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When you defend against techniques you are bound to get hit in the arms but i personally wouldnt bother trying to condition them in any way other than the natural hits that are taken during sparring. Full contact doesnt always mean full power. If you dont block you will get hit.

Karate was designed for self-preservation and sometimes that requires combat. Even though it was not designed for hand-to-hand combat in wars/battles it still teaches combat techniques. Muay thai is definetly a combat art. It was designed by thai military especially for combat.

Very true. And this usually means that learning the techniques is easier than learning the philosophy.

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Probably one of the most practiced styles is Wing Chun. There are quiet a few wing chun practicioners on this forum who should be able to give you more information.

I have been hit in the groin a couple of times and even if you get hit lightly it still hurts for a while. Nearly makes my eyes water just thinking about it.

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No problems, still a good read. I might check out some other articles on that site.

Karate blocks are often misunderstood. They are just the basic techniques and usually cover the full range of motion possible for the technique also the teach correct body mechanics and power generation. This means that when you are fighting/Sparring you probably won't use the whole technique but rather a 'section' of it. For example if someone goes to punch you in the face and you decide to block with a soto uke, you may just use the final part of the technique which will deflect the punch away from your face. And hopefully because you have practiced the complete technique then the small part of the block used will have the same power as the complete blocking motion. Blocks are not just defensive either. They also can be escapes, destractions and strikes. If you hit someone in the throat/neck with an age uke its will probably cause them a fair bit of pain.

Like the other guys said, from there posture and stance. I was reading an interview with an old wing chun master who said the first think people must learn is how to stand correctly.

There are quiet a few ways to deal with attacks like this but while your in the process of fighting back make sure you keep your guard up and dont try and reach out and block every attack.

That was very interesting blaze78_9. Took ages to read, but still very interesting. nice work.

We do something similar to that in our syllabus, but we go further than just the 3 kicks. We do: 1. kin geri 2. mae geri 3. mae geri 4. yoko geri 5. ushiro geri 6. mawashi geri 7. mikazuki geri 8. gyaku mikazuki geri

That can be true, but it assumes you actually do have HUGE muscles, which like everyone else said are hard to get unless you specifically train for it.

Thanks alot for your replies everyone.

Do you guys ever worry about all the wear and tear catching up to you in later life?

This question is for those of you who practice muay thai, boxing etc. Do you think you will still be able to practice when your old .e.g. over 50 years old?? The intensity of training will probably drop but what ristrictions do you think you will have and what will you still be able to do during training? thanks in advance for your replies.

Semi-contact is not always point fighting.

A competition of the nature would be very interesting Treebranch. I suppose it depends on the ways you can win under the rules. But most probably a mixture of stand-up and ground-fighting would do well. I dont think any specific style would be well suited.

Thats a pretty good idea Thuggish. I suppose it really doesnt matter what you put in it, just as long as you keep it a constant hardness in all areas of the bag.

The old saying "no pain, no gain" is not always true. Basically if you get hit now and then you will become more used to it and although i doubt it will make you any "stronger" it will make you more tolerant to being hit.

Very true SevenStar. I think a mixture of the shadow boxing and kata would help peoples training quiet a bit. Kata for learning new techniques that give you a number of different appoaches to the same goal, and shadow boxing so you have a chance to practice applying the techniques from your favoured fighting position along with other techniques you know.

I guess the only difference is that in shadow boxing you have the chance to do your 'favourite' techniques but in kata you are required to perform new and different techniques that you may not have used before.

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