"BLUE" JIMMY: MARTIAL ARTIST
BLIND DOG OZZY: NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA
"BLUE" JIMMY: UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was defeated (Sat. Nov. 14, 2015) at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia.
BLIND DOG OZZY: She wasn't defeated, she was knocked the f**k out in the second round!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Her challenger Holly Holm , a former champion boxer, kickboxer and now UFC champion, showed superior fighting skills against Rousey, who was used to getting opponents on the ground and beating them in the first round with some sort of joint lock ...
BLIND DOG OZZY: Not this time!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: The term Mixed Martial Arts originally meant the practice of combining the best techniques from all martial arts to make a person a well-rounded, multi-skilled fighter. One of the first to practice this was the great Bruce Lee, who made it a point to study fighting arts from all over the world (check out my blog, "Eternal Dragon: Why You Will Never Be As Badass As Bruce Lee"). Now however, MMA refers to the sport where two combatants square off in a ring and try to bludgeon or choke each other into submission.
BLIND DOG OZZY: Like gladiators!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Modern MMA fighting derives much from Brazilian Jui Jitsu which was popularized and practiced by the Gracie family, who had been practicing Jui Jitsu since the early 1900's. The Gracie family brought the sport to the U.S. in the 1990's and was instrumental in the development of the UFC. At a certain point in their history, the Gracie family toured certain martial arts schools and took on challengers in no-holds-barred matches where they easily defeated poorly trained Karate and other martial arts students who had no real full-contact experience. Thus, began the myth that Brazilian Jui Jitsu was somehow a superior form of self-defense. It's true that BJJ brought valuable groundfighting, joint locks, chokes and submissions to martial artists who had neglected those techniques for years.
BLIND DOG OZZY: Since Kung Fu movies in the 70's showed nothing but flying kicks to the head! "Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting!" ...
"BLUE" JIMMY: But many folks like me take issue with the idea of BJJ-style groundfighting as self-defense. Hand to hand martial arts were developed so that people of average size and strength could defeat larger and stronger opponents using leverage, skill and the striking of vital points on an opponent's body to render them harmless.
BLIND DOG OZZY: Like that roundhouse kick to Ronda Rousey's head that made her see her spirit guide!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: I seriously doubt that in a street situation, if you're facing a 300 pound weight lifter, a strapped gang member or a drunk with a broken beer bottle in his hand, you would want to try tackling them by the legs and wrestling on the ground with them for half an hour!
BLIND DOG OZZY: And both of you are not gonna be fighting barefoot in your pajamies like an MMA match!
"BLUE" JIMMY: You have to strike hard and fast at soft tissue or vital organs (eyes; throat; groin; kneecaps; etc.) and then get out of there before a fight even has a chance to start. Look at video of some of those MMA matches and they last for hours on the ground before one fighter usually gets exhausted and finally taps out. On the street, that's a good way to kicked senseless by your opponent's buddies or have a beer bottle broke over your head!
BLIND DOG OZZY: Look at the Rousey vs Holm fight and you'll see a stand up fighter in Holm who refused to let the fight go to the ground. Rousey tried to turn it into a wrestling match so she could apply her famous arm bar and she got hammered with fists, elbows and feet and got taken out the old-fashioned way -- "Kill the head and the body will die!"
"BLUE" JIMMY: Groundfighting is a valuable technique that shouldn't be neglected by martial artists. ( Watch the film "Game Of Death" and see Bruce Lee take out Kareem Abdul Jabbar with a BJJ-style choke hold!). But there's a reason so many strikes are banned in MMA / UFC style matches -- There ain't no substitute for hitting someone hard and fast where it hurts and walking away!
BLIND DOG OZZY: OW! MY BALLS!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Sake's Alive!
BLIND DOG OZZY: Wow! Wow!
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BLIND DOG OZZY: Like gladiators!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Modern MMA fighting derives much from Brazilian Jui Jitsu which was popularized and practiced by the Gracie family, who had been practicing Jui Jitsu since the early 1900's. The Gracie family brought the sport to the U.S. in the 1990's and was instrumental in the development of the UFC. At a certain point in their history, the Gracie family toured certain martial arts schools and took on challengers in no-holds-barred matches where they easily defeated poorly trained Karate and other martial arts students who had no real full-contact experience. Thus, began the myth that Brazilian Jui Jitsu was somehow a superior form of self-defense. It's true that BJJ brought valuable groundfighting, joint locks, chokes and submissions to martial artists who had neglected those techniques for years.
BLIND DOG OZZY: Since Kung Fu movies in the 70's showed nothing but flying kicks to the head! "Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting!" ...
"BLUE" JIMMY: But many folks like me take issue with the idea of BJJ-style groundfighting as self-defense. Hand to hand martial arts were developed so that people of average size and strength could defeat larger and stronger opponents using leverage, skill and the striking of vital points on an opponent's body to render them harmless.
BLIND DOG OZZY: Like that roundhouse kick to Ronda Rousey's head that made her see her spirit guide!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: I seriously doubt that in a street situation, if you're facing a 300 pound weight lifter, a strapped gang member or a drunk with a broken beer bottle in his hand, you would want to try tackling them by the legs and wrestling on the ground with them for half an hour!
BLIND DOG OZZY: And both of you are not gonna be fighting barefoot in your pajamies like an MMA match!
"BLUE" JIMMY: You have to strike hard and fast at soft tissue or vital organs (eyes; throat; groin; kneecaps; etc.) and then get out of there before a fight even has a chance to start. Look at video of some of those MMA matches and they last for hours on the ground before one fighter usually gets exhausted and finally taps out. On the street, that's a good way to kicked senseless by your opponent's buddies or have a beer bottle broke over your head!
BLIND DOG OZZY: Look at the Rousey vs Holm fight and you'll see a stand up fighter in Holm who refused to let the fight go to the ground. Rousey tried to turn it into a wrestling match so she could apply her famous arm bar and she got hammered with fists, elbows and feet and got taken out the old-fashioned way -- "Kill the head and the body will die!"
"BLUE" JIMMY: Groundfighting is a valuable technique that shouldn't be neglected by martial artists. ( Watch the film "Game Of Death" and see Bruce Lee take out Kareem Abdul Jabbar with a BJJ-style choke hold!). But there's a reason so many strikes are banned in MMA / UFC style matches -- There ain't no substitute for hitting someone hard and fast where it hurts and walking away!
BLIND DOG OZZY: OW! MY BALLS!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Sake's Alive!
BLIND DOG OZZY: Wow! Wow!
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