Question for the MMA guys...

[foster]

Random Q for the MMA practitioners/competitors here,

how do you feel your art or combination of arts would serve you in a life or death struggle with one or several possibly armed attackers?

I'm not asking this to be an ass or anything, but rather as an "Authentic" Kung Fu guy who also happens to train MMA. I'm interested in hearing what your personal solutions are for situations involving street violence. For example, would there be anything stopping a BJJ guy from going to the root of his art, traditional Japanese Jujitsu (which in fact DOES train for these scenarios) for answers? In other words, how do you adapt your art to the realities of everyday self-defense?

Apologies if this topic has been done like Joe Son without his cup on.

[Violent Designs]

Newbie much?

[sanjuro_ronin]

The only way to prepare yourself to deal with "one or several possibly armed attackers" is to train with "one or several possibly armed attackers".
And unless you do so, it doesn't matter WHAT you do.

[Oso]

does 'possibly armed' mean that they might be limbless...i don't care how many there are, if they don't have any arms...they're going down!

[MasterKiller]

I didn't practice kung fu to deal with street violence, in the first place. So, I don't practice MMA with that mindset, either.

However, I would wager the hours and hours of sparring I've done in MMA, compared to the hours and hours of forms training I did in CMA, will be more beneficial for me if I ever have to use it for real.

[GreenCloudCLF]

does 'possibly armed' mean that they might be limbless...i don't care how many there are, if they don't have any arms...they're going down!

Ahh yes. But what if you are fighting these guys?

[GreenCloudCLF]

This questions depends on your mindset. How many people on this forum are willing to kill a man to survive? It's not as many as you think, or nearly as many that would claim they would.

[Oso]

Ahh yes. But what if you are fighting these guys?

[sniff] no problem...