When people talk MMA, they're clearly not talking about any of the other arts that are mixes (Judo, Kajukenbo, Hapkido, Krav Maga). Sure they were mixing things, but it's not MMA as a 3 letter acronym. MMA is what has developed as a result of the UFC. Judo isn't MMA, it's a mixed martial art but it's not Mixed Martial Arts. Kajukenbo isn't MMA it's a mixed martial art, but it's not Mixed Martial Arts. Hapkido... you get the idea. Nobody means Judo, Kajukenbo, Hapkido, Krav Maga or anything that was developed before 1993 (with the exception of Shooto) when they say MMA. The term didn't exist before the mid nineties, and it either means training in multiple styles concurrently to get the best of each range (Judo is training a single style and only covers 1.5 ranges, Kajukenbo is a single style while covering all 3 ranges, etc. they're still single styles), or it means the type of competition where predominantly people who train in such a fashion compete (but like Judo, wrestling, Sambo, BJJ and such can have people with different training bacgrounds competing).
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