What are the problems behind creating a World Wushu/Martial Arts Tournament?

Question

I dream of a tournament that does not restrict style and does not judge petty stuff such as forms and board breaking. I would like a tournament style single elimination contest where the best fighters will duke it out no hold bars. The only rule is no killing. People may only enter if they have achieved a certain acclaim in their own art.

Answer 1

UFC does it if you train on the street and don't master anything other than rolling on the floor with other guys while wearing speed-o's...
I like the idea of a real fight competition, but doubt it will ever see fruition. There are some fates people might consider worse than death, and life altering injuries could ensue in a tournament such as that. If there were one, it would have to remain under ground.
Plus, real masters don't have anything to prove.

Answer 2

Wouldn't that be like UFC or Pride?

Other than that, the problems? You list one in your question. First, not everyone would agree that forms and board breaking are petty stuff.

How many different MA styles are there? Possibly 1000s, some very different, some slight variations of one another. Getting together a committee of judges that represented them all without excluding one style or another would be tough. Don't know how Pride does it.

See: http://www.pridefc.com/pride2005/whats_about.htm

Answer 3

I think that sounds cool. A world martial arts championship, no holds bar, just real fighting. Too many tournaments are semi-contact but isn't martial arts about self-defense which makes it about full contact. That makes more sense. Sounds cool, dude. Now how do you do it is the question.

Answer 4

The only rule is no killing. Your tournament can be violence .

Answer 5

it was made about 15 years ago

Answer 6

I thought UFC already does this?