Why don't we see more Jeet kune do, Krav Maga or Shoalin Warriors in MMA?

[Ehsan_Karam]

LOL Krav Maga's hand to hand is kind of a joke. Sure it works, but it's just like kick him in the balls poke him in the eyes punch him in th throat...now ruuuuuun!!! Hahahaha

[J Grooms]

My dad started Krav Maga a couple of months ago. I asked him to show me. He put me in a weak standing americana and kneed me in the balls.

Nice!

[Emir Mehovic]

My guess as to why we don't see Jeet Kune Do fighters in MMA is the same reason we don't see Krav Maga fighters or Shaolin Warrior monks, Because those Martial arts are severely limited by the "Rules" of sport and are meant for real street fights and could potentially be lethal AKA they will break your fingers, gouge your eyes, punch you in your throat and kick you in the balls or throw a Hadouken at you and vaporize your ass, lol. What do you guys think?

JKD is a philosophy of mixing multiple fighting arts to be the most effective fighter anyone who trains multiple arts s a jkd fighter therfore most mma fighters being JKD fighters.

[AJ Camacho]

If you go to enough small regional shows you will see these gyms at fights. All these styles are out there trying their best. You can probably come up with your own conclusions as to why there aren't too many "pure" martial art stylists at the top of the ranks. I say pure because many top MMA martial artists have studied various styles throughout their lives. Everybody knows about Dan Hardy training with Shaolin Monks when he was younger but must people don't consider him a Shaolin fighter.

[Chris Odell (Datsusara)]

Lindsey you are correct about JKD, it was meant as a philosophy much like Taoism is a philosophy and not really a religion until you get idiots starting things like "JKD Fundamentals" schools and it all goes to hell. Luckily for old JKD lovers like me we do have MMA which as you said is basically what JKD should be, although I hope the sport continues to evolve and not hold on to anything that doesn't work or isn't efficient.

As for Shaolin yes they do not support competition fighting, have you not seen the classic series Kung Fu?! Also of course much of what they do isn't functional, but when they get the UFC going in China I hope a Shaolin rebel decides to mix his background with MMA and we might just see something awesome.

As for all the groin shots and eye gouging, I hate that shit and would only use it in life or death situations. Why escalate a fight to permanent damage level if you don't have to. I want to bring back the gentleman fights days with clear rules for challenging a guy to fisticuffs! heheh

[Bryan Brown]

As for Shaolin yes they do not support competition fighting, have you not seen the classic series Kung Fu?! Also of course much of what they do isn't functional, but when they get the UFC going in China I hope a Shaolin rebel decides to mix his background with MMA and we might just see something awesome [/QUOTE]

That would be cool