Truckpusher:
No be the proposal I dey do so?

darkenedrebel:



KM & Muay Thai are the most effective martial art forms in real life situations to me. Taekwando focuses too much on high kicks, & I don't fancy the movements. there are no grappling & solid blocking techniques unlike the likes of Wing-Chun & Jeet Kune Do

I'm surprised you don't know Ziggies though...

llaykorn:


Hehe. I agree with you. Though, you should know that grappling techniques were always a part of the original TKD, but everything changed when TKD masters started to focus more on the sport phase of it than they did on the martial arts phase of it. You should also know that a few months in a TKD gym sure might not teach you how to disarm a weapon-wielding attacker, but it sure will get you equipped with some of the most basic elements that can never be ignored in a real life fight, and those are speed, a killer footwork, and flexibility.

I agree also that TKD never encourages solid blocks, and that's because TKD philosophy preaches a reliance on evasive fighting techniques which when mastered prove to be more effective than the MT style of solid blocks. Western Boxing has so much of evasive techniques in it too

llaykorn:

It is a known fact, though, that being skilled in TKD alone might not hold up in an ultra-hard core real-life fight, but being skilled in TKD offers for free some of the most basic basics of turning victorious in a real-life fight. That's why you'll find out that many of the living most-hard-core fighters at least have a junior black belt in TKD. Take a look at Donnie Yen and John Makdessi[/b][/b]

llaykorn:

I think you should check some of the kicking tutorials of a TKD guy named GingerNinjaTrickster on Youtube. Your view about TKD should change.
Joining a TKD club is also a great way to spend more time doing exercises...

darkenedrebel:


true, but I still don't dig the style. its only strongest points are speed & brilliant footwork. it lacks power & punching techniques.
an Oshodi hooligan who has some form of skill in boxing can still stand toe to toe with a veteran in TKD.. proves how ineffective the art is in real life situations, & of what use is learning something that can't be applied in reality?

how the hell did Donnie Yen cop a black belt in TKD? & I thought the Chinese were so full of themselves, & would never learn the martial arts of other countries.they wouldn't even teach foreigners, which was why the likes of Bruce Lee were blackballed

I've watched several videos on YouTube on different martial arts, & a lot of live fights on UFC, & none of the TKD fighters impressed me.but thanks anyway

& in case you don't know, most TKD fighters lose terribly against Muay Thai or MMA[Mixed Martial Arts]fighters in UFC...

here's a TKD vet getting bludgeoned by a low-tier Muay Thai fighter.
do you know Anderson Silva?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irfXUqHXpm8

llaykorn:
Darkenedrebel, you wanted to say something about Silva.

Truckpusher:
Aha! good girl - oya go play for outside ,adults are talking.

darkenedrebel:


I just wanted to know if you have heard of him..he's a UFC fighter

llaykorn:


Yeah, a UFC fighter who owns a 5th Dan TKD black belt.

darkenedrebel:


the western boxing wasn't a joke, I practice that personally, & sometimes at Ziggies on weekends.
I'm sure you know Ziggies in magodo phase II

the Krav Maga was also learnt through self-training & by watching YouTube tutorials

grayline:


kunmi

darkenedrebel:


cool...cos majority of people in naija don't watch or know these things.

llaykorn:


Hhaha. They prefer some miserably scripted WWE. That show makes wanna me cry sometimes..

Caracta:

darkenedrebel:


WWE is like a staged movie.... it can be interesting to watch sometimes though


you know there?

darkenedrebel:


WWE is like a staged movie.... it can be interesting to watch sometimes though



you know there?

Caracta:


If you are a regular, then we must have met. That's my hood.

llaykorn:


Hehe. WWE fights are staged movies; they aren't just like 'em.

Ziggies is a hotel in Magodo, innit?

darkenedrebel:



here's a TKD vet getting bludgeoned by a low-tier Muay Thai fighter.
do you know Anderson Silva?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irfXUqHXpm8

darkenedrebel:


cool...cos majority of people in naija don't watch or know these things.

darkenedrebel:


it's not just a hotel..it's more like the Shoprite of Magodo. there's a gymnasium, multipurpose hall, swimming pool, a club & some other side attractions in it...
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BoboYekini:
I used to watch UFC fights, but mostly the big guys, Overeem, Hadr, . How's Anderson Silva these days? Figured he would retire after he broke that leg.

sinizia:


omo, the Muay Thai fighter is wicked. See deadly knockout punches.

cherryice:

Obinoscopy:
I don't share punny with anyone. Medical reasons only .

farano:
*peeps* How's prep?

Obinoscopy:
It's going smoothly. How's yours?

farano:
Same here darling... Success