"Anyone can be beaten on any day, including myself" -Steven Lopez: Three time Olympic Taekwondo Champion, current World Taekwondo Federation World Champion, middleweight division
-- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks Boycott Sys-Con http://www.sstwebworks.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/10/16/Boycotting-SysCon -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:10 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Speling Be! Years back I was told buy a woman trained in four different styles of martial arts plus boxing that when it came to actual fighting boxing almost always wins. That's why the best MA fighters also learn to box. On Nov 29, 2007 4:53 PM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bruce Lee had mad skills but he was an actor. > > :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? > > You're thinking of Muay-Thai, also called Thai Boxing, it's the national > sport of Thailand. it's based on a ancient Thai martial arts system Muay > Boran. It involves punches, kicking, shins, knees and elbows, and they're > every bit as tough as western boxers, probably more so, the only padding > they wear in the professional ranks is on the hands. Elbows, shins, feet and > knees are uncovered and are thrown full contact. I wont get into what these > guys think of western boxers. > > If you want to see something even nastier, watch a Sanshou fight, it's the > combat form of Wu-Shu.. it's Thai Boxing with more head kicks, throws and > takedowns.. > > Cage fighting (UFC, King of the Cage, etc) involves multiple disciplines, > stand up and ground fighting > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts) > > Boxers or any single discipline fighter have been historically and > systematically destroyed in UFC, K-1 and Pride/FC, with the exception of > Brazilian (Gracie) Jiu Jitsu... until Royce Gracie was beaten by Kazushi > Sakuraba, a practioner of catch wrestling. > > Boxers are tough, don't get me wrong, and many are truly skilled, powerful > fighters, but to think that a single discipline fighter will beat someone > with striking and ground abilities, not to mention knowledge of joint locks > and takedowns, is just wrong... I'm a single discipline fighter, I'll hold > my own against the average joe on the street, but against someone with > ground skills I'm in trouble (which is why I'm working to rectify this > situation) > > Ask the boxers at your son's school, if they'd want to get into a street > fight with a professional Muay Thai fighter, or a professional mixed martial > artist, I think you'll be surprised at the answer. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247279 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
