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When considering "budo", every time I score ippon on my opponent or he scores ippon on me, that strike is considered a killing strike and it happens in the blink of an eye. The budo in kendo is to kill your opponent. With MMA, the goal and mindset is not to kill, but to knock out or submit your opponent, I don't see much budo there. I'm sure there are techniques that can kill a person, but you don't spar or train that way. As for budo, I would rather slice someone to kill them than choking someone or bashing thier skull in or what ever other hands on brutal way MMA folks would go about killing someone.