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Farhad
Posted: 2003-06-23 14:43:25
Full Contact is going NO WHERE!!!

Ok lets be realistic about this folks,
now folks like JAG,SMILER, FAHAD, COLIN PAYNE,....etc may want to comment on this but lets be honest is full contact going anywhere?
I dont think so!!!

Lets examine the reasons why.
1. No money in it,... ive heard this time and time again and am sick of hearing this,....

2. What ever happend to the Kick count? dont ppl kick anymore? Is FC a boxing division or a kickboxing division?
where are the kicks?
where are the superkickers?

3. Promoters (not all of them but quite a lot of them, are)
not intersted in furthering the sport,...instead theyr more interested in (a) filling their pockets ,.. wqell hey we all have to make a living and we all want to make a profit,... but at least provide a good service if you are.
(b) looking after their own figthers and their own clubs at the expenese of the new clubs coming into the system which in the longrun stops these clubs from comign back to your shows
(c) bad matchmaking and decisions (see above)

4. Lack of big names in the sport.
What are the talent pool from full cotnact pool doing???
Well let me tell you!!!
(a) KO specialists ? = BOXING
(b) generally all round hard bastards = Thai boxing / K-1/K-1 MAX/ M.M.A
(c) good kickers and good skillful fighters ? = "light" continuous tournaments where there is more scope for competing internationally against a good standard of opponents.

5. Where is the heavyweight division? Who are the "big bruisers" in the sport?
Let me tell you :
Gary turner ??? K-1 or even MMA,.... Ray Hoffman = retired Stuart Green = ???
Wayne Turner= ??? , Simon dore = struggling to get fights , Alex Reid (crusier wieght i know)= MMA/thai boxing.

6. Lack of effort an investment to bring new blood into full contact and to promote them and help them find their feet in the sport by giving them the right kind of novice matches against novices,....yes thats right against NOVICES!!! not saying to them "oh youve been in a few touch contactkarate tournaments so you must fight someone with 4 fights at least" then go and slag them off if your 4 bouts full contact trained guy beats on this semi contact guy and then laff and say" i told you,... karate is crap" or " that club are all shit,.. im doing it right and theyre not" or even " ha ha ha semi contact puffs,... weve expoised these phoney black belts"
These martial arts ppl in my opinion are the future of Full contact , so give them a chance.

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