From:	David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.ORG>
Subject:	Re: the uac dilemma
Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 1997 07:22:00 -0600

Adam J wrote:
|
| >And I disagree totally. Sure, A fight COULD be over that soon, I one
| >of the two scores a lucky hit, or gets to hold his opponent in a
| >position where he can't escape, but chances are, especially if both
| >use rather strike and kick techniques than grabs and chokes, that the
| >fight will last about half a minute at last. Just wach boxing...
| >They fight for several minutes... even in Judo, the fight lasts
| >longer than just a few seconds.
|
| Boxing = Fighting? Not in my opinion..
|
| Its punching, and every real fight I've seen and been in has included more
| than punching. Knee's, elbows, grappling, are all common.
| Grab a guy quickly and knee him in the head. I've seen several fights end
| after a few seconds with that, or even a simple punch to the nose.
|
| Two guys with rules and gloves isn't even close to real fighting, as far as
| I'm concerned.

Ditto with the Judo. The point is in a structured environment fights
can last a while. On the street where there are no rules fights are
usually over with pretty quickly. Even in a structured environment
I've seen a fight end in less then a second. During one of the
olympics in the Tae Kwan Do competition, right off the bat, one
opponent tagged the other opponent in the head with a spin kick and
dropped the guy, and he was wearing protective gear.

-David
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