The MMA Black Belt Program White Belt book chapter excerpt
PUTTING FISTS WHERE MOUTHS ARE!
When MMA Fighting first hit the scene (Known as "NHB No Holds Barred" then), I was quick to step up to test my skills. And YES, MMA fighting proved that many of the claimed superior skills of belted Martial Artists who never participated in actual combat, were very ineffective in executing their techniques under true fighting pressure in a cage or boxing ring. Boxers, Wrestlers and Jiu Jitsu practitioners consistently dominated one dimensional decorated Martial Artists inside the Octagon eventually causing a movement that pulled fans away from praised Black Belt Masters who were not willing to compete against MMA fighters to "prove" that their Discipline actually worked.
TRUTH THAT REALLY HURT MMA
MMA fighters and their fans challenged, ridiculed and even insulted practitioners of the "Traditional" Martial Arts sometimes to the point of bullying and assaulting them. The world of MMA began to express that all Black Belts were frauds and so were their Martial Art disciplines.
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