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What Makes for a Good Fighter?

post #1 of 66
12/31/10 at 1:30pm
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Lots of people on this forum have martial arts and mma experience. What do you think makes a good fighter? We've all been in the gym/dojo before and seen people who won't ever be good regardless of how many years they train. Is it a temperament thing? Does it depend on how bad their childhood was? What separates a "practitioner" from a fighter?
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post #2 of 66
12/31/10 at 1:34pm
High strength, constitution, and agility. I'd also put some points into dexterity, though such a recommendation is controversial.
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post #3 of 66
12/31/10 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by Don Carlos View Post
High strength, constitution, and agility. I'd also put some points into dexterity, though such a recommendation is controversial.
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post #4 of 66
12/31/10 at 2:24pm
You need:

1. Good natural abilities
2. Good training and great coaching.
3. Motivation.

Without the heart, you are not going to win against real opposition.
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post #5 of 66
12/31/10 at 2:42pm
win/loss record?
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post #6 of 66
12/31/10 at 2:48pm
IMO, the ability to turn off (or not have in the first place) most of your cognitive and empathetic thinking abilities and not have any concern about how that fat lip and skinned knuckles are going to look at the office on Monday.
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post #7 of 66
12/31/10 at 2:50pm
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Originally Posted by Piobaire View Post
IMO, the ability to turn off (or not have in the first place) most of your cognitive and empathetic thinking abilities and not have any concern about how that fat lip and skinned knuckles are going to look at the office on Monday.
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post #8 of 66
12/31/10 at 3:17pm

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Edited by merkur - 7/30/11 at 5:17am
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post #9 of 66
12/31/10 at 3:35pm
Genetics makes a difference. Some people's chins can just take hits while others cannot.
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post #10 of 66
12/31/10 at 4:16pm
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Originally Posted by Don Carlos View Post
High strength, constitution, and agility. I'd also put some points into dexterity, though such a recommendation is controversial.


Someone grew up playing role-playing games.
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post #11 of 66
12/31/10 at 4:39pm
Tattoos, preferably tribal or some variation.
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post #12 of 66
12/31/10 at 5:02pm
1. Genetics mostly 2. Solid training regiment with a cerebral approach (e.g. watching videos to develop reliable fighting habits on top of your regular strength/conditioning routine)
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post #13 of 66
12/31/10 at 5:08pm
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Originally Posted by Slopho View Post
Someone grew up playing role-playing games.
Finally, someone gets the joke (although not necessarily the fact that it was a joke).
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post #14 of 66
12/31/10 at 5:10pm
just ask yourself what would tyler durden do
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post #15 of 66
12/31/10 at 8:23pm
Being like water.

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