Yeah I don't disagree, but there has to be some bare bones somewhere, something to take away from from the sport front?
mma is a made up martial art.
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Yeah I don't disagree, but there has to be some bare bones somewhere, something to take away from from the sport front?
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drop bear
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Very little. I originally trained in Melbourne and the fight scene there was a bit restrictive in that you had to be the best of the best to even look at a fight.
The only guy that encourages people to compete is the one I am in now. And i started that at about 35 which is too old for serious competition.
i have done one mma but got bashed and am being coaxed into mabye another one if i can get the time.
Dr.Smith
Orange Belt
So far Ive actually enjoyed this conversation, in the past ive found this to be something like pounding my head into a wall. Looks like were all pretty close to the mark, at this point we might be trying to make a blanket statement about something thats just to complex, idk.
Then rely on the experience of age. Next bout, just #### him up.
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drop bear
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i will do my best.
Dr.Smith
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Im almost 40 and if i can do it you can do it, find a good trainer and give it some time.
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drop bear
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you are going to fight?
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drop bear
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I will do my best means that you are going to take him, right
yeah pretty much. Competing means facing the prospect of loosing. I would not be fighting to save an orphanage it would just be for fun.
so long as i do all right loosing is not that bad.
No Bear, the attitude is that you want to destroy the opponent. Age relies on experience, the signature move comes into play.
Dr.Smith
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Amen, and amen.
Steve
Mostly Harmless
In my younger days I did fair bit. These days I'm generally too busy coaching students to compete even in the geriatric fat man class.
Haven't actually fought in a tourney since I was 49 or 50...
what type of tournament? I competed in a "karate" tournament last year and will compete in 3 this year . Mostly forms now but if the competition look right I'll see if the tournament director will let me compete. Yes they do tell me to sit and judge or to walk around and act my age
MMA tournaments NO they say Im to old
MMA tournaments NO they say Im to old
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One word. Agreed.
People call themselves mma fighters to sound cool. Cocky asses
People call themselves mma fighters to sound cool. Cocky asses
I'm just going to throw this out there... but the same sort of thing might be said about someone who claims to be a "kyudo sensei" while using a picture of a western recurve bow as their avatar (rather than a Japanese bow), while claiming to have studied a ridiculous number of arts, but apparently without any formal training. And whose life goal (according to the profile...) appears to be to become a hobo.
Sometimes it does seem that people make claims just to try to sound cool.
So let's clear this up, shall we? How old are you? What art or arts have you actually been trained in, and to what degree?
Reading a book or seeing something in a movie won't be considered training, just so you know.
As far as MMA being "made up", I don't think it is any more than ALL arts are "made up". Like any other system, it has evolved over the course of time and builds on the experience of those who practice it. It's not the first time people have combined training from more than one system. It won't be the last. It is undeniably the current fad, much as Muay Thai was a while back, and ninjutsu before that, and, and, and...
I suspect there will always be a competitive venue which is open to pretty much anyone who cares to sign the release forms (that's the soul of the MMA world) but we're already seeing people awarding belt ranks and adopting other aspects of the more traditional arts in the MMA world.
