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- From: robinson@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Thai kickboxing
- Date: 29 Dec 1992 21:57:50 GMT
- Organization: Institute of Cognitive Studies, U.C. Berkeley
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- In article <1992Dec29.194931.3472@reed.edu> todd@reed.edu (Todd Ellner) writes:
- >Other respondents have said that Thai boxing is crude and primitive and that
- >you can only practice it until you are about 25. With all due respect, I must
- >say that they are full of little round things like goats leave.
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- Now, now, I said no such thing.
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- The original question was, "If muay Thai fighters can kick booty in open
- tournaments, then why would anyone study anything else?"
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- As you say yourself:
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- >Again, if you are crazy enough to step [in and] fight professionally your
- >body will get used up pretty quickly, say two or three years,
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- That's all.
-
- >but if it is the training you want you can do that for as long as you want.
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- I have no doubt.
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