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Originally posted by phaedrus
Not all martial artists use pads. These are the only pads I've ever used sparring.
Less than the gloves boxers wear. Hell, even amateur boxers wear head gear.
Martial artists really don't really study much from books. For the most part, martial arts are about doing. Reading is not doing.
Even if boxing and wrestling are superior forms or martial arts, it does not change the simple truth that someone who has puched a million or more punches will be better off than someone who has maybe punched a wall in anger once or twice.
You never addressed this:
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Amateur boxers are women, plenty of martial artists use the same headgear as well. As long as you can throw and take a decent punch then you should be ok (a startling amount of tough guys are limp wristed bitches) if they teach you that, good, but those tournaments with the pads and helmets are a joke (that point bullshit is retarded, the only points awarded should be when the other guy's unconcious) if you want to show who's better at fighting.
Good for them, I don't reccomend anyone read a book to learn how to fight either.
Sure, but who says you need to study martial arts to throw a million punches? I think I reccomended a punching bag to Gecko earlier, it's fun and good exercise to boot.
I have addressed it, I told him to look in to whatever the military uses because it likely isn't as impractical as the majority of the martial arts.