Hispanics and Mixted Martial Arts
By Luis Abraham Moreno Ballve
I appreciate this opportunity to tell you about Mixed Martial Arts, as I believe, we Hispanics in general, know very little about this one-on- one combat sport, in which there is a mingling of different techniques like: Karate, Judo, Boxing. Tae-kwon Do, Jiu-Jitsu and Vale-Tudo, among others.
Athletes require years of intensive training in order to test themselves in a Boxing Ring or in an Octagon Fighting Arena, where they usually go for 3 - 5 minutes rounds.
This relatively young Sport has evolved until becoming an extreme, explosive combat. The strategy and the ability of the athletes are fundamental to beating their opponents in a highly exciting fight from begining to end.
Even though it is not a well known Sport, it is already being practiced in many Countries, and I am proud to mention that Hispanics are among the best and, are or have been, World Champions. Among them I would like to mention Tito Ortiz and Diego Sanchez.
I actually used to practice Tae Kwon Do in Mexico and I can mention as the first gold medalist when in Corea, the Tae Kwon Do was a sport of exhibition, Williams De Jesus won first place. Now keep in mind that Tae Kwon Do is from Corea. After him, it would be as one of the best, Victor Estrada.
Personally, we can do even better, for this next Olypmics we have good competitors, but one of the problems we have as that we don’t have almost no support from the country. And to get the experience and the financial support is pretty much, a matter of having the funds and the time
Max, Thank you for your comments and the time you took to read my article. I agree with you, we have great Martial Arts contenders like William de Jesus from Puebla, Victor Estrada and in the women’s category Iridia Salazar Blanco. Determination, attitude and the will to succeed make of our sportsmen an example for the whole world and it makes us feel very proud to be Hispanic.
Max, gracias por tus comentarios y el tiempo que tomaste para leer mi articulo.
Estoy de acuerdo contigo, en Mexico tenemos grandes exponentes de las artes marciales como el poblano William de Jesus, Victor Estrada y en la categoria femenil Iridia Salazar Blanco.
La determinacion, la actitud y el deseo del triunfo hacen de nuestros deportistas un ejemplo para todo el mundo y nos hace sentir orgullo de ser hispanos.