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Subject: Re: Athletic Vs. Technical ? Author: Ses [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 01:38:44 01/30/07 Tue In reply to: Ses 's message, "Athletic Vs. Technical ?" on 21:03:59 01/28/07 Sun Good points.....Rashad is one guy, Deigo Sanchez another, in the Golden era of MMA events; Kerr, Coleman,and Frank Shamrock. Genetic Freaks!!!! Explosiveness is either trained or you're born with it....!!! We've all heard that before but not enough is said about when these guys win because the other guy is doing something wrong, that takes technical awareness as much as it takes technical ability to exploit someones game. I feel that it's a balance of technique and ability, maybe not 50/50 but definitely not 90/10 split that Big Daddy Goodrich was guilty of never adjusting. Some of the other guys I mentioned seemed to make some adjustments in terms of technical skill by training with people that were technical minded in their skill sets....Shamrock became a much better striker by training with Mo Smith who is by nature a stalking; methodical; patient; and cunning fighter. Shammy's fight with Horn is a good example of a 50/50 mix in both fighters. Shammy won with Knee bar taking advantage of poorly executed technique.....he had to know that there was mistake to take advantage of....Horn took the fight to Shammy...action packed back and forth.....Like you said you can't measure athletics by the look of a guy...performance is usually the litmus test. MMA with never be a sport where you say this guy is going to clearly win because he is a Striker, a Grappler, is more athletic, Runs ten miles a day, Has a bigger Crank or whatever. Upsets come in all forms and that's what makes the sport so interesting.....the Mix. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]