Good posts from Ghost.
I remember the Kung Fu guys of the 1970s who went to Thailand to fight,they all got kod in rnd 1 or 2,they complained that it was because they had to wear gloves so couldnt do the finger gouges tiger claws etc,so the Thais said ok come back and fight gloveless(Thai boxers still wore gloves) guess what..The Kung Fu fighters all got knocked out the same way.
Does this make Kung Fu a bad Martial art? not at all,its just that the Thai fighters could clinch/kick and box effectively,the Kung Fu guys couldnt.
In the old styles of Muay Thai biting/butting etc were legal techniques(anything goes) imagine how effective those guys were!.
If you look at the chinese arts carefully,the potential for them to produce real effective fighters from most systems is massive,loads of real good technique,but the fact is they dont fight in most systems usually,and the training methods of the techniques leave a lot to be desired.
San Shou boxers are exceptions of course,however they have also integrated Thai Methods into there training. |