MMA

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I pretty much know who trains and who doesnt but how many watch MMA, wrestling, kickboxing or other combat sport either in person at matches or tv?
What do you watch?

[Sharpshooter]

i watch mma and learn and try and train with what i learn. i try to see how i can adopt and modify certain moves into useful moves for real world fight with guns and knives

[WiseOwl]

WCW, Ric Flair. Wooooo

[Lowdown3]

Ocassionally we'll catch a fight at Applebees one night. Sometimes we buy DVD's of the fights. We always hear about them at the gym....

Some of our guys have fought in some of the local matches.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

WCW, Ric Flair. Wooooo

hahahahhahaha
This is just a curiosity question no right or wrong

[Grand58742]

Ocassionally we'll catch a fight at Applebees one night.

Why is it the first thing that popped into my head was this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUSWK00Y3os

I don't think Nascar counts as a combat sport...

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Why is it the first thing that popped into my head was this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUSWK00Y3os

I don't think Nascar counts as a combat sport...

hahahahahaha I can see him now, throwin some fool out, "get off my ribs!"

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Current TV is showing a H2H from Ft Benning throughout the day

[1Admin]

Probably a show called Top Fighter or something??? We found that on DVD for $5. at a wally world.

It showcases the Army Top Fighter program. Watching the matches, it was a Gracie Jui Jitsu clinic.... LOL I.e, you could see the influence of GJJ all over it. Which is a huge part of the current combatives program.

[WiseOwl]

I used to watch MMA heavily because the dudes I hung with had it on 24/7 if NFL or Madden wasn't on the tv. They ordered every fight (back when there was only a few a year) and bought every DVD. We all "play fighted" each other in our living room ring. Lots of broke stuff and cuts and scrapes.......and beer.
I am more of a boxing fan than the grappling/ ground fighting just because I dont fully understand it so I dont notice the different moves like someone that does.

I like watching the face pounding action. Grew up in the martial arts but always loved a good slug fest, like when Chuck Liddell use to put those bombs on folks.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Probably a show called Top Fighter or something??? We found that on DVD for $5. at a wally world.

It showcases the Army Top Fighter program. Watching the matches, it was a Gracie Jui Jitsu clinic.... LOL I.e, you could see the influence of GJJ all over it. Which is a huge part of the current combatives program.

I just recorded it, went dove hunting with my family, will watch it later. But yep GJJ/BJJ is a large part of Military combatives now. The combatives program has developed leaps n bounds over the last 30yrs from the hip toss n judo chop I originally took with the Army. The last Military program I took was a mixture of BJJ, Akido, Judo, Boxing and Wrestling and it seems beyond the basic program it is mostly BJJ. Watching Gracies for years their methods work and work even against much larger opponents if you are tough enough to survive the initial onslaught.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I just watched it and it shows how combatives went away during the cold war and what brought them back kinda like I stated above. They now even teach stick fighting and hold Armywide MMA competition if you are the best in your unit and wish to compete, to keep them motivated. The lead instructor also stated that while this may not win the war the willingness for Soldiers to get in close and mix it up will. That is so true and is usually the difference in not only Soldiers but LEOs who win fights against BGs. You have seen the switch in active shooter respone go from setting up a perimter to getting in there and eradicating the threat to save more lives. This may come into play during your normal lives as badguys try and take advantage or as a survivalist if it all goes to piles. Unlike Soldiers and LEOs we always strive for avoidance in these 2 but sometimes things happen. Its just another aspect of prepardness.
"The Defining Characteristic Of A Warrior Is The Willingness To Close With The Enemy"

[JUSTIFIED]

I don't watch MMA but when I saw this thread the first thing that came to mind was this 60 second video I saw last year. This showoff got what he deserved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLRvUhyh2ok

[tarheelsman71]

MMA

I was doing some heavy training there for a while in my basement. A friend from church was actually going thru a divorce and need an outlet. Being 50 lbs heavier, and about 4 inches taller, I told him that I would help him out. He is a 2nd degree BB in Karate, and a brown belt in jujitsu. I was a pretty rough kid and got in a lot of fights in high school, and the Marines, so I knew I could take a punch. Bad idea. The first night we sparred I spent 20 minutes trying to hit him....ONCE. But before we sparred, we did some jujitsu. My weight, also called the blob defense by my friend, was my only saving grace. I am not fat. I weigh 200 lbs and am 6 ft tall, but he only weighed 150 so I could impose my will on him on the ground. Unfortunatly, watching a lot of MMA is no substitute for actually "rolling" on the mat for a while. I run 3 times a week, 8 minute miles, and my fight cardio was so sad, I was only good for about 3 to 4 minutes before I was about to pass out. Different kind of cardio for sure. and while I could toss him around like a ragdoll on the mat, it seemed everything I would try to accomplish ended in me tapping out. Gave me an incredible appreciation for people that study matial arts. By the way, I did manage to hit him that night, but I got hit twice in the head, so I could hit him in the stomach once. My wife was laughing so hard at my ineptitude. That was 2 years ago, and while I am nowhere near my buddies skill level, his teaching has made me feel a lot more comfortable when a fight goes to the ground (which it always does.) He also trained my daughter (now 12) and she will put you in the nastiest triangle choke EVER!!

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I was doing some heavy training there for a while in my basement. A friend from church was actually going thru a divorce and need an outlet. Being 50 lbs heavier, and about 4 inches taller, I told him that I would help him out. He is a 2nd degree BB in Karate, and a brown belt in jujitsu. I was a pretty rough kid and got in a lot of fights in high school, and the Marines, so I knew I could take a punch. Bad idea. The first night we sparred I spent 20 minutes trying to hit him....ONCE. But before we sparred, we did some jujitsu. My weight, also called the blob defense by my friend, was my only saving grace. I am not fat. I weigh 200 lbs and am 6 ft tall, but he only weighed 150 so I could impose my will on him on the ground. Unfortunatly, watching a lot of MMA is no substitute for actually "rolling" on the mat for a while. I run 3 times a week, 8 minute miles, and my fight cardio was so sad, I was only good for about 3 to 4 minutes before I was about to pass out. Different kind of cardio for sure. and while I could toss him around like a ragdoll on the mat, it seemed everything I would try to accomplish ended in me tapping out. Gave me an incredible appreciation for people that study matial arts. By the way, I did manage to hit him that night, but I got hit twice in the head, so I could hit him in the stomach once. My wife was laughing so hard at my ineptitude. That was 2 years ago, and while I am nowhere near my buddies skill level, his teaching has made me feel a lot more comfortable when a fight goes to the ground (which it always does.) He also trained my daughter (now 12) and she will put you in the nastiest triangle choke EVER!!

Cool so do you also watch it? I love watchin kids learn and practice it, they make me shut up and get busy casue they are doing it usually quicker n better than me