for those not interested in a really good Thai match between two talented young lads...skip forward to the 4.40min mark and just watch a fecking elbow war! unbelievable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF71B...yer_embedded#!
for those not interested in a really good Thai match between two talented young lads...skip forward to the 4.40min mark and just watch a fecking elbow war! unbelievable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF71B...yer_embedded#!
Kids...
That got heated quick after the first elbow !
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
just watching that makes my head hurt
For whoso comes amongst many shall one day find that no one man is by so far the mightiest of all.
Those kids strike better then half the guys in the ufc.
No way that striking in MMA well ever LOOK like pure striking in MT, Boxing, KB or any other stand up only art.
Stances is different, strategy is different, tools are different,etc.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
yep we have been over this on this forum almost as much as we have had arguments over chi sao lol
There are a number of very good Thai guys in the UFC, a lot from Europe but as you say they look nothing lol they do in K1 of pure Thai matches, doesnt mean they dont have the skills, means their ability and willingness to show those skills in MMA is different
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
Yep, always.
"Rule set" dictate the "look" of the fight.
You will never see "pure" MT outside of a MT match, just like you will never see pure Wing chun or pure Hung kuen or pure greco-roman outside the context they were designed to be used in AND against.
The moment you throw takedowns in VA a standing art, the stance MUST change ( as well as how you hold your hands), the moment you throw striking against a grappling art, the hands change, the strategy changes, etc
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !