The Top 5 Combat Systems

[W. Rabbit]

The short time I tried out boxing we all got up in the ring and stood in different corners. Intermediate group. I lied and said my background is Kickboxing (since we face punch in ITF). Those guys were target practice. Way too easy. Never got to spar competitors.

So what you're saying is, you're like a Korean ninja who infiltrates boxing clubs.

[hungryjoe]

This is total crap. My experience says otherwise having banged with some pretty good boxers, kick boxers and TKD fighters in the past.

edit to add

You're a red belt. I earned my first black before you had pubic hair.

See edit. My former instructor was also at one time the VP for Chuck Norris' organization. You don't know diddly.

[Sovvolf]

The short time I tried out boxing we all got up in the ring and stood in different corners. Intermediate group. I lied and said my background is Kickboxing (since we face punch in ITF). Those guys were target practice. Way too easy. Never got to spar competitors.

Mate. We've all seen you throw a punch. You're not fooling anyone trying to claim that you made intermediate boxers look like easy target practice at boxing with boxing rules. So all in saying is vids or it didn't happen.

[Heuristic]

Don't know which boxing clubs you've been to (best guess is none) but everyone I've been to have had a few lads in the ring (mainly the more experienced or ones with fights coming up) and the rest out on the matts because there's more students than there is rings...

The short time I tried out boxing we all got up in the ring and stood in different corners. Intermediate group. I lied and said my background is Kickboxing (since we face punch in ITF). Those guys were target practice. Way too easy. Never got to spar competitors.

[Sovvolf]

Boxers fight in a ring in a club

Don't know which boxing clubs you've been to (best guess is none) but everyone I've been to have had a few lads in the ring (mainly the more experienced or ones with fights coming up) and the rest out on the matts because there's more students than there is rings...

[Heuristic]

I I have done what you describe many times over the past 30 years.

Where and using what style?

[Dr. Gonzo]

Not in an open space you haven't

I wasn't aware that you were so expert in HungryJoe's training and fighting experience.

I agree with Joe, and I have done what you describe many times over the past 30 years.

[Heuristic]

I agree. Muay Thai kicks are totally inhibited by rings.

This is because Muay Boran was meant to kill on the open battlefield, where you either kick, or you die.

The ring suits Muay Thai perfectly. It is a mid and close range fighting art.

[Heuristic]

This is total crap. My experience says otherwise having banged with some pretty good boxers, kick boxers and TKD fighters in the past.

Not in an open space you haven't

[W. Rabbit]

First of all, boxing rings inhibit any kicker since he can be corned. Secondly, boxing gloves cover up a hold lot more than MMA gloves and very hard to penetrate. thirdly, without a rudimentary understanding of kicking and distance, you will not break the distance by punching alone, and you will not be able to read the kicks. Kicks are an extra range

I agree. Muay Thai kicks are totally inhibited by rings.

This is because Muay Boran was meant to kill on the open battlefield, where you either kick, or you die.

[Heuristic]

Most people here including myself started out in TKD before moving on to arts that weren't for keeping your 6 year olds entertained or for helping skinny incels that live with their mums feel tough.

The amount of people laughing their tits off or beating their heads against walls at that statement is staggering. But hey as we've all asked and said before. You want to convince otherwise. Go to a boxing gym and challenge one of their boxers to a sparring match outside of the ring. I'm sure they'd be happy to accommodate if you explain yourself.

Film it and post the results. I know myself that once I picked up boxing I could stomp most the lads at the TKD gym I went to even without face strikes. So could a lot that followed through. Hell one of the lads went on to being the Kickboxing instructor and having a decent fight record at our MMA gym. Small world.

Boxers fight in a ring in a club

[Sovvolf]

Most people here including myself started out in TKD before moving on to arts that weren't for keeping your 6 year olds entertained or for helping skinny incels that live with their mums feel tough.

The amount of people laughing their tits off or beating their heads against walls at that statement is staggering. But hey as we've all asked and said before. You want to convince otherwise. Go to a boxing gym and challenge one of their boxers to a sparring match outside of the ring. I'm sure they'd be happy to accommodate if you explain yourself.

Film it and post the results. I know myself that once I picked up boxing I could stomp most the lads at the TKD gym I went to even without face strikes. So could a lot that followed through. Hell one of the lads went on to being the Kickboxing instructor and having a decent fight record at our MMA gym. Small world.

[hungryjoe]

Doesn't matter. Go to a Taekwondo school and find a legit guy. You will not land any punches in an open arena, but you will get your ass kicked trying. In a ring? Sure you can corner him, box him up. Totally different.

This is total crap. My experience says otherwise having banged with some pretty good boxers, kick boxers and TKD fighters in the past.

edit to add

You're a red belt. I earned my first black before you had pubic hair.

[Heuristic]

Okay. Well seeing as we have boxers and high level kickers spar at our gym often on the mats and not in the ring it's something I've witnessed and participated in. Boxers have great footwork scary defence and excel at closing the distance. With what you're saying is that you're saving grace would be to back up constantly and throw kicks... I mean if that's it you're even more clueless than I thought.

Doesn't matter. Go to a Taekwondo school and find a legit guy. You will not land any punches in an open arena, but you will get your ass kicked trying. In a ring? Sure you can corner him, box him up. Totally different.

[Sovvolf]

Okay. Well seeing as we have boxers and high level kickers spar at our gym often on the mats and not in the ring it's something I've witnessed and participated in. Boxers have great footwork scary defence and excel at closing the distance. With what you're saying is that you're saving grace would be to back up constantly and throw kicks... I mean if that's it you're even more clueless than I thought.