Mixed martial arts, MMA

[Dr Noodle]

Wow that was lucky What's judo like?

[hessyniebla]

judo, a grappling based martial art, throwing and some ground work. Its pretty tough when you start since you are using the full force to throw people, its not like sparring in some martial arts where you use semi- contact, in judo, one does actually have to throw someone. So you are constantly working at a level where you can apply your skills

[Dr Noodle]

That's why I want to do it. I'm no good at striking, my fists are too small Loved grappling in Aikiwa Jitsu. Us girls were allowed to bite

[hessyniebla]

i dont think the size of your hands matter, i'm about 5'6 and i'm still able to submit a person who is 6'3 and even go hand to hand!

[jklmnn]

If you watch the pros, strength does play a part—being able to wrench an opponent around. But Jiu Jitsu is about skill. I'm a female and I can submit people much stronger than me if I can position myself correctly. That's what I love about martial arts is that you can be forceful through skill, not so much through strength.

[hessyniebla]

Strength would play apart if a none athlete was fighting a pro!, they are in the same weight division, so attributes such as strength are canceled out, so it goes down to skill and the ability to think on your "feet".

If you have a look at the history of the UFC, you'll find that it started out from Brazilian Jujitsu and the Gracie family.The Gracies started teaching BJJ in the US in the early 50's and to popularise the BJJ Gracie franchise in the late 80 to ealry 90's they would, essential have fights with other martial artist from different styles. they would win all of the time! through submission and skill! From this the UFC was born, where once again the Gracie family would win a great deal of the first UFC titles using solely BJJ and a few punches here and there. Everyone started to see how effective it was and started to learn how to grapple!