Judo and also boxing. Tons and tons of places to throw a kid in a boxing class.
Martial Arts/MMA Thread
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I agree that boxing is a great sport and highly underrated and overlooked. Typically though, at least in the USA it tends to be dominated by non-whites, so if that is a concern (or a benefit) for your family, that is a consideration.
His gentle light roundhouse kick tap to her thigh area is pretty comical to see how it turned out at the end of the video.
No.
No, her bruise wasn't fake. Anyone who has soft skin and hasn't conditioned his/her body to absorb constant hits, punches, kicks, etc. will easily end up with visible bruises. I know this because I was a full-time karate instructor for two years back in the day and had seen so many female students (beginners/novices) ended up with visible bruises on their forearms, top of foot, shins or thighs from blocking and/or kicking exercises with their partners. Same as male students as well.
Yeah I gave the video a second watch, decided I was wrong, and promptly deleted my comment. It appears you had already started writing your reply, though. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Shaquilleoatmeal
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The body can be conditioned to bruise less?
Yes. I trained in Muay Thai for around 4 years and used to do medium to high intensity sparring until I got knocked out one time. Had double vision for about 30 minutes and got a concussion. After that, I picked my training partners more wisely. (Guy was a convicted felon and eventually kicked out of the gym)
Anyway, at first I’d get more dinged up, but eventually my body got more used to it and bruised less. It also depends on diet and if you take any medications. One time I took an ibuprofen and bruised like crazy.
To be fair getting leg kicked hurts even for strong men. There was some video clip of the world's strongest man being leg kicked by a kid that was 9 years old and he still winced in pain and limped after it.
But yes obviously a fully grown man is not going to bruise up like that from a light tap.
Yes, it depends on the style and/or school.
Modern martial art schools don't do any type of body conditioning exercises at all.
Traditional martial art schools - i.e., Okinawan karate - are known to do conditioning exercises to strengthen body, hands, fists, forearms, arms, etc. These type of schools are hard to find nowadays.
Yes but conditioning is a double edged sword. A lot of those traditional guys punching Makiwara boards on a daily bases end up with bruised, arthritic, deformed hands by age 50.
Everything has a cost brother
That's because of the nerves on the back of the leg (above knee).
Believe me...it's not fun getting kicked to the back of a leg.
I'm nearing 60. So far, it's not affecting my daily training. I'm guessing you have never trained in martial arts.
I have. I previously trained in Karate for over a decade when I was younger. I used to spar bare knuckle (no head punches were allowed) and without shin guards (most of the time) and used to punch and kick the bags bare knuckle and without shin guards. I am just saying conditioning is good but sometimes the guys (Shaolin Monk level, Okinawan master level etc) who do it for decades at a high level can suffer consequences from it in the same way that elite athletes suffer wear and tear to their body.
And yes I have received a strong leg kick and limped out of the dojo at the end of training before so I know it hurts.
I'll vouch for that. For a few years I was doing only strength training.
When I went to go full strength cross on the heavy bag the result was explosive pain shooting up my entire arm
I can land them now but at first felt something like this. Likewise for the legz.
I've seen this many times. Women bruise very easily. My wife would get bruises from the least contact, like brushing the side of the door opening with her shoulder. I fully believe that kick would produce that bruise.
In high school, I did a Taek Kwon Do class taught by one of the Benedictine Monks at the school.
Among other things, we had to work on punches against a lead pipe using our knuckles to slowly condition.
How long until he's cancelled?
He's got a fight coming up next month. If he doesn't finish du Plessis (which I don't he will), there's no way they will allow him to win while he's saying real stuff like this.
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I think he can beat du plessis.
I had him winning that fight as did Dana White.
Teep kick and Jab more and don't get out on the ground and he's got it.
But yeah. I'll say at least Dana White is a big free speech guy and pro trump.