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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 11994
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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I think that what Norris is trying to do with the WCL is bring back what he and the dream team of the '60s - '70s competed in, as far as rules go. It was really America's first experiment in the full contact venue, and I think he is bringing it back, because he enjoyed it so much.
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ying&yang
Purple Belt
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
Posts: 513
Location: melbourne
Styles: JKD , and 15 others
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Yes i agree with that statement.
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shift
Yellow Belt
Joined: 17 Feb 2006
Posts: 43
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How well is it really doing though?
I only just started to remember the names and I had to try hard to remember them as well.
Ray Daniels
Jason Bourelly
and a girl name santiago
there are a few others I can pick up by face like this slim asian guy and this thin irish looking dude blond spikey hair.
I can't remember anyone elses face or names. I can't remember the teams names or who is on which team.
I must say I am not fond of the rules, but from time to time it generates some exciting action. There are times the action is drastically boring but...when it's exciting it really is exciting. Saw a dude get knocked out with a jump reverse side kick to the gut...ouch
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ying&yang
Purple Belt
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
Posts: 513
Location: melbourne
Styles: JKD , and 15 others
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yes true , but he is still doing well for him self.
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KarateEd
KF Sempai
Joined: 07 Feb 2007
Posts: 510
Location: Alabama
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I was watching a WCL match over the weekend and saw where one of the fighters ("Fighter A") finished the match but was injured and unable to go on. The next time he was due up for fighting (with what appeared to be the same opponent-"Fighter B") he was replaced by a substitute. This bothered me. In other venues the guy that can no longer compete due to an injury is done, whether the ref ends the bout or a corner worker throws in the towel. Here, however, Fighter A was replaced with a fresh substitute. This put Fighter B in the hole from the beginning, in my opinion, because he and Fighter A had beat on each other quite effectively in the earlier match. Now Fighter B was facing a fresh guy, all his efforts spent on Fighter A were gone (or, the other way around, the sub was facing a guy that someone else had softened up, so to speak).
I guess because the WCL has teams instead of individuals it requires some way of substituting fighters so that a single injury doesn't destroy a team's chance of winning a meet. I don't really care for this, though.
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on the post.
