if you dont like mma get a life and stop surfing mma websites dumbshit

go meditate with budhist monks or something

You are a complete idiot. Did you not see that they were comparing the punches and kicks of the mma fighters to those that practice the traditional disciplines? In all cases the mma fighters matched or exceeded their numbers. No, they may not be total masters of any one discipline but they are extremely good at such a variety of disciplines that they are able to completely destroy one dimensional fighters. Angelo is completely right and you don’t know anyone that could handle any of those guys.

It defines things like Doctrine, Strategy, and Tactics, and the differences between them, as well as punctures the myth of “modern” martial arts.

Simply put, when one does reliable research, you find that the concept of the Mono stylist in the martial arts has only been around for about 100 years. In reality, the ancient Samurai and Hwarang classes to name a few, constantly added to their skills.

How many times do you hear the old stories of samurai travelling from Ryu to Ryu, picking fights with the masters and students? If the Challenger one, he would be asked to teach, if he lost, he asked to join the Ryu?

Maj. Morgan, shares an experience he had while watching ABC’s Wide World of Sports back in the late ’70’s. they had a match between a Boxer and a Karate Black belt. Maj. Morgan a black belt at th time had aired his opinions in favour of the Black belt, arguing the greater tools that the Black belt had at his disposal.
the Karate man was “a big man and looked pretty strong. But he had a noticeable layer of fat on his large frame, and his gut looked as if it had just finished off a six pack. If you put a beer in his hand he could have passed for one of my buddies.”

The Boxer, was “Muscular, Lean and Defined. he was an unknown with a mediocrte record but a professional nonetheless. The Karate man was a competetor on the point tournament system.”

To make a long story short, the Boxer beat the Black belt. This led him to a realization, which I think is at the heart of the dispute. The realization was this and i quote.

“That afternoon, I realized what many non-martial artists think about us is true- for all the Hoopla about traing and techniques, most martial artists can’t really fight. The training they get isn’t necessarily poor, nor the techniques they learn, ineffective. But most martial Artists just aren’t trained or conditioned to be fighters.” end quote.

he explains the differences in mind set of practictioners as well…

“First there are students who “do” martial art as a hobby or past time. these are the fold\ks who come to class a couple of nights aa week and usually don’t think about their art on the off days except to brag about their progress or complain about their sore muscles.”

“Second is the obsessive tournament competitor. He believes that the martial arts are a category of atheletics and that skill in them is measured in tournament victories”

“Third are those that want to find the “true” art of deadly combat and don’t want to waist thier time on silly things like Kata, fundamental techniques and courtesies.”

Compare that with the mindset and discipline of Masters like Funakoshi, and you see where the lack is. As others have said, there is no “better or best style” and i definately agree. MMA may be more comprehensive in terms of Doctrine and definately in terms of conditioning for endurance and combat, but it is still very much left in the hands of the individual as to who is the better warrior