 Yeah but Helio says....
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Originally Posted by Dan_The_Man  ......
....I think it confirms a very good point that Uke seems to continuously express on this forum. That MMA fighters will use their MMA to fight, be it in the ring or faced with a knife wielding attacker. MMA is not designed to equip you with the sufficient knowledge or ability to face those kinds of 'street' situations. |
"If someone points a gun at you, of course, you will be scared. But jiu-jutsu gives me the equivalent of a bullet proof shield. It protects me from head to toe, plus it gives me the ability to take a gun away."
Helio Gracie. via Doug Jeffrey. (From the April '05 issue of GRAPPLING magazine) ............ 
This still cracks me up.... LOL
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