What exactly is MMA?

[Andrew Green]

Personally I find it much harder to be a "clown or pretender" when someone is actively trying to KO you or submit you, but maybe that is just me.

 

[cohenp]

MMA is a fairly open art. At the gym if I roll with someone who doesn't understand a wrestling move I did I'll explain it to him and maybe he'll pick it up. Maybe I'll roll with a Judo guy and pick up a throw or a lock or something. I'll pick up some pointers on my kicks from a guy who spent some time in Thailand at a Muay Thai camp. The point is you can work like any other martial art into your MMA.

 

[Tez3]

MMA is a fairly open art. At the gym if I roll with someone who doesn't understand a wrestling move I did I'll explain it to him and maybe he'll pick it up. Maybe I'll roll with a Judo guy and pick up a throw or a lock or something. I'll pick up some pointers on my kicks from a guy who spent some time in Thailand at a Muay Thai camp. The point is you can work like any other martial art into your MMA.

Very true. What I've seen a lot at shows is two fighters who have just minutes before been trying to KO or sub each other, out in a corridor or foyer going over the fight they've had showing each other how they did the techniques. Many times in the ring I've hear one congratulating another on a move and the reply is nearly always, c'mon I'll show you how to do it!
MMA is an art, it's more than just training to win a fight, it's about expanding your martial arts knowledge, it's not about just bashing each other senseless as some would claim. It's a game of physical chess using both brain,brawn and skill. Oh... and it's addictive lol!

 

[thardey]

Not everyone in the sport sucks, you do have your share of seasoned fighters, but as with boxing, you also have a lot of clowns and pretenders....

Most of the pretenders I run into these days claim MMA or cage fighting as their training. Most of them can't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. That doesn't mean that's true of actual MMA students.

 

[Tez3]

Most of the pretenders I run into these days claim MMA or cage fighting as their training. Most of them can't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. That doesn't mean that's true of actual MMA students.

I remember when they claimed to be kickboxers and before that they did Kung Fu and before that............etc. lol!

 

[thardey]

I remember when they claimed to be kickboxers and before that they did Kung Fu and before that............etc. lol!

Don't forget the ninjers!

 

[FearlessFreep]

Don't forget the ninjers!

Or pirates