...mixed in some way? Why is MMA considered an art. I thought it was just taking multiple art styles and mixing them. In some way aren't all arts mixed? Don’t they all have some striking and grappling? So how did MMA become an art unto itself?
If I take Karate and mix it with Jujitsu is that not just Karate and Jujitsu? Why call this MMA? why not call this I have studied Karate and Jujitsu? Then when pitted with a situation you recall from your training the best technique from either art to use at that time.
If MMA is to be considered its own art then anyone that studied multiple arts should just say I am an MMA practitioner. How did a generic term use to convey that multiple art practitioners become the defacto art. If I see someone kick someone in the head I say “Wow, looks like he knows some karate or TKD”. Not he is doing MMA. If I see someone leg lock or arm bar someone, I say “That guy know BJJ”, not that he knows MMA.
Now there are some schools that do call themselves MMA but clearly say we teach TKD, Boxing, Judo, and BJJ, or some other arts, and they have instructors that are disciplined in one of each said arts.
But then there are schools that call themselves MMA schools and have no such single art masters that understands or teaches any one art. And it is these schools that have their students go out to other schools to learn kicking or to learn BJJ, or Boxing and so on. Not that they tell the student to do this but I have seen the students seek this on their own to get a better sense of that aspect of the game.
Now if MMA is an art unto itself then wouldn't be enough to just learn the MMA style? You should not need to now BJJ, or Karate, or Judo. You should truly only need MMA.
MMA to me is a bucket that you put other arts into vs. the art itself. They even list the arts that each fighter knows and what belt rank he has in each on during the events. Not that this guy is a MMA belt holder.
So is MMA an art or just a title to convey that someone has knowledge of multiple TMA (that includes CMA and all other *MA)?
Thoughts?
If I take Karate and mix it with Jujitsu is that not just Karate and Jujitsu? Why call this MMA? why not call this I have studied Karate and Jujitsu? Then when pitted with a situation you recall from your training the best technique from either art to use at that time.
If MMA is to be considered its own art then anyone that studied multiple arts should just say I am an MMA practitioner. How did a generic term use to convey that multiple art practitioners become the defacto art. If I see someone kick someone in the head I say “Wow, looks like he knows some karate or TKD”. Not he is doing MMA. If I see someone leg lock or arm bar someone, I say “That guy know BJJ”, not that he knows MMA.
Now there are some schools that do call themselves MMA but clearly say we teach TKD, Boxing, Judo, and BJJ, or some other arts, and they have instructors that are disciplined in one of each said arts.
But then there are schools that call themselves MMA schools and have no such single art masters that understands or teaches any one art. And it is these schools that have their students go out to other schools to learn kicking or to learn BJJ, or Boxing and so on. Not that they tell the student to do this but I have seen the students seek this on their own to get a better sense of that aspect of the game.
Now if MMA is an art unto itself then wouldn't be enough to just learn the MMA style? You should not need to now BJJ, or Karate, or Judo. You should truly only need MMA.
MMA to me is a bucket that you put other arts into vs. the art itself. They even list the arts that each fighter knows and what belt rank he has in each on during the events. Not that this guy is a MMA belt holder.
So is MMA an art or just a title to convey that someone has knowledge of multiple TMA (that includes CMA and all other *MA)?
Thoughts?