I both hate and love these questions? I mean like I think it's a reductive question but at the same time it always elicits some insightful answers either in general or at least about the person giving them. re hatmaker. (Due diligence in admitting my bias, I actively dislike him as a person.) That said, from both a performance aspect (I have found a great deal of what I have watched or read from him to be well executed and generally effective) and some historical ones (I appreciate the preservation of older European American boxing and wrestling styles as a endemic to the United States MMA system) I have previously found a lot to appreciate in his work. I think somebody could build a very effective general martial art out of what he has done past. I think, Combat Sambo, and Kudo/Daido Juku can all do the same. Which I guess means I think that other people have gone out there and also solve this problem relative to their culture in the recentish past. There's a lot of issues with running a MMA only gym as far as curriculum development and pacing as you take in new students and have students of different levels. MMA is my holy Grail "one art" In the sense that if you're not answering all those questions, you're leaving important questions unanswered. Re: weapons. "Unpopular opinion" as the kids say, but knife fighting is overrated. So is stick use. Carrying a knife for defense is a strong statement that you're interested in a mutual kill, being the victim of bringing a knife to a gunfight or interested in going to prison for a significant amount of time. I can expand on all of those professionally, but the use of knives for defense is fraught on a variety of levels within the US and much of the West. The same to a lesser extent can be said about blunt weapons. And you're not walking around, or at least the overwhelming majority of people are not walking around with a useful impact weapon. The training hours involved could be better put to physical conditioning and parkour, for the specific purpose of being better at the exit strategy than the other guy.
@@TheForkliftOfDoom Of course! He's made some pretty bigoted & jingoistic remarks in the past when I followed him. I wouldn't throw money at him for nothin. Political shifts happen and then people make comments that reveal them to be less inclusive than they might want to appear to be. If anything it's a cautionary tale, to keep your politics your own if you're trying to reach a wide audience for non political purposes. But I believe credit where credit is due and acknowledging somebody's skill regardless. What he demonstrates in boxing, submissions, wrestling and physical conditioning all seem well thought out and researched. The further he gets away from what he's good at (like, say, his guidance in regards to kicking) the less so.
I both hate and love these questions? I mean like I think it's a reductive question but at the same time it always elicits some insightful answers either in general or at least about the person giving them.
re hatmaker. (Due diligence in admitting my bias, I actively dislike him as a person.) That said, from both a performance aspect (I have found a great deal of what I have watched or read from him to be well executed and generally effective) and some historical ones (I appreciate the preservation of older European American boxing and wrestling styles as a endemic to the United States MMA system) I have previously found a lot to appreciate in his work.
I think somebody could build a very effective general martial art out of what he has done past.
I think, Combat Sambo, and Kudo/Daido Juku can all do the same.
Which I guess means I think that other people have gone out there and also solve this problem relative to their culture in the recentish past.
There's a lot of issues with running a MMA only gym as far as curriculum development and pacing as you take in new students and have students of different levels.
MMA is my holy Grail "one art" In the sense that if you're not answering all those questions, you're leaving important questions unanswered.
Re: weapons. "Unpopular opinion" as the kids say, but knife fighting is overrated. So is stick use. Carrying a knife for defense is a strong statement that you're interested in a mutual kill, being the victim of bringing a knife to a gunfight or interested in going to prison for a significant amount of time. I can expand on all of those professionally, but the use of knives for defense is fraught on a variety of levels within the US and much of the West. The same to a lesser extent can be said about blunt weapons. And you're not walking around, or at least the overwhelming majority of people are not walking around with a useful impact weapon.
The training hours involved could be better put to physical conditioning and parkour, for the specific purpose of being better at the exit strategy than the other guy.
hi mate if you don't mind me asking. Why do you dislike the guy?
@@TheForkliftOfDoom Of course!
He's made some pretty bigoted & jingoistic remarks in the past when I followed him. I wouldn't throw money at him for nothin. Political shifts happen and then people make comments that reveal them to be less inclusive than they might want to appear to be.
If anything it's a cautionary tale, to keep your politics your own if you're trying to reach a wide audience for non political purposes.
But I believe credit where credit is due and acknowledging somebody's skill regardless. What he demonstrates in boxing, submissions, wrestling and physical conditioning all seem well thought out and researched. The further he gets away from what he's good at (like, say, his guidance in regards to kicking) the less so.
@@Jay-ho9io Thankyou for explaining your opinion on this matter. I also trained under people who were real jerks but were really good at what they do.
@@TheForkliftOfDoom Been there. The study attracts all kinds. Best of luck.