Originally Posted by
anerlich
For the purpose of this discussion and why some comparison is in fact valid, MMA is:
1) A ruleset for competive fighting
2) A conceptual view of what fighting is/should be about
MMA regards fighting as having three distinct phases
1) standup, detached fighting (mainly striking and kicking)
2)Clinch fighting (standing wrestling, throws, submissions takedowns, striking in the clinch)
3) Groundfighting (pins, sweeps, submissions, G&P)
and its competitions have specific rulesets allowing techniques in all three phases.
Few if any single martial arts at present contain the spectrum of techniques necessary to dominate in competition, or to survive a fight which could go into any of these phases. Hence boxing wrestling, jiu jitsu becoming a common mix, especially since the TCMA world mostly went into denial about such a worldview in the early days.
That's necessary for sport. I mean people aren't still signing the death releases before stepping on to the lei tai anymore, right? Or if they are, kill techniques are illegal in competition anyway.
I was on the metro earlier, deep in meditation, when a ruffian came over and started causing trouble. He started pushing me with his bag, steadily increasing the force until it became very annoying. When I turned to him, before I could ask him to stop, he immediately started hurling abuse like a scoundrel. I performed a basic chin na - carotid artery strike combination and sent him to sleep. The rest of my journey was very peaceful, and passersby hailed me as a hero - Warrior Man