cdobe wrote:But I guess no matter what I will tell you, you already made up your mind
The main discussion is not to say that every style should contain everything. Instead, which style will have the best training method. LF has round house kick but every LF guys will agree that MT's round house kick training method is better.
Different styles will have different emphasis. When you said that boxing doesn't have throws, a boxer will say, "You are right that boxing has no throws." If you say that CMA doesn't have ground fight, CMA guys may want to argue you to death. This is why we all need "cross training". The MMA idea existed in CMA community long before the word "MMA" was even invented. Everybody in CMA community know that if you want to train:
- chain punches, you pick WC.
- chain kicks, you pick LF.
- leg twist, you pick SC.
- Mo Pan Shou, you pick PM.
- taiger climb mountain, you pick Baiji.
- spin back kick, you pick TKD.
- round house kick, you pick MT.
- mount, you pick BJJ.
- ...
Whether we have "sweep" in our system or not is not important. The important is whether we train it and make it as part of "our own skill set". Whatever is in my style is mine. As long as you let me see it, whatever is in your style is also mine.
Crow weep in the dark. Tide bellow in the north wind. How lonesome the world.