Since November 12, 1993 Ultimate Fighter (UFC 1),
traditional striking arts, karate in particular, has taken a blow in the world
of martial arts. In the mixed martial arts community in particular karate is
looked at as a joke. However, since the reign of George Rush St Pier, and most
recently Uriah Hall, Stephen Thompson, Lyoto Machida, and Conner McGregor it’s
has been demonstrated that if used properly karate is very effective in Mixed
Martial Arts (MMA). Yet in the mind of MMA practitioners the ideology in most
cases are the only fighting systems that are effective are Muay Thai, Western
Boxing, Wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Yes these fighting systems are very
effective, but as a 36 year MMA practitioner and now teacher, I say it’s no
longer about styles in martial arts. It’s about how good you are at applying
the system that you are raised in. There is a difference between a martial
artist and a good martial artist. Universal General MMA teaches fundamentally
sound techniques deep rooted in traditional martial arts background.
Love goes out to My teacher and mentor Grand
Master Robert Dickerson for 34 yrs. He taught me everything I know about karate
and boxing. Shout out to the Universal Pasha Karate school in Camden NJ, see
you guys around Christmas time OSU!
