What I Believe MMA Is Good For

[PhotonGuy7]

So anyway, at my first dojo they taught both Judo and Karate although the two arts were taught separately. So if you wanted to take classes there you could sing up for Judo and take Judo classes or you could sign up for Karate and take Karate classes. You could of course sign up for both but if you did you would learn the arts separately. You would be taking both Judo and Karate classes but you would never take them together. So you would be learning each art separately.

From my experience that's how I would prefer to learn the arts. If I was learning a striking based art such as Karate I would want to take classes devoted entirely to that art and if I was learning a grappling based art such as Judo I would want to take classes to that art. After I've gained a good level of proficiency in Judo and Karate that's when I might want to do some MMA to help me combine the arts.

That's just me, other people might have other learning preferences but that's just how I like to do it.

 

[Kurwenal]

The main reason for me personally why mma is attractive is that many other people are competing in it, so you have the opportunity to actually spar and then test your skills in competition to see how much progress you’ve actually made in your training. That is the real reason why wrestling, Muay Thai, western boxing etc are so effective. The problem is most places that advertise themselves as mma gyms have no interest in preparing anyone for an actual fight.