In reality, there are no MMA fighting techniques in the sense that the rules of MMA do not specify what I have to do, but only what you cannot. This is what makes mixed martial arts so interesting. A sumo wrestler could go up against a bare knuckle boxer.
This was the original essence of the sport -- to pit the various fighting arts against each other to determine which one was the most effective. In the early days of MMA the fighting techniques which usually won most of the time were those of the grappling arts such as wrestling and Brazilian Jiujitsu.
The reason for this was that in a real life fight, once you have a hold of your opponent, he can no longer stay out of your reach and throw punches at you. Once the grapplers had a hold of boxers and Muay Thai fighters, they had the edge.
The tables started to turn however, as the strikers, such as boxers, kick boxers and muay thai exponents began to learn grappling themselves and also how to defend against take downs and various submission holds. This combination of stand up fighting skills and grappling is generally nowadays the cornerstone of MMA fighting technique.
One thing that MMA did was to sift out some of the martial arts that had been practiced outside of real competition for centuries and turned into dances and stances rather than effective fighting systems. Most serious MMA competitors nowadays concentrate on hybrid fighting techniques, combining 2 to 5, sometimes more, skill sets, and adapting them to the rules of MMA.
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This was the original essence of the sport -- to pit the various fighting arts against each other to determine which one was the most effective. In the early days of MMA the fighting techniques which usually won most of the time were those of the grappling arts such as wrestling and Brazilian Jiujitsu.
The reason for this was that in a real life fight, once you have a hold of your opponent, he can no longer stay out of your reach and throw punches at you. Once the grapplers had a hold of boxers and Muay Thai fighters, they had the edge.
The tables started to turn however, as the strikers, such as boxers, kick boxers and muay thai exponents began to learn grappling themselves and also how to defend against take downs and various submission holds. This combination of stand up fighting skills and grappling is generally nowadays the cornerstone of MMA fighting technique.
One thing that MMA did was to sift out some of the martial arts that had been practiced outside of real competition for centuries and turned into dances and stances rather than effective fighting systems. Most serious MMA competitors nowadays concentrate on hybrid fighting techniques, combining 2 to 5, sometimes more, skill sets, and adapting them to the rules of MMA.
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