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- From: bleys@wisdom.bubble.org (Bill Cavanaugh)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Thai kickboxing
- Message-ID: <1993Jan01.075416.1570@wisdom.bubble.org>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 07:54:16 GMT
- References: <1992Dec27.035210.23364@microsoft.com> <1992Dec31.024754.25064@microsoft.com> <MARY.92Dec31095109@martinique.Cayman.COM>
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- In article <MARY.92Dec31095109@martinique.Cayman.COM> mary@Cayman.COM (Mary Malmros) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Dec31.024754.25064@microsoft.com> bobsarv@microsoft.com (Bob Sarver) writes:
- >
- > 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).
- >
- >Not for some of us.
- >
- >Please, if you're going to get inebriated and belligerent, don't blame
- >a martial art because it doesn't bail you out.
-
- I think (hope) what Bob was referring to was the likelyhood that he would
- be attacked in a place and situation where the attacker had been drinking.
- Since most of us only find ourselves in such places if >we're< drinking,
- and since those kinds of altercations usually happen later in the night,
- it's a good bet that the defender is not completely sober...
-
- bill
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