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Originally Posted by Uke
Looking back though, when the shit hits the fan like in the first couple of UFC's, karate looked like judo which looked like boxing which looked like kung fu which looked like muay thai which ALL looked like toughman brawling.
What does that tell you?
It says that if a man isn't proficient at what he does, it all looks like the same shit on any given day. In the beginning of NHB events, guys didn't know what to expect. They ran off adrenaline and the idea that they might actually get to kick some ass and win some money doing it. We saw ninjitsu, JKD, karate, kung fu, muay thai, savate, and TKD. These guys all started out using their so-called "styles" but like Mike Tyson said: "Everyone has a plan until they get hit". And how true that is!
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Well in the early UFCs i don't think many of those guys had fought anyone outside their respective styles (some looked like they'd never been hit before for that matter). There's something of a rhythm to fights you see within the same style. Karate guys are used to seeing karate reactions to their attacks, same goes for Muay Thai, boxing, and so on. When those reactions weren't presented, alot of training went out the window, and i think that's when you saw people becoming brawlers. I think this has been remedied to a large extent in MMA now as you still see guys with solid foundations in one art who are ready for anything within the boundaries of MMA rules.
Even this isn't a necessary short-coming of all sport arts though, good structuring of the rules can make a huge difference. There is a lot of room for variation in the rhythm of a judo match because aside from a few restrictions on gripping and only being able to lock the elbow, very little that falls under the title "grappling" is prohibited in a judo match. MMA has done this for striking and grappling together. With an eye toward self-defense the rules of a sport match can prevent some bad habits for the street as well, for example, you'll get penalized for fighting bent over in a judo match. Even though it's fine from a grappling point of view, the rule is there because in real life you'd get pummelled by knees.
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Originally Posted by Uke
Once they saw that their "style" wasn't working for them they abandoned what they'd learned and went back to school-yard brawlin'.
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Again, I'm not familiar with RBSD training methods, but what I wonder is how much more likely is it for someone to revert to these instinctive brawler responses if all they've ever done is step drills?