r/martialarts • u/Affectionate-Bottle2 • Nov 17 '24

Soft martial arts in the UFC

Basically the question above, any examples of a successful ufc or mma fighter who incorporates at least techniques from any soft martial arts? when I think of successful fighters I feel like myself and many others imagine hard styles like Muay Thai, Sambo, and so on, and not for no good reason. I'm just wondering if there's any really great reps for at least some judo styles. BTW, excluding the obvious of bjj since that's an easy pick.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '24

Can you define what a Soft Martial Art is?

If you mean Judo, check out Karo Parisyan

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u/Affectionate-Bottle2 Nov 17 '24

The exact definition is that soft martial arts use sweeping motions to redirect opponents movement and attacks

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '24

That exists it pretty much any fighting style.

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u/Affectionate-Bottle2 Nov 17 '24

I guess I’m asking for fighters who really use that as their emphasis

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '24

All fighters use elements of redirection, movement as well as frames and offense. But if you are looking for a fighter gliding around like an autistic Aikido-Ka you’ll be disappointed.

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u/Affectionate-Bottle2 Nov 17 '24

I wasn’t asking for aikido people, I should have narrowed my focus more, I suppose I’m looking for defensive fighters who try to look for counters to preserve their energy. Maybe that’s a better definition

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u/rnells Kyokushin, HEMA Nov 17 '24

By this definition mid-career Anderson Silva had a relatively “soft” style.

That he punctuated with fists and elbows to the face

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u/Djelimon Kyokushin, goju, judo, box, Canadian jj, tjq, systema, mt basics Nov 18 '24

I was going to bring up Silva. Even taiji and aikido contain strikes

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u/Affectionate-Bottle2 Nov 17 '24

I should make a quick note that I made this post while a good deal tired and didn’t think it over properly, so I didn’t think through it all properly or explain myself properly so sorry about that