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Originally Posted by Lonewolf  I think the Ultimate Fighting Championship pretty much has done death to the mystique of martial arts. When you have a virtually no holds barred tournament and (in its original version) no weight divisions either, you can clearly see how one style measures up to another.
This whole idea of spiritual power and superior technique that is touted in various schools is put to the test. Overall, it's a pretty brutal spectacle. The techniques tend to be very simple (straight punches or thigh kicks) and the outcomes decided by grappling on the floor with one guy on top of the other. Often the guys that lead the sport seem to be more about pure physical power and aggression than about technique (vis. Tank Williams who has only one technique - a really hard right hand). |
I tend to agree with this one , The guys in UFC and Pride FC train really hard for the competition . I suppose a guy like
Fedor Emelianenko (Sambo king) could easily send all of us average joes into intensive care unit with just 1 hit without even using summision technique.
But the world is big ... is big ... We'd all like to think that NBA is God like and invincible, but then .......
