Boxing vs Karate & Taewkwondo

[GrandpaBernard]

Good post. Boxing can be used very early on by new practitioners. Most martial artists take much longer to become effective fighters. There's just so much to learn. And, because sparring is an integral aspect of real boxing training, novices get to practice actual fighting. This is a far cry from the ultra-controlled or (usually) non-existent contact most new martial artists experience. Bottom line: if you want to be a fighter, you must fight, not pretend to fight.

exactly. plus the strikes of boxing are relatively natural compared to strikes of many martial arts making it even easier for beginners to implement. the more complex something is the longer it takes to drill.

I just don't understand why traditional eastern martial arts are so popular with old 20 somethings looking to learn some self defense.

[boliodogs]

Even though the boxer won easily it still seems unfair that he had big boxing gloves on and the karate guys fought bare fisted. I loved the video.

[FeFist]

Exactly. So I would have liked to see the boxers fight without gloves just like the karate dudes had to.

When you know your hand is protected from injury you are free to throw your punches with reckless abandon. That's why brass knuckles were invented.

No that isn't why Brass knuckles were invented, brass knuckles are used because brass knuckles are harder than your regular knuckles. And it is not a case of exactly you're speaking as though pain prevents someone from punches when it doesn't. For a start the boxers weren't even hitting hard enough to cause alarming pain.

If they weren't wearing gloves the Karate guys would probably have cuts on their faces to show for their efforts.
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I seriously don't know what is wrong with people sometimes.

[krimzon]

Failing to see your point? Neither came from an MMA background.
Vitali came from a kickboxing background...

I was implying that kickboxing>boxing>mma

[ThePunchingBag]

Unless the boxer is incredibly good, he loses 9/10 times to an equally skilled Martial Artist.

Boxers are too limited, only use knuckles at the end of the fist. I much prefer Muay Thai or Wing Chun for actual fighting where elbows, open palm, forearm, shoulder, mid-knuckle, fingertip, etc strikes are used.

[#1Assassin]

in other news.....

judo/karate guy vs pro boxer milo savage who went 10rds with gene fullmer



jiu jitsu guy vs pro boxer art jimmerson who at the time was the nabf light heavyweight champion.

lying now are we? jimmerson never won **** as a pro, he fought for the nabf light heavy and cruiserweight titles and got knocked out fast on both occassions. matter of fact he was knocked out a bunch of times, he fought a few good fighters but didnt beat a single one. it was journeyman ****, just to build their record.

which art himself did plenty of, even at the "peak" of his career he was fighting guys with losing records some who hadnt even won a single fight. he never beat a quality fighter in his entire career, theres a reason he went to mma in the first place.

i heard of that that lebell guy, he fights like a coward. just controls guys on the ground and if imnot mistaken uses a bunch of girly self defence type **** like eye gouging and whatnot. i would rather lose like jermain taylor than win like patti lebell over there.

[Light_Speed]

come on man they had no ability. even fundamentals werent good. they were novice guys, kept their hands up decent and just starting to learn how to punch. looked like they been boxing about 6 months at most, a year if they have no talent. its fcked up you cant tell the diffrence between a basic but quality fighter with real good fundamentals and a novice.

I was about reply to this post but then I read this :

I've been boxing for 2 years have had 5 fights

That explains it.

Taekwondo is point fighting. It's like amateur boxing using legs. Kicks are not generally meant to be powerful but instead fast to score points.

You don't know much about martial arts, taekwondo is a full contact sport, that's why they wear headgear and body armor. Knockouts happen regularly.

exactly. plus the strikes of boxing are relatively natural compared to strikes of many martial arts making it even easier for beginners to implement. the more complex something is the longer it takes to drill.

You seem to imply that boxing is not complex or is less complex than other martial arts, I totally disagree with that.

[snoopy360]

I was about reply to this post but then I read this :


That explains it.


You don't know much about martial arts, taekwondo is a full contact sport, that's why they wear headgear and body armor. Knockouts happen regularly.




You seem to imply that boxing is not complex or is less complex than other martial arts, I totally disagree with that.

One thought came to mind in that video. Keep your hands up at all times.

[ThePunchingBag]

I was about reply to this post but then I read this :


That explains it.


You don't know much about martial arts, taekwondo is a full contact sport, that's why they wear headgear and body armor. Knockouts happen regularly.




You seem to imply that boxing is not complex or is less complex than other martial arts, I totally disagree with that.

I think he meant Olympic Taekwando which is indeed a speedy pittypat sport.

Reminds me a bit of Olympic Boxing.

[Light_Speed]

I think he meant Olympic Taekwando which is indeed a speedy pittypat sport.

Reminds me a bit of Olympic Boxing.

W.T.F. is olympic taekwondo and it is full contact.

The difference between olympic taekwondo and olympic boxing is they don't wear any padding on their feet and a kick is much more powerful than a punch. You guys should at least use google and learn about a sport before criticizing it.