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The true and complete definition of Mixed Martial Arts – MMA
Is MMA a martial art or not? Or does MMA have a different definition?
MMA has now grown to a new height. However, as it is still a very new sport, MMA still has many misunderstandings.
What is Mixed Martial Arts – MMA?
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of sports competition. The MMA range allows for quite a wide range of resistance, whether the fighter is standing on the floor or the fighter is already on the floor, using Striking attacks and the Grappling of all sets. martial arts and other fighting competitions.
MMA was born to find the strongest martial art
Thus, in theory, a fighter who knows both boxing, wrestling, and Jiu-jitsu can fight MMA, a boxer only or a boxer who only knows Brazilian Jiu-jitsu can still fight MMA. However, to take advantage of the ring, a fighter must know more than one martial art.
With the development of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) for more than 20 years, instead of having to learn 2-3 martial arts and combining them to compete by themselves, boxers and coaches have been able to synthesize moves.
It’s a great way to create complete lesson plans and separate training classes for MMA competitions. That is probably the reason MMA is misunderstood by many as a martial. MMA is a form of martial arts competition.
What martial arts does the MMA include?
Right from the name of Synthetic Martial Arts, we can see that MMA covers all kinds of moves from many different martial arts. As long as the martial arts after being combined together must have the following 3 elements.
Striking includes punches, kicks from Muay Thai, boxing, Karate, Taekwondo, Chaser, Pencak Silat, Shaolin, Wing Chun…
Wrestling includes ways to restrain the opponent by holding, pulling, pressing, but not directly punching and kicking like Greco-Roman objects, free objects (Freestyle wrestling)…
Grappling includes ways to control the opponent by falling to the floor (takedown), changing the position on-bottom (transition), locking (clinch), squeezing (submission hold) like Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Judo…
Every MMA fighter must know 3 key skills including kicking, grappling, wrestling. MMA is like a white paper that unleashes your creativity. But creating a masterpiece or just scribbling to spoil those pages is entirely up to you.
Summary of famous traditional martial arts in the world (Part 2)
BOXING
With Boxing, you will use a flexible combination of punches with movement of your legs, head and torso.
Boxing is considered a fighting martial art between the two. Starting from the West, learning boxing techniques, you will use a combination of punches flexibly with the movement of your legs, head and torso.
Amateur boxing is also a part of many sports festivals around the world, including the Olympic Games. It is known that boxer Muhammad Ali is a legend of this martial art.
BRAZILLIAN JIU JITSU (BJJ)
This is a martial art inspired by Japanese martial arts and developed and transformed in Brazil but has gradually become one of the popular mixed martial arts in the martial arts world MMA.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art used in combat, teaching the weaker to defend and fight the stronger using techniques such as levers and locks. This is a martial art created by Carlos Gracie after Japanese study, Judo and traditional Jiu-Jit su created.
TAEKWONDO
Taekwondo tends to use the feet and lower legs through powerful kicks. North Korea is the nation of Taekwondo and is also the most practiced martial arts (mudo) of this country. It is also one of the most popular sports in the world.
The Japanese propaganda of Karatedo martial arts to Korea during World War II in the 1950s and 1960s. This led many to mistakenly believe that Taekwondo was actually from a Karatedo sect that split and developed into a martial art. And to escape the influence of Karatedo, the masters founded the modern Taekwondo sect.
Taekwondo places more emphasis on the leg strikes and emphasizes the sportiness of the discipline. This martial art has some similarities with Chinese Kungfu and other Korean martial arts such as Tangsudo, Hapkido. However, Taekwondo tends to use the feet and lower legs through powerful kicks.
Taijiquan
Taijiquan is actually a traditional martial art of the Chinese nation characterized by extremely flexible, slow-moving movements of the right hand and the harmonization of the breath.