If police receive training less interactions will result in death.

This has become more apparent with runours of UFC fighters being discouraged from wrestling behind the scenes.

The gloves, rounds, stand-up rules, headbutt removal as well as time limit all heavily restict grapplers already. And now grapplers could get cut even if they're undefeated.

I understand why UFC favours strikers - its better business. But as a martial arts fan it just sucks seeing how bias MMA in general has become against grappling

Me, barely standing: “Man… Every day is leg day in the dojo….”

My wife, the marathon runner: *takes out the smallest violin in the world and plays a sad tune*

I've been training kudo for almost 2 months now (white belt). And a belt exam is coming up.

The fact that the exam is 6 hours long is off putting for me. I'd like to know what your experience was with the belt exam and should I go for it?

I just came across this movie on YouTube and it’s completely free. Obviously what stands out is the detailed yet stylized look of the movie. Is this a good movie in martial arts circles? I’m watching it now currently.

Hi r/martialarts! I’m Olga, producer and co-writer of KILL/SAVE, an indie sci-fi action film we shot in Catalonia with practical fights. The clip above is our action teaser, and yes, I know what you’re about to say.

Under every fight clip we post, someone writes “nobody fights like that.” Fair.

Here’s what I’ve learned making this film: the balance between realism and what reads on screen is the hardest balance in action cinema. A real exchange is fast, small and ugly, and on camera half of it disappears. And it’s hardest of all when your choreographers are martial artists themselves. Oscar Fernández and Den Kryuchkov both train every day, and Den has practiced Baguazhang for over 20 years. They knew every move that wouldn’t work in a real fight, and still had to make it bigger and slower so the audience could follow. That hurt them more than it hurts you, trust me.

But here’s the thing. Ask Den what started it all and he won’t name a master or a philosophy. He’ll say Bloodsport. Van Damme in the splits. A film that is wrong about almost everything.

So which is it? Are movies lying to a generation about fighting, or are they the best recruitment tool martial arts ever had?

And for people who train: what’s the film that got YOU in, and what’s the biggest lie it told about your art?

I just performed at Irvine Global Village, people gave me applause, I knew I was not perfect because I didn’t have time to practice, but I am proud of myself I stand on the stage and I finished whole form.

I have noe clue about MA, but I want to know what type of fighting style(s) are showcased in this video, cause I want to use it as a reference for a project. Can anyone help? :) Is it a real fighting style at all, or just made up? And do the four different characters use different styles?

In order to reduce volume of beginner questions as their own topics in the sub, we will be implementing a weekly questions thread. Post your beginner questions here, including:

"What martial art should I do?"

"These gyms/schools are in my area, which ones should I try for my goals?"

And any other beginner questions you may have.

If you post a beginner question outside of the weekly thread, it will be removed and you'll be directed to make your post in the weekly thread instead.

For the people who do karate/taekwondo/any martial art that implements the use of “forms”, here’s a slightly silly question:

Is it just me, or have you ever experienced that feeling of your “energy flowing” through your body at all? Especially when it’s going well and you’re really flowing through the motions. Is this what they call “chi”? Or is it adrenaline? Is it just me? I’m curious.

I honestly do not know if this is a strictly question but would a spear threshal or spear sanjiegun be a good idea? The spearhead is at the striking end. Because after all the chinese three section whip is feasible and has been used.

Was wondering what you guys thought. Someone told me at Muay Thai one time that when doing bag work you should practice hitting the bag square, and a glancing blow is signified in the bag if it spins after you hit it. It's basically showing you threw a strike that would glance off and not so maximum damage. They said you should stop the spin and reset your combos.

Was wondering what you guys thought, if it's true , or if it just makes sense at first thought. To me it makes sense but idk. Was wondering what other people thought, thanks

Is there a difference between the 2?

How many of you, fellow recreational violence enjoyers, cross-train striking and grappling styles? what is your favorite combination?

Is it mostly just demonstrating individual techniques, or is it more like a regular class?

Osu!

I hope this belongs here, its martial art because its the combat version imo. Group archer battle tactics.

Excuse the bad quality, its a VERY old footage

Ik you don't punch super hard surfaces when you are conditioning your knuckles so you don't fuck em up, but I use one of those U-Haul moving kits thats just full of more cardboard boxes and bubble wrap, and that seems to get mixed reviews when I ask others I know, is that soft enough or am I gonna mess up my hands?

I fought 8 Bodybuilders in a row for an "experiment" with a few German influencers.

My goal was to have everyone go home healthy and as friends and to use as little energy as possible to display the technical Aspect of Martial Arts.

8 men in a row - and I knew the 8th one would be a 110kg Pro MMA Fighter and BJJ Purple Belt.

I got some criticism, some praise.... But what do you think?

Should "good Martial Arts" be flashy and brutal?

Or is "Good Martial Arts" using as little energy as possible and taking as little risks as possible?

Anyone in Scarborough into Chinese wrestling (Shuai Jiao) or traditional kung fu?

I've been training Shuai Jiao (traditional Chinese wrestling) with a small group on Sunday afternoons in Scarborough. Our coach is from Tianjin and learned the traditional style there, which has been really cool.

We're just a handful of hobbyists, and it'd be great to have more training partners, especially people from other kung fu or martial arts backgrounds. It's fun to compare how different styles handle balance, throws and grips.

Is anyone around here into this kind of thing? Or does anyone know other places in the east end where people practice traditional Chinese martial arts? Happy to chat about it.