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- From: mary@Cayman.COM (Mary Malmros)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Thai kickboxing
- Message-ID: <MARY.92Dec31095109@martinique.Cayman.COM>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 14:51:08 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.194931.3472@reed.edu> <1992Dec27.035210.23364@microsoft.com>
- <1992Dec31.024754.25064@microsoft.com>
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- In-reply-to: bobsarv@microsoft.com's message of 31 Dec 92 02:47:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.024754.25064@microsoft.com> bobsarv@microsoft.com (Bob Sarver) writes:
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- /(todd)
- /Muay Thai is a very worthwhile art to study. The physical conditioning you get
- /is second to none and equalled by few. There are not many techniques, but they
- /are very street effective, fast, powerful, and simple.
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- This is what I was driving at when I said "why would anyone study anything
- else"? I would want something that was clean, simple, and street-effective.
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- Much of what I found out about taekwondo was that it was impractical in
- street defense, because so much of it depended on flamboyant kicking.
- Imagine doing that on a gravel surface with three beers under your belt
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- (the most common situation where you might have to defend yourself to
- begin with).
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- Not for some of us.
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- Please, if you're going to get inebriated and belligerent, don't blame
- a martial art because it doesn't bail you out.
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