Mixed Martial Arts

[MRT144]

look what you gone and done!

[Firelad]

Kata is not supposed to be effective in combat...

[Saint Marcus]

few more minutes till the K-1 finals are on.

[Saint Marcus]

Aerts (NED, 72-9-1, kickboxing) vs Sefo (NZL, 40-9-1, kickboxing)

[Saint Marcus]

goddamn referies...2-1 decision in favor of Sefo. hardly seemed fair.

Sapp (USA) vs Hoost (NED)

[Saint Marcus]

WTF. Sapp won. damn. Hoost almost had him in round one. Sapp is one pathetic fighter...hardly any technique, just power.

the good thing is, Sapp got injured and can't fight the next fight. So Hoost goes to the next round anyway.

Hunt vs Leko

[Saint Marcus]

Hunt won

Musashi vs LeBanner

[Saint Marcus]

LeBanner won.


semis...

Hoost vs Sefo

[Saint Marcus]

Sefo had beaten two dutchmen (Yvel, Aerts) en route to semis. Ironic that in the end he lost to the third dutchmen, Hoost.

LeBanner beat Hunt.

final match: Hoost vs LeBanner

[Saint Marcus]

Hoost won!


anyway. David, do you think that a JKD master can't become the world's best MMA fighter? (someone like Lee, but a size bigger. Lee's a pretty tiny dude).

[David Floyd]

Pekka,

I don't have a blue belt in BJJ. I never bothered with belt testing, and that sort of thing. Back when I trained in grappling a lot more, I was about that level of skill, though.

I hardly do BJJ anymore - mainly Valetudo. I'd get my ass kicked in a sport jiujitsu tournament, because I'm not used to gis, rules, etc.

SM,

I think anyone CAN become a worldclass fighter, regardless of official style. They just have to be good at techniques that work. Historically, traditional martial arts/JKD have not worked in MMA/NHB. Hence, in my opinion, it would be almost impossible for a traditional fighter to become a top flight fighter, unless they primarily used skills outside of their style.

[Saint Marcus]

JKD isn't a traditional martial art, nor a fixed style.

[Pekka]

Saint Marcus, WOw that was close! I almost read the results you posted earlier . I missed the finals, but I managed to get it on tape, so I'm gonna watch it tomorrow. Phew that was close.

[David Floyd]

JKD isn't a traditional martial art, nor a fixed style.

Very true, and it's certainly much better than TKD, Kung Fu styles, Karate styles, etc.

I just don't think it's anywhere near as good as something like Valetudo.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Jaakko
Ya, but I have bad eyesight, especially when shooting at targets in rifle range!

But I rule with a pistol (the FN hipowers we used were crapola though).

How old are those things? It's hard to hit with a gun that is worn out and loose.