Some combat sports have attached martial versions .
The advantage is obvious ,combat sports provide full contact training in a intense evviroment and are martial training in their own right . For those going into such things like law enforcement or military, further training can be no holds bared . So for instance there is sport and combat Sambo. There used to be combat Sumo. Many Martial artists cross train in wrestling,boxing, kickboxing and Judo.
Judo is particularly interesting .
The "Olympic" version is a combat sport and has many rules designed to prevent injury.The Katas provide some martial guidence ,atemi waza the striking of weak ponts etc.
Early in Judo's development Kano( the founder of Judo) caused to be formed a subgroup called Kosen ,they still exist and they compete in normal Judo tournaments, but also have their own tournaments with different rules. It was a Kosen who taught the early Gracie's, leading to the formation of BJJ. To this day many BJJ players crosstrain in Judo and for that matter some Judoka train in BJJ or MMA.
There is also the little known and somewhat secretive martial art of Godo. Kano was also one of it's founders and it is usually entered from Judo. It is popular in Japan for Judoka going into law enforcement, it is not a sport and contains many technique that could be deadly. It is designed in such a way as a strong background in Judo can be made more martial ,also contain karate and jujitsu style techniques.
I wonder if anyone has designed a martial follow on for mma.?
The advantage is obvious ,combat sports provide full contact training in a intense evviroment and are martial training in their own right . For those going into such things like law enforcement or military, further training can be no holds bared . So for instance there is sport and combat Sambo. There used to be combat Sumo. Many Martial artists cross train in wrestling,boxing, kickboxing and Judo.
Judo is particularly interesting .
The "Olympic" version is a combat sport and has many rules designed to prevent injury.The Katas provide some martial guidence ,atemi waza the striking of weak ponts etc.
Early in Judo's development Kano( the founder of Judo) caused to be formed a subgroup called Kosen ,they still exist and they compete in normal Judo tournaments, but also have their own tournaments with different rules. It was a Kosen who taught the early Gracie's, leading to the formation of BJJ. To this day many BJJ players crosstrain in Judo and for that matter some Judoka train in BJJ or MMA.
There is also the little known and somewhat secretive martial art of Godo. Kano was also one of it's founders and it is usually entered from Judo. It is popular in Japan for Judoka going into law enforcement, it is not a sport and contains many technique that could be deadly. It is designed in such a way as a strong background in Judo can be made more martial ,also contain karate and jujitsu style techniques.
I wonder if anyone has designed a martial follow on for mma.?
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