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You got a point there

You forgot to put IFK on the poll .. I now belong to IKO3 , kansho Matsushima , I used to belong to IKO1 (Matsui's faction )

Good one We all know that kickboxing is <> than thai boxing , however , most kickboxers i know are also thai boxers and vice versa , not to mention that thai boxing had a great influence on the development of kickboxing

So does it require a sumo practitioner to be fat ?? I know for instance that eating is part of the training in sumo , is that true even for amateurs ?? I have also read that lots of sumo guys die before 50's due to heart problems

That’s not what I meant , what I meant is : does it worth killing your shin nerves in order not to feel the pain ?? There are better ways to do that , kicking sandbags for instance ..

I guess it was spelled To de or To te ???? I am not sure

Tae bo is the deadliest martial art . Pineapple

English , french , some russian .....

Go check the other school , but don't be that confident about yourself .

Good point , however , there are more kickboxers than thai boxers

I belive that what MadMatt meant by "using the ground as your weapon" is to throw your opponent to the ground , not to take the fight to the ground , and he got a point there : Imagine yourself hitting the concrete after a good hip throw . Judo contains lots of ground fighting techniques ( Ne waza ) , however , those techniques are designed to finish the opponent and quickly get up on your feats not to take the fight to the ground and stay there . Plus , karate's grappling in general is designed to be used against a non grappler

If i am in your place , i would go with judo . Aikido and goju ryu are good for self defense as well but judo is quick and simple .

Lol ... Thx rikishi ( newbie ????? )

I don't know much about kempo either , any way , if it was developed in okinawa , how comes that there is chinese /shaolin kenpo ??

13 years old !!! And you think you're too old to believe ???

Coke bottles !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So whats the point of killing your shin nerves anyway ??

Don't , use your MMA gloves .

Wow .......... Sounds nasty

Welcome

I was wondering , what does "rikishi" and "yokuzuna" mean ?? what i know is yokusuna =grand champion ???

Yes , I have noticed that in competition kata , the katas looked "spiritless"(????)

Three in a demo last year ( shoto ) . That was my first -and only- board breaking

Try this one , http://www.k-1usa.net/docs/news/news.asp?news_id=40531 , if it dosen't work , put "k1 bows to kyokushin" in google .

I will end this debate and let the founder of kyokushin , Oyama Sosai , answer for you . http://www.kyokushinmail.com/koya/letters/letter5.htm

Hello White Warlock just a question : Have you ever been in a kyokushin dojo ?? any way , as what you said before , kyokushin fights are close range fights ( grappling range as you mentioned it ) , 90 % of head kicks are executed from a medium to long range distance ,so obviously most of our kicks are done to the mid and lower body section . Plus , there is nothing wrong with a good roundhouse that can end the fight in a second ( oh , and it's usefull in a real fight , belive me , i've been there .. ) what you c as a disadvantage of beeing exposed to takedowns , i look at it as an advantage of beeing able to strike even in a grappling position