Originally Posted by
SevenStar
No, they don't really. And I am referring to real life encounters, not the web. when I first started at my current school, they were really interested that I trained kung fu - they wanted to see it. As far as they are concerned, if you can make it work, it's good. However, at my CMA school, they made me and another guy stop training grappling during the open mat sessions. consequently, we stopped going to the open mat sessions and started using some space in the field house of a nearby university.
When talking to a cashier who recognized us from the mma school, we invited him to come train sometime. He declined and said he trained a traditional art and could not be taken to the ground.
I was once told by a cma "boxers have no skill, they just stand and slug each other"
I was once told that after three months of grappling any CMA would be better than a bjj blue belt.
Heck, just TODAY - like two hours ago - my friend said she decided to learn kung fu and not "that cagefighting stuff" that I do, because kung fu is more deadly. Seriously.