Originally Posted by
Sifu Darkfist
What possesed someone to use the redundant phrase Mixed Martial Arts?
Is it something like combined arms warfare?
Excuse me for being niave but i thought martial=(of the military) arts consisted of whatever it took to win the battle.
For example Praying Mantis is the Ultimate mixed martial art when it is understood from its intentional role ie the four ranges. One the long range consisting of weapons and moving kickc or strikes jumping into the opponent ( by the way this is not the exhaustive list for those that want to critique) Two medium range consiting of most kicks all punches gouges and knives etc. number three close range elbows knees head pigua's kau etc. four throws and grappling, most limb breaking or neck breaking occurs in these last two ranges.
so to sum up the point being made, does this not constitute a mixture of fighting techniques from all theories? the fact is this all falls under the heading of MARTIAL ARTS there is no need for the heading mma, unless of course your mixing martial arts with acting such as the WWF etc. or you are mixing it with some highly refined ritual of tea drinking or possibly vodka and orange juice
by that definition, pretty much all TMA would be a MMA - the reason this is not the case is because of the definition given to MMA - striking and grappling. mantis has throws, but is predominantly a striking style with little to no groundwork, no? Consequently, in order to be a mixed martial art, it would need a ground component. A traditional chinese mma would be someone who mixed mantis and dog boxing, for example.
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