What is the difference between real fights and combative sports?
Street fight vs sport competitions
No matter what kind of training the contenders have done, street fights don’t look like:
- Forms, sequences (etc.)
- Martial arts movies choreographies
- Ring combat (boxing, MMA competitions, etc.)
- …
They do not have rules:
- Time limits
- Recovery times
- Prohibited techniques
- …
They do not provide any kind of protections:
- Mouthguard
- Gloves
- Shell
- Safe environment
- …
They do not allow us to choose when to fight:
- Not after 6-12 months of psychophysical preparation (read /// Subscribe (it's free!) or Login to see this content ///)
- By surprise (eg. during the night, read How to always be ready to fight)
- Without stretching / warm-up (read How to correctly perform stretching and How to correctly perform warm-up)
- …
They do not allow us to choose the opponents, they can be:
- Against a person without any kind of honor / respect in relation to us (read Dojo (guan): rules, respect and etiquette)
- Against an opponent bigger and stronger than us (read How to deal with a taller opponent: 12 functional tips)
- Against multiple opponents (read How to fight with more than one opponent at the same time)
- Against a person that we cannot choose or refuse
- …
In a real fight:
- We always have to cover all our weak parts (genitals, eyes, etc., read /// Subscribe (it's free!) or Login to see this content ///)
- We cannot stop the struggle (read Personal defense: the S.A.F.E. method)
- The risk to die or suffer big damages is 10 times higher (read Best martial arts for self-defense)
- We cannot use techniques that leave uncovered our weak parts
- We (or our opponents) could be dressed in a favorable (eg. boots with a hard tip) or unfavorable way (eg. clumsy clothes)
- Sometimes, simply, we have no chances to prevail and the only solution is to negotiate or escape (read /// Subscribe (it's free!) or Login to see this content ///)
- …
In-depth articles
- Why martial arts do not work: 5 reasons – Why martial arts are not good for self-defense
- The fighter and the warrior – The crucial difference between a fighter and a warrior
Questions
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- What is the biggest difference between street and sports combats?
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February 8, 2019 @ 6:07 pm
What is the harder situations?
June 26, 2019 @ 8:08 pm
The biggest difference is the choice
June 27, 2019 @ 1:34 pm
Good answer, the choice is everything
March 21, 2020 @ 1:17 am
All true
March 23, 2020 @ 4:19 pm
😉
May 5, 2020 @ 4:20 am
The desire to kill
May 5, 2020 @ 7:04 am
In a lot of cases, yes
July 5, 2020 @ 12:02 am
I would add another, there can also be weapons
July 6, 2020 @ 7:12 pm
True
November 6, 2022 @ 4:22 pm
On the street, no one will stop your opponent when you are being subdued.
November 10, 2022 @ 5:48 am
Yes, that is an aspect that is too often underestimated.
June 15, 2023 @ 10:33 am
Biig difference but people doesn’t understand
June 18, 2023 @ 1:12 am
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