The Cardio-Kickboxing Industry Has Been Selling Self-Defense For Thirty Years. Every Open-Mat Clip Reminds Us It Doesn't Work.
The pattern is so old it has a rhythm to it. A striker with a fitness brand and a six-figure follower count gets curious about jiu-jitsu, walks into an open mat, gets tapped by somebody who has been training a fraction of the time they've been doing what their bio calls "combat sports," and then has
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