| You stand there and look across the cage
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| | well-rounded fighting system.
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| at your opponent. He stares back at you.
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| | Enter Mixed Martial arts. Mixed martial
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| Nothing else in the world matters except
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| | arts (mma) competitions have been around
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| this person that you know is going to try
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| | a long time, more recently popularized in
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| to defeat you, hurt you, make you give
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| | the United States. Mma style usually
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| up. The key word is try! You have been
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| | combines Thai boxing, wrestling, bjj,
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| studying this fighter, watching his
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| | (Brazilian jiu-jitsu), kick boxing,
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| fights and training hard for this day.
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| | boxing, and other standing and ground
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| You know what you are going to do; your
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| | techniques. The point of mma is to be
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| game plan is ready. The ref says
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| | able to have the skill to trade punches
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| "fighters, are you ready." No turning
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| | with a good stand up fighter or the
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| back!
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| | skills to submit a good ground fighter.
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| Modern day mixed martial arts. It is such
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| | This is where mma drifts away from
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| an exciting sport. It has been around for
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| | traditional styles. If a fighter's
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| many years, but now is becoming more
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| | opponent takes him to the ground and
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| mainstream due to a certain popular
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| | mounts him, he must rely on his "ground
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| reality show. What is meant buy reality
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| | game" to escape or look for a submission
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| fighting? Usually the term indicates that
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| | opportunity. (Just because you are on
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| the fighting systems used by mma fighters
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| | your back does not mean you are losing!)
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| are more applicable to real fights as
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| | If the same fighter's opponent decides to
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| opposed to traditional martial art
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| | stand and punch it out, well that's ok
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| styles. I am not going to argue this
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| | to. Mma is very versatile and an
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| issue but merely help identify the
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| | outstanding sport. The one thing that has
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| difference.
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| | remained the same between the traditional
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| Traditional martial arts. When I speak of
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| | martial artists and mma fighters is the
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| this term I am referring to the arts of
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| | respect. Both groups of fighters have
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| old such as certain styles of karate,
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| | respect for each other and the opponents
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| judo, aikido, etc. These arts have been
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| | they compete against. When you get down
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| around longer than anyone really knows
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| | to it, it is a competition against
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| for sure. They have certain forms,
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| | yourself. What I mean by this is that are
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| traditions, philosophies, and a pretty
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| | you going to do another set of bench
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| particular way they are to be taught and
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| | presses, another set of squats, extra
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| learned (there are always exceptions.)
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| | sprints, intense rope skipping, 15 more
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| All of these styles are great. They all
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| | minutes on the heavy bag or mat.... 15
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| make up our wonderful vast world of
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| | more than your opponent? You are only
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| martial arts. Are any of these styles an
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| | held back by yourself.
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| absolute to fighting? Will any of these
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| | No matter if you want to practice
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| styles work in a "real" fight? Many
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| | traditional martial arts or get into mma,
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| people are aware of the martial art great
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| | the reality of fighting is the respect.
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| Bruce Lee. His movies did not make him
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| | The key principal martial arts are based
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| great to the martial arts world, but his
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| | on.
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| philosophy on fighting did. He believed
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| | This article is for information purposes
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| that you should take many styles and
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| | only and is not meant to be instruction.
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| combine their best techniques to have a
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