Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31529160-20171201171711/@comment-108.63.11.115-20171205194515

MMA is the closest to street-fighting. Many MMA fighters cite this as the reason they chose to study MMA and although even MMA has its "limits" it is the least limited, if your are truly MMA-trained you are more prepared for more attacking styles - weaponry and "illegal" strikes than someone trained in one style no matter how well-trained they are. Of course a gun is more effective but then we could talk about missiles too, I am only concerned with defending myself in a physical altercation, not killing anyone.

I am not talking like some tough guy here everyone has their match but I have been in my share of street fights some against people who had some skills and no mattter how well you are trained if you cannot stop a bigger stonger assailant from taking you down you are still vulnerable. I have seen many highly trained traditional artists murked by streetfighters with no training and it usually involves them being taken out of their element i.e taken down, clinched and smothered, they dont have the toolbox to fight anywhere it goes. Just my experience anyway.

Thats why combat jujitsu and any style with some form of grappling with striking (like Muay Thai) has a leg up on a style which focuses on only one element. Personally I started with Judo a long time ago as I saw it as one of the more effective arts to handle myself on the streets (it teaches you how to fight up and down even if it isnt striking). After years and the evolution of UFC and MMA, I realized if I were to add some good striking to my skills I would be able to defend myself that much better. If I started all over I would have started wrestling alot earlier.......

If you know any experienced streetfighters (I dont anymore I am a good boy now), just ask them if they would rather fight a guy with MMA experience or one with equal traditional experience only. This is not in anyway to say traditional arts are usless, they are very useful just not as useful as MMA which is not as useful as a gun or deadly weapons lol.

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