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First, ask yourself why you are training in martial arts. Many people begin training in martial arts after being inspired for a specific sporting event or athlete, it is their intention to compete in this sport. Boxing is a martial art form, but is not complete in itself, is only just a sport and a way to practice your skills on strike. Even within the strike itself, the rules of real sport which is incomplete as an art of self defense. So you have to wonder if you're an athlete first or a martial artist first. If you are a martial artist first, you see the sport as training tools for specific types control. In that case, it is not necessary for you to pursue the medals or trophies in tournaments, just that way in sports at school or dojo will enough for you to improve your training.
Pros
For all martial artists, sports versions of any martial style has its benefits. As a master of Jiu-jitsu, I can say that the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is an excellent teaching tool for beginners, and teaches them the importance of the position and places a value on each move. It will also promote the daily practice of security that lets you train more and improve faster. Cara Leta, you canÂ't 100% all the time, so (sport sports) is a compromise between nice to go nuts and cooperative training realistic.
Cons
The biggest problem with sports martial arts is that very often, people who make them feel as if they were a complete martial artist and Â'street ready. Even in a sport like Mixed Martial Arts fight, where is the closest that comes to reality, yet isnÂ't fight Â'realÂ. Please balance your training, are able to become delusional and not realizing that is not as prepared as a rounded martial artist. A woman with 80 years of age a gun can easily take out the current Ultimate Fighting champion if does not have one, so even a "Fighting reality" remains a sport. In some cases, standards can cause what once was a martial art to become more of a sport. We see this with Judo, where he began as a collection Style of Jiu-jitsu and was very efficient in all ranges of unarmed combat, compared to strikes, throws and groundwork. It has now become known as primarily a shooting sport and not taken as seriously as a complete and well rounded self defense system. When too many rules are added to a martial art in its practice, will become more than one sport and lose much of its value as a martial art.
Ideology
A true martial artist is humble and without ego, not to boast or brag and is generally modest. In a perfect world and perfect, a true competitor should have some of these qualities, but the reality is that most do not and the nature of sports usually associated with the opposite. This has always been the problem with sports and martial arts, to obtain oil and water to mix. The greatest hypocrisy in the industry Martial arts instruction is when a teacher asks you to leave your ego at the door, but stressed his record of competition for all.
The question you have to ask is, "a martial artist you are or first athlete? A", then train accordingly. If you are a  "Defense be" man, realize that some sports training (not necessarily tournament, but at least open to practice that way) can accelerate your skills and if you are a "sport Guya "knows that its not for everyone and make sure you are balancing your training with Real martial arts; Dona't get carried away by ego or 80 years old girl with a gun could disagree.
Gene Simco is a career Martial Artist and Author of several Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Books. In addition to holding a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, he has appeared in many instructional videos. He is available for instruction via an online video training program at http://www.jiu-jitsu.net or at his school in N.Y. (http://www.jiu-jitsu.net/nyma).
For more information about him or his products, visit http://www.genesimco.com.
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