What do you think is the state and status of Martial Arts today?

I totally agree with your statement and to answer your question all the Martial Artist I know do it for the love of it and enjoy teaching. I have being doing MA (shotokan karate) for 12 month and I am only a yellow bely. It will take me 3 more years to reach black belt which I am prepared to do. To answer the point of MMA & UFC I believe it is not good for MA because all people want to do is go out and learn how to beat some one up, which to me is not Martial Arts. We need to get back to basics and start from scratch and learn the Values and Benefits of Martial Arts