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tempoman
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Also, with the Thai rules, wearing shorts makes the knees visible, hopefully helping to make sure the contact to the legs is above the knees.
Has anyone ever heard of any Thai fights where a fighter 'missed,' and took out the opponent's knee? |
Knees get hit by accident/on purpose all the time |
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 13560
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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| tempoman wrote: |
| bushido_man96 wrote: |
Also, with the Thai rules, wearing shorts makes the knees visible, hopefully helping to make sure the contact to the legs is above the knees.
Has anyone ever heard of any Thai fights where a fighter 'missed,' and took out the opponent's knee? |
Knees get hit by accident/on purpose all the time |
I'm sure, but have there been any major injuries that changed the course of a fight because of them?
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tempoman
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Joined: 23 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| bushido_man96 wrote: |
| tempoman wrote: |
| bushido_man96 wrote: |
Also, with the Thai rules, wearing shorts makes the knees visible, hopefully helping to make sure the contact to the legs is above the knees.
Has anyone ever heard of any Thai fights where a fighter 'missed,' and took out the opponent's knee? |
Knees get hit by accident/on purpose all the time |
I'm sure, but have there been any major injuries that changed the course of a fight because of them? |
almost undoubtedly, but I don't get the luxury of closely following the thousands of fights in Thailand from canada:( |
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AndrewGreen
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 20 Aug 2002
Posts: 905
Location: Winnipeg, Canada
Styles: Crazy Penguin Ninjitsu
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure, but have there been any major injuries that changed the course of a fight because of them? |
Kicking the knees is perfectly legal, and is done. Thigh tends to hurt more though, and land more often. Knee kicks are one of the most overrated things in the martial arts.
Anyways, back to the question.
I always figured it had to do with the history of it, being from karate. Which wears pants. Fighters took the jackets off for fights, keeping the pants on. Over time they got more flashy.
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baronbvp
Black Belt
Joined: 27 Feb 2005
Posts: 1132
Location: Berlin, Germany
Styles: JKD/MMA, Muay Thai, Shorin Ryu, military combat arts, fencing, archery
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| Kicking the knees is perfectly legal, and is done. |
I know of no one who trains Muay Thai that is allowed to intentionally strike knees or groins. Where is this legal - in Thailand? That would shorten the careers of many fighters.
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throwdown
Yellow Belt
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
Posts: 29
Location: Toronto Ontario Canada
Styles: Kickboxing: full-contact & low kick, Jiu-jitsu
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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Dunno where you've been doing Thai there buddy but kickin' the knees in competition is not legal.
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| bushido_man96 wrote: |
I'm sure, but have there been any major injuries that changed the course of a fight because of them? |
Kicking the knees is perfectly legal, and is done. Thigh tends to hurt more though, and land more often. Knee kicks are one of the most overrated things in the martial arts.
Anyways, back to the question.
I always figured it had to do with the history of it, being from karate. Which wears pants. Fighters took the jackets off for fights, keeping the pants on. Over time they got more flashy. |
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AndrewGreen
Pre-Black Belt
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Location: Winnipeg, Canada
Styles: Crazy Penguin Ninjitsu
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throwdown
Yellow Belt
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
Posts: 29
Location: Toronto Ontario Canada
Styles: Kickboxing: full-contact & low kick, Jiu-jitsu
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lol you make me laugh dude. |
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on the post.
