i finally fought a Thai-style Fighter...

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that's cool. I train mma and our stand up is mostly western boxing + thai kicking techniques. Karate stuff seems less useful to me for mma, but from a pure stand-up kind of game i guess it could work.

Also, if you ever feel really brave, do it with knees vs. a good muay thai fighter. You most certainly will not be so eager to bull rush in after that.



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QFT. I also train some MMA and have trained in Muay Thai for like a year and a half. Knees freaking hurt. Its always the low ones that hurt the worst in my experience.

A well placed knee to either the thigh where the muscle splits or the bundle of nerves on the back of the tight will deaden your leg and make it hard as hell to rush or put much on your puches on that side..

Congrats on getting in there and fighting though.

As a side note, do you think Karate would be effective in MMA as an aspect of standup. Seems like a couple guys have a background in Kempo and other forms, but I havent ever trained in it to know if parts of it work (or are already used)

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Thanks a bunch.

I like my nose too much to want to risk getting kneed to the face,
I'll tell you that much...

I like karate a lot, but i certainly don't like the reliance on
"home-run-or-nothing" style kicks.

I like my style: which includes 50/50 karate kicks,
and American boxing hands,
uppercuts, hooks, jabs, and augments that with back-knuckle
strikes, ( spinning back fists ), arm traps, etc...

Also, I don't recommend a "bull-rush" into any kind of fighter.
But I do recommend an aggressive approach, especially in training,
simply because counter-fighting is so much easier.