Why not?

catch and pro wrestling arent about the sub, the aim is the pin, the sub is a by-product.

but i dont really see the need to change MMA and Sub fighting to anything else. no-gi, ADCC and Metamoris are competitions that take in a variety of styles that are based on fighting to the sub (ideally).

separating out to 2 forums just seems like a minor annoyance because MMA can end in a knockout too (or a boring points decision).

 

So it makes more sense to put grappling arts that go for submission or pin in with knockouts rather than grappling arts that have no pin?

I wouldn't mind if the Submission fighting was taken away, as it doesn't really make sense.

You could ideally have a whole wrestling forum, covering Catch, Pro, Greco, Freestyle and folkstyle subforums.

But yeah, basically the Submission fighting part is sort of annoying and confusing. (like what is submission fighting anyway?)

 

the sub fighting thing is probably from when MAP first started.

I would actually be very much for a wrestling sub forum and I'm sure a few other people would be interested too (we have a number of wrestlers on here).there are other folk styles like kushti, pehlwani, mongolian wrestling and chinese wrestling too that im sure MAP folks have loads of videos and stuff to talk about.

 

Me too! Just anywhere except the MMA forum.

 

What madness hath bodyshot wrought?!

After a recent (and one of my last) lesson in BJJ, I described it to a coworker as "combative spooning."

I'm not anticipating that description is going to take off.

 

I just tell people I'm really good at hugging.

 

I think we should split MMA into its own section and grappling disciplines into theirs.....

We could call it "Catch all forum"

*drops the Mike*

 

Or "The Shooting gallery"

I am here all week...try the veal

 

Yea I noticed myself, I got pretty loose this week.

 

*hands the mike back*

 

Woohoo!

 

Wouldn't hybrid martial arts technically be mixed martial arts any way? After all that's all mixed martial arts is. A hybrid of several different arts fused together to form an overall package with a purpose. MMA in itself as a sport isn't restricted to specific martial arts. Just some work better than others under the rule set associated with it.

 

i invented an art today called HWH, it involves furious anger and a decent hammer

 

The problem is trying to label for either distinctive or prejudice. The fact be known, all martial arts are derived from other arts previous. It is about "evolution of the current era"

In some instances for modern times, "evolution of the current era" becomes "marketing trend/ploy of the current era"