whats mixed martial arts?

Malissa Porth: Mixed martial arts is not a "traditional" martial art like Karate, Taekwondo, etc. It is the result of practioners of various martial arts evolving their skillset to become a more rounded fighter. Many say that Bruce Lee was the first mixed martial artist as he studied the strengths of many different arts to improve his individual fighting style. An example of a mixed martial artist would be a person who practices Karate learning some of the best techniques of Judo allowing them to fight on their feet or on the ground.Most of the guys you see in UFC and other similar arenas are simply really tough guys that learn a little boxing, kicking and grappling but are (typically) by no means experts or even hold black belts in any single style.I don't consider myself an expert in the history of MMA - but I am a first degree Taekwondo black belt and long time fan of mixed martial art competitions so I am not speaking out of line here....Show more

Clinton Miglio! ri: in the traditional sense mma is an event where people of different martial art styles would go to fight and see what art was the best.. like karate vs. boxing or wrestling vs. kickboxing.. mma today has evolved into a sport where combatants try to learn skills from all of the martial arts. picking the best moves from each one that the learn.

Francis Stickle: You're kind of right. Almost all martial arts are a mixture of different martial arts.MMA is more of a ruleset. It's very difficult going into a more detailed explanation without it becoming confusing.