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Entries Tagged as 'MMA'
The Basics- Remember Those?
January 17th, 2010 · Comments · Training Advice
Tags: Development·Mastery·MMA·Technique·The Basics·Traditional
Traditional Martial Arts Vs MMA: Stop the Madness!
August 4th, 2009 · Comments · Martial Musings
Martial arts shoes
Anyone who reads this blog will know that I am somewhat of a traditionalist when it comes to martial arts, but that does not mean I have a built in dislike for anything modern. On the contrary, I am all for bringing martial arts up to date and creating new and relevant concepts. [...]
Tags: MMA·Traditional
Is MMA Useless for Street Self Defense?
July 20th, 2009 · Comments · Street Self Defense
Since MMA first got a grip on the world’s imagination as “the best fighting system there is” there has been a lot of talk and discussion about its usefulness outside the cage and its relative merits as a street self defense system. The superiority complex held by many MMA proponents is often carried [...]
Why the Dog Brothers are Snapping at the Heels of the UFC
July 12th, 2009 · Comments · General
Have you heard of the Dog Brothers yet? If you haven’t you soon will. The Dog Brothers are a group of underground fighters who are currently challenging the supremacy of the established UFC tournaments by staging their own even more brutal and “real” tournament fights.
I had never heard of the Dog Brothers until [...]
Are Grappling Moves Useless For Street Self Defense?
June 22nd, 2009 · Comments · Street Self Defense
Thanks to the rise in popularity of BJJ and MMA grappling moves have become very popular amongst martial artists of all styles. Even traditional karateka are dappling in this art in an effort to become “well-rounded fighters”, a phrase that I hear more and more often these days. It seems many martial artists [...]
Hardcore Training Vs Commercializm
May 29th, 2009 · Comments · Martial Musings
I have been practicing traditional martial arts training in the same dojo now for over twenty-five years. The training hall itself has existed for many more years before that. When I first began training there it was quite run down; it was just a fair sized hall with wooden floor and a couple of changing [...]
MMA: Martial Art or Commercial Enterprise? Follow-Up
May 15th, 2009 · Comments · Martial Musings
One of the first posts I published on this site was entitled MMA: Martial Art or Commercial Enterprise? If you haven’t already done so then I suggest you read it before reading this follow-up post. The article basically discussed the rise of MMA and cage fighting, the blatant commercialism that surrounded it and whether or [...]
Tags: Commercializm·MMA·Traditional
Are High Kicks Pointless?
May 3rd, 2009 · Comments · Martial Musings
It would seem that high kicks are falling out of fashion these days. Back in the seventies and eighties when martial arts movie stars were kicking heads left, right and center the high kick was thought to be the ultimate expression of martial arts. High kicks were considered to be the pinnacle of technique by [...]
MMA: Martial Art or Commercial Enterprise?
April 1st, 2009 · Comments · Martial Musings
In recent years we have seen the irrefutable rise of MMA – mixed martial arts- both as
a sport and as a fully-fledged cultural phenomenon. Since its inception in the early nineties it has dominated our television screens, our magazines and our local club networks across the world. Some see it as the holy grail of [...]
