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This was inspired in part by the other thread about the 'best martial art'. I was reading one of Addy Hernandez' articles in the latest IKF.
(For those of you who aren't familiar with her and her partner, Joseph Simonet, here's a link... http://www.kifightingconcepts.com/ )
Now, this article focuses on 'the Ultimate Self Defence'. There seems to be a trend whereby people copare street fighting to UFC/Cage/NHB fighting, due to the closeness in realism to an actual street fight. The main comparison is ranges. The fact that they are all covered in a full contact level, unlike in any other combat sport.
Now, she mentions a list of arts that are street compliant, yet would fall short against an MMA fighter. Her conclusion was that there was actually one art that would stand up against an MMA fighter, and that was 'Tracy's Kempo'. Now, having never studied that particular system, I can't vouch for it's effectiveness, but surely, at the end of the day, we are talking sport versus street, which are two very different entities. Now, I am not saying the likes of Jens Pulver and Chuck Liddel etc would not be able to command a streetfight with ease, they would. But chances are, they won't adopt the stance or footwork or even submissions they use in the Octagon/Cage etc.
Now, is it that this system covers everything through it's syllabus, where other classes/arts would teach defence techniques 'off the record' so to speak? Is that what makes this system work? Or is she somewhat biased for some reason I'm missing?
I appreciate your thoughts on this issue. I am a fan of the KI concepts and Simonet and Hernandez are people I have respect for. I also love MMA and used to compete professionally, so this is in no way a smite against anyone or anything.
Kind regards
John
(For those of you who aren't familiar with her and her partner, Joseph Simonet, here's a link... http://www.kifightingconcepts.com/ )
Now, this article focuses on 'the Ultimate Self Defence'. There seems to be a trend whereby people copare street fighting to UFC/Cage/NHB fighting, due to the closeness in realism to an actual street fight. The main comparison is ranges. The fact that they are all covered in a full contact level, unlike in any other combat sport.
Now, she mentions a list of arts that are street compliant, yet would fall short against an MMA fighter. Her conclusion was that there was actually one art that would stand up against an MMA fighter, and that was 'Tracy's Kempo'. Now, having never studied that particular system, I can't vouch for it's effectiveness, but surely, at the end of the day, we are talking sport versus street, which are two very different entities. Now, I am not saying the likes of Jens Pulver and Chuck Liddel etc would not be able to command a streetfight with ease, they would. But chances are, they won't adopt the stance or footwork or even submissions they use in the Octagon/Cage etc.
Now, is it that this system covers everything through it's syllabus, where other classes/arts would teach defence techniques 'off the record' so to speak? Is that what makes this system work? Or is she somewhat biased for some reason I'm missing?
I appreciate your thoughts on this issue. I am a fan of the KI concepts and Simonet and Hernandez are people I have respect for. I also love MMA and used to compete professionally, so this is in no way a smite against anyone or anything.
Kind regards
John