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8stepmantis · 11-25-2008, 10:26 PM

I find it safer. Just as MMA has more variables and so is more safe than boxing, you can't focus your sole attention on any individual.

The fighting starts to look jumpy with tenative hits and lots of movement. A few rounds later and it starts to look more like traditional martial arts. There are wider stances, more large movements and less wasted motion. Having potential for human pile ups is dangerous, but no more so than a game of rugby.

I'm a big believer in changing competition formats to train your martial arts.

I occasionally play basketball to help with my circular stepping footwork to get around people. I've wrestled, boxed, submission grappled, done push hands, anything to bring out greater attributes to help me as a martial artist.

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8stepmantis Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Chengdu Posts: 15 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I find it safer. Just as MMA has more variables and so is more safe than boxing, you can't focus your sole attention on any individual. The fighting starts to look jumpy with tenative hits and lots of movement. A few rounds later and it starts to look more like traditional martial arts. There are wider stances, more large movements and less wasted motion. Having potential for human pile ups is dangerous, but no more so than a game of rugby. I'm a big believer in changing competition formats to train your martial arts. I occasionally play basketball to help with my circular stepping footwork to get around people. I've wrestled, boxed, submission grappled, done push hands, anything to bring out greater attributes to help me as a martial artist.