MMA in side the world of BODYCOMBAT
MMA (mixed martial arts) inside BODYCOMBAT consist of exactly that! A huge blend of martial arts.
Many of these different martial arts have been modified for the group fitness market, resulting in a down grade from being a purist style of movement and it's teaching to what we call an "inspired by a certain martial art" movement.
In a way this is a pretty cool thing to do as it allows us to not only blend martial arts, but draw some of the very best fitness moves from them.
Now this is we're this blog gets interesting. I'm much better at talking to get my views across rather than writing so please forgive me if you get confused.
The world of purist martial arts is
( i believe) - changing !
Why?
The days of having a single style mastered is becoming the thing of the past!
The endless hours of bowing before and after entering the dojo, the hours of performing kata, the years of gradings.
MMA or more known of its famous very up and coming fashionable style of today's warrior the UFC has less purist entering and more all round athletes.
Let me explain myself
I'm not saying for one moment that this is a negative
However I'm saying this...
competitive MMA was designed so that different martial arts styles could compete against each other.
A kung fu practitioners against a boxer
Or a TKD fighter against a wrestler.
The exciting thing about that was, you could see how each style was very unique and very different from the other.
To become a mixed martial artist you had to train in several different styles. Giving you during the fight the knowledge and the experience to take the fight to a place were you could still perform with confidence.
All great things.
In today's world if you walked into a gym and said I want to learn MMA you could!.
You would be taught three areas of fighting.
1) striking - standup , boxing, muaythai,kickboxing,
2) submission-ground fighting- BJJ , grappling
3) taking the fight from the standing to the ground and back up, - judo, wrestling
These are you 3 basics you must train in to be in TODAY'S MMA .
In essence holding countless titles from the ring, or having succeeded in many competitions on the Matt, or performing katas- some how doesn't seem as cool as having an MMA fight in the cage!.
I think there is still a place for the MARTIAL ARTIST and the fighter to exists together.
However today's MMA fighter may not understand what wearing a gi and bowing to your master is about, they may not understand how to perform a karate punch or block?
BODYCOMBAT is a small journey in trying to keep purist style or inspired by purist style alive.
The future is MMA it's fashionable it's a fantastic way to keep super fit an lean.
real MMA in TODAY'S training is a blend of the 3 styles of fighting
Stand
Ground
In between
BODYCOMBAT could have a blend?
How well because it's prechoregraphed the challenge would be to find the right
1) music
2) safe moves
3) reps
And so many more factors.
Feel free to comment
Dan.
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