Originally Posted by
jow yeroc
I hear ya sanjuro but it's more widespread than just two disparate systems
not used to the other. It's almost universal. Two human beings in hand to
hand combat more often than not resort to streetfight style haymakers and
rudimentary grappling. I mean at the end of the day in a real blood and guts
fight it's all about getting this fool off/away from you and knocked out preferrably.
It just tickles me how many styles are practiced/learned/"mastered" and it
always seems to comes down to slugging. Am I off to say that it seems in
the realm of professional fights that the skilled boxer exhibits more technique
and display of the style than the typical cage fighter who has some boxing,
some BJJ or judo and some MT? Just to clarify, I am not a MMA basher.
MMA is a different breed than anything else, for a mirad of reasons.
You won't see technical striking AND grappling compared to events that focus on striking ( Boxing and MT for example) or grappling ( submission grappling and wrestling for example) simple because they striking element reeks havoc with "picture perfect" grappling and the grappling element does the same to striking.
You will notice however that the best MMA are those with a solid foundation in a specific type of MA, be it striking or grappling, simple because the core skills is there to a greater extent than the "typical jack of all trades and mater of none".
What I mean is that, even though Chuck isn't striking like a typical striker anymore, due to the grappling element, the core power he had developed from "correct" striking was carried over in to this "modified" striking.
MMA looks sloppy because it can't be "technical" when compared to other specialized sporting matches, simple because it is a different breed all together.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
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And there I was thinking that some Wing Chun dude was actually quite good at this fighting lark!