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Originally posted by TonyL
All martial arts have strong and weak points. The future of martial arts is MMA (mixed martial arts)
MMA is a combination of all martial arts combined. MMA takes the best of each martial art and combines them into one.
Using MMA you can eliminate the holes and weak points that each martial has.
-Tony
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MMA is just BJJ with a standup technique added imho. Even the guys that call themselves wrestlers are using BJJ, they use their wrestling technique for takedown and position then start using BJJ subs to try to end it.
As far as the rules go, the less rules there are the better the Gracies like it. Especially the time limits, they HATE time limits. There is very little difference between an NHB match and a streetfight except you can't pick up a weapon. In both cases it's bare-handed mano-a-mano. In the early UFC's they even allowed groin shots, it never made that much of a difference. And eye-gouging (which is what everyone always points to when they try to say there's a difference between the ring and the street) is way harder than it looks. People tend to move their head when you're scrabbling your fingers around their eyes, and a BJJ guy will armbar you in a second if you try it.