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  1. 03-16-2003, 10:08 PM #31
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    Originally posted by KungFuGuy!

    Dre, it's not so much being "strong" in a martial art that causes you to echo that style in other arts you study, it's that if it's the first thing you studied for a decent amount of time, elements of that art tend to incorporate themselves into your style with other arts. I experience pretty much the same thing as you, only with taekwondo.
    Yeah, I know this thread is a few days older than dirt, but I disagree with this. muay thai wasn't my first style or the first I studied for a decent amount of time, but it's what comes out most, because that's what I was strongest at.
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    When the only things a guy has trained in preparation for his MMA includes Chi Kung, 5 Steps, and 8 Gates, what system is he's using?

    It's not everyday that a Tai Chi player beats a Team Quest fighter from Couture's gym. Maybe all the idiots who posted on this thread trying to tear down and dismiss J's Tai Chi skillz were just suffering from shell-shock. ...ah the memories...
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    It's not everyday that a Tai Chi player beats a Team Quest fighter from Couture's gym.
    A tad disingenuous, but true, in and of itself.
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    Disingenuous? Not intentionally. I'm just giving props to J.

    He and his teamates have already done more to proof their TCC in the public arena than most every 'teacher' or fellow player on this continent ever will.
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    Amen to that.

    I have already promised myself I am going to come play up there sometime. I hope you don't mind
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    Merryprankster, that'd be hellakewl. *cracking knuckles*
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