Why do most western fights (e.g. wrestling, swordplay) seem like 2 bodies smooshing into eachother while eastern fighting (e.g. martial arts, fist fights) look compartmentalized and light?

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Why do most western fights (e.g. wrestling, swordplay) seem like 2 bodies smooshing into eachother while eastern fighting (e.g. martial arts, fist fights) look compartmentalized and light?

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Answer 1

There is no real truth to what you’re describing. You’re just getting a bit of confirmation bias and rolling with it to lump thousands of types and styles of martial arts into two categories you invented.