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Originally Posted by JoshAussie
look.. id agree to most of that but not all of it.. but thats ok.. as for "Oh and well, if you bash Muay thai... Seriously go watch some real title matches from Thailand, and then say you could stand off to one of those guys in any setting." its not about me its about 2 people being sufficient and who would come out on top - and i wasnt the 1 knocking anyones MA till people started Knocking KM - i learn it so id like to stand up for what i study
Krav Maga meaning "Contact Fighting" doesnt revolve around weaponry but you are trained to use one if you have 1 or can atleast get ur hands on something that can be used as a weapon.. but as for being handicapped i disagree
But do kung-fu teachers revise the system constantly? Do they say "hey, this kick would not work in e.g. a bar, lets redesign it"? If they do, I've never heard of it. - KM is designed for places like bars.. so if we happen to get into a fight i dont see how we would be handicapped if its something that we are trained for and not the other person... thats the whole points of KM they are going top be handicapped not us.. its not designed to be used in a ring.. so to say it would suck in a ring is just dumb....
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Well dude, I think you misunderstood me a bit.
First, about "real" MT people being f*cking dangerous. Yeah, they are. And I wasn't talking about myself or you either, but instead of people who just haven't trained as hard as they have. Because well, in most countries, martial arts will not be taught as rigid and frankly "hardcore" as they train over there. Usually people just don't have that ambition when training any MA locally. There are exceptions ofc.
What I meant about a soldier being handicapped is that a soldier will be at his most dangerous when having his weapons. Without them he has a handicap. That is not to say he couldn't still kill you, just that it's harder.
I will very much agree that in a bar setting, a general KM regular would be better prepared than a regular Kung-fu practitioner. Most martial arts (like karate, taekwondo, kung-fu etc) don't train THAT much at understanding and being prepared for street fights. KM does. So yeah.
In the ring however, I can't agree with you. In the ring, there are rules, a limited area, no other elements (like the opponents friend behind you). And KM guys from what I know don't train for ring fights (why should they?), while most other martial arts does.
Also I can't really help but laugh at styles sometimes that touts these "gun disarm" techniques. Sure, if he really wants to kill you it might be smart to try something. But otherwise, seriously, give up your money, stuff, whatever.
Oh and tenchu, I actually got the impression earlier that you were sort of pro-Kungfu and stuff. Muay Thai as I've said before is anything but posing, especially in Thailand. One big thing MT guys have also is that they can take a big fucking beating, and still fight. Which would make them very hard to take in any setting, like I said. When I see a good MT fighter, everything is so simple. Simple kicks, simple punches. But HARD. Every single punch and kick is HARD. And this is a big difference when compared to other "punch and kick" styles.
Also Tenchu every style is not designed to take down street fighters in <10 secs.