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I was into martial arts since 1990. First into Taekwondo, then Aikido and then Jeetkunedo. And very briefly, I tried out Muay Thai Kickboxing. I have been joining competitions in Taekwondo since 1994 to 1996 and stopped and just did a short competition again in 2004. Although I practice various martial arts and I love watching mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions like the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Price Fighting Championship, I will never join competitions like those, at least not now, and maybe not in the future as age is already coming up with me. Even if I like watching these, I am not joining because I believe the formula to win is the 4S: Skill, Strength, Speed and Stamina. If you are weak in one of them, you can lose. And my major weakness is stamina. My cardiovascular endurance is way low, I easily get tired. And considering that I have an elevated heart rate due to hyperthyroidism, a type of toxic goiter that hyperactivates the thyroid gland making the heart work more in pumping more blood thinking that the thyroid gland needs more blood flow in there.

Why you need the 4S:

• Skill: If you do not know how to fight, you lose. Deliver a punch effectively, deliver a kick effectively, and grapple effectively. And know how to defend in these attacks as well are all needed. A win could sometimes be a win just because the fighter was more knowledgeable of what to do in a fight.
• Strength: Let’s say someone is less skillful than you, but is very very powerful. That even if you see a kick coming, and is aware of the attack and you are able to block it, but is so powerful that the pain will go through the block. Or a fighter gives you a barrage of punches and you cover up your face, but they somehow still give a knockout feeling. Someone more powerful can will with the sheer power.
• Speed: Something that made Bruce Lee popular was mainly his speed. As you just begin to punch, he sees it and someone beats you at the punch and punches you first. And if someone with excellent speed can follow up with a flurry or attacks where opponents get overwhelmed and barely have the time to think loses just because they are slower.
• Stamina: Assuming both fighters have all skill, strength and speed, and is equally match where one cannot take much advantage on the other and the fight goes the distance. It will then boil down to stamina. If you don’t have the endurance to last long, and your opponent is can last for more hours than you. Then it’s dooms day for you as you cannot even move well when you are tired. So you cannot defend yourself well, nor can you attack effectively. This is my biggest weakness which I was aware of during my Taekwondo days so I joined an aerobics class that does aerobics three times a week to develop my stamina.

Today MMA fighters are so well rounded that you need to practice everything before entering competitions like those. This video below is not an MMA competition, but in this video you will see one fighter that is more skilled, has the speed, has lesser strength but has has stronger stamina and he wins because he takes advantage of his skill, speed and stamina. While the loser who was all about power, loses and gives up.