Ummm hello. Israel. Krav Maga. It’s the whole point.

Our traditional stick fighting was almost lost to the sands of time, if it weren't for the efforts of a few revivalist historians and martial artists that are currently restoring it to it's former glory as a legitimate and unique form of melee.

And also they are registered, easy to catch.

Just like the ones who are known to own #Bitcoin or the ones who have registered firearms.

Usefulness of the scheme was also proven in the Nazi Germany (IBM complicity in Holocaust).

Just saying.

Interesting points. I think there’s another angle too. In a world without guns, it’s extremely beneficial to have these skills. But in the modern world, there is not much they can do against a gun. Guns made these skills somewhat obsolete. That’s why cops and soldiers aren’t trained in martial arts, it’s not useful in modern combat. I think it’s similar to the demise of horseback riding after mass production of cars. I imagine people have made similar arguments about people giving up swordsmanship. Training to be a sword master is more about art than self defense.

This note reminds me of the “noble savage” trope.

The people who want to answer their call as warriors “on the battlefield” join the military, police or become gang members. And they usually SUCK at fighting.

They all end up as pawns used to oppress their own communities, enforce unjust laws and become complicit in the subjugation of other nation states while either being under the delusion they’re fighting for “their” people. There is no way at scale to do that in America today (other than buying Bitcoin imo).

I do find it funny how people in insular and ineffective martial arts think MMA is a nerfed form of combat when in fact it is the market outcome of pitting all the martial against one an other and letting the best wholistic approach to killing another human with your bare hands develop organically. There are basic rules in MMA but all MMA fighters know exactly what they can do outside of the rule set in a real combat situation to kill someone even faster. As trained killers they do have the presence of mind not to break the rules in sanctioned bouts eg knees to a grounded opponent, elbows to the back of the skull (TDD) etc but will do so readily in a serious combat situation.

Sorry Jay, but an average MMA fighter will mop the floor with the decorated dojo dork 10/10 times. No need to argue this fact, it’s been proven irl so many times already.

MMA is PoW. Limited combat martial arts are PoS.

Hi jay! Nice to meet you 🤝

That’s an interesting perspective. It’s true that many martial arts evolved in a context of survival and defense, not just entertainment. But I think it’s also important to recognize the value in preserving martial arts as a sport. The structure of modern MMA provides a way to test and showcase skill without the same kind of brutal consequences. The distinction between sport and life-or-death combat is what allows these traditions to survive in a world that no longer needs warriors in the same way.

make wars of conquest great again

MMA advanced practical martial arts worldwide by pitting different styles and techniques against each other, in sport sure, but this forced focus upon what is most effective. Brutality may win out in a battlefield not to mention that technology renders hand-to-hand combat fairly obsolete in such situations, but MMA fighters are more technically dangerous in 1v1 today as a result.