> As far as boxers go, it's combat sports, they're limited by their training. > In a street fight a pure boxer probably won't win against a well trained > martial artist. A pure boxer doesn't know what to do with his feet other > than stand and move, nor will he know what to do when he's on the ground.
Against just about any boxer at the Doraville Boxing Gym, any "martial artist" is for about ten seconds going to look like a fancy-assed buffoon, and then at the end of that ten seconds he will hit the floor with a resounding "thud." And I don't care where you get your martial artist, or who he is. The one possible exception might have been Bruce Lee, but he was otherworldly. You gotta see these guys. It'll change your whole perspective. Much respect to the Doraville crew. Seriously. > It's a case of "If we play under your rules, you'll win, If we play under > mine, you wont" Nope, just let him in the ring and tell him that the other guy can use his feet, but the boxer can only box. Pad them, don't pad them, your choice because it won't matter. That's one reason why my American Karate teacher cross-trained with Asa Gordon for his championship bout in 1980, because the fight was won using boxing more than anything else. Boxing is serious juju. So-called martial arts become embarrassingly laughable against boxing. There's that sweet spot just a few seconds into the match when the martial artist realizes that all his fancy moves don't mean squat because the boxer is just deflecting some and absorbing the rest, then driving his opponent backward with hard-landed punches. It's the "oh, SHIT!" moment when he loses his confidence and his eyes go wide and worried. "How can this be?! I trained and training and trained, and I have the use of my feet, so theoretically I should be able to--" and then he goes down. >From what I've heard, there's some sort of "mixed martial arts" that is more boxing with some other things thrown in to make use of the feet, but the majority of the battle is done with fists. Is this correct? Is this the stuff I see on commercials where they fight in a cage? I don't include these guys in my argument, because it looks like they are mostly boxers anyway, and they look like serious contenders. Educate me on this, will you? Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247263 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
