Many pundits say that the Lessner-Couture fight marked the starting of a new era of Mixed Martial Arts. I happen to agree. Mma journalist, Joe Rizzo of the internet talk show "The Rear Naked Choke" expressed this sentiment in a recent pod cast and I couldn't agree more. I'll go one step added and Predict the next evolution of the sport of Mma and the Martial Arts industry.
Mixed martial arts will go the way of boxing and take its place among at the top of the of American combat sports. It's faster and it has an edge that meets the demands of our grow-up-to-soon, over-exposed youth. The sport of mixed martial arts will continue to grow, regulated and controlled to meet the protection standards of each state. I would Not be surprised to see Mma become an Olympic sport in the next 16 years.
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Mma will take the path of all expert sports. If we look at the boxing model, fighters come out of small local gyms, fight in small venues as they work their way up the food chain. They get picked up by promoters and handled by managers and trainers.
For Mma it will be even harder to break in. The Cinderella, rags to riches story of a kid learning Mma at his local boys club is highly unlikely to happen. The hereafter of Mma will come from Amateur and Collegiate wrestling. It has already happened. The vast majority of champions have a wrestling back ground. Good stunning skills only take a few years to make and submissions even less than that (you can build up a decent submission Defense in about a year.)
Wrestling in the Us has a enormous infrastructure and talent pool to choose from. On the elite college level, wrestlers already have the work ethic, the attitude, body awareness and of procedure excellent grappling and scrambling skills. As the payday for Mma increases, it becomes a viable option for elite college wrestlers to pursue. The only other options were go to the Olympics or go to work.
I only hope the athletes get their due, which is going to happen since most of them are college graduates, they have more Options than a starving kid form the street. The path of the Mma fighter will be wrestle and maybe do some Judo or Bjj as a youth. When he's out of college or high school, he should learn to strike: boxing and muay thai. He will lead a Spartan lifestyle and seek out higher levels of competition in order to improve. This doesn't happen at the local studio, it can't.
What will continue to happen is college wrestlers will be recruited More by Mma promoters. I even for see an Mma draft. Athletes will be recruited and settled in in training camps. They will be developed, just like any other pro athlete.
The day of the small local Mma club is gone. The idea of having Mma at the local martial arts school will be the same as teaching cardio kick boxing or aerobics (it's almost there now- most guys just don't know it yet.) There will all the time be the exception, but on the whole, there in no way that person who starts training at their local club will be able to compete with a collegiate elite wrestler; No Way, No How. Mma will be the enterprise it inspires to be: Major sports entertainment.
So where does that leave the state of martial arts? Martial arts will all the time have it's niche, cult following. It's the nature of the beast, but that Only attracts a small ration of citizen who are finding for that lifestyle. The vast majority of adult practitioners look to martial arts for self defense training. Adult martial arts will be another tool to help them live their lives better. Programs must focus on fitness and self defense to survive. In the next 5 years, if you're not in the self defense and fitness enterprise and you continue to offer Only martial arts programs, you're going to be stuck and forgotten.
The mixed martial arts and grappling era on the local level will be soon over. Unless you are teaching wrestling, judo or Bjj you will not be able to compete. Contribution Mma in the near hereafter will be like Contribution expert football or basketball classes.
While most citizen enjoy watching football, they aren't about to go play professionally. But they still have an interest in linked activities. As Mma grows, they will have an interest but no desire to jump in the ring- even if they tried, there won't be much opportunity. But there is all the time a need for self defense skills. Today's trainee just wants the facts, the skills and go about there lives. If you're teaching in a customary style dojo, you better incorporate self defense training into your schedule or you can say good bye to your adult program.
Adults are concerned in martial arts will want to do only two things: Learn self defense and get in shape. Will you be there for the turn?
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