Originally Posted by
xcakid
I personally just have one pet peeve against MMA. THE F'N NAME!!!
Martial Arts describes ALL fighting arts. This includes boxing, kung fu, muay thai, tkd, etc. They are all martial arts.
So in turn calling it MIXED Martial Arts is redundant and stupid.
Who ever named that sport is ignorant. Martial Arts encompasses all of them. That like saying I an going to an Automobile car race. WTF?!?!
I still would not want to go up against any of the pro guys in the ring though. I would get my a$$ handed to me.
Wow... is this a serious post?
Anyway, if you train kung fu, you are a kung fu stylist. kung fu is a martial art. Over the years in MMA, what has become successful is a mix of styles, typically striking and grappling. thus, people mix striking and grappling - mixed martial arts. Another way of looking at it is that fighters of various backgrounds may enter. Thus, it mixture of various arts are in the competitions - mixed martial arts.
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