JKD vs. MMA

[trexeden@yahoo.com]

Great points! Opposing limitations does limit the progression of martial arts for combative purposes. I also hate to throw another issue in, but many of the concepts based JKD guys also throw in weapons and mass attack, which I don’t see the UFC ever intergrading.

Just passing on what I learned from other JKD instructors I’ve interviewed. If you want to check out some of them, go to www.JKDnewsletter.com

 

[Xael]

Great points! Opposing limitations does limit the progression of martial arts for combative purposes. I also hate to throw another issue in, but many of the concepts based JKD guys also throw in weapons and mass attack, which I don’t see the UFC ever intergrading.

Just passing on what I learned from other JKD instructors I’ve interviewed. If you want to check out some of them, go to www.JKDnewsletter.com

That is because the UFC is not JKD. The UFC is a sport... it is not streetfighting.

 

[ElfTengu]

That is because the UFC is not JKD. The UFC is a sport... it is not streetfighting.

I was wondering about a guy called Eric Paulson, who does MMA allegedly based on JKD, although it looks like any other MMA but with added nastiness for the street.

I saw him on a documentary about Alex Reid, about whom the less is said the better.

So what's all that about?

 

[Xael]

Erik used to do JKD, if I am not mistaken he taught Jun Fan at the Inosanto academy for a stint in the 90's, though I could be wrong. I have seen some of his newer stuff via video. It's ok if thats the stuff you are into, though it's not my cup of tea.

I definitely know he knows his way around a ring though. If you are going to compete, hooking up with him would be a blessing I am sure.

 

[ElfTengu]

Erik used to do JKD, if I am not mistaken he taught Jun Fan at the Inosanto academy for a stint in the 90's, though I could be wrong. I have seen some of his newer stuff via video. It's ok if thats the stuff you are into, though it's not my cup of tea.

I definitely know he knows his way around a ring though. If you are going to compete, hooking up with him would be a blessing I am sure.

Yeah that's the impression I got so thanks for confirming.

I guess anyone who can 'wow' a professional cage fighter (even if it is Alex Reid) is worth training with if that is your area of interest. It's not my cup of cocoa either btw, but I wouldn't want to be up against one these athletes without (or with) a referee.

 

[Tez3]

I was wondering about a guy called Eric Paulson, who does MMA allegedly based on JKD, although it looks like any other MMA but with added nastiness for the street.

I saw him on a documentary about Alex Reid, about whom the less is said the better.

So what's all that about?

How dare you malign dear Alex! roflmao!

Actually he's an okay guy, just has appalling taste in women. People forget or don't know that he is an actor, was in Hollyoaks and is naturally full of ego and a taste for publicity. He's not a bad fighter or ref actually. It's disconcerting though to be chatting to him and he's always looking over your shoulder asking if that or this girl is looking at him though I'm sure he doesn't do that now lol! the orange skin and mascara too is distracting and this is from years ago.

 

[mook jong man]

How dare you malign dear Alex! roflmao!

Actually he's an okay guy, just has appalling taste in women. People forget or don't know that he is an actor, was in Hollyoaks and is naturally full of ego and a taste for publicity. He's not a bad fighter or ref actually. It's disconcerting though to be chatting to him and he's always looking over your shoulder asking if that or this girl is looking at him though I'm sure he doesn't do that now lol! the orange skin and mascara too is distracting and this is from years ago.

Is he that cross dressing bloke that is going out with that Katie Price sheila , the one with the big ......... er personality ?

She was on the Graham Norton show saying how they dress up together and put on make up , actually she came across as being as dumb as a hair brush , but then again Peter Andre was no Rhodes scholar either.

 

[Tez3]

Is he that cross dressing bloke that is going out with that Katie Price sheila , the one with the big ......... er personality ?

She was on the Graham Norton show saying how they dress up together and put on make up , actually she came across as being as dumb as a hair brush , but then again Peter Andre was no Rhodes scholar either.

Yeah they actually got married after she got divorced from Peter Andre. Alex is okay, his fight record isn't brilliant something like 8-9-1, he's lost to some very good fighters and beaten other good fighters like Lee
Murray (who no longer fights being in Morocco after allegedly stealing £54 million) four of his losses were due to cuts or injury.

The thing that annoys me most about the Alex and Jordan thing is the publicity and the way MMA is portrayed by the media. This I think influences the way many non MMA people see the sport. Alex and Jordan were at a show in London a while back, the media came out with all these stories about riots at the show, fighting and how Jordan got smacked as they were leaving. Nothing could have been further from the truth, there was only a minor scuffle that happened after they had left, the promoter having arranged for a taxi and escorted them to it after the bouts were finished. So many people see this type of behaviour as 'typical' of MMA when frankly it isn't. Alex isn't a typical fighter either as I said before his proper job is acting, fighting was/is a hobby for him.

 

[mook jong man]

Yeah they actually got married after she got divorced from Peter Andre. Alex is okay, his fight record isn't brilliant something like 8-9-1, he's lost to some very good fighters and beaten other good fighters like Lee
Murray (who no longer fights being in Morocco after allegedly stealing £54 million) four of his losses were due to cuts or injury.

The thing that annoys me most about the Alex and Jordan thing is the publicity and the way MMA is portrayed by the media. This I think influences the way many non MMA people see the sport. Alex and Jordan were at a show in London a while back, the media came out with all these stories about riots at the show, fighting and how Jordan got smacked as they were leaving. Nothing could have been further from the truth, there was only a minor scuffle that happened after they had left, the promoter having arranged for a taxi and escorted them to it after the bouts were finished. So many people see this type of behaviour as 'typical' of MMA when frankly it isn't. Alex isn't a typical fighter either as I said before his proper job is acting, fighting was/is a hobby for him.

At least if she got knocked down , she wouldn't of fell on her face , not with those protective dual airbags , actually she'd most likely bounce straight back up again lol.

 

[Tez3]

Spoiler alert!


Just watched Alex fight Tom Watson for British middleweight title, 5x5 min rounds. He lost on points 49-46 but it was a tough fight, both cut and bleeding, Alex's eye closed. Alex took elbows and some shocking knees, man deserves respect but it wasn't a technically good fight more a brusing fight literally.