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Chemixtry:
Talking about comparing styles and effectiveness - national geographic  did a program titled "fight science" to try to qauntify the effectiveness of each style. They had muay thai, tkd, boxing, jui-jitsu, and kung fu represented. They tested who had the most powerful kick and punch which was interesting. Boxers had the most powerfull punch at 1000lbs of force while muay thay had the sthrongest kick (it was a actually a knee) that the engineers said delivered the same type of force they see in 35mph car crash tests.  I think the test they did for jui-jitsu was stupid but it the first time I saw someone ascribe actual numbers.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060814-fight-science.html

I love watching MMA and watch whenever I can wether its UFC or PrideFC. I wish I had more time to try it myself but my schedule is not consistent as a grad student. Sometimes I get stuck in the lab until late at night. :cry:

ChadTower:

Saw that.  Ironically enough, it was called Fight Science.   :laugh2:

NightGod:
My kids are in the WTF and I'd definately agree that it's more about forms and discipline than about fighting. They do sparing once a week (Olympic rules, full pads, but no holding back on blows (outside of the Master working with the lower belts, of course), which is good for their agressiveness, but I definately can't imagine them trying to fight in a full-contact/MMA type tournament. As I said, it's an Olympic sport, and is treated as such.

Our Hapkido is a handled differently, since that's all adults. The biggest problem with it is that the style has alot of locks and throws and, while you can train to absorb the blows of being thrown (though it's a ---smurfette--- if you land wrong, my shoulder is still sore six weeks after a bad landing), the locks you have to do at a reduced speed/power level because they're basically designed to break bones and dislocate joints. It's definately a defensive style at it's core, but has it's fair share of hard strikes and blows.

Lutus:
I saw "fight science" as well and it was the straw that broke the camel's back of me getting off of my butt and choosing something to do.  I chose Muay Thai and Jiu-Jitsu.

Did anyone else notice that they had a very rare and elusive "white ninja" as their subject?   :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

ChadTower:

Snake Eyes from GI Joe was busy that week.

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