Anyone else tired of the "true" martial artists complaining about MMA fighters?

Question

Thanks for your answers everyone. I love playing the devil's advocate in disscussions. I have the greatest of respect for both TMA and MMA guys/gals anyone that dedicated to an art deserves respect.

Answer 1

I agree with Tim, it is not a martial art. I do watch because most of the UFC fighters have good techniques and I have always enjoyed kickboxing and other fighting sports. Many (not all)  MMA fighters in the UFC are poor examples of how a martial artist conducts themselves, this misrepresentation of martial arts has a negitive effect on how the general public views martial arts.

Answer 2

im not a big fan om MMA but i do think it is a sport and not a MA becas MAs are made with a meaning and people do MAs for inner strenth, MMA is a sport made with no meaning no thought just another reason to hit someone for money it is entertainment more than a MA. thanks.

Answer 3

Yes. But it won't stop anytime soon.

Answer 4

Yes.

Just like I'm tired of MMA fighters complaining about traditional martial artists.

There is alot of truth AND trash coming from both sides if you really look at it for what the talk really is.

On the other hand, there is also alot of great discussion going on - even though there are disagreements, there are good points and good ideas coming from both sides of the fence.

The decission to put a fence up in the first place is choice we all make - if we put one up, its usually to defend our own thing by putting something else down...  not so much my thing is good but more your thing sucks (trying to imply my thing must be better).

You know, if traditional sucks, that doesn't mean MMA doesn't also suck.  If MMA sucks, that doesn't mean traditional doesn't also suck.

If traditional is good, that doesn't mean MMA isn't also good.  If MMA is good, that doesn't mean traditional isn't also good.

Its not a zero sum game.

What a pissing contest - aren't they fun?  Get over the ego already - good period doesn't mean better than the rest, it just means good - the comparisons aren't very useful in discussion about styles - the individual is what matters rather than the art itself...  As always.

Answer 5

yes, "true" martial arts is swimming on dry land

Answer 6

Absolutely.  MMA stands for MIXED martial arts anyway.  As far as I'm concerned mixed implies that it can be any combination, including styles "inspired" by a martial art.

Answer 7

Not quite sure what catergory I fall  in to I have a 2nd Dan in TKD am an instructor at CKD and have over 20 years of martial rts training including  Shotakan, judo, BJJ and prior to that 4 years as an amatuer boxer. I have worked as a security professional and as a bouncer and I love watching MMA and have the utmost respect for the fighters who are great fighters and often great martial artists.

What annoys me is idiots who think that they know somthing about fighting and/or martial rats because they watch Kimbo Slice or get a PPV for UFC 76. These people have no right to enter the conversation about martial arts as until you have either trained for a period of time or competed you do not know what you are talking about. I think that audiences of most UFC are the same folk that watch WWF or whatever its called this year.

Answer 8

Hi there

I hate to be the bee in your bonnet but take a look at yahoo answers. Its chock full of rather silly school boy questions about who would win between this person and what arts good to mix with another etc.

These are the sort of questions that there really is no point in answering. Its a bit like playing noughts and crosses with yourself and then some!

If anything the big problem is the maturity of the fans. Fans are not martial artists their just people that watch TV. Hence why  UFC needs its own category on yahoo answers to cater for people that are into this stuff.

Best wishes

idai

Answer 9

Well most of what is in MMA comes from TMA, i.e. BJJ comes from Japanese Judo & Jujitsu, both of which are considered TMA.  Even Muay Thai was influenced by a Vietnamese version of Shotokan Karate (again a TMA) and many styles of Kickboxing come from Karate.  Most fighters in MMA come from TMA, but have decided to concentrate on a VERY sport oriented practice of MA.

So why argue?   If most of MMA and MMA fighters come from TMA and TMA sucks, what does that say about MMA?   Like a prior poster said, it is not a Zero sum game.  I also agree that most of the biggest bashers are arm chair warriors that just watch UFC and have know idea at all about martial artss.

Answer 10

its a silly arguement either way, seeing as how most MMA guys start out training in some form of TMA, but then make the transition to MMA