tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713885965085664106.post1055240594102962842..comments2008-06-29T16:59:55.338+01:00MARKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380622177307391580noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713885965085664106.post-34943642519652221512008-06-29T10:36:00.000+01:002008-06-29T10:36:00.000+01:002008-06-29T10:36:00.000+01:00

Very interesting article. I'd like to see you build on it. Another view is that MMA used to be immature. Go back 15 years, there were this big tough husky guys who could take a punch and hit HARD. They go pushed out by the karate gusy, great strikers and cardio. But now, jitsu is part of the formula. It's more technical but I"m not sure it's boring or predicatable yet.

BBat50http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736054246852300843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713885965085664106.post-37951738343283590922008-06-28T15:09:00.000+01:002008-06-28T15:09:00.000+01:002008-06-28T15:09:00.000+01:00

I agree. I'd bet there are many "traditional" techniques that will work. Some will surely get you knocked out, too. Just the difference would make it effective - for a while.Keep up the great blogging.

Nathan at TDA Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12591449449393592676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713885965085664106.post-59928685738930269632008-06-28T12:33:00.000+01:002008-06-28T12:33:00.000+01:002008-06-28T12:33:00.000+01:00

Nathan, I completly agree with you. MMA fighters have surely matured and developed a way of fighting that works and is reliable. this is the reason I myself practise the same technqiues used in MMA.Occasionaly however, technqiues that some martial artists practise and others dont can be used to surprise. My experiences are that if these technqiues came from say, traditional karate or kung fu, a

markstraining.comhttp://www.markstraining.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713885965085664106.post-39053900900775114592008-06-27T19:44:00.000+01:002008-06-27T19:44:00.000+01:002008-06-27T19:44:00.000+01:00

Love it! Surprise attacks can be devastating, or can get you in real trouble.I appreciate the point about predictability, but whatever works and is repeatable will dominate. For a long time, it seems that grappling/BJJ was the rage, then the emphasis (and bounties) on KO's improved the standing game, plus you have innovators like Coleman, Liddell, etc., that change the game. People emulate

Nathan at TDA Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12591449449393592676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713885965085664106.post-2447086996020201472008-06-25T23:38:00.000+01:002008-06-25T23:38:00.000+01:002008-06-25T23:38:00.000+01:00

I've definitely never seen an attack like that. I think you're correct in the find alternative attacks to keep the other guy on his toes. We mostly practice things that get someone used to a pattern and then change to have a successful strike.

Potatoe Fisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726354074226822669noreply@blogger.com