mean real experience here. Not theories. I have my own. And this is meant for a Self Defense point of view. Not TMA showed me the way to inner peace so its better. I mean TMA made you a better fighter than MMA. From your experience. Im not trying to re-hash the same boring argument, but find out actual experiences from people who have done this. Perhaps some of you have posted stuff like that and Ive just never noticed. Im interested.