Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31529160-20171201171711/@comment-32783267-20171204152907

@CanadianOracle

I'm sure you are not dismissive about TMA, but I was sick and tired of casuals bullshito-ing old martial arts. I was balls deep into Wing Chun and other internal stuffs too and won a few slap fights with my pals lol.. then I realized Wing Chun stance was just a little too narrow and stiff because it was developed to fight in tight alleyways where there isn't much room to throw a big attack. So, I figured we might not see Wing Chun in MMA and boy was I wrong with every high level guys trapping hands and connecting elbows, punches and knee kicks. For me, TMAs are like theoretical physics while Combat Sports are applied physics. In fact several Kung Fu styles practice flowery forms but they spar using Sanshou. You might wonder why bother with theoretical flowery stuffs.. but I figured out that practicing forms do improve your balance, finesse, control and form (duh) in sparring. So there is some value in there that makes up the term Martial 'Arts'.

Fun fact: People are very mesmerised by Muay Thai for its efficiency and brutality, which help by the glorification of violence called Ong Bak (I loved it btw). But modern Muay Thai actually incorporated boxing in the early days and took some pages from Kyokushin guys that murked them..No really, Thais challenged karatekas and Mas Oyama send 3 of his students (not sure quite hazy memory) to Thailand and noted that Thai people swinging their kicks as one of the factors why they murked them lol. Even Dutch Muay Thai, despite its name, was actually a combo of kickboxing and Kyokushin to imitate what they considered Muay Thai... I'm not making these up. You can look it up. Most wouldn't bring it up.. I think it has to do with some propaganda by Muay Thai people to promote their art.. though they will gladly brought up how a farmer who used proto-muay thai to beat up 9 Burmese fighters in succession to earn his freedom whenever a Lethwei fighter beats a Muay Thai guy 😂

@Armbar, the same could be said to Whittaker. He rose above the (aging) murderer's row despite being a former WW. He also didn't have a Freudian excuse for fighting like Max. He said he just love to do so. I like that mentality. Just have fun while making money.

With Stipe vs Cain not happening in January.. maybe Stipe vs Francis since Ngannou didn't take any damage at all.