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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TigerClaw View PostJust imagine if the MMA fighters were allowed to knee or kick or strike the groin, the entire fighting style would change.
I am not sure if in the MMA they are allowed to head butt in the face or the nose. If so I have not seen this much.
Interestingly I had two grapplers who had done wrestling come to the kung fu class last week. They were interested in Kung Fu and they liked the Seven Star Mantis form we were learning. Afterwards I was talking with them about the MMA bit and I said to the stronger one, I had him attack me with his attack and he saw that Kung fu works. He again attacked me with a shoot attack, he was real fast and i used a shifting stance technique that lifted one arm and pressed the other down, he went flipping over to the side. he saw that there are different ways of dealing with grapplers.
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[QUOTE=Sagacious Lu;317953]
Head butts and groin strikes were allowed in the early UFCs. As it happens Royce Gracie's game plan didn't make much use of them and he dominated all of his opponents despite the fact that there were no weight classes. The fighting didn't really change much because they were eliminated though. The same fundamental skills determine the outcome of the fight with or without them. I'd have expected someone who'd been practicing MA for 20 years to be aware of this.
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and Gracie had been fighting with his style or sport for a long time, so he already knew the rules from his style. It had been engrained in him to fight a certain way. besides, i am sure not many of the fighters then would have gouged the eyes or groin even if they were allowed.
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Originally posted by TigerClaw View PostI believe you are wrong, the early fights of MMA were not life and death fights
YouTube - Keith Hackney vs Joe Son
You can get a good look at Mark Coleman using head butts at 3:45 of this clip:
YouTube - Mark "The Hammer" Coleman highlight
There are plenty of other examples out there, these two were just the first that I found with a simple youtube search. As you can see it isn't up for debate, it's a well documented fact that both head butts and groin strikes were legal, and that fighters did use them. Getting rid of them just didn't have a huge impact because the fundamental skills that the fighters needed to win remained the same.
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Originally posted by Sagacious Lu View PostI never said they were life and death fights, I said they allowed head butts and groin strikes, which they did. Take a look at this fight, the groin strikes start around 2 minutes in:
YouTube - Keith Hackney vs Joe Son
You can get a good look at Mark Coleman using head butts at 3:45 of this clip:
YouTube - Mark "The Hammer" Coleman highlight
There are plenty of other examples out there, these two were just the first that I found with a simple youtube search. As you can see it isn't up for debate, it's a well documented fact that both head butts and groin strikes were legal, and that fighters did use them. Getting rid of them just didn't have a huge impact because the fundamental skills that the fighters needed to win remained the same.
This is totally up for debate. The so called low blows were nothing of what I am talking about and there were so many attacks to vital areas that could have been done, it is amazing that these guys don't go for them.
Keep bringing the weak examples of horrible fighting, they are not kung fu men fighting there, and NO kung Fu is not just like karate.
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Originally posted by TigerClaw View PostThat fight was pathetic, and the oriental man most likely had a groin cup on. There were so many opportunities for claw attacks to the ace throat eyes and even a groin attack, I am not talking about punches to a groin cup. The openings are so numerous, it is almost comical.
This is totally up for debate. The so called low blows were nothing of what I am talking about and there were so many attacks to vital areas that could have been done, it is amazing that these guys don't go for them.
Keep bringing the weak examples of horrible fighting, they are not kung fu men fighting there, and NO kung Fu is not just like karate.
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