Showing MT is SAFE???!!??!

**Sley** · Posted On: 8/02/2009 7:40pm

Ok I can't search much as I have little time but basically I need to prove MT is safe yea, like TKD safe does any one have any idea where to find videos of MT not being awesome but rather weak and pathetic, oh and with a ton of sparring gear to really really lame like.

**1point2** · Posted On: 8/02/2009 7:41pm

To who?

**v1y** · Posted On: 8/02/2009 7:42pm

just call it kickboxing and show a women's cardio kickboxing class?

**Sley** · Posted On: 8/02/2009 7:44pm

Originally Posted by 1point2

To who?

My parents, my parents that fear boxing to all holy hell...

Do you want another TKDer?

**Carlos13th** · Posted On: 8/02/2009 7:53pm

Show them boxercise, job done

Edit: maybe not ermm show them someone showing of muay thai forms or bagwork maybe?

**Sley** · Posted On: 8/02/2009 7:58pm

Originally Posted by Carlos13th

Show them boxercise, job done

they both went to stanford... out smarting seems like a bad idea...

**golgo** · Posted On: 8/02/2009 8:00pm

Here you go. This place is around the corner from where I live.

http://www.jhoonrhee-columbia.com/thaikickboxing.html#1

**Sley** · Posted On: 8/02/2009 8:06pm

The trouble is they know a little of the people that run my gym, and they have decided that they are crazy and I will end up fighting in some sort of secret blood sport kumite, any attempt to trick them will be my down fall, (I will lose my ability to do BJJ something that I will not risk at all)

**1point2** · Posted On: 8/02/2009 8:06pm

I think we had some good advice for a similar (or exactly the same) issue within the past year. I'll look a little bit.

Basically, you have some options. One, it's your money and your time, so it's your decision. Two, be straight with them and explain that yes, it's a combat sport, but the training is very safe (show them gear and precautions and statistics). Taking them to meet the instructor may or may not help. Three, try to obfuscate the issue with boxercise or saying "it's just like TKD." I recommend a combination of 1 and 2 that varies depending on your age.

**Sley** · Posted On: 8/02/2009 8:12pm

I'm 17 if that helps. (oh noes I gave out my age on the internet now I'm gonna get molested...)

this is what my parents know of the people that run my gym

I can't embed it right (edit again oh you just drop the link nice)

YouTube - Jeff Neal MMA Match 2