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- From: snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Snorthc Ali)
- Subject: Re: Boxing vs Martian Arts
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.142811.7558@relay.nswc.navy.mil>
- Sender: snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt - K31)
- Reply-To: snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil
- Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center
- References: <1eht5vINNi9d@male.EBay.Sun.COM>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:28:11 GMT
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- >I use to think that Tae Kwon Do was the ultimate self protection
- Oh it is!
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- >but after watching boxing such as Mike Tyson Razor Ruddock
- Well it isn't fair to have to fight guys with four names
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- >I cam to a conclusion
- Did that pull your spinal column up and down?
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- OK, enough smarty pants stuff:
- >which is more superior martial arts or boxing ?
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- I am still part of the minority that classifies boxing as a
- martial art and thinks every serious MA must train as a boxer at
- some point in their career.
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- >And Why?
- So you learn to slip punches, and jab, and keep your shoulder
- in, and keep your hands up, and learn to close, and learn to
- bob and weave (without the benefit of massive doses of alchohol)
- and learn to punch without flexing your elbows.
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