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lordtodd75:
@dexter: I wasn't aware of that and I am not sure which style my friend took.

@ChadTower: Mauy Thai is about attack and agressiveness, you are right about that. The problem with TKD defense as that, as far as I know, it is comprised of deflecting blows. Which has its advantages I am sure, but since Mauy Thai offense is made up of a lot of power attacks, deflection doesn't really work that well. The Thai guy will tend to blast through the deflective block. Just to let you know as well, Muay Thai is also very defensive it is just that muay thai defense is based on absorbing blows. While you do block, you absorb the blow with the block, so if you were watching two thai guys fight, it does look like they aren't really blocking anything or that the blocks look like they hurt. But that is where the conditioning comes in. Also, if you watch two thai guys in a tie up (plum) you will see just how much of muay thai is based on speed.

I don't want to get into a pissing contest about this. I know people get sensitive about there style, myself included. These are all opinions and I hope I am displaying them as such. Interested to hear what ChadTower and Dexter think about all this.

ChadTower:

I agree with that assessment.  Not enough TKD students work on the less glamorous concepts like deflection.  They don't get all that tested on them during promotion tests and if you're only sparring half strength you don't need them in sparring.  You take a TKD student who has underdeveloped deflection techniques and stand them in front of a Muai Thai student and that TKD student will have a problem.  Especially if that TKD student has never taken a real leg kick.  That's an eye opener right there... or maybe a quad opener.

Lutus:
Quad opener sounds like some time of bedroom maneuver!!   :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

shardian:
In our class, we did full-contact sparring in every class session. It was normal to go home limping or at least wake up with some good bruises. Did we stand around and kick the crap out of each other's thighs? No.

The most brutal sparring I ever saw was when blue belts tested for their black belt. They always had to fight the best black belt in attendance, and they did not go easy on them. I saw a dude almost get his head taken off by a junior olympian blackbelt from another local dojo. I would definitely say he earned his belt.

Lutus:
Good Shardian, I'm glad to hear that about taekwondo.  Will definently take some of that down the road!

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