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by gaius 2965 days ago
The question of adequacy in martial arts is equally nonsensical

Well, it is nonsensical since MMA proved beyond a shadow of doubt that BJJ beat everything else... We haven't yet settled on what programming language beats everything else however... But it is not LISP!
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foobarrio 2965 days ago
MMA showed the BJJ is a requirement to win but it's no longer sufficient. The sport has evolved. Plenty of non-BJJ guys win. Demian Maia is one of the best BJJ guys (and has been super successful) and he's gotten KO'd by strikes and had his BJJ neutralized by guys like Woodley.

Back when tournaments like UFC started, ground fighting and grappling were not part of the standard repertoire of tournament fighters so those guys won. Now it is. Back in the heyday of Pride, champions like Mirko CroCop were definitely not BJJ guys. Of course they trained BJJ but it's not their only tool.

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taylodl 2965 days ago
BJJ beats everything else when fighting as a sport. Krav Maga practitioners have no problems dispatching BJJ fighters in the real world where there are no rules of illegal contact. That's what the author was differentiating between technique and art. If you think Lisp isn't the programming philosophy that beats everything else then read Paul Graham's article Beating the Averages - http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html.
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