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Comment on Why can’t someone use some traditional Chinese Martial art and be Victorious in the UFC? by Ricky

Ricky — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:42:59 +0000

Because the moves in kung fu you can't use in the ufc so then that defeats the purpose of the art and you'll loose. Only good for street.
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Comment on Why can’t someone use some traditional Chinese Martial art and be Victorious in the UFC? by Disco

Disco — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:25:59 +0000

I don't believe that any true traditional martial artist would EVER participate in an MMA match because a true martial artist does not fight for glory and money. It is about self defense and discipline. Otherwise I think every champion would be a traditional martial artist.
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Comment on Why can’t someone use some traditional Chinese Martial art and be Victorious in the UFC? by Billy Shat

Billy Shat — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:53:59 +0000

It's the same why a kung fu stylist wouldn't make a good defensive tackle in football. MMA is a sport that utilizes a very specific skill set. If you train outside of that skill set, you will not be successful.
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Comment on Why can’t someone use some traditional Chinese Martial art and be Victorious in the UFC? by shakedown

shakedown — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:47:59 +0000

i think they could. it used to be bring whatever style you play to the ufc a long time ago. now its just mma.
5 animals is a shaolin art. i think its geared more toward self defense, not to hurt, cripple, or kill someone. the muay thai, jiu jitsu style of mma is just more simple, direct, efficient and effective, especially for us bigger guys.
but i do think that a style of gung fu could be successful in the ufc. it just depends on what it is.
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Comment on Why can’t someone use some traditional Chinese Martial art and be Victorious in the UFC? by sum1won

sum1won — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:07:59 +0000

Because it isn't all about power and accuracy. Mixed martial arts requires more than decent striking. Everyone has good striking. You need to be able to do other things as well, and kung fu styles typically lack effective crosstraining in those. Chin Na is a decent grappling art, but honestly doesn't transition well to ground grappling, and Kungfu tends to run into trouble if you aren't good enough to completely impose your game on the opponent if they are good at something very different, since Kungfu defence is really not effective against many other styles. You'd need to be significantly more skilled to have a chance, and there are some fantastically skilled people at higher levels of competition.
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Comment on Why can’t someone use some traditional Chinese Martial art and be Victorious in the UFC? by joker52mlb

joker52mlb — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:59:59 +0000

man, please don’t take any offense to what i’m about to say…if you step in the octagon with just an "animal martial art" you are going to walk away with just some broken bones, serious injury, or dead. best case scenario is the traditional martial artist gets put to sleep for a while

i don’t think any traditional martial arts are going to hold up with someone who uses a watered down version of 4 traditional martial arts. think about what you are saying, you are saying a dude hopping around like an ape because buddah told him to, against a FIGHTER who can impose his will on the ground and a deadly striker, and you are saying traditional martial arts has a chance against that.

i would put someone who knows any form of EFFECTIVE stand up with a wrestling/bjj background or training against any traditional martial art alone that you could name, and we can test and see how that would go. oh yea we already have if you need a reference of than research ufc 1-100.

hope that helps
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Comment on Why can’t someone use some traditional Chinese Martial art and be Victorious in the UFC? by Thelastninja

Thelastninja — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:53:59 +0000

very simple. chinese boxing lacks any real power.
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Comment on Why can’t someone use some traditional Chinese Martial art and be Victorious in the UFC? by UponaTimeInheaviN

UponaTimeInheaviN — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:10:59 +0000

Whats wrong with Japan? You got a problem with Japan. Also I heard Kung fu is not allowd in the Ufc. I watched some liitle clip where Eddie Bravo was saying it was being suppressed. Like some Kung Fu guy beat Tito Ortise real bad and stuff like that
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Comment on Why can’t someone use some traditional Chinese Martial art and be Victorious in the UFC? by TheXGamer

TheXGamer — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:22:59 +0000

Because Chinese styles aren’t that effective. Even Bruce Lee who was trained in tai chi chuan under his father and wing chun with Yip Man began cross training in other non-chinese styles because he felt that there were many limitations on his traditional training.
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Comment on Why can’t someone use some traditional Chinese Martial art and be Victorious in the UFC? by callsignfuzzy

callsignfuzzy — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:54:59 +0000

"Why can’t someone use some traditional Chinese Martial art and be Victorious in the UFC?"

They could, IF they combined it with solid grappling, like Western wrestling, Judo, Sambo, or BJJ.

The problem with using most "traditional" arts in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts, the sport that companies like the UFC produce) is that in most cases the training isn’t realistic. There is very limited hard-contact sparring in the "traditional" martial arts community. And if you don’t do that sort of sparring, you’ll get eaten alive in MMA. Now there are some fighters with traditional backgrounds: Cung Le studied Taekwondo and fought in San Shou competitions; Lyoto Machida has a distinct JKA Shotokan style of stand-up fighting; guys like Ryo Chonan and Georges St-Pierre come from Kyokushin backgrounds. There’s even a fighter in the UK named Sami Berik who studies T’ai Chi and Wing Chun, although with a losing record, he’s not exactly the poster boy for "traditional" martial arts in MMA. But there’s no rule about what you can and can’t train for MMA, it would just be a really good idea to train something with hard contact sparring.
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