Vale Tudo Question

[Jutt-]

I've been learning Muay Thai , solely to get better conditioning and to learn the art.

I don't think I'll ever be interested in the competing side of it ( although I fully take my hat off to those to who are.

With the above in connection to Vale Tudo.....

I was just wondering if you could learn the art of Vale Tudo , with out the compulsion of ( once good enough of course ) entering into competitions , matches etc etc

Thanks in advance.

 

[FearlessFreep]

I think you misunderstand.

Vale Tudo is not an art, it's a style of no-rules competition that means literally "Anything Goes" in Portuguese. It's not an art, just a (lack of) rule set for open competition where you bring whatever you got into it.


This is not to be confused with the "Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts"

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

However you can learn MMA (mixed martial arts) without competing.

 

[CDZ19]

I think you misunderstand.

Vale Tudo is not an art, it's a style of no-rules competition that means literally "Anything Goes" in Portuguese. It's not an art, just a (lack of) rule set for open competition where you bring whatever you got into it.


This is not to be confused with the "Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts"

Ranma 1/2 Fan?

 

[Andrew Green]

Most people that train MMA will never step into a cage or ring.

 

[Grenadier]

Vale Tudo is not an art, it's a style of no-rules competition that means literally "Anything Goes" in Portuguese. It's not an art, just a (lack of) rule set for open competition where you bring whatever you got into it.

What he said...

Basically, it's a competition. Now, there may be some places that specialize in training someone for the Vale Tudo, but it still doesn't change the fact that Vale Tudo isn't an official art.

 

[FearlessFreep]

Ranma 1/2 Fan?

Oh, yeah! I was hopping someone would get the reference