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Why MMA or Mixed Martial Arts is Not Really a Mixed Martial Art at All
In the mixed martial arts, otherwise known as MMA, you will notice that there are very few elements that are seen in traditional martial arts. For example, in traditional martial arts, you see weapons like the nunchaku, the sword, the stick or knife.
None of these are used in mixed martial arts training. It really should [...] -
How to Use Ground Fighting to Stay OFF the Ground and Why
On the street – 80-90% of all fights end up on the ground. This is enough awareness to make the case for learning to fight on the ground and it is the fuel behind the cage fighting craze.
The Gracie family started the UFC and dominated the cage fighting arena by having a training background in [...] -
What Makes Karate Karate?
Many of us have heard of martial arts films. We’ve seen them, we’ve heard of fighting styles like karate, kung fu, and tae kwon do. However, if we were ever asked to differentiate between the styles, how many of us in the west would really know how? We throw out the term [...]
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What Are the Most Popular Martial Arts Today?
The martial arts have been developing for thousands of years, so it makes sense that in today’s culture, you can find so many disciplines and sub-disciplines within the “martial arts” realm. But what kind of martial arts define what is going on today, and what are people interested in learning? Some of the [...]
