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Originally Posted by WC_Lun  My comments weren't necesarily about TKD specifically. However, the TKD SPORT fighters are easy to pick on because of the way they train to fight with thier hands down. I think you are really fooling yourself if you think you will fight differently than you train. If you fight with your hands down in your school, you will do the same thing if you get in a real fight.
As far as CMA who mimick animals and expect it to work on the street, if they don't train realistically then you are absolutley right. ANY style or system that trains without realistic expectations will find themselves in trouble in a real fight, no matter how long they have been training. That includes people that think they will be able to start with thier hands down and still fight efficiently. |
im not fooling myself. if im in the dojang an im sparring...personally i dont have my hands down but during certain times in a sparring match
my hands may go down at waist level while im either taunting my opponent or getting ready for a certain technique cause its like a game of chess to me. my hands also go through different positions.
ive always been able to separate dojang point sparring even though its full contact from a street fight. first of all, in a street fight theres no rules.
even then, distance plays a factor a TKD person can have thier hands down, and u come with an attack an they either keep u at bay with a kick...or clock you with a well timed kick, because you thought that they were open because thier hands were down but you werent paying attention to thier legs.
ive been in a fair share of street fights , bar fights, an even H2H situations on military deployment missions.
some people can make that transition. but theres those who cant because of quality of instruction.
some ITF guys like to talk smack about the hands thing too just cause they can punch to the face. thats all fine an good. but some of them are ****ty punchers, or they over-emphasize punching over kicks.
ive sparred some ITF guys and fought one in a real fight when i was in Job Corps and i kicked the crap out of them. ....underestimating the potential of good WTF training.
this was where i also sparred a JKD guy for the first time....an i was intimidated cause back then i thought JKD was deadly an that Bruce Lee was really a fighter an not just an actor/martial artist.
JKD guy got the crap kicked out of him too.