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Article #413: Mixed Martial Arts Vs Reality Self Defense

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What I'm about to say may shock some of little to do with it. Your willingness to
you who know me. I'm mostly known for commit to consistent training and to
teaching reality self defense and close subject yourself to Spartan style methods
quarters combat. But I'm also known in is what makes the difference.
the combat sport and martial arts arena This goes for ANY martial artist or
for the years I've spent training and combat sport athlete. A Kendo
instructing Judo, Jujutsu, Wrestling and practitioner who commits to doing 1,000
Karate. strikes a day with a shinai (bamboo
Since 1975 I've bean able to walk in the training sword) is going to be a tough
worlds of combat sport, martial arts and customer no matter what. The athlete who
reality self defense. To this day I still runs 5 miles in the morning and spends
participate, compete, study and instruct another 2 to 3 hours in the gym is going
in all three aspects of the world of to give you a serious run for your money.
martial arts. Attitude and the will to sacrifice your
The question today is "Which is Better body for what you believe in will go a
for Self Defense, Mixed Martial Arts or long way.
Reality Self Defense?" While the reality So where does reality self defense come
group will say that MMA is governed and in?
restricted by rules and regulations and First, if you're going to train a little
the sporting techniques will leave you bit, this is definitely the way to go.
vulnerable and MMA has no sense of You're better off practicing some basic
urgency and choosing the ground is a big strikes and strategies instead of trying
mistake and will get you killed. All of to learn submission holds and sporting
which is true, then why is it in a real techniques. Reality Self Defense training
fight the average MMA practitioner would will give you more "bang for your buck"
shred the average reality self defense so to speak. But this is not my point.
practitioner? Imagine training reality self defense
Shocked? Yes I said it. It's sad but like a competitive athlete, running,
true, if you took the average Mixed weight training and drilling on your
Martial Artist and they ran into your training dummy and heavy bag regularly.
average reality martial arts guy he (or Imagine if you approached your training
she) would wipe the floor with the in this manner. I'm not talking about
reality practitioner. The reason for this finding a school or anything like that-
has NOTHING to do with technique or heck a pair of sneakers and a something
strategy and EVERYTHING to do with to hit would do the trick.
TRAINING and ATTITUDE. If you actually trained, kept yourself in
Your average mixed Martial Artist will shape you would be one tough customer and
spend at least 1 to 2 hours a day, 2 to 3 you would have to look far and wide to
times per week training, while your find someone to give you a run for your
average reality martial arts practitioner money. In the Self Defense Training
will watch a video, maybe attend a System we give you all you need to know
seminar and train when ever they feel to develop your complete training system.
like it. This practice does no one any Knowledge is nothing without skill. Skill
good, no matter how many forum posts you is nothing without attitude and
make or videos you watch. commitment.
At the end of it all, technique has






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