Hi everyone today I’m going to talk about my favorite
sport which is Mixed Martial Arts also known by its acronym, "MMA". This
sport is is a full-contact combat sport that allows both striking(directed physical
attack with either a part of the human body) and grappling( techniques, maneuvers, and counters applied to an opponent)
, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from other combat sports
and martial arts like Boxing, Karate, ,Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu,
Judo etc.
I started to
watch this sport when I was 14 years old approximately, in that time this sport
was not very popular because it was considered too violent but fortunately trough
the last couple of years this idea has changed and this sport has been growing
constantly. I like this sport because I’ve grown watching martial arts movies
and cartoons.
In order to practice this sport you need to have special
equipment, mainly a couple of small open-fingered gloves, this is required
mainly because to avoid hand and wrist injuries and reduce the occurrence of cuts during the fights,
also if you are man, you will need to wear a groin protector. I haven’t practice
this sport but I think in the future I would like to do it.
This sport in our country is not as popular as other
sports but I think in the near future it will be at least as popular as other
combat sports, like boxing for example.