There are quite a small number of old martial art that's pretty decent still.
Gracie is just BJJ which is just an offshoot of Judo anyway with more emphasis on ground. So I'm not sure if it really counts as MMA would he just uses his school of Martial Art.
> There are quite a small number of old martial art that's pretty decent still.
could you mention a few more? And distinguish if its possible which of those were generally practiced as highly competitive full contact sports (within their rulesets of forbidden strikes etc), and which mostly as a martial art?
I'm aware of the history of Conde Koma teaching the Gracies who improved on the system. However, BJJ practitioners told me the top practitioners of BJJ were beating the Kodokan opponents in submission grappling. It was believable given the job is to wrap around them to prevent their throws. I never confirmed or rejected it, though. You have info on that?
There are quite a small number of old martial art that's pretty decent still.
Gracie is just BJJ which is just an offshoot of Judo anyway with more emphasis on ground. So I'm not sure if it really counts as MMA would he just uses his school of Martial Art.