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    Can Kickboxing be used for fighting?

    At most kickboxing tournaments I've been to, I have noticed that the combatants usually revert back to the more natural, and less elegant, patterns of kung fu. These students may perform kickboxing combinations beautifully while practicing in the mirror, but when someone is trying to take their heads off they just can't make it work. Rather than throwing a jab as they practiced, they may assume the bow-arrow stance and attack with an eagle claw.
    I am very depressed. My lust for kickboxing is almost gone, I'm not even sure whether or not it can be used for fighting. Everytime I go to a kickboxing gym they tell me how they use their kickboxing for fighting and it looks good while they are doing drills, but when sparring begins bobbing and weaving is cast aside for easier techniques taken from various kung fu styles. They say they are doing kickboxing, but anyone who has seen kung fu knows that they are not doing kickboxing. They may wear boxing gloves and shorts, sure, wrap their wrists, but other than the way they dress they are 100% kung fuish.
    Does kickboxing only work in movies like "Kickboxer" and "Kickboxing Academy?"
    Please help.
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    yawn...................

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    Thumbs down

    Thanks for the replies guys, but I asked if kickboxing could be used for fighting...not how long you are....in inches...when hard...










    OK so I feel like a massive tool, as well I should...
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    I think there is a difference between having and being.

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    hi kkm
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    to be honest that sounds like the opposite of most stories (kung fu clubs where the sparring looks like kickboxing)

    But really if someone is doing a bow and arrow stance during a fight.... either they dont like their front leg, or they have a pretty sh*t teacher.
    "If there is no grand plan; if there is no big picture; if nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do."

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    wow.

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    Water Dragon,
    You are a cool dude, but you need to go read the children's tale, the boy who cried troll.

    Stupid troll? Yes
    Making a legitimate point? Yes
    What is that point?
    Kung fu isn't the only martial art that you have to train to use and kickboxers have to work hard to be able to use their stuff in a fight too.
    Veni Vidi Vici

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    well arent you the little b itch at the end of the story explaining the d amn moral?

    strike!

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    moral or no moral Ikken Hisatsu has got him beat hands down.
    where's my beer?

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    musicalwutevertha****, u got it pretty much..


    um

    how shall i put this..
























    WRONG








    no kickboxers revert to kungfu style fighting, because its "more natural".

    u musta been suckin on dat crackpipe when u were at those tournaments.

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    i say it so harshly because i know youre a fraud, a troll, and a person whose only reason to be here is to irritate others.

    your profile exposes you.

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