Whats the most useless discipline in MMA? Jose Conseco was using Ti Kwan Do and those announcers were saying he should cut out that ****. Is that the most useless discipline in MMA?

No discipline is useless.

Well, except for the weapon ones like Kendo.

Aikido and Ti Kwan Do are not very practical in real life but I wouldn't call them useless.

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No discipline is useless.

Well, except for the weapon ones like Kendo.
That's not true, you can learn some good timing and ****.

That's not true, you can learn some good timing and ****.
No style is useless, but MMA is really a style all it's own. It's more a matter of ones personal talent and ones capacity to effectively adapt their style.

Known taekwondo users in MMA: Anderson Silva, Bas Rutten.

Aikido will never be used in MMA. Elbow points to the throat for counters and **** like that is illegal. Martial arts are used for killing and/or self defense in the highest degree.

MMA is a sport. So it uses "sport" oriented martial arts. BJJ, Wrestling, Judo, boxing, muay thai. etc. etc. No way in hell would you see martial arts such as Bajiquan in there. Why? Because it focuses on causing damage to vital points of the body.

I once got talking to this Brazilian girl who seemed nice, so we said we'd meet up sometime. One day she calls me and says that she's going to central London and would I like to come. That's all she says, no added info or anything, so I assume we'll look around the shops, then have a few drinks, see a movie, something like that.

Instead we meet some friends of hers and go to a capoeira class. After more than an hour of what seemed to be a cross between a martial art and a Village People dance, my feet were hurting so bad that I had to stop, and it hurt to walk for a couple of days afterwards.

The only useful thing I learned was how to do high kicks with better technique and keep my balance whilst doing so. This never came in handy in any situation that I ever found myself in, and I've forgotten it now anyway.

So, if it counts as a discipline, Capoeira gets my vote.

Whats the most useless discipline in MMA? Jose Conseco was using Ti Kwan Do and those announcers were saying he should cut out that ****. Is that the most useless discipline in MMA?

you are useless too...but i say Shaolin or kungfu tai chi, drunken master are useless...

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what the hell was that guy doing, he think he got powers or something haha?

you are useless too...but i say Shaolin or kungfu tai chi, drunken master are useless...

lol yep drunken boxing is absolutely ****e. Check this vid Kyokushin v drunken boxing.

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lol yep drunken boxing is absolutely ****e. Check this vid Kyokushin v drunken boxing.

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I once got talking to this Brazilian girl who seemed nice, so we said we'd meet up sometime. One day she calls me and says that she's going to central London and would I like to come. That's all she says, no added info or anything, so I assume we'll look around the shops, then have a few drinks, see a movie, something like that.

Instead we meet some friends of hers and go to a capoeira class. After more than an hour of what seemed to be a cross between a martial art and a Village People dance, my feet were hurting so bad that I had to stop, and it hurt to walk for a couple of days afterwards.

The only useful thing I learned was how to do high kicks with better technique and keep my balance whilst doing so. This never came in handy in any situation that I ever found myself in, and I've forgotten it now anyway.

So, if it counts as a discipline, Capoeira gets my vote.


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I once got talking to this Brazilian girl who seemed nice, so we said we'd meet up sometime. One day she calls me and says that she's going to central London and would I like to come. That's all she says, no added info or anything, so I assume we'll look around the shops, then have a few drinks, see a movie, something like that.

Instead we meet some friends of hers and go to a capoeira class. After more than an hour of what seemed to be a cross between a martial art and a Village People dance, my feet were hurting so bad that I had to stop, and it hurt to walk for a couple of days afterwards.

The only useful thing I learned was how to do high kicks with better technique and keep my balance whilst doing so. This never came in handy in any situation that I ever found myself in, and I've forgotten it now anyway.

So, if it counts as a discipline, Capoeira gets my vote.

the future of mma. all its gonna take is 1 fighter to start using that fighting style and mma is gonna blow up with ppl using that style.

but not just anyone can do capoeira. you have to be a special kind of athlete with great core strength to do that kind of ****.

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there we go. that guy isn't a great mma fighter but if someone else can use this style effectively, all I got to say is, UFC is going to be sick.

Capoeria: Andre Gusmao is a master and uses it to slickly transition fight stances. Confuses the hell out of fighters.

Aikido: If the principals of "The Dynamic Sphere" can be adapted correctly, Aikido could be the best substitute for the shoulder roll.

WTF that drunken style dude didnt even land a decent attack

Capoeira is ok, it looks good visiually but its ridiculously impractical unless you're a great athlete and even then you need to be given time and space to do your moves, which a lot of martial arts dont let you do. Thats the reason you dont see much capoeira in mma.

I dont know what that guy who was facing the capoeira guy was doing he just stood off him the whole time, any good fighter would be all over the capoeira guy like a rash before he could get any of them kicks off.

no discipline is useless.

it is the person that makes an art useless. u could give van gogh and some kid off the street the same tools, but would they still have the same outcome?

hell no. cause one of them actually mastered his craft.

i have met good fighters from shaolin to kempo to boxing. it all depends on the person.

no discipline is useless.

it is the person that makes an art useless. u could give van gogh and some kid off the street the same tools, but would they still have the same outcome?

hell no. cause one of them actually mastered his craft.

i have met good fighters from shaolin to kempo to boxing. it all depends on the person.
Yeah man, no doubt about it. Great post.

Yeah man, no doubt about it. Great post.

thanks man, appreciate it!

i have only been studied in 3 arts. but i have friends and have learned a bit of many other arts like northern shaolin and kempo/kenpo(however the hell it is spelled), and wrestling.

and yeah, i have even seen tai chi guys kick some ass in boxing tournaments.

u know, most, actually, nearly all of the scariest guys i have met are guys who are over 35/40 years old and have no less than 25 years in the arts.

but that longevity and increasing of skills seems dependant on the art i think. thai boxers have seemed to have leg problems past 30 years of age unless they are carefull. same with some jj'ists or wrestlers. so carefull practice is even more important that kicking ass, otherwise, u are kicking your own ass slowly.

so, i have respect for all arts. and tae kwon do can F'ck someone up. i had a friend who used a spinning back kick to knock a dude onto the top of the hood of a car to end the fight. he also dropped and beat the biggest dude in one of our clasees back in those rowdy days that i was in high school.