thats what i am saying, most kung fu fighters arent really trained to fight. most of the schools are commercialized and are only there as a hobby. to keep fit fit and to just learn it as a sport.
most of the people who go to karate classes arent going there to become a professional fighter.
guys training in muay thai usually spar hard every time they train.
kung fu guys usually spend a lot of time punching and kicking the air, and a lot of forms.
they rarely have full contact sparring. or any ring experience.
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san shou and muay thai are different. the only thing simular is that they wear shorts.
san shou guys are a lot quicker and have more technique where as muay thai fighters are stiff and usually only have one or two kicks that they do.
i have a 2 vcd videos of thailand vs china.
some guy name lui hai long whooped a muay thai fighter like nothing. the muay thai guys was more of a dummy to lui hai long.
the muay thai first threw a thai round house that missed. then a round house to the head.
the san shou fighter ducked, and then sweep the thai fighter to the ground.
and there was a lot of take downs from the san shou fighter. also, the muay thai fighter was tossed out the ring twice. haha.
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the other vcd, it was in thailand. between two last fighters. the 1st round, they were just testing each other out.
the 2nd round, the thai fighter started to act hard.
but the san shou guy was just too skilled.
when the muay thai fighter started doing his thai round house the the san shou fighter leg, the san shou guy just moved out the way, and then kicked the muay thai to the head and knocked out, twice! knocked him out cold.
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the thing i see with muay thai is that they are strong, but kinda stiff. they usually do the same move everytime.
like a round house to the leg.
and san shou fighter usually move out the way or block it and catch it, then throw the fighter to the ground.
i dont really know how they catch it cuz, when i try to catch those low kick, i usually get hit hard.
the only thing that works for me against those low kicks is to move out, block it with my leg or just throw a straight push kick to the stomach or leg of the fighter before he tries to throw that low round house.
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