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To be honest, I wouldn't try...

the only stupid question is the one you don't ask... there is no shame in asking. I'd rather ask one of them and learn the correct way in person than to look silly by possibly misunderstanding an interpretation that I got over the net...

that lack of sparring can possibly hurt more than it helps...

that's way too broad of an assumption to make.

koshi guruma?

hidaka jime and americana

they were in my city two days ago. His bass player is actually a buddy of mine.

that's called a cut kick. we do block - we check leg kicks. In all honesty, if you try to "block" a thai roundhouse kick to the midsection or higher, your arm is gonna get hurt. the safest thing to to is cover and absorb it, if you have to take the kick. Ideally, you'd rather catch it or evade. There is some evasion, just not a lot.

in a situation like that, pound him and try to get out. grabbing him isn't doing any good, as you are stalemated - he isn't hitting you - but you aren't hitting him either, AND you're still in the car. attack with the hand closest to you. Use the other hand to open the door. Then get out, even if it means taking some blows on the way.

I saw that tactic in an anime... In real life, I wouldn't try it.

he's a 7th dan...

he's busy. very busy. he has his own energy drink now (it's very good, too), has the movies and is a musician. He has a blues band. They are on tour right now and have 2cds out.

universal soldier? blah. his best works were "no retreat, no surrender" and "bloodsport" by far. I've met seagal - talked to him. He didn't seem overtly arrogant, but he is a bit pushy.

the boxing foot work is much more mobile. thai boxing is brutal - just suck it up and take it, basically. consequently, there's not a whole lot of evasion, mainly absorption, rolling with the strikes and parries.

Great point. I've many times while boxing used an elbow disguised as a hook. I used to watch Tyson use it to finish off opponents in the 80's. Illegal, but if you're quick enough it's hard to catch. And if an uppercut misses the chin and nails him in the Adam's apple---oops.... With respect, Sohan definitely. Freddie Roach - one of tyson's recent coaches - has been quoted saying "If a good hook misses, the elbow lands" Also, remember that karate / tkd movie from the late 80's called "best of the best"? (I love that movie) in the last match between tommy lee and dae han, dae han elbows tommy in the nose from close range, but it's so fast the refs think it's a punch.

canada must be WAY different than the US. I've never felt any level of contact as high as I do in the ring, and have always gotten warning / deductions for making hard contact.

As a thinking man, I would say that any style with little to no groundwork could be improved upon in some way.

I was saying that the advantage in speed goes to the smaller guy...

I agree. I'm not saying we can't get away with it. I'm saying that once we learn to relax, we learn how not to use it until necessary. Judo is a perfect example of this, as is bjj. If I am throwing you and you successfully resist, I can likely power you through the throw anyway, if I don't wish to change to another attack. two guys, one built, the other small. both have good stamina, big guy is stronger yet untrained, while the smaller guy is weaker, but trains ma. speed is about equal, with a slight advantage going to the smaller guy. No assumption there - it's laid out. However, I'm not talking about the question specifically, but people in general - MA tend to always assume that when talking about a bigger guy, the bigger buy is slower and untrained.

Same here. Depends on the school, but my experiance involved more contact than expected. that's expected, because the lower ranks tend to lack control - they still stop the matches though, IME. I was an orange belt (third rank where I trained) when I first got points taken away for excessive contact.

that's true. I didn't type it though, since it really wasn't pertinent to the thread. Since it's been brought up though, I really haven't seen any break falls yet - they try to catch themselves if they fall, as you mentioned. The limbs may touch the ground, but the core never should. this goes against pretty much all breakfalling methods I've seen.

yeah, some of it. Not all though. muay chaiya is the muay that developed in southern thailand - it was an actual regional style. muay korat was an eastern style, I believe. Kaad cheurk, however is a time frame.

I'm sure it could - but I prefer boxing - it's less slide and lunge oriented. Whenever the TKD guys in my class slide or lunge, they slide right into one of my strikes. They telegraph a lot with the footwork. boxing footwork is mobile, but not as exaggerated.

yeah, capoeira has it. I doubt they got it from china though - it was just a method they devised.

Actually, yeah, that's it. But it was called "dragon flares it's tail" all of those methods are no good for real fighting though... the most practical way of getting up that I've seen, I learned in bjj. I don't feel like explaining how to do it (all that typing) but I saw a pic of it a while back. I'll try to find it.