by mookie » Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:11 pm
I am a kung fu practitioner, but I train alot of Mixed Martial Arts guys. As far as sparring, I'll usually have them work a technique or two and then we'll go live focusing on integrating those techniques. Regarding competition, it really boils down to the same thing working a few techniques to defeat your opponent. This weekend one of my fighters had a professional boxing match, his first one, what I saw the main event fighters doing was just this, working a few selected techniques and bringing them to the ring. An added note, the ugly boring fights mentioned above are people who are inexperienced. Mixed Martial Arts has matured in my area just in the last year and a half or so and it used to look really ugly, but as fighters got more experienced and comfortable, you can begin to observe the technique and beauty, you spoke of. A message to the guy who wanted to do some MMA fighting, you'll really have to learn your Jiu Jitsu. Those guys will eat you alive on the ground if you don't. It doesn't take that long to get yourself adept and you can spar safely at a full go level.