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**Kk21pwa9** · 10-26-2010, 01:34 PM

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Its probably a cultural thing. While MMA is a ruleset rather than an art, the schools that practice it are very much results oriented. There far less of the wish fufillment/roleplaying (an attraction for some to be sure) and it is much more upfront on what you are there to do. Thats not to say that MMA is perfect, it has its own problems. Kendo and other do arts have to reconcile violence with character building.

As for skill its an apple and oranges thing, but you have to be conversant in a wide variety of techniques and ranges than you do in kendo. On the other hand with only 4 basic targets, its not exactly easy to score a point in kendo either.

10-26-2010, 01:34 PM	#13
Kk21pwa9 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 506 Senior Member	---- thank you very much for considering my question ----- Its probably a cultural thing. While MMA is a ruleset rather than an art, the schools that practice it are very much results oriented. There far less of the wish fufillment/roleplaying (an attraction for some to be sure) and it is much more upfront on what you are there to do. Thats not to say that MMA is perfect, it has its own problems. Kendo and other do arts have to reconcile violence with character building. As for skill its an apple and oranges thing, but you have to be conversant in a wide variety of techniques and ranges than you do in kendo. On the other hand with only 4 basic targets, its not exactly easy to score a point in kendo either.
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