Some mma schools do teach weapon defense though. A sbgi quote " we incorperate sport arts because thats what works against a resisting opponent" and how about another" if a guy did not train in a ma with a boxing base like savate, sanda, or muay thai I would not consider him a threat standing up" Also military muay thai has both weapon defense and VERY good multiple opponent training. As in they send to guys after you with nothing pre-arranged and you try to stop them. Also mma does not mean mixed martial art in the most strict sense. It means mixing arts that have been found effective to make a complete art not just mixing whatever. Like if you used one of these arts muay thai, lerd rit, sanda, savate, kyoukushin and its offshoots for striking, either greco roman, muay thai, or judo for clinching, and bjj for ground then you will have a mma. But lets say you mixed shotokan and 5 animals since those do not make a complete art and they are not really considered effective by the mma then it would not be a mma.
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