Tournament movies?

Ok Everyone I'm here to stop the madness. Its time for a little dose of reality. This message is for those ppl who are arguing about whether certain styles like Taekwondo are better than styles used in the UFC. History lesson. Taekwono was created by General Choi, of korea and was a fusion of tae kyon techniques and traditional karate techniques. you don't believe that, just look at the stances in taekwando and karate. there are lots of similarities. This does not mean they are the same arts.

The high kicking of taekwando was influenced by the Hwarang warriors of Korea, they were like samurai, training in weapons, unarmed combat as well courtly manners and that type of thing. they trained by running in mountains and as a result had powerful leg muscles which encouraged them to use kicking techniques as kicks are the most powerful attacks available. The jumping kicks of taekwondo (am i spelling it right?) were used not for attacking ppl who are on the ground but for knocking fighters from horseback. Fighters would jump out of trees or from hidden positions to kick opponents off of their horse. The art of taekwondo has evolved over time and nowadays is best known by practitioners who train for sporting events. Taekwondo events nowadays are not full contact fights, or when they are the fighters wear heavy padding. UFC Fighters train to fight without padding, and fights are one primarily by sumbissions, chokes or knockouts while taekwondo fights are primarily won by points.


This is where the shock is for the close minded ppl who don't know their martial arts history, or basic fitness information. Training is arena specific. A UFC fighter will lose every time to a point fighter in point fighting competition and a point fighter will lose to UFC guys every time in UFC style competition. This does not make either of them a TRUE martial artist. Someone who dedicates themselves to their style and works hard is a martial artist. remember its Martial and its Art. Both UFC and Tradiational Martial Artists would lose to a well trained SAS, Marine or Special Forces man because these people are trained to kill.

Also here is a scenario for you, based loosely on a true story I read about in a local newspaper. I'm at the pub, with my friends having drinks when in walks a UFC fighter. I am a Kempo Karate student and I start arguing like you guys have about whether kempo guys can beat muay thai guys. i spit on him and we start fighting. i'm half pissed and getting beaten when my mates girlfriend takes her glass and smashes it into UFC mans face.

Now who is the better martial artist? UFC man was giving me more damage than I was giving him but is now in hospital with stitches. Who is a better fighter? I put it to you i would dominate in kempo competition if UFC man is untrained while he would dominate me in UFC. The real fighters nowadays are in the armed forces, that is air force, navy, and army. Throughout history these groups train primarily with weapons because the human body has a limited capacity to cause damage. The type of training these groups do in there unarmed combat is secondary, and relies on training to kill or to capture their opponent. Not to win trophies or belts. I currently train Chinese Kempo karate but can't mention the assosciation as its name is copyrighted. The style is neither chinese or japanese but an amalgamation of different arts and is based in america. I like it. It has highly stylised movements like those I see in movies and its method of delivering attacks is relatively unique. Would I like to get into some fights to test its effectiveness? Heck NO!!! before this I trained in a more MMA style martial art which u can see at this site

www.bobjonesmartialarts.com.au

Zen Do Kai

A mixture of thai boxing, BJJ, wrestling and katas from traditional karate. I got bored with it. The main sparring we did was Thai boxing style. To me it got old. The kempo style I train is less realistic, relies on fine muscle control which is something you lose when you're scared or undergoing extreme stress, and I enjoy it more than the old style I trained in. Before that I did 3& 1/2 years of tai chi. Definitely not for combat but fun, relaxing, good for flexibility and maintaining health into old age. I dropped that because I wanted something more intense.

To end im gonna quote people I've spoken to who have worked in the security industry as guards, bouncers etc. "When you get in a real fight technique goes out the window. What it comes down to is can you act. Can you handle bein thrown up against a wall, have someone screaming in your face, spitting on you, bleeding on you" etc.

Most of the people I have spoken to have left the industry even ppl who survived fights like this didn't like going through this. Again only people who train for that type of stress are in the armed forces. So In closing. If you want to experience real combat, become a soldier. If you want to get into street fights, join a gang. If don't like either of these options then maybe traditional martial arts or martial arts schools that don't have contact fighting will have something to offer you still. Doesn't matter if its McDojo. If you like it go for it. If you don't try to respect people who do. But bashing ppl with comments like taekwondo/ Karate/ (Insert your style Here) is better than (style from UFC,MMA competition etc) is just an exercise in imagination. The main thing to remember is training martial arts won't guarentee your safety. The story I told above shows thats its possible to get severely hurt reguardless of if you are a world champion, or a small town white belt. We'd all drop when that glass hits our head.

What I really want is for you guys to respect everyone elses choice reguardless to whether you agree to it, but also to realise that none of you, or me are "real" warriors, so there's no point being a HERO and acting like it!!!!

YOU! INVADERS! GET YOU THE HOT BULLETS OF SHOTGUN TO DIE!!!