I think that there are alot of schools out there that have become to commercial over the years. There alot of schools that are interested in only making money and not really teaching students how to defend them selves. The mma has xposed those schools what they are. Because of schools like that. All the other schools are getting a bad rap a long with them. We say that the style is no good when we should be looking at the school and teacher indivisually. Take Chuck Linndell for an example. He is a striker and he is the champ. Most of his fights were won knocking his oppistion out. Does it mean that another style of fighting isn't good. No!!! It just means that he has a good teacher at good school and it also depends on the person.
As far as mma as an art no because mma represents all the diiferents arts in the world. The mma gave dirrerent arts a place to compete against each other. That's why it is called mixed martial arts. If you wanted to condsider the schools that have mixed different arts together to make one then I would say yes. The mma has made a big impact on the martial arts world. Because ultimatelly in the end a martial arts school must make sure that there students can handle the burden of the real thing and is able to defend them selves in a fight. Well all of you have good afternoon.
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