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Lifting low reps with big weight will build muscle mass.

You hit someone with your best shot and they smile! You finish you bench press sets, see everyone laughing and realize your fly was open! Your trainer is recycling water from the spit bucket! You wake up in the dressing room and say "who won?"

Weight training is a great idea but watch lifting heavy weights because the added muscle can move you into a diff weight class if you lift to many heavy weights. You might be better off doing max reps wirth lower weights to encourage muscle endurance rather than big bulk.

Is it manditory for all that events to play that music during bouts, although it is traditional I have been to bouts with non martial arts friends and they want to leave simply because of the music being so loud and annoying.

Have not read that mag but check out Fightsport. It is MMA mag with descent interviews.

Trapping and kickboxing seems like two diff things to me! The best advice is to strike when you can not be hit. Any person can go in and just punch and kick. The science is to do it when the other person is either not striking or is missing you. This can be done by blocking, moving or simply beating the other person to the punch or kick.

Sun Tsu say

In history I would say Bruce Lee because he influenced the most people. He caused a ripple effect in the arts which is still felt today even in classes, films and philosophy. In the present I would say the Gracie Family because they are primarily responsible for ground fighting to be taken seriously and now almost every school stresses the need to know some ground techniques.

I think what makes a great person is someone who influences other people in a positive way. Examples: Ghandi, Martin Luther King, or a father who teaches his children that morals and hard work can give you a good life. Hitler and Osama are examples of great evil. People who use their influence to damage mankind. :idea:Perhaps one never knows if he or she is truly great until time passes and we how how history views us and our legacy.

Canada can still win the gold the knock out tourny begins after three games. The US looked great against Finland though. Dont you love the "live" NBC coverage.nothing like tape delaying everything thank god in Canada we get CBC coverage of real live broadcasts.

don wilson beat maurice smith a long time ago though....het tommy bee what about Ronnie Green.

Frank Shamrock pound for pound

Although I normally don not care what the public thinks of kickboxing. The only way to see more of it on the tube is to appeal to a larger audience. I think that the following would help: 1) Eliminate the multiple organizations who sanction their own champions and come up with one ranking system and have all the promoters and sanctioning bodies agree. This would allow fighters to be shown and marketed as a true world champion. 2) Standardize the rules. 3) Get together and push for kickboxing to be added to the Olympics. It adds credability to the sport and many more viewers. 4) If no Olympics how about the world cup of kickboxing to be held once every four years with only one representative from each country attending in each weight category. If we do not come together as a sport we are doomed to be a fringe or extreme sport forever. It has been 25 years and people are still saying that kickboxing is the sport of the future. What are we waiting for lets show the world what we all know. That kickboxers are great athletes and our sport is the cream of the crop as far as ring fighting arts is concerned. That is what I think .......

I think it depends on experience. New fighters should wear head gear in early bouts for that extra protection. Stats show that people heading a soccer ball are just as likely to get some damage as an amateur boxer. Any thoughts.

it is a shame that leila ali gets all the publicity when she is not even in lucia's league as a fighter. christy martin is all hype

Lucia was a great kickboxer to bad no one will fight her as a pro boxer she would kick ...punch sorry butt

Thought I would put this in for a fun topic. I would smack Don King. Once for his hair and another time for ruining pro boxing. Another smack to the bozo who runs TSN in Canada and thinks that people really want to watch the National spelling bee and dog shows instead of Kickboxing.

I know him and have seen him fight. He is very good and is one of the best amateurs in the world. He could beat most so called pros right now.

What do you think? A student in one of my classes recently told me that he has HIV.

Cus D'amato oh yeah tysons era at heavyweight was no better than lewis

anyone who says kicks to the head have no power has never seen tape of bill wallace or rick roufas........power oh yeah kick knockout coolest thing since .....

not many available here only one i sometimes read is black belt

tyson has already done bad things...he was imprisoned for rape.....he bit off a piece of holyfields ear........countless assaults on the street....he is just a thug...lewis outweighs him by 50 pounds..it is time that the U.S. started giving lewis his due...he has beaten everyone in the division...

Did you see that press conference. Tyson is like a spoiled litle brat. He has never grown up. Also did you see how much bigger Lennox Lewis is. I hope Lewis crushes Tyson and shuts him up and we never have to put up with his garbage anymore...