A
Anonymous
03/23/26, 15:36No.153978000Why do combat sports even exist?
03/23/26, 15:36No.153978000Why do combat sports even exist?Honestly, I don't get it. Why does a sport where the entire purpose is to injure someone even exist?
Imagine training your whole life to give brain damage to someone, and risk getting brain damage yourself.
Just...why?
12
Replies
A
Anon
03/23/26, 15:49No.153978070
03/23/26, 15:49No.153978070Are you ethnically Chinese? I thought Malays would be relatively open to the idea of struggle to combat ... in the name of Allah at least
Combat sports exist because mankind has a very long history of warfare. Military training, rituals, the genuine struggle for survival ... at some point, people realized it was entertaining. That's the core of it. Even if you dislike genuine war and gore, people still like seeing struggle in a controlled environment. Two men giving their all and pushing through the pain, one victor and one vanquished. It's raw. It's deeply rooted in our conscience, and every culture has some sort of form of combat they identify with to a degree. And the good thing about the controlled environment is that there still is sportsmanship and no one has to kill each other. It is a friendly competition with rules and norms, but still fierce and intenseI'm not a huge enjoyer of it myself, but I don't doubt that it has its space. It always had. Call it primal and uncivilized, but it's part of our nature. And we made it as civilized as possible at least
A
Anon
03/23/26, 16:03No.153978136
03/23/26, 16:03No.153978136Every other sport is arbitrary. Combat sports are the only real one. Fighting is natural and a lot of countries have folk wrestling styles and striking.
A
Anon
03/23/26, 16:05No.153978146
03/23/26, 16:05No.153978146Boxing exists so youtubers can make money off dumb zoomers.
A
Anon
03/23/26, 16:06No.153978150
03/23/26, 16:06No.153978150I agree. They should fight to the death instead.
A
Anon
03/23/26, 19:18No.153979239
03/23/26, 19:18No.153979239I don't know either. Just ban it.
A
Anon
03/24/26, 12:44No.153983787
03/24/26, 12:44No.153983787the lowest class appreciate it