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Originally Posted by fat_sumo
It is a broad subject that rages everything UFC or IFL is brought up. So these isn't a question that can really cover it I suppose?
But the element of 'damaging' is interesting. Does MMA for all its supposed superiority over other martial arts miss out, because of the adaptation from an art form to sport.
Even altering it to a sport also shifts a fighters intensity. Therefore many kickboxing clubs are watered down from its origina, and are really just a gimmick. Devaluing the real experience for the student?
For instance, is grading in martial arts just a money-earner, and short-changing students with a false sense of self-confidence???
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Yes grading in Martial Arts is. And it is unfortunate there are still Traditional MA schools out there that do not teach what we now know is "real". So these people get their black belts and God forbid someday are going to wonder why their self defense move number 100 vs. a gun or knife didnt work when the bottle slammed them in the head out of nowhere in a bar or a restaruant.
Or why some untrained punk simply takes them down when they get in to their traditional..."CAT STANCE".....
Or why some haymaker catches them when they attempt to do "One Step Sparring".
It makes me sick that such schools i.e. McDojos still exist and make the $$$ like they do and true MMA gyms or schools are going out of business.