> Thanks to MMA, we know now that many modern martial art teachings are not practical from a self-defense perspective. I don't disagree with the general point

> Thanks to MMA, we know now that many modern martial art teachings are not practical from a self-defense perspective. I don't disagree with the general point that there are martial art schools that do not teach effective self defense - but I'm not sure how MMA figures in to it. Self defense is about situational awareness, coping with multiple attackers, probably armed. Often you may have a way of de-escalating the situation (eg: give them your wallet). I suppose in the instance of a single un-armed rapist (often the case when the victim knows the attacker) MMA has increased the focus on grappling (ie: judu/jujutsu/bjj and various wrestling techniques). I'm not sure what else the popularity of MMA has thought us about self defense. Now, if your talking about ring fighting with a particular ruleset, one on one, with a referee... That might be something else.