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Originally Posted by Maxx
Thanks for your support, Mike. I think I'll clarify a couple of things though. I'm not going to insult anyone or question their background or their fighting ability.
There are a few things I'm going to clarify though. I have a very hard time listening to people who after viewing competition footage of any martial art from kyokushin to taekwondo making bold statements about how easy it would be to defend against their attacks. I have a strong TKD, Muay Thai and Boxing background. I fought in a WTF TKD tournament one time in the early 90's and it was one of the most humbling experiences of my life... similar to the first time I boxed.
To suggest that simply putting up a boxing guard and being able to easily defend ones self against athletes like that in a style of competition that they specialize in is, in my opinion, not well thought out. I've seen good boxers put down by worse kickers than that.
It's easy to look at footage and make bold statements. It's a whole other thing to be in front of a competitor of that calibur and back it up.
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Illiterate = 'Unable to read and write.' I don't think spelling mistakes come under this, especially on an informal forum.
I think i would be able to defend against those attacks quite easily with just a guard up, i very rarely get caught by high kicks and in those cases its due to a good combination, i have a very tight guard. There were two circumstances in that video where the hands were raised, both were to adjust the head gear. My initial post - 'the only 'krazy' thing about that clip is the distinct lack of defense involved, i doubt any of them kicks would have got through a decent guard' was then followed up by questioning on my background, so don't try to appear like you didn't.
Mike
The implication was there, he wanted to try to belittle me through my art, i agreed and he continued to do so, i beleive that to be an insult and im sure you would to.
How did I know he was talking to me? Because he quoted my post in his and didn't address anyone else in the post, i think that is enough evidence in itself.