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sindian
Yellow Belt
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 78
Location: Charlottesville,VA
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 Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 9:01 am Post subject: muay thai w/ a bad knee |
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I had reconstructive knee surgery after tearing my ACLs and MCLs. My knee's seems ok. I've been getting back into the martial arts recently. I'm doing sort of a mix of tae kown do, kickboxing, and ju-jitsu. My instructor's a practical guy.
Muat Thai interests me as an art, but I worry that I might injure my knee. It seems like a pretty rough sport. I don't really know that much about it though, so I could be wrong. |
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SaiFightsMS
KF VIP
Joined: 28 Oct 2001
Posts: 6397
Location: Ohio
Styles: Shotokan, Shorin Ryu, Shi-to Ryu
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Think about what might happen if you took a kick to the point on the side of your leg just above the knee on the outside of the leg. |
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martialartist1
Orange Belt
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Posts: 157
Location: UK
Styles: no style as style
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| my friend, you need to practice kicking the bag more. yeh muay thai is tough combat sport, infact the toughest in the world. you need to be tough to do muay thai, simply as that. |
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sindian
Yellow Belt
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 78
Location: Charlottesville,VA
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I need to practice kicking the bag more? I'm sorry. I don't really understand your comment. I injured my knee playing football. I also tend to hit the heavy bag a lot, and I have pretty powerful kicks. |
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WhiteShark
Orange Belt
Joined: 22 Apr 2002
Posts: 133
Location: EastCoast USA
Styles: Shidokan, Muay Thai, Judo
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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My coach tore his Acl and had a successful surgery. He then won several US and World titles tin the next few years.
I think you'll be fine.
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sindian
Yellow Belt
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 78
Location: Charlottesville,VA
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks a lot, WhiteShark. I definitely plan on giving muay thai a try (after I condition my legs some more and get back into figthing shape). |
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cross
Black Belt
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
Posts: 1904
Location: Australia
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I think you should give it a go, even if you dont compete.
I know a guy who broke his shin in competition and after alot of pain and hard work he can kick hard again.. but he will never compete.
There is still a chance for you, just be careful and know your limitations. |
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