Anyone do marshal arts?

I prefer rex quan do, only takes an 8 week training course

Blends wrote:

Those are all Jiu-Jitsu based. MMA is just another fad in the 2000 years since the Samurai started Jiu-Jitsu. Every fad markets bullshit claims of no heritage of the past. There have been many offshoots that have lasted for periods of time. We'll see how long MMA lasts.

MMA is Mixed Martial Arts. Theoretically, it can be whatever the heck you want to use. How can you trace it to a single style? If you want to, you can use Sumo wrestling, Greco-Roman Wrestling, and Western Boxing. These martial arts do not come from Japanese Jiu-Jitsu. Heck, many people believe Japanese Jiu-Jistu came from Greco-Roman wrestling because they have very similar pinning techniques and wrestling existed in Asia before Jiu-Jistu did. But for those that think MMA is a fad, sorry, it's just getting bigger. Every year, the fighters become more skilled and the competition gets better and better. Ten years ago, the average joe couldn't name an MMA fighter but nowadays, tons of people could name Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin, Randy Couture, and sadly, Kimbo Slice. That being said, you would think the world would have produced a fighter that could beat Fedor Emelianenko by now.

Just like the above poster says, it is a mix of different martial arts sort of like what Bruce Lee did with Jeet Kune Do. You can take any Martial Arts and as long as you learn a different style as well and take something from each style into your own fighting style, then you are a mixed martial artist.

I take Karate & Tae Kwon Do as well as do some training with Police Officers. The police use a sort of MMA type fighting. Lots of Muay Thai influence.

If you are even in a street fight, BJJ will work, but you might get killed. Best is to end the fight in under 5 seconds. The more you prolong the fight, the more likely you will get hurt.

BJJ works wonders if you are attacked by a person in an open field. They will be slaughtered, but take BJJ to a bar or alley and you are in trouble. While you are rolling around to get position, someone with a bat, bottle, knife, etc... can attack you from above.

For working out purposes, BJJ or any type of Jujustu/wrestling is a terrific workout. It will develop lots of strength.

You know that Greco/Roman doesn't have kicks, HGH, punches, steroids. There's no historic evidence that GR had any similarity to Jiu Jitsu at all. GR is just wrestling. Jiu Jitsu and Sumo are documented by scientists s as having started martial arts as it is today. Gracie credits Maeda as his master. Many suspect MMA, Survivor, UFC, WWE, Roller Derby, etc. are all edited Hollywood TV productions.

The first real martial art probably started when one caveman hit the other in the face. Jiu-Jitsu didn't start in Japan until about 1,000 after it was brought there by India. Who had the influence in India? The Greeks after Alexander the Great dominated so much of the world. But nearly all martial arts are variations of another. When you learn a martial art, you learn new stuff and add stuff here and there until it is nearly a completely independent style. You can see that by the many similarities and differences between Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. But you have to be kidding me if you think the world's best Greco guys don't also take drugs. You're also an idiot if you think the UFC is scripted. If it was, Chuck wouldn't have been knocked out by Rashad Evans. A Chuck vs. Forrest title fight probably would have done close to a million buys. Now, with Rashad vs. Forrest, they probably will get half that. That's a ton of money the UFC lost. You're right in that Greco doesn't have punches and kicks, but neither does Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. In our No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu classes, our coach teaches us a ton of Greco clinches, takedowns and ground work. One of my buddies, who was a very successful Greco guy made a very quick adjustment to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and received his blue belt in about 8 months, when it takes a lot of guys two years plus. Why is that? Because Greco-Roman Wrestling has a lot of carry-over and similarities to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.