hello people. first attempt at finding out the source of the mysterious ring didnt work. Dixon thinks that i bought it in hongkong, but i think he remembered it wrongly, because i dont remember buying it in hongkong, all the bought for myself in hongkong is this bracelet:

(took the chance again to show off the 12 mega pixel camera and close up shot techniques =) )

dixon remember? i only bought this bracelet, didnt buy any ring. also, if i bought it way back in hongkong, why would it suddenly appear in my sports shorts pocket after like almost a year and i've never even seen it around the house?

and so, the mystery of the mysterious ring remains to be unsolved...

okay anyway, like i said in my last post, i am going into competitive muay thai. SOOO in order to get a better sense of what i'm getting myself into, as well as considering some of my alternatives, i did a small research on youtube of muay thai, against other styles of martial arts, enjoy...

Case study 1: Muay Thai VS Tae Kwon Do



Conclusion:
Okay in this very stupid video, muay thai got owned by TKD. However, look carefully, this is some stupid korean show, and korea is the place where TKD originated. So OBVIOUSLY they'll glorify the TKD fighter right? and how to they do that? simply by putting some dude who sucks at muay thai. Seriously, i think i am better than that muay thai dude up there. he knows nothing. Number one rule of muay thai: Never drop your guard, hands up protecting face ALL the time when you're not using them. look at the botak dude's hands, they're all over the place except where his face is. what a dumb shit. secondly, to fight TKD fighters, what a muay thai fighter should do is to close up the distance between them. Muay thai involves a lot of close range combat with knees, elbows and punches, combing them with speed and power, he'll totally kill the TKD guy. Obviously the botak dude doesnt know that, he stood at a far range, where it was perfect for the TKD guy to kick. If it is close range, all the TKD roundhouses and kick to the head cant even come up, so conclusion, this video doesnt count when judging which style is better, coz it is such a flawed and biased piece.

now let me show you a real muay thai vs TKD.

Case study 1a: Muay Thai VS Tae Kwon Do



Conclusion:
Now check that, both fighters are quite skilled, but the techniques of muay thai just prevails here. and TKD dude got owned most of the time. David, see this?

Muay thai is a better fighting style than TKD. If this isnt convincing enough, check this out.


Case study 1b: Muay Thai VS Tae Kwon Do



Conclusion:
i would say that the best hit the TKD guy got on the muay thai guy was falling on him. Note that both these two videos are scenes from actual competitions, and not some stupid korean tv show. so muay thai undoubtedly much stronger than TKD


Case study 2: Muay Thai VS Karate



Conclusion:
this video is quite lousy, sucky quality and no sound. you decide for yourself who is the better man, personally i still think that muay thai fighter is better, he was dominating the match! the variety of kicks and punches were interesting to watch.


Case study 3: Muay Thai VS Capoeira



Conclusion:
okay this is just a movie, so it isnt conclusive, but quite interesting to watch =) anyway what the dude did is not really muay thai, but more of muay boran, which is an older version of muay thai with more aerobatics, and yes the actor actually does that, so the show does have some authenticity in it. but still, it's just a movie.


Case study 4: Muay Thai VS Freestyle Kickboxing



Conclusion:
The muay thai one is the dude in white and blue shorts. again the muay thai fighter won, reasoning being muay thai kicks are just really powerful, and combination with punches it's just a great standing fighting style.


Case study 5: Muay Thai VS China Kung Fu (Sanshou)



Conclusion:
Okay, after watching this video, i realised china kung fu is still the best. For those for dont understand the chinese commentating, basically the Sanshou style is very similar to muay thai in the use of body parts, you are allowed to use all four limbs, including elbow and knee. But one unique side of Sanshou is that you are allowed grapple and throw moves to sling the opponent around. So what the china kung fu dude did was to try to keep the range between himself and the thai fighter (to prevent powerful thai elbow strikes) by using his straight leg kicks, and at the same time control the timing of his throw moves to gain the edge during the fight. as you can see, the muay thai dude isnt really trained to handle those kind of throw moves, so he lost a lot on that. The china guy's some king of fighter in his arena, and so is the thai dude, this was indeed an exciting match to watch. Kung Fu rocks, but it's too hardcore, i'll just stick to muay thai =)


there are actually still many fighting styles out there, i'll post more another time when i feel like it. shall go off now, bye!