rogue
09-25-2001, 12:36 AM
This is from a conversation with someone on another forum. Please note the section I've italicized.
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"rogue wrote:
Personally, I've walked into a side kick had some ribs cracked and still managed to easily sweep that person ( a 2nd degree BB ) , which for them was game over since they didn't have any ground skills. I've also managed to stop a Judoka from closing and nailed him with a front kick to the gut, but then he's gotten past me more than I've nailed him."
"Other person wrote:
I assume you were sparring and not trying to kill each other, in which case the cracked ribs would have been broken ribs, and your statement proves my point. I never said that MMA don't have kicks. What I said is that kicks are not the unbalancing and ineffectual things that many assume them to be. However, as a grappler, the judoka's techniques are not so limited when you are talking about sparring at 1/2 power or 1/2 speed, due to the fact that many of their techniques are not as debilitating as a kick, or other strike, designed to do damage to the skeletal structure."
(Italics mine)
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This response from an experienced martial artist actually stunned me so much it left me without a response.
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"rogue wrote:
Personally, I've walked into a side kick had some ribs cracked and still managed to easily sweep that person ( a 2nd degree BB ) , which for them was game over since they didn't have any ground skills. I've also managed to stop a Judoka from closing and nailed him with a front kick to the gut, but then he's gotten past me more than I've nailed him."
"Other person wrote:
I assume you were sparring and not trying to kill each other, in which case the cracked ribs would have been broken ribs, and your statement proves my point. I never said that MMA don't have kicks. What I said is that kicks are not the unbalancing and ineffectual things that many assume them to be. However, as a grappler, the judoka's techniques are not so limited when you are talking about sparring at 1/2 power or 1/2 speed, due to the fact that many of their techniques are not as debilitating as a kick, or other strike, designed to do damage to the skeletal structure."
(Italics mine)
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This response from an experienced martial artist actually stunned me so much it left me without a response.
From now on, enemies who are associated with terrorist activity will not cohabit the globe with the United States of America. William F. Buckley
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/u/us-gads.gif
Never forget