Nobody in the States knew what Muay Thai was in the sixties, I'm guessing. I knew about the Crips association with the Panthers, although I haven't seen anything that confirms the Crips were recruited and trained by the Panthers. The Crips were more loosley based on Panther-esque, black-community-oriented society. Crip is rumored to have started off as being an acronym for "Community Redevelopment In Progress," in contrast to the gang members' "walking like cripples," as the other popular rumor explains. Either way, I wouldn't put too much stock in the Black Panther style of H-2-H; call me a skeptic, if you will. I'm still thinking that weapons, firearms or otherwise, were preferred over boxing in gang brawls.