Disagreement with friend on MMA

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He said that MMA sucks for the street

I disagreed because the MMA guy can be cheap aswell

so he takes me over to the internet after and says watch this stuff it's what works on the streets

check it out and let me know what you think after you watch the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp9d7hix1_M&search=systema

Here are 2 video's I showed him in return

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvsoidud33Q&search=jiu-jitsu

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2897874647559369307&q=shogun

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Too deadly for the cage, imo.

4

LMAO @ that shit

5

Tell your friend that MMA enhances and is easily transferable to street/combatives situations.

On the other hand, the reverse doesn't apply.

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after watching the shogun video he still wasnt convinced

This guy is an awesome streetfighter how can you pick systema over Shogun

unrealistic choice pride is as real as it gets.

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lol, don't even argue with your friend. Don't even bring this up again. He doesn't get it, and he probably never will. It's just not worth it.

Has he ever trained in a combat sport?

9

His beer belly is the scariest thing about him.

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The systema classes at my school. Are taught at full speed. They use replica weapons knives and guns but they show it slow speed and they progress until its fast. I have seen the guys that train this regularly for a couple years now, and they go all out.

But then again it all depends on the school and their insurance's. If you have two guys that actually want to be prepared they'll train hard and training hard will prepare you for most.

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and here all the time i've been trying to execute submissions by securing them nice and tight with lots of control. i just need to do them SLOWER!

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Mikhail Ryabko.... Finally somebody who can take on Fedor.

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"you can protect yourself with the basics and forget the fancy stuff."

This is true. Basics are the best for SD. Most people who train MMA will do fine in a self defense situation. However, there are some things routinely trained in mma that really aren't necessary for the average joe to learn to defend himself, and a few things that just aren't included in most mma training that could be useful in dealing with an un-trained attacker.