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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
So why don't people punch doors in instead of kicking them in?
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Ive had to break down a couple of doors in my life.
Once I punched through the glass (with my hand wrapped in a jumper) and once I shouldered through it.
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Originally Posted by Crompsin
Funny story:
Some tough guy biker dudes were walking by the school I attend a few years ago. They decided that the pussies in the baggy blue pajamas needed to be bullied before they continued onto their girly magazines and sixpacks. They walked into the school and challenged the instructor to a fight. The instructor said that was ludicrous but eventually agreed to it in order to teach them a lesson. Instead of fighting them himself as a 7th degree, he had one of his star students, a short stocky guy named Morris, fight the tough guy... the tough guy challenger was a foot taller and probably 50 pounds heavier than him. They went at it. Morris circled for a few seconds, drilled the guy in the ribs with a sidekick and floored him with a hookkick to the side of the head. Two hits, TKO. Tough guy's friend carried him out. Nobody said anything.
Studying a martial art doesn't mean you can fight, and being able to fight doesn't mean you've studied a martial art.
As an intermediate belt "rank," I've beaten down plenty of black belts... and been schooled by plenty of intermediate belts. The belt means little when you talk about fighting ability, it's just part of the uniform and tradition... just as being a Sergeant in the US Army doesn't mean you're any more or less capable than a Specialist or Staff Sergeant.
Mixed martial arts are even more flaky when it comes to grading people. It suddenly becomes all about the individual training program and strengths/weaknesses related to it... exactly like boxers.
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Basically, it's all about conditioning, focus and becoming proficient with technique systems.
MMA is a sport because it has fans and people judge it. If ultimate frisbee is a sport, so is MMA.
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Well proves my point.
The 7th grade black belt karate master didnt have the stomach and tried to back out.
Eventually one of the guys who could fight stood up in his place and floored the other guy.
Sure, it happens that some people who do martial arts can fight but I doubt there is much of a causal link.
Fighting ability is about aggression, phyiscal strength and co-ordination, and a basic technique. The best technique for fighting in most sitations is boxing. Two people equal in every other way but one a boxer and one a jinjitsu black belt... if they get in a fight the jinjitsu guy tries to kick the others guys head off with 360 John Claude Van Damme special, misses by two feet and then gets sparked with a simple straight right.