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A knife would be a great weapon. There is a ring-knife that I have. It is a blade that runs out from a ring and runs along the inside of the finger. It's very hard to see.

I like to kick with the upper shin/knee portion of my leg or the middle part of the shin. I find it transfers more mass into my kick and it really hurts the opponent more than me, which is always a plus. The lower part of the shin will always be a bit more sensitive, there are many nerve endings there.

That is just one theory of the origin of Muay Thai. Some speculate that it is much, much older than that. The history of Muay Thai has been lost due to the Burmese book burnings during Burma and Thailand wars. Siamese boxing has been around for a very long time, I feel, longer than since Thailand was called Siam. It's also speculated that Muay Thai came from some kind of Chinese Kung Fu and was adapted. Its history is full of legends and facts that are extraordinary and Muay Thai today is still revolutionizing the way people all over the world look at fighting.

I like the scene in "Game of Death" where Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto duel with the nun-chuka.

You aren't really toughening your shins when you "condition" your shin, what you are doing is making the nerves less sensitive. I wouldn't recommend any rolling of anything up and down the shin. I never massaged my shins either, and I was kicking full force from day one into the heavy bag and thai pads. You might get a little bruise the first few days of training, but you'll get used to it and it'll stop. Just keep kicking the bags and don't worry about shin-conditioning.

Here is a philosophy I like. Pound the bags, not your partner. If you are sparring, it's good to keep light contact. Here are some sparring tips. 1. Don't try to win. If you are trying to "win" then you aren't really learning. Sparring is a training method, not a fight or competition. 2. Don't try to be faster than your partner. Often, when a person is worried about being really, really fast, their technique goes out the door. Instead, work on timing and form. Keep your guard up and use good techniques. Again, if you try to be faster, then youare really trying to "win" and you aren't learning. 3. Make a goal. The obvious goal of "i want to hit them more" isn't a very specific goal. Try to make specific goals when training. Something like "I want to see how many left-hooks I can land." Don't tell your sparring partner and go for it. Goals can vary, try to set take-down goals, kicking goals, blocking goals, counters and others. Don't set too many goals at once. Try to learn something about how you can achieve your goal. It will give you further insite into the specific technique. After the sparring sessions, discuss with your partner what your goals were and what his goals were. Give each other feedback on what you 2 felt about each other's effectiveness on achieving the goal. 4. Smile. If you aren't having fun, you aren't learning. Take your sparring serious, but not so serious that you will get frusterated if you aren't achieving your expected goal. In the Filipinno martial arts we don't call it "sparring" we call it "playing" and we keep that type of mentality. 5. Mix up the sparring. Full "no rules" type of sparring usually ends up in the same situation of it's done everytime from the beginning. You'll usually end up rolling around on the ground not learning anything but grappling. Try to mix up the rules. Make one person use only boxing technique and the other use only kicking. One person can only strike, the other can only grapple. Mix things up like this and you'll gain much insite into the strategies used by different styles of fighters. 6. Use safety equipment. This is especially important for beginners that don't have much control over what they are doing. Experienced people have accidents too. The great thing about safety equipment is that if you mess up, you can keep trianing. Without that equipment, you might get injured and it could be a long time until you can train again. 7. If you can, video-tape the session. You'll be amazed at you cna break yourself down by watching yourself after a sparring session. It'll be much like watching a boxing match. You'll probably be going "well dang, why didn't i just.. ". Video tape is a great training aid. Just a few tips. Ken

Don't make rules?! I'm sure a few rules need to be placed when sparring... Thinks like no eye gouging, no biting and such. Sheesh, no rules is a fight.

Yea, make sure you don't turn it into back-yard WWF.

It's false, a sham, an urban legend made up to attract common people to train in a certain martial art. George Dillman does such pressure point techniques, he calls them a "tap", but these taps leave bruises and swelling. Why not just call it a strike, cuz that's what it is. Dillman and the like are con-artists, making money off of the ignorance of people. Dillman claims that he's done medical research and that his techniques have been proven, when a person investigates and calls the medical institutes that has done the experiments on it, they institutes reseach documents don't have anyting about it, nor do the doctors know who Dillman is. Think critically and don't believe everything a person says. I've heard many testimonies of such "Chi" powers, but for some reason, I can never get a person to do this in a double-blind type of setting. Ever notice how "Chi" masters have wooden board broken on them... Why are the breaks clean and not splintered? How come the breaks are done on the meaty muscle laden areas of the body, and not the face or bones? Why hasn't the Dim Mak been used in MMA events? Always look at things with a grain of salt, ask the questions, look for a reasonable and scientific explanation first.

Box cutters seem to be a fairly effective weapon.

I find that if I turn my toes pointing slightly down, like 30-degrees from parallel, that I get much more power. This is because the hips get into play much more, as well as the glutes. I send people flying when I do the sidekick. It's not a kick I train very often either, it doesn't fit in very often in a Muay Thai style of fighting.

I don't do kobudo.. i train nunchaku in the Kali system.

I am not sure of that. I'm not a Bruce Lee biographer.

Jackie rocks, he's funny and very agile.

A San Shou ring doesn't have ropes. One of the ways to win is to force your opponent off. It adds a Sumo aspect to the game.

You just look at the leg-kicks thrown by kung fu people in the 60's.. Now look at San Shou today. Hmm... no Muay Thai influence? I think somebody needs to open his eyes.

No uppercuts?! WTF is that? As long as they're recognised by what martial art? I'll tell ya what, if you do something really effective, you'll probably be disqualified. Light semi-contact. You may as well just use a jab and front kick only. You are going for speed and tag in this type of competition. Don't do any power techniques, cuz if you hit too hard, you'll be DQ'd.

Hey, boxing is great for punching also, boxing has influenced martial arts very much. Brazillain jujitsu has awaken the world to the power of grappling. Martial arts and people are influenced by that which works. This is why karateka and chinese people have adapted boxing, bjj and muay thai.

Of course the Chinese media will twist the facts to make it look like Kung Fu is superior. The media is a huge influence. Why don't you ask to see a taping of the event and then draw your conclusions.

My favorite move is the Thai-style round kick. It's so versatile and effective. You can use it defensively or aggressively. It is a fight winning move.

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Maybe we could help a bit better if you let us know what kind of tournament it is, the rules.

Please.. go buy an illustrated book. Or you can go to a local gym and ask. C'mon man, get off your butt and find some things out on your own.

A jailed terrorist regime can still conduct, plan and execute actions from with prison. You don't think that other terrorists will do what they can to free their "wrongly jailed" brethren? We've seen it before. Plus, why should our tax-payers pay to clothe, feed and lodge these people that are less than human?

Yep, they must've filmed a fake China, a fake Shoalin and a fake San Shou tournament. I guess it's all because the Discovery producers have no idea what San Shou is, where China is or what a real Shoalin temple is like. Yep, I guess I should quit watching the Discovery channel. I bet they intervied a fake Cung Le too, that really wasn't him that they followed during his training.