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There is no real deal to Tai Chi. The fact of the matter is that a Thai Chi fighter has less tools in their arsenal than the best MMA fighters. The traditional
by tcoff91 9y ago
There is no real deal to Tai Chi. The fact of the matter is that a Thai Chi fighter has less tools in their arsenal than the best MMA fighters.
The traditional martial arts that are actually effective have already been incorporated into MMA. Jujitsu, Muay Thai, Wrestling, even some Tae Kwon Doe, Karate, these have all made inroads. But nobody makes it far these days in MMA knowing only one form.
Even if the best tai chi guy could hold his own on the feet, the MMA fighter would just go for a takedown or pull guard and the tai chi guy would not have the tools to defend.
There is not a single person who practices Tai Chi who has anywhere close to the breadth of martial arts mastery that someone like Demetrious Johnson has.
- iorrus 9y agoDo you practice Tai Chi? Do you know anything about it? I do and I've met serious people who can do some incredible things. These people are serious and don't go into the ring with some self promoting idiot.
- dagw 9y agoWhere does this gentleman fall on your serious Tai Chi practitioner scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l_t70EG8E0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l_t70EG8E0
- dagw 9y agoThere is not a single person who practices Tai Chi who has anywhere close to the breadth of martial arts mastery that someone like Demetrious Johnson has. To be fair most MMA champions don't even have the breadth of martial arts mastery that someone like Demetrious Johnson has.