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- From: schan@birch.srg.af.mil (Stephen Chan x4485)
- Subject: Re: Thai kickboxing
- Organization: SRG, Arinc Research Corp., Annapolis, MD
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 13:30:31 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.133031.11557@srg.srg.af.mil>
- References: <1992Dec27.035210.23364@microsoft.com> <1ho0mdINN1aa@agate.berkeley.edu>
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- In article <1ho0mdINN1aa@agate.berkeley.edu> robinson@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec27.035210.23364@microsoft.com> bobsarv@microsoft.com (Bob Sarver) writes:
- >Because muay Thai training is extremely rigorous (some might say brutal).
- >Muay Thai fighters prevail because they are just plain tougher than anyone
- >else. Of course this means that very few muay Thai fighters have meaningful
- >careers after age 25; their bodies are just worn out.
-
- On why to study Taiji: "The most important reason is that when you
- finally reach the place where you understand what life is about, you'll have
- some health to enjoy it." - Cheng Man Ch'ing
-
- Maybe these Thai boxers begin to clue in around age 25? :-)
-
- >>3. Does it operate on the poomseh/kata training principle, or is thai
- >>kickboxing more like american judo, where there is less emphasis on the
- >>traditional forms?
- >
- >Muay Thai training operates on the principle that you hit and kick lots of
- >stuff and get generally beat up until your body learns to deal with the
- >trauma.
-
- To be fair, you should say that Thai boxing seems to be like Western
- Boxing, with constant repetition of basic strikes and combinations, and drills
- for speed, timing and endurance. And sparring (of course).
-
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