Tom i look at it this way and consider that many ma's have had similar experiances/insight when i was in thailand i made friends with one of the local champions who took me to some fights in the mountains where i was the only westerner there (my gf is chinese) these guys where throwing kicks at one another so hard and fast .. i havnt seen there like in any televised comp ... one guy gets nocked down by this smashing round kick gets up nods and slams one back ... looked like the where both actualy having fun but the power used and focusaed was massive but they kept going ...same for every fight i saw that night
then you see some "tahi champ" in a match here or in england fighting and its like one of the guys i say whos hasnt eaten for 2 weeks has been fed drugs that cause drowziness and paid to loose ????
and low and behold he looses no power no technique an easy victorey for some guy whos been training 5 years and has 33 professional fights lol.....
the average thai kid on the street has more exp and skill and would kick this guys but ..cant remember the name but there national sport is like volley ball with a hard cain ball you can only kick all you need to do is watch a coulpe of games to see how effective these guys would be on the street ..the bodys a much bigger target and generaly dosnt move anywhere near as fast unless its running away as fast as it can
same for fights in hkd they move like lighting you realy never see anything that fast or smooth but if some chinese fighter pops up somewhere(wich rarely happens) he looses
its a different philosophy to ours where people want to stand up and be counted for how good they are ..they want to reamin doing what they are doing and let us think what we want
have you watched kendo/bushido tournements ? very fast get a tape and watch in slow mo the blocks and paries and strikes talk about reflexes doubt many people here now anyone that fast
so when i post that is where im coming from crediting people here to either be at that level or at least know/except it exists and want to get there
and before you advise me this is crap i suggest you travel and look for yourself
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