Most martial arts focus on a single element of fighting, such as judo in grappling or boxing in stand up. In MMA, you'll learn to fight on your feet, to win or to fight on the ground. This makes it more versatile than most martial arts. There are many different types of martial arts, such as Taekwondo, Karate and Jiu Jitsu, as well as mixed martial arts (MMA).
Karate is a Japanese martial art of Okinawan origin that uses punches, kicks, sometimes elbows, knees and even a limited grip. In Hong Kong's street fighting culture, a rooftop fighting scene emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, in which gangs from rival martial arts schools challenged each other to fight at gunpoint on the rooftops of Hong Kong, to avoid repressive measures by British colonial authorities in Hong Kong. Fighting and blows involving different members of the body, such as kicks and punches, as an act of human aggression, have probably existed all over the world throughout human history in close combat, being the most natural form of aggression, a combination of these, as can be seen in one way basic for attacks by mammals closest to man, such as the chimpanzee or the gorilla. In the 1940s, in the Palama settlement in Hawaii, five martial arts masters, under the leadership of Adriano Emperado, curious to determine which martial art was the best, began to test each other in their respective arts of Kenpo, Jujitsu, Chinese and American boxing and Tang Soo do.
Between the late 1960s and the early 1970s, Bruce Lee popularized in the West the concept of combining the elements of multiple martial arts through his Jeet Kune Do system. Another early example of mixed martial arts was Bartitsu, which Edward William Barton-Wright founded in London in 1899. The emphasis is on control and techniques must be performed precisely and deliberately. Muay Thai or Thai boxing and kickboxing, together with boxing, are recognized as the basis of the strike in mixed martial arts, and are widely practiced and taught. He is also credited with emphasizing conditioning for explosive movement and endurance, both of which are fundamental in competitive mixed martial arts.
The rules adopted by the NJSACB have become the de facto standard set of rules for professional mixed martial arts throughout North America. In April 2000, the California State Athletic Commission unanimously voted in favor of the regulations, which later became the basis of the Unified Mixed Martial Arts Rules. Some schools advertise their styles simply as mixed martial arts, which has become a style in and of itself, but training is often divided into different sections. The whole rebuttal is nothing more than an article about how great Worden is as he shoots me as I go all over the world and people who are not martial artists know my name NO Worden. Below are definitions of some of the most popular styles. With this knowledge it is possible to understand what makes MMA different from other martial arts: MMA combines techniques from various disciplines into one comprehensive system that allows practitioners to defend themselves against any type of attack.
