About Mixed Martial Arts [MMA]

The term Mixed Martial Arts or otherwise know as MMA has evolved in the past ten years into many different styles of martial arts.  Mixed Martial Arts is also known as "Hybrid Martial Arts" or "Free Style Martial Arts".

MMA is most often thought of as "Cage fighting" or "No Holds Barred fighting" but that's not exactly the truth...  Although most fighting sports are comprised of fighters from different backgrounds in Mixed Martial Arts, that should not define the term.

Bruce Lee believed that the "martial artist" should study many different fighting or self defense disciplines and take the best theories and/or moves that best fits them and develop your own "personalized" style.

If a person only knows how to defend themselves while standing, then they are lacking the necessary skills to properly defend themselves when on the ground, so it is best to be well rounded and study for ALL situations.

Popularity of "Fighting Sports" has changed the way many martial arts schools think about self defense and martial arts and more and more schools are beginning to evolve to include more mixed martial arts.