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I really like the idea of incorporating the MMA perspective into the traditional classes. To my way of thinking, MMA is just application and it should be taught with the traditional stuff.

Is your KF and MMA classes combined, or are they separate? If their separate do you get many of the KF folks showing up for sparring?

It's awesome if your getting wrestlers and guys from other...

Is that a once a week routine, or more often?

Lucas makes a lot of good points. Detractors always say TCMA needs to evolve; then they say Sanda isn't TCMA. Maybe not...but in 70 years it could be. I think it's part of the immediate evolution of...

One, the other or both. But it's a whole lot easier criticizing training than it is to train.

But I was told KF never practices with non compliant partners. :rolleyes:

I'll go along with that.

I'll go with that as well.

Don't get me wrong Frost, traditional fighters are certainly a minority here too, but the fact that I'm seeing some interest and some guys getting in the ring gives me hope.

I live in northern New York...unfortunately I have to travel pretty far to downstate or western NY to find these events...my region doesn't have much going on. Some of the downstate shows I've been...

I'm optimistic about this happening, I may be crazy...but I know traditional schools in my area that have fight teams, their guys seem to do as well as anyone elses'. I'm seeing Karate and JKD guys...

Well I wasn't referring to just TCMA, we're seeing some Karate based guys in the cage too...but at amateur level, there's getting to be more traditional schools with fight teams...I got to believe...

[QUOTE=Lucas;1210475]sanjuro, i know, knows all too well exactly what we're saying. /QUOTE]

Yeah, I read his posts...he knows what's up....seems like were always preaching to the choir, but I keep...

Congrats on that. I think the grappling of TCMA is a huge aspect of the art and is often under trained/utilized. People tend to think of KF only as a striking art, but it's really a...

I agree 100% with Lucas...I believe anyone in TMA who is involved in fighting knows this; and anyone who thinks otherwise probably doesn't fight or spar hard.

I feel like we are seeing more traditional guys fighting, (and winning) nowadays, though. If you spar hard, condition and drill it with a partner, (traditional training), the traditional arts will...

Yeah...I never brought him up, since I knew it would go straight to his BJJ black belt, but since he's been winning with KO's....he did say himself he trains Kung Fu everyday.

Everyone in mma...

Would that be be Roy "Big Country" Nelson?