Street Fighter Moves - 3 Categories of Martial Arts - Why You Must Know the Di

[Pauline Winters]

Here we are talking about either tournament fighting or Mixed Martial
Arts (MMA), i.e, cage or octagon fighting.
Martial Arts Tournaments
When you go to a martial arts tournament, you sit in the audience and
witness the beauty and grace of a fluid kata or form being executed
with the timed and skilled movements of a ballet dancer in the finale
of a dramatic opera.
In another ring of the same martial arts tournament, you can see
opponents in a contest of "point sparring" where they don't even have
to make contact, they just have to be judged as having theoretically
made contact through the defenses of their sparring opponents.  A
punch is thrust toward the face of an opponent, and the referees throw
a small flag in the air to show that a "point" was won.  How
cute.  This is tantamount to "playing tag" but only with Oriental
uniforms and bare feet.
Also, we must not forget the full-contact contests where face guards,
helmets, chest and knee pads are donned to go "full contact" - but in
a protected sense, with referees there to make sure that no one really
gets hurt.
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
Let's up the anty a bit and go across the street where a knock down
drag out "no holds barred" MMA match is taking place right now. 
(Hmm, they still wear gloves.)
The simple thread that runs through both of the above in the Sports
Competition Martial Arts category is that there are a set of clearly
defined R-U-L-E-S. And certain moves are illegal:  eye gouging,
finger breaking, biting, etc. 
Listen, and listen well, by the fact that there are rules does not
make the Sports Competition Martial Arts category, be it karate
tournament fighting or MMA caged matches, a viable choice for learning
real world self protection.  In the street - there ARE no rules!
The Secret To Learning Real-World Self Defense And Self Protection
The secret to learning real world defense is to leave Sports
Competition Martial Arts in the tournament ring, and to leave MMA
fighting in the octagon, for in the streets you MUST have access and
be able to use every illegal move that tournament fighting and MMA
fighting prohibit.  For real-world self defense, you need Reality-
Based Self Defense. Period. And you must become a "dirty"
fighter to survive.
In the streets, if and whenever necessary, you must also be able to
eye gouge, bite whatever is available and break however many 
fingers you can get a hold of.  To survive, you must be able to
do whatever it takes - and use every last one of those illegal moves
that Traditional Martial Arts sports tournaments and  Mixed
Martial Arts sports competition prohibit.

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