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Originally Posted by Tenchu
I have never geard of gangrene from fighting. I am spending a lot of time with old, fromer Muay Thai champions that have done hundreds of fights, and the only thing any of them have wrong is memory, their bodies are fine. I did have a big lump on my shin, and I tried to rub it out, but they said not to, it will make it worse. But you are talking about the joints? Muay Thai does not really put any pressure on leg joints at all. The kicks take all the impact in the limbs, you dont strike with the joints much. I could understand if someones hands got shakey if they spent too much time on a boxing bag, but I reckon the legs are fine.
You gotta be careful, Ivon. In Martial Arts you will hear a lot of critisizm from one style to the next. I was once told Muay Thai fucks you as well, but I now met old Muay Thai men, and I know this is wrong. Of course, it was someone who did a soft style who told me this. I now realize they were makeing excuses for their own lack of hard, physical training because they were lazy, and their mind was tricking, trying to justify themselves by makeing these people look like idiots for wrecking themselves. I got nothin against soft styles here, just so you know. Just against arrogant people...
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Oh no i'm not critisizing anything. I'm just saying that to "practice" Muy Thai, I heard that the conditioning (not fighting) is not treated with rubbing lumps out. I get lumps on my arms and legs all the time and rub them out. These are from conditioning via bone on bone contact, not in normal fighting.
The person who told me was a Muy Thai champion at the age of 21 and has won some competitions and so on. I've met his friends too and their kicking ability is amazing. I'm currently practicing Sanshou along with my Mantis, so I can appreciate their kicks.
Anyway, another friend of mine who is a higher level than me, didn't do this rubbing out and now he has some permanent lumps in his arms. Luckily they didn't collect at his wrists and cause the Gangrene i'm talking about.