my view:
If you want to be a fighter train "realistically" like a fighter, if you want to be better than other fighters than train "realistically" harder than other fighters.
In other words don't practice chi sau all day & night and think you can fight intelligently.
Thats all I'm going to say fill in the blanks with whatever you want...
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1. Every fighter has weaknesses whether a traditional practitioner or sport combat.
2. Depends on what take down. Is it a real fight or sport? Are we in a ring or cage? From a clinch or shoot?
3. If an opponent has a solid lock (in competition) you tap or risk your career. In a real fight don't let him/her put a lock on you (I know easier said than done). You don't want an attacker immobilizing you, you don't know what his intentions are afterwards; maybe just to beat you up or rob you, or maybe worse.
4. The guy standing across from him.
Not trying to be a jerk in any of my answers, just trying to clarify. There's so many variables to consider to get a more accurate answer.
Want to defeat an MMA guy? Then train in MMA. If an MMA guy wanted to compete in a CMA tournament, he would he would have to learn CMA. Plain and simple, apples and oranges.
MMA isn't a style. It's a MIXTURE of styles, hence the name. When it first started, it was about style vs. style. Grapplers showed strikers it's deficiencies. But then strikers learned to defend against grapplers, and in turn grapplers had to learn striking.
IMO, If you want to defeat an MMAer you had better train like one. But I also think a TMAist can still be a TMAist even if they cross train. I mean seriously, how many MAists can you think of, started in one style and stuck with one style. (seriously tkd or karate since 6?)
MMA fight with MMA rules
to beat them you must train MMA
never forgoet chinese barehand martial arts was mainly used to train hand eye cordination for weapons, most of it is a inferior figting style
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I would wager a lot of that has to do with him just knowing how to position/control his body, or people not doing the technique exactly correct.
While being flexible helps, and certainly can buy you some time, it's not going to save you against someone who knows how to perform the submissions properly.
For example, I have very flexible shoulders and it is very difficult for someone to tap me with an Americana, mostly because people get carried away trying to crank the arm and forget to slide it down low before attempting the submission. But, when done properly, my flexibility is neutralized.
Last edited by MasterKiller; 05-21-2009 at 11:20 AM.
you grab their protein shake and run
just like in this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hzwr9kRLH0