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Originally Posted by oscardelben  MMA uses violence against violence right? There are no real tactics and the stronger wins, so maybe it's effective when you practice it and then you fight against someone with no experience. In my opinion for self defense it's better to know how to block attacks and escape from an aggressor. |
No that's not what MMA is.
It's a sport that uses boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and submission wrestling.
Needless to say all those sports are very skill based and blocking, avoiding, countering, kicks, punches, elbows, and takedowns is a big part of it.
Including footwork designed to keep you balanced, circle away from your opponent, move away from strikes, all that stuff.
Just boxing alone entails footwork that allows you to stay away from an opponent (if you have a little room). I would spar with my instructor and I couldn't even hit him. He knew wrestling a little too so even if we practiced some mma and I shot in and tried to at least take him down he would "sprawl" really well and make it impossible. It wears you down also. An untrained attacker would be winded after 1 failed takedown attempt.