01-24-2008, 08:02 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama Styles: Seishin Juku, Shotokan, Taekwondo, Judo, Jujitsu, Aikido, Kyokushin
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Originally Posted by 47MartialMan  In this day and age, hard core physical conditioning/training is not neccesary (unless one was going into serious competition) | True. The type of conditioning that kyokushin requires seems like it would be very beneficial for MMA fighters. However, if your shins are hard enough and your low kicks strong and fast enough, one kick to an attacker's knee could be a fight-ending self defense technique.
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