Why hasn’t USA developed its own martial art and relies on using other countries martial arts?

[spacetime]

Modern day Western Boxing is American.

 

[Gamer2k4]

Your post made my point. He said the US has no history. The US has a comparatively short history but has added a lot to the world.

Dismissing statements due to hyperbole is problematic.

Ah, we're just approaching the term differently. By "no history" I mean "no length of history," but you mean "no quality of history." On that point, I definitely agree with you; the USA has enough history for several countries if we're looking at it from that perspective.

 

[MusterX]

Boxing, wrestling??

LOL, OP has lost it. Two of the biggest disciplines in modern MMA are wrestling and western boxing. If you are good at both of those, you get a DC.

 

[I WILL CUT YOU]

Rules are made for the sport not for the style. MMA is not a martial art, which is why the first M for "mixed". But hey if you wanna disagree that's your choice. It doesn't matter anyway.

The style came about because of the sport and the rules.

 

[BigBadKraken]

Catch wrestling .. Boxing.. Those existed prior I suppose.. CAR gun fighting, nuclear war ..

Catch wrestling is English.
Arguably, boxing as we know it also (Queensbury rules)

 

[BigBadKraken]

"The art of Hawaiian bone breaking" (or something).

Also, Ken Po.

 

[Fox2twenty]

Catch wrestling is English.
Arguably, boxing as we know it also (Queensbury rules)

Yeah that's what existed prior means

 

[98bird]

For such a great country why does USA rely on Brazil, Japan, Thailand etc.?

Tell that to the Asians who immigrated to the USA and setting up chopsoky schools, teaching White people to make a living.

 

[BigBadKraken]

Yeah that's what existed prior means

Haha. Damn, I am TIREDDDDD. I didn't even see the redt of. Yiur sentwnxe

 

[PalmStrike]

lol martial arts

LOL


That no smoking sign behind a group of dudes holding automatic weapons.

Whats more American than that?

 

[Peter Smits]

Tell that to the Asians who immigrated to the USA and setting up chopsoky schools, teaching White people to make a living.

 

[PalmStrike]

Im gonna think outside the box.


How about backyard wrestling, slap boxing, thumb wrestling or arm wrestling?

 

[Marc A]

For such a great country why does USA rely on Brazil, Japan, Thailand etc.?

Country of immigrants

H i s t o r y

 

[Fox2twenty]

Country of immigrants

H i s t o r y

/thread

 

[PSALTY]

America rules by the gun, not the fist. The rest of the world is still waging war in the Stoneage

 

[saffo]

You must be super proud.

Yes but America stole the early blueprints of hitler

 

[fractal]

The style came about because of the sport and the rules.

Mixed.

 

[mr nuff]

I recall a few styles i believe were created in the u.s..kajukenbo,jailhouse rock,American kempo and chun kuk do by Chuck Norris

 

[I WILL CUT YOU]

Mixed.

Judo was a mixed martial art bound to a set of rules. Is that not a style either?

What if we called it Americana instead of MMA? Semantics. MMA can be its own style. It can also be a blended art that is a combination of styles too.

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

There are several fighting styles from America. Philly shell, Rough&Tumble, Crab, Carnival/Catch wrestling, Peekaboo, etc. and those are just off the top of my head.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouging_(fighting_style)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15835447-rough-and-tumble

Why are people so openly willing and comfortably ignorant about American history?