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When comparing the competitive element of boxing and say Muay Thai, do you think Jeet Kune Do misses out in terms of the regular full blooded matches that amateurs/professionals take part in. Obviously JKD can never take place in a competitive environment as rules are involved and many aspects of the art would be outlawed. Although boxing and Muay Thai bouts are not a recreation of a street fight, they do preprare the individual for facing an opponent who is looking to do you serious damage. Within their fields you're faced with the adrenalin rush and stamina sapping nervous energy.
Do many JKD schools/instructors open themselves up to this kind of combat. I guess I'm trying to say I feel in those fields they have an edge in terms of the preparation and experience these kind of competition bouts provide. Even though they involve rules they are as near to the real thing that these sports/arts are allowed to do. Can you make a judgement on a professional Muay Thai kickboxer with 50 bouts under his belt, excellent fitness and body conditioning with say a JKD instructor with 20 years of experience whoi has sparred for years at 60% with a lot of their tools limited during sparring also.
Say both guys had an encounter in a street. Who is the better prepared- the competition fighter who has vast experience of trying to inflict damage (within rules) or a JKD exponent who has never executed many of his most dangerous tools on a real person?
I guess the big issue is how hard the sparring goes at all the various JKD schools around the world. My thinking is that a boxer or Muay Thai guy is gonna know what the tools he uses are capable of due to regular fights. Is a JKD guy gonna know if his technique is good enough if he has never executed it before in such a situation.
I might be opening myself to get shot down here but I'm just opening up the debate to get feedback
Do many JKD schools/instructors open themselves up to this kind of combat. I guess I'm trying to say I feel in those fields they have an edge in terms of the preparation and experience these kind of competition bouts provide. Even though they involve rules they are as near to the real thing that these sports/arts are allowed to do. Can you make a judgement on a professional Muay Thai kickboxer with 50 bouts under his belt, excellent fitness and body conditioning with say a JKD instructor with 20 years of experience whoi has sparred for years at 60% with a lot of their tools limited during sparring also.
Say both guys had an encounter in a street. Who is the better prepared- the competition fighter who has vast experience of trying to inflict damage (within rules) or a JKD exponent who has never executed many of his most dangerous tools on a real person?
I guess the big issue is how hard the sparring goes at all the various JKD schools around the world. My thinking is that a boxer or Muay Thai guy is gonna know what the tools he uses are capable of due to regular fights. Is a JKD guy gonna know if his technique is good enough if he has never executed it before in such a situation.
I might be opening myself to get shot down here but I'm just opening up the debate to get feedback