Mixed Martial Arts MMA
The evolution of Mixed Martial Arts in Redondo Beach
MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) is a blending of techniques from a variety of martial arts with the purpose of seamlessly connecting stand-up striking to ground control. MMA takes the most practical, effective, and efficient techniques from Boxing, American kickboxing, Muay Thai kickboxing, Collegiate wrestling, Judo, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) has become a well known and highly respected sport over the past decade with the rise in popularity of organizations such as Pride, Strikeforce, UFC, and Bellator. MMA fighters command huge salaries as well as major endorsements. In 2006 the UFC’s gross Pay-Per View totals far surpassed all other PPV events to that date. Why is MMA appealing to so many people? It’s a fact that people all over the world like watching other people fight. How was MMA able to surpass the popularity of Boxing? Boxing follows a discriminating set of rules while MMA pits two people against each other in the purest form of hand to hand combat.
Unlike most traditional martial arts that have an unchanging curriculum and rigid structure, Mixed Martial Arts has become so popular because it is always evolving and adapting. If you look at a UFC fight from 1993 and a fight from 2013 the style and techniques are so different it’s hard to compare them at all. MMA has evolved more rapidly than other professional sports and will continue to do so because every time two fighters step in the ring or cage the current techniques are put to the test. If it works it will continue to be used. If it fails then that technique will become obsolete. And inevitably, if a technique is effective someone will find a counter. MMA is the perfect framework for seeing what techniques are actually successful against another trained opponent.
At the end of the day people love to see a good fight and MMA provides the most ideal conditions for a pure combative experience.
Robert Richardson (AKA Bobby Rich)
Elite Training Center
1628 South Pacific Coast Highway,
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310) 543-1600
www.elitetrainingcenter.net
Mixed Martial Arts MMA
Tony P ~ Brazil
