When it’s not martial arts ? I will never be convinced it’s real martial arts I will never be convinced any of them know martial arts. Shouldn’t ufc be mentioned in the boxing section or something why is it mentioned in martial arts section?
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UFC- is not a martial art, but MMA- mixed MARTIAL ARTS is.( all they did was mix and mash) I still really am not a fan of the ufc or mma. But I have respect for everything, did you know that you can date mma of a sort back to the time of funakoshi? Granted people weren’t created the spectacle of it. But they were there. But most styles have some mixture here and there, karate and akido have a lot of background together. Then it all comes down to your instructor we have a lot of akido base, as well as a combination of wadu and goju karate. If you want to see someone to watch in the ufc are watch Machida– he has a background of very traditional shotakan karate (you can notice his stances, his footwork, he kicks from the hip). For some people like me who are very traditional mma is kind of different because it doesn’t embrace the theology of traditional martial arts and something just seems off.
Quite right – UFC is not martial arts, and never will be. I have no idea why it is covered here, but to give it its own category would be saying it is ‘something’ when all it is, is a nothing. UFC fighters are hopeless against those who really know their stuff. I had experience against these so called fighters and they were beaten easily and quickly, without managing to get me on the ground and do their elbow in the face thing (that is all they do!!). Good question though.
your totally right, ufc is boxing and doesn’t have any martial artists in it……rethink yourself buddy.
Haha…UFC could not be further from boxing! There are way too many rules in boxing, and they only punch!
UFC probably should have it’s own category as it covers all different types of martial arts and is not a prissy sport unlike some “disciplines”!
It was actually started in 1993 with help from Rorion Gracie as a competition pitting different martial arts against each other. BJJ against Karate or Muay Thai. The tournament would feature martial artists from different disciplines facing each other in no-holds-barred combat to see which martial art was truly the best. It has evolved into what is now known as MMA fighting simply because fighters realised that many disciplines had valued fighting skills, and sought to learn and implement them in their own fighting style.
Here are some of the best known WINNING fighters and their chosen disciplines.
Lyoto Machida is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a 3rd-dan black belt in Shotokan. He won the Pan American Karate Tournament in 1991. He has also done Sumo and was a black belt in Machida Karate by the time he was 13!
BJ Penn is a black belt in BJJ as is the 155lb title holder in the UFC. He is known for his BJJ submissions!
Anderson Silva is a black belt in BJJ, was a black belt in Tae Kwon Do by the time he was 18, is a black belt in Judo and a yellow rope in Capoeira. He also started up the “Dream Team” Muay Thai academy. He DOES use these martial arts in his fighting, winning fights with knock out kicks!
Fedor Emelianenko is a champion in Combat Sambo, and this is evident when you watch him fight!
Kenny Florian is a black belt in BJJ and is a known for his lethal Muay Thai elbows.
Georges St-Pierre is also a black belt in BJJ, he is also a third degree black belt in Kyokushin, as well as dabbling in Muay Thai and Wrestling.
Randy Couture won a Gold Medal at the Pan American games 1991 in Greco Roman Wrestling.
Now I ask you are any of these credible martial arts? Perhaps some of you members above practice some of these disciplines? Let me tell you, a lot of these “MMA” fighters train harder, longer, and with more intent than any of the above martial arts. They have specific trainers from the different disciplines to hone their skills in Muay Thai, BJJ and many other styles.
I am a martial arts enthusiast. In fact as we speak I am currently watching an Australian Muay Thai tournament on Fox! My boys do BJJ and Capoeira, my daughter does Tae Kwon Do and Muay Thai and has dabbled in Capoeira also. My husband has done a miriad of styles ranging from Tang Soo Do, Jishukan, Kempo, Karate, Kendo, Kick boxing, Wing Chung and Kung Fu, and will be joining BJJ very soon. I have been doing BJJ for a number of years, earning myself a gold medal in the WA State Titles two years running. I have also trained with the Budokan Academy.
So I guess after my rant here, I ask you simply….why WOULDN’T UFC be eligible for this category since it seems to cover most realistic fighting styles?
MMA is a combat sport….maybe it should have it’s own category named such, keeping some of the not so realistic martial arts in here!
neither mma nor ufc are martial arts, they should have there own category, but since they dont it gets put here
both mma has rules an is a sport
martial arts is not a sport since there are no rules in martial arts
Because ufc utilizes mma which is several martial arts put together anykinds you want. if you learn kempo, aikido and muay thai then you are an mma fighter in my opinion. and i think that would be martial arts. i mean martial arts is in the name mixed martial arts and thats what ufc’s about.
MMA = mixed martial arts.
UFC- is ultimate fighting championship which consists of MMA fighting.
Definition of martial arts:
Martial arts or fighting arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. Martial arts all have a very similar objective: defend oneself or others from physical threat.
If your hinting that sport versions of martial arts shouldn’t be in the martial arts section then you can go a head and throw out, judo, taekwondo, also.
The UFC is one of hundreds of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events. Martial arts is right in the title. It’s essentially an open, full-contact, limited-rules sparring competition. And despite your close-minded prejudice, many of them know martial arts. Ex:
Lyoto Machida: black belt in Shotokan and Brazilian Jiujitsu; also trained in Sumo
Georges St-Pierre: black belt in Kyokushin and BJJ; also trained in Muay Thai and Western wrestling and boxing.
BJ Penn: black belt in BJJ; also trained in Western boxing.
Stephan Bonnar: black belt in Taekwondo and BJJ; also trained in Western boxing.
Dong Hyun Kim: black belt in Judo
Amir Sadollah: black belt in Sambo; also trained in Muay Thai.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: black belt in Judo and BJJ; also trained in Western boxing.
Anderson Silva: black belt in TKD, Judo, and BJJ; also trained in Western boxing, Muay Thai, and Capoeira.
That’s not all, but I thought some guys outside of the UFC also deserved to be mentioned:
Hidehiko Yoshida: black belt in Judo (Olympic gold medalist)
Fedor Emelianenko: black belt in Judo and Sambo; also trained in Muay Thai
Andrei Arlovski: black belt in Sambo; also trained in kickboxing and Western boxing
Bas Rutten: black belt in Kyokushin and TKD; also trained in Muay Thai and submission grappling
Shinya Aoki: black belt in BJJ and Judo
Hayato Sakurai: black belt in Judo; also trained in kickboxing and Western wrestling.
Realistically, a UFC card, or any major MMA card, will have more black belts on it than you’ll meet in a year. They’re martial artists. While you may not like the competition for whatever reason, MMA has as much to do with martial arts, arguably more, as questions on musical kata and “chi”.
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