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Originally posted by macro
Is this also the case with such arts as Wing Chun (Tsun)? It is supposed to train the fighter to respond to animal movement and integrate technique instinctively. Sounds good to me, but I'm sure that level of instinct is far beyong a year or two of training.
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I know nothing about Wing Chun. Sorry.
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Originally posted by Phaenx
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.
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Agreed.
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Originally posted by Phaenx
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.
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I never said that was not a valid way to learn to protect yourself. You said martial arts weren't. I was disputing that.
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Originally posted by Phaenx
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.
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The majority of martial arts are used by one branch or another of the military. That was my point.