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So you've only thrown in the air and on pads....you don't know if you can actually use it in real fighting again do you see the issue with thatSlow down partner. We got the hook in TKD. But it's prohibited in sparring.
So you've only thrown in the air and on pads....you don't know if you can actually use it in real fighting again do you see the issue with that
Yep because you know than a professional fighter right? See that's the thing your threads are making you sound incredibly big headedThe thread was about the technique, how he threw it against the heavy bag. It looked incredibly akward to me.
If I came to you and started criticising your taekwondo and all your forms you'd call me arrogant especially since Ive never trained taekwondo In my life. So it's no different to you criticising a mma fighters boxing technique when you've never done boxing or mmaIs Bas Rutten sacred? I can express my opinion about anyone.
If I came to you and started criticising your taekwondo and all your forms you'd call me arrogant especially since Ive never trained taekwondo In my life. So it's no different to you criticising a mma fighters boxing technique when you've never done boxing or mma
Maybe that's because....he's an mma fighter not a taekwondo fighterWell we have hooks in TKD and it looks nothing like the way he threw it, and very much like a boxers...
Well we have hooks in TKD and it looks nothing like the way he threw it, and very much like a boxers...
Maybe that's because....he's an mma fighter not a taekwondo fighter
Wait aren't you the guy that was asking if he should start boxing last week? And now after what..one or two lessons your beating champion kickboxers?How could a simple flick of the wrist be such a potent weapon against a kicker? Well, it is!
Are Kickboxers not used to constant jabbing? It totally upset his rhytm. He was much more skilled than I.
My belief in boxing grows by the minute, even against kickboxers...
Maybe that's because....he's an mma fighter not a taekwondo fighter
A few thoughts...
"Champion" doesn't necessarily mean much unless you know the details of how that title was won.
Technically, I could claim to be a "kickboxing champion." I have a championship belt and everything:
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In reality, that "championship" was for a single tournament and I only had one opponent in my division. I'm proud of the win, but there are several orders of magnitude between that accomplishment and a K1 championship.
Also, you're way overgeneralizing from a sample size of one. What you know is that this particular student, who has some sort of kickboxing background and has good kicks (by your standards) and (if he is to be believed) won some sort of championship (which may have been as small time as my "championship"), has trouble handling a jab.
I can guarantee you that there are tons of kickboxers out there who use jabs extensively and defend against them very well.
That said, a good jab is a wonderful tool. Keep working on developing it and using it in your sparring with everyone. Just don't expect it to be some sort of magical kickboxer kryptonite.
There's no such thing as an MMA hook!
That's not exactly true. If you throw from your toes with your feet close together in mma, you'll probably end up on your back. In boxing, throwing this way works as it adds mobility.
This would be a sign that the guys in your school don't spend enough time using and defending against jabs. Keep using it. They'll learn.He's not the only one. All the face punching TKD guys are upset by it and get clocked
This would be a sign that the guys in your school don't spend enough time using and defending against jabs. Keep using it. They'll learn.
I don't know about that. MMA draws from anything and everything that works, but in execution all of those elements are different than their parent arts.Point is that mma is not a martial art, it is a blend of martial arts, including boxing.
There's no such thing as an MMA hook!
One of the joys of MMA is that you can adapt any technique to your specific needs and ability. It offers the freedom to tweak techniques and moves to suit your body shape, height etc. so a hook punch might not look like the classical hook punch but if it works for you then it's an excellent hook punch. The same goes for every other strike, kick and technique.