Freestyler777
Blue Belt
It seems like everyone implicitly accepts that MMA is the real world, and that everything else is a 'style' rather than a 'system'.
I am a fan of MMA, but I practice Judo, and I believe both have SD efficacy.
This debate, between throwing (judo) and submission (MMA) has been going on since the ancient greeks three thousand years ago!!!
Some say it is better to throw uki down and not go to the ground with him.
Some say it is better to have a wide range of skills, so you can handle any 'style' of attack the aggressor might throw at you.
In my opinion, completeness is good, but MMA is not the only truth in combat. The Ancient Greeks had three brutal combat sports: Kickboxing (Pugme) Throwing (Ortho Palle) and Pankration (what is now called submission, or MMA). Many great military men believed in throwing, and to this day the U.S. Armed Forces trains its soldiers in Greco-Roman Wrestling, a style of throwing without a jacket.
Then again, Alexander the Great was a big fan of pankration, and he had these type of athletes with him when he conquered India, which may have given rise to Oriental Martial Arts.
I think both work, it depends on the situation, but it's just speculation.
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I am a fan of MMA, but I practice Judo, and I believe both have SD efficacy.
This debate, between throwing (judo) and submission (MMA) has been going on since the ancient greeks three thousand years ago!!!
Some say it is better to throw uki down and not go to the ground with him.
Some say it is better to have a wide range of skills, so you can handle any 'style' of attack the aggressor might throw at you.
In my opinion, completeness is good, but MMA is not the only truth in combat. The Ancient Greeks had three brutal combat sports: Kickboxing (Pugme) Throwing (Ortho Palle) and Pankration (what is now called submission, or MMA). Many great military men believed in throwing, and to this day the U.S. Armed Forces trains its soldiers in Greco-Roman Wrestling, a style of throwing without a jacket.
Then again, Alexander the Great was a big fan of pankration, and he had these type of athletes with him when he conquered India, which may have given rise to Oriental Martial Arts.
I think both work, it depends on the situation, but it's just speculation.
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