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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8240142" data-attributes="member: 85555">The point is that fire is how you arrived at the Striking+Grappling formula. Prior to that there were all kinds of ideas floating around about what style was supreme and a lot of us we way off in our assumptions. But&nbsp; I also think if you go into an MMA gym, there is more of a trial by fire because you are sparring. And if you just look at BJJ, that is, at least as far as grappling is concerned, trial by fire because you roll against people who are trying to outdo you (and you can go pretty hard as long as people are tapping out). Same with a boxing gym: sparring at boxing gyms is pretty much like getting beat up for the first several months. Training strategy obviously matters as well. But if you look at striking, you don't become even a mediocre striker just hitting pads, the bag, and working on your form in the mirror: you have to spar. It is the only way to figure out how to apply the techniques you are learning. You can see this clearly when people who don't spar, but have maybe trained in a style for a while, attempt sparring for the first time or do so very irregularly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8240142, member: 85555"] The point is that fire is how you arrived at the Striking+Grappling formula. Prior to that there were all kinds of ideas floating around about what style was supreme and a lot of us we way off in our assumptions. But I also think if you go into an MMA gym, there is more of a trial by fire because you are sparring. And if you just look at BJJ, that is, at least as far as grappling is concerned, trial by fire because you roll against people who are trying to outdo you (and you can go pretty hard as long as people are tapping out). Same with a boxing gym: sparring at boxing gyms is pretty much like getting beat up for the first several months. Training strategy obviously matters as well. But if you look at striking, you don't become even a mediocre striker just hitting pads, the bag, and working on your form in the mirror: you have to spar. It is the only way to figure out how to apply the techniques you are learning. You can see this clearly when people who don't spar, but have maybe trained in a style for a while, attempt sparring for the first time or do so very irregularly. [/QUOTE]

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