whynot

It is possible to do 400 push-ups at once. Obviously it would take some time to get to that point, but it can be done. I think that the world record is over 1000.

My qualms with "lethal" moves in martial arts, is that I honestly do not think they are practical, other than in true combat (like war). Now, before I get blasted by everyone for saying that, allow me to state my reasons, and give a disclaimer. I have not ever been in a life or death fight, nor do I know anyone that has. Perhaps this is due to my living in a smaller, quiet community, but I really believe most fights outside of the dojo are not true life or death fights. This being true, breaking arms, wrists, knees, elbow, kicking people's head in, or gouging their eyes out is overkill, in my opinion. One can beat down another person without disabling them for life or killing them. If truly the fight is a matter of life or death, then by all means, do what you must, but if not, then there is no reason to pull out all the stops. Not only may a person end up crippled with a bad knee for the rest of their life, but performing lethal moves is a good way to end up in prison. Kicking and punching may or may not end up in assault charges, depending on the circumstances, but poking in a person's eye and breaking their arm at the elbow will almost certainly land you in prison if the fight were just an ordinary brawl. Now for my disclaimer. I respect all martial arts, for different reasons, and I respect all practitioners of martial arts period. I am not knocking San Soo, or any other martial art here. What I am stating is that I do not think that lethal martial arts are always the best for fighting. They do, however have their place, and definitely have their worth. It is just my belief that they are not always necessary.

TJS- Boxers can be taken down; I never said that they could not. What I said was that taking Mike Tyson, a former heavy weight world champ, to the ground would be difficult to do. To the best of my knowledge, there have not been any former heavy weight world champion boxers to get into the cage of the UFC. I am not disagreeing with you; one should know how to grapple before they compete in a NHB fight. But the boxers in the UFC have nowhere near the experience and skill of Mike Tyson. If they did, they would have stuck with boxing, as there is generally more money to be made in that sport.

If you mean kicks to the thigh, they can be blocked; one just needs to raise the leg being kicked and block with their shin, preforably closer to the knee, since the bend in your leg will absorb more force than your free-floating shin. It sounds rough, and it is, but if practicing Muay Thai, then the shins should be conditioned to take it. Kicks below the knee, can be blocked by simply pivoting the foot towards the kick, again blocking with the shin. If those do not work, then try moving out of the range of the kick; although if you are practicing Muay Thai, then I recommend conditioning your shins to block.

Grappling skills or no grappling skills, whoever was fighting Tyson would have to get him to the ground before any of that would matter. Boxers generally move quite well when they fight, much better than most fighters. This being true, it would be difficult to land kicks on him, and getting him to the ground would take someone shooting in extremely fast to avoid being knocked out by his fists. I am not saying that it could not be done, but it would be quite the trick to pull off. Personally, I think that I would put my money on Tyson.