It was the legendary Bruce Lee who is credited for being the father of modern mixed martial arts or MMA. While this is a debatable point, those who are familiar with Lee’s Jeet Kune Do philosophy knows that it’s as close to MMA as a philosophy can get. In a nutshell, Lee took a number of techniques he found efficient and useful in other martial arts and combined them with Wing Chun to create a unique blend of self-defense techniques.
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Over the decades, before and after Bruce Lee’s death, there have been self-defense techniques that combine martial arts and can technically be categorized as MMA. From Krav Maga to Marine Corps Martial Arts, people have developed lethal ways of defending themselves with various concepts from many fight forms.
However, the most popular of all is MMA itself, which became a multi-billion-dollar industry with promotions such as UFC, Invicta, and Bellator gaining solid fan bases.
Learning MMA means to take on different forms of martial arts, from wrestling to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to Muay Thai to boxing. For the fitness enthusiast, it means more cardio and more chances to push one’s self to the limit. For fighters, it means a huge advantage against those who’ve only mastered a single martial art. Whether the fight stays standing or goes to the ground, MMA fighters will always have a huge advantage.
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