can point fighters really fight

[Lau gar]

is the difference to big between point fights and real fights

[SuperMinh]

Yep, pulling your punches and kicks give you bad habits. Next time you get in a real fight or a full contact sparring, you'll be disadvantaged by that.

[G95champ]

Only a select few can do well. More so than learing to hit. Point fighters don't know how to take a hit. Add to that kicks to the legs and takedowns are not usually allowed in point tournaments.

 

Again anything can happend but Ill take a NHB fighter anyday over a point guy.

[ZeRo]

i dont think point fighters would be very good because they cant take hits or give them as good as a full contact fighter.

 

 

[Iron Arahat]

Point Sparring the professional wrestling of the martial arts.

 

 

[Withers M.A.A.]

I disagree with most of you on this topic. Yes, point fighting is not the most aggressive of fighting out there. As for taking a hit, I've seen more knockouts in point fighting than the UFC. At my old school, it was primarily a competion only school but when they would train in the dojo even in point fighting they hit VERY hard.

 

Point fighting teaches you speed and to put together combinations. Yes it isn't the most realistic way to fight but it is useful. I wouldn't train to only fight for points but if you can combine point fighting with full contact then you can learn a lot.

 

Pete

 

 

[Iron Arahat]

There are more KO's in point fighting, only because of a poor defence. I have seen point fighters crouch in a fight to have a smaller target area, and keep their hands low to try and protect their body from kicks.

 

All I can say is that if in full contact there is less KO's than that of point sparring, there is a major flaw on those point fighter's defence.

 

Point fighting developes bad habits for self defence. If your doing it for sport fine...otherwise your just wasting your time.

 

 

[spinninggumby]

Point fighting and the training for point fighting has several merits including the development of agility, speed, coordination, strength, channeling of power, and controlling of bodily movements, etc. However, due to the fact that most point fighters train intensively within the rules, and also towards the goal of scoring points rather than towards practical striking or takedowns (grappling, locking, grabbing, etc.), I think many of us would have to admit that there are somewhat better and more efficient ways to train for street brawls and real-life fighting or self-defense. :smile:

 

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[ This Message was edited by: spinninggumby on 2002-05-04 19:18 ]

[Lau gar]

i train point sparring

[Iron Arahat]

I'd like to see a point fighter give the UFC a go...