First off sorry for hijacking this thread :-) And you seem cool and all this is just internet banter. Also take into account that I have been a TMA practioner/teacher before I started MMA.
So I'll just address your comments:
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Originally Posted by SteyrAUG
The bad is it is still a sport with the confines of rules and regulations which don't translate directly to real fighting. Otherwise everytime somebody had a match somebody would go to the ER with life threatening injuries.
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True it is sport but you do realise that it had very few rules - In the USA before the unified rules that only started slightly over 10 years ago in the USA things are very different.
In most old school MMA fights the only rules were no Eye Gouges/Fish hooks or throat strikes. That bars very little tools that could change the out come of a fight.
Under these rule sets very few striking stlye TMA artists did well at all. In UFC, a lot were beaten by a skinny BJJ stylist.
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Originally Posted by SteyrAUG
Basically it is the same difference between karate and boxing. The karate guy has a far more lethal arsenal of techniques but usually can't come close to the physical conditioning of a boxer. The boxer is in superior condition and can take and deliver very real hits, but has a very limited arsenal of weapons and no real finishing techniques.
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Karate is a board term but I really think most styles of KArate have an unrealistic appraoch to combat (the exception being Kyokushin and its spin offs). If you do not train full contact with a full unresisting opponant then you have no concept of fighting.
Its strange that you seem to think that conditioning is the boxers main attribute when it is just a by product of their training methods. For the most part thier advantage over the average Karateka would be their footwork, combinations and experience to work through head/body trauma. I totally agree with you saying their style is limited and I think a leg kick would put any Boxer off their game plan.
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Originally Posted by SteyrAUG
The concept is also hardly new.
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I totally agree. JKD concepts was basically MMA but what Bruce Lee was writing about didn't bring about what we now call MMA.
I whole attitude to Martial Arts changed when i started full contact and it wa a real wake up call for me. I'm not trying to dismiss you art and the art is only as good as the ppl you train with. I have to admit I never heard of Kajukenbo until I saw it on Fight Quest and I'm not going to make judgement on a silly program like that..
I had a look for Kajukenbo sparring online and couldn't find anything that didn't look like points fights..can u show me some links..