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Subject: Re: This is the norm now???? everyone is teaching MMA?? Author: Brandon Weaver [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:34:34 02/20/08 Wed In reply to: Just Wondering 's message, "This is the norm now???? everyone is teaching MMA??" on 22:23:35 02/19/08 Tue Also since you brought this to a MMA forum, how many people training there have competed in MMA? How many will compete in the next 6 months? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: This is the norm now???? everyone is teaching MMA?? Author: Wayne Hurse [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:24:02 04/04/08 Fri "But to be honest I see more a problem with guys with shaky standing games and beginner (blue belt) ground games thinking they can prepare people to fight. They are as much a problem as the shotokan guy who has a wrestler wrenching keylocks (or Americana's if you please) on newbs in the back and calling it grappling/mongolian wrestling/catch as catch can/ whatever." Okay, but what I don't understand is how you can say that blue belts can't prepare people for competition. It wasn't too long ago that there were nothing but blue belts in NC or SC and I can remember that there were some pretty good fighters coming out of the camp trained by blue belt. Also, if a sensei wants to make money by using mma as a marketing tool, is that so bad? I definitely agree about people who have no cross training. understood. But there are a lot of traditional instructors with background in karate and judo or boxing and JJJ. Should these guys NOT compete in MMA? What about wrestling? Do these guys stay out of mma competitions now? Give me a break. These guys are good at what they do. Freaking great colleges and highschool wrestlers are in our state. THese guys can't compete? Freaking ATT now has an "MMA" program that is availabe for distance learning and through seminars. What's up with that? Is it wrong? I see that traditional martial artists are now wanting to cross train. Hell, I thought that was the f-ing point all along. If we are not willing to accept new blood into our sport then what are we even doing? I have to say that for a bunch of peopl who are supposed to be open minded about training, there is a lot of crap talk to new people who come in and want to learn. relax, you guys are scaring off interested people. isn't this what the mma is all about, exposing the truth of the arts? Let everyone train and learn from one another. I just am excited about this mma boom. we need to get along and open our schools to each other. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]