Originally Posted by Dragon Warrior
First of all, yeah in the street you can eye-gouge, but why does that make mma uneffective? An mma fighter can eye-gouge you as easily as you can eye-gouge him, also, he will have an easier time eye-gouging you when he has you mounted and is controlling you . Not to mention the fact that he can drop down elbows punches and pull of numberous submissions.
Also, there have been times where i have been poked in the eye and still kept fighting. Once I scratched my cornia during training and still finished the fight and then went to the hospital after.
I would not spend anytime on practicing eye-gouging, also I dont need a teacher to teach me how to hurt somebody by poking or scratching their eye.
Also, in my opinion, if the only techniques you are learning are eye-gouges, throat and groin strikes, you may be at a McDojo, and should consider checking out other schools.