Mixed Martial Arts!
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full-contact sport, but a K i Salem it is taught in a safe and controlled environment that allows the use of both striking and grappling, until the student is ready to spar and compete. It is also considered to be the fastest growing sport in the world. Across the globe, fans have been able to witness world-class martial arts athletes compete against one another in places like UFC, and Bellator.
The roots of MMA can be traced as far back as the 1920’s, when Carlos Gracie and Helio Gracie organized Vale Tudo events called the “Gracie Challenges”. Participants of these events would fight using different types of martial arts disciplines. Since than, MMA has rapidly risen to one of the world’s fastest growing and most popular sports.
Mixed Martial Arts has proven what works and what are the most effective techniques in fighting. The whole concept of MMA is congruence with this quote from martial arts legend Bruce Lee, “Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.” In fact the philosophy of Bruce Lee so closely embodies the concept of MMA that the president of the UFC, Dana White has been quoted saying, “Actually, the father of mixed martial arts, if you will, was Bruce Lee. If you look at the way Bruce Lee trained, the way he fought, and many of the things he wrote, he said the perfect style was no style. You take a little something from everything. You take the good things from every different discipline, use what works, and you throw the rest away.”, so if you wanna exceed the limits MMA is your choice.
