This issue exactly is what bugs me deeply!
People think that a sport under a rule set ( Rules, Regulations and Restrictions) is M.A aka MMA.
No.......... its not thats UFC making money out of it LoL..... Dana White was smart $$$$$$$$
Absolutely clueless of what real martial art is and I mean those who pay the price day in and day out conditioning and perfecting their art seriously with many hours of hard dedication conditioning their bodies making their bodies like weapon a bar of steel.
Thing is people today being 2018 have not see this in person up front.
I have and its for real its no where near MMA but far beyond a sport thats why they are called "Killing Arts"!
Not the many McDojos of today and I have seen many handing out Black Belts like Big Macs.
White washing and watering down the essence of true martial art skill, ability and teachings.............in the view that MMA is reality..... no its just a brawl.
Put a high ranked Martial Artist young, fast, agile, and willing and able to read a fight intelligently is more than a brawl, but we live in the modern world you go to prison in the reality of things.
That is why I say, you got to have a healthy respect, a personal passion or appreciation to learn, practice and master TMA for what it truly is, as its not a game or a sport but the real thing.
Its rare thing and usually found in those in High Rank practicing various deadly and illegal techniques that can not be used in sports combat but only because they love the M.A as a way of life a labor of love.
Were these people instruct privately military, police and other law enforcement branches real tactics and strategies of fighting or aka Killing Arts.
Its a personal thing like running a triathlon you got to have a healthy respect for it and an appreciation for it!
But you would think in this forum even just online anywhere there would be this view and understanding, it is surprising to see the level of ignorance and stupidity by people with their poor replies posting everywhere on forums and even going as far as provoking real teachers and those who publicly run online businesses and demonstrations.
Only to be met by these juvenile idiots that should see the inside of a prison cell first before making pathetic online posts provoking Sifu's and Sensi's online.
What type of person is it that pays to see a fight eating Big Macs and has no clue or depth of understanding what they are actually observing, simply lazy and ignorant people that have never seen the inside of a Kwoon or a Dojo and actually made a commitment to even learn about at least one true TMA to gain insight.
Poor lost souls, they would be better donating that money to a good cause.
However this picture sums it up so well.......
The word tenacity is interesting used above meaning.........
TENACITY
/tɪˈnasɪti/
noun
noun:
tenacity
- the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip.
"the sheer tenacity of the limpet"
synonyms: persistence, pertinacity, determination, perseverance, doggedness, tenaciousness, single-mindedness, strength of will, firmness of purpose, strength of purpose, fixity of purpose, bulldog spirit, tirelessness, indefatigability, resolution, resoluteness, resolve, firmness, patience, purposefulness, staunchness, steadfastness, constancy, staying power, application, diligence, assiduity, sedulousness, insistence, relentlessness, inexorability, inexorableness, implacability, inflexibility; More
stubbornness, intransigence, obstinacy, obduracy, obdurateness;
Sitzfleisch;
informalstickability;
informalstick-to-it-iveness;
rarecontinuance, perseveration
"the tenacity with which he stuck to his story"
antonyms: irresolution, lack of resolve
- the quality or fact of being very determined; determination.
"you have to admire the tenacity of these two guys"
- the quality or fact of continuing to exist; persistence.
"the tenacity of certain myths within the historical record"