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Originally Posted by Anthony
I don't agree.
Your whole posts sounds like one big apology for why Maritial Arts today do not work.
What's the difference with a guy punching you in the face knowing it's coming, and not knowing it's coming? Surprise.
This Aikido Grandmaster knew it was coming, and yet couldn't stop it.
So you are telling me he would have been able to if some guy just bum rushed him?
PLEASE stop insulting my intelligence. MMA is the future, it is fighting in all ranges.
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I think you missed the whole point of my post.
I know you're all high and mighty about your MMA, but sit back and consider it. Most Martial Arts were designed for a specific reason.
Lets look at it in a way that every Joe could understand where I'm coming from, lets compare Martial Arts to cars.
Most cars are designed to excel in a specific area. Hummers were designed to be masters of off-roading in most terrains, pick up trucks were made for hauling stuff, porsches were made for speeding, dragsters were made for accelerating super fast in a straight line, blah blah blah. You get the point?
Now, apply this to Martial Arts. Some Martial Arts were designed to be effective in certain situations. Ninjitsu for stealth and assasination, Kendo for swordsman ship, Iaido for quickly drawing a sword and killing your opponent, Karate for versatility and defense against armed attackers, blah blah blah.
In today's society, most Martial Arts are obsolete of course, but we still train them for the benefits that they give us (discipline, good health and confidence).
MMA is specifically designed to dominate in hand to hand competition. Put any other Martial Artist in an MMA fighter's element and he will be destroyed as we have seen time and time again.
Put them outside of that element, and they could loose just as easily pitting a hummer vs a lambo in rocky terrain. Why? because they would be out of their element.
I know MMA is the tough guy's style of choice cause its the new fad (like Karate was in the 80s), but don't go gloating about how its the end to all styles, cause thats just plain ignorant.
Think about how you thought Aikido was the shit when you studied it?
There is no ultimate fighting style. Although MMA is pretty damn well rounded, there is no "best" form.