It has for me. Not that I'm complaining or anything, just feeling sentimental, I guess.

Once you've seen how a real life martial arts fight plays out, all those kung fu and karate movies just look comical. Every move they make is so elegantly complicated, perfectly timed, and flawlessly executed. Not at all like the UFC.

In the UFC, 99% of the fights go to the ground and end on the ground. And even when they are on their feet, they don't seem to be using any special techniques that you won't see in any drunken street fight. They all have years of training, and most have black belts in at least one, sometimes more than one, martial arts style, but you don't see that on display when they fight. All you see is wild punches and leg kicks. It's never really pretty, and often very sloppy.

And if everyone is using the exact same moves as the next guy, does that mean their own specific style of martial arts is useless? Did they train all those years to earn their black belts by learning moves that will never work? I know there is more to being a black belt than just mounting your opponent and dropping elbows on his face, but that is the prefered style of attack in the UFC. Hell, I can do that. Am I a black belt now too?

It's kinda funny, really. Martial arts has this great mythical aura about it. Everyone seems to believe if you know karate (or whatever style) then you are some kind of bad ass. But when the fighting starts, there's nothing bad ass about it. Just two guys humping each other on the floor of the octagon.:dance:
CityBoyGoneCountry Reviewed by CityBoyGoneCountry on . Has the UFC ruined martial arts movies for you? It has for me. Not that I'm complaining or anything, just feeling sentimental, I guess. Once you've seen how a real life martial arts fight plays out, all those kung fu and karate movies just look comical. Every move they make is so elegantly complicated, perfectly timed, and flawlessly executed. Not at all like the UFC. In the UFC, 99% of the fights go to the ground and end on the ground. And even when they are on their feet, they don't seem to be using any special techniques that you Rating: 5