Both height and reach play a significant role in every combat sport. Generally speaking, a taller fighter with a longer reach can strike their opponent more safely, but they are also at risk of being a larger target if their opponent makes it past their range. They must have reliable defensive capabilities to overcome that disadvantage.
There are always going to be possible accidents, which are simply part of life in general. However, there is a difference between some martial arts and others when it comes to safety.
Some martial arts are for exercise which is non-combat art such as Tai Chi. Therefore, being a martial artist in non-combat arts will not prepare anyone for real-world fighting.
When it comes to combat arts, you often hear Krav Maga and MMA. On the surface, they both appear to be similar fighting systems to the untrained eye.
But when you look deeper into these two fighting systems, they aren’t quite the same as they look.
It is clear that some of the traditional martial arts have been effective, yet as of late increasing number of people have claimed most of the traditional martial arts are not as useful as some assume. These people might have a point, but we wanted to examine this and discuss it. There is a lot of grey area here, and we wanted to fill in the gaps that some people refuse to do for you
This type of ear defect is very common among MMA and fighters competing in grappling arts whose ears are frequently injured. And, you can see athletes from other sports like Rugby having disfigured ears as well.