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Originally Posted by bigboywasim
Come on guys. I know you big MMA fans but give credit where it is due.
Did you even read the article?
I am not talking about fighting but self-defense.
I am talking about combat sports used in MMA.
Do any of them teach weapons?
Do they teach how to fight multiple opponents?
Do they teach groin, throat or eye attacks.
Do they teach you what to do in a street fight?
You are like this video. Why learn martial arts when you can use a gun.
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No one has to "teach" a boxer or kickboxer to strike to the throat, eyes or groin. They have already developed the skill to do that while boxing. Do you think boxers are somehow unable to strike to vulnerable areas? As a kickboxer, I not only learned to strike the groin, throat, and eyes, but also the liver, the kidneys, the back of the head, the nerves of the thigh, calf and knee, the chin from the side, the front and the back.. I learned how to crush a nose flat like a tomato and how to sweep a man's feet from under him.
So why should I be limited to just the groin, throat, and eyeballs?
There are no "magic special techniques" in a multiple attacker scenario. Most TMA classes that teach "multiple attacker techniques" are bullshitting you - unless some kind of firearm or..sword..or something is involved.
Some MMA schools have weapons classes, especially those that started as JKD schools. WE certainly do stickfighting at OUR school.
TMA are silly. They are neither traditional nor are they martial art, in my view.