Originally Posted by
sanjuro_ronin
MMA has made a comment and that comment is: The "too deadly" is BS.
Vale tudo was the beginning because it said, "fine, no rules just like you want, lets dance" and what happened?
The "too deadly" folded like a hooker punched by her pimp.
What was learned and proven over and over was that to fight well you must fight and the type of training you do is what you bring to the "ring" ( where ever that ring may be).
TCMA saw that for them to be able to beat MMA and Thai fighters and the what not, they had to train like them ( adapt the methods, not the style) and in doing so, whatever style they did, they could make it work.
Pressure testing, the one element that TCMA ALL had in common, the one thing that was put on the back burner, became the "key" to unlocking the effectiveness of the style.
Like it had ALWAYS been.