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- From: hogue@cs.arizona.edu (Justin C. Hogue)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Boxing vs Martian Arts
- Message-ID: <26970@optima.cs.arizona.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 19:45:05 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.142811.7558@relay.nswc.navy.mil> <23NOV199210505001@zeus.tamu.edu> <v9H=yP#@engin.umich.edu>
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- >| I say the Martian wins every time. He just turns invisible and sneaks
- >| behind the poor boxer.
- >|
- >... not to mention the Space Modula-tor he usually keeps under his obi.
- >Really, the boxer doesn't stand a chance.
- NOT A CHANCE! Oh boy, flame war....
- I've been in MA for about 6 months now, and although MA is great, I
- don't see how anybody can consider a boxer easy to defeat. For some
- reason, people seem to think that a boxer is going to be stupid in a street
- fight with a karate whatever and not throw, not kick, not do any extremely
- painful things to your face. Ever watch Mike Tyson fight? He loves elbow
- to the face. Does them all the time. To think these guys would just
- stand there clueless as to what to do about your kicks is absurd. I
- havent had that much training, but I did box rather informally. A little
- patience on the part of the boxer would make it just as fair a fight as any.
- But wait, there's more...People I talk to always say things to the effect of
- "could a boxer take a hit on soft spot X?" Well, can a karate student?
- Boxers can hit the bridge of your nose, ribs, sternum, thighs (that works
- REAL well in slowing MA people down) and face. Also, have you ever seen a
- boxer train--they block with their hands, not just put their fists in front
- of thier face like they do in the ring--it just works better for them there.
- I've seen alot of mature stuff, with all options considered enter this
- forum, but "the boxer doesn't stand a chance" is silly.
-
- --------------------------Jowfus hogue@cs.arizona.edu------------------------
- | Before I die I plan to do one of two things: Solve the saw function problem |
- | or find a program that works better in COBOL than any other language. Both |
- | are impossible. |
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