Colin Payne writes:

Couple of quick ones:

Dan says'wear shorts like boxers. Not satin pants. this aint the 70's'
Well you can't have it both ways. whenever some KB clubs wear shorts some MT 'snobs' bleat on about they ain't MT so why they wearing shorts!
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Colin, Of course some of the priesthood will question it.
. And you got be prepared to tell them to eat S##T and die.
Now, I realize nobody wants to speak to a holy man like that.
But sometimes it's necessary.

The public looks for familiar markers to decide if the
proposed fight event is too esoteric for their tastes. .
so make it (your preferred style) look as much as possible
like a fighting sport, (such as boxing)that they already understand.
they also understand and will accept kicking- due
to the martial arts films.
But the armored padding screams: "amateur!! at them-even
though we know it aint necesarily so.

And yes, I do hear Smiler. I got bad feet too- I hated jammed/broken toes,
blue feet, living in perpetual pain, etc.
But, at least make the clown shoes optional-not mandatory.
That would help a bunch. If only a few people who truly need the
clown shoes are wearing them.
Then it looks more like Kareen Abdul Jabbar with his goggles.
Not standard NBA attire, but a necessary accomodation
for a great athlete with a legitimate need.


And ets flush that weird minimum kicks rules. No fighter should be forced to use a certain techniquea cerain number of times-unless he deems it to be effective for HIM/HER. Especially when it that have to
be explained by the tv commentators, and confuses the viewers. The rules shouldn;t take more than ten seconds to read to the audience.

In signing off of this thread, I also want to say I deeply respect the athleticism and fighting spirit
of FC fighters.
I deeply enjoyed watching Bill Wallace.
I just think those two things (minimum kick rule and boots)
should be removed to make it more spectator friendly.
I apologize to anyone I may have offended. I just want to see FC more
spectator friendly. It does affect all of us, when people see that on
tv-and think THAT is kickboxing. When it is only one of sevral variaations.

But, now Its time(for me)to stop talking about this.
I agree, Colin, we need to work together, not at cross purposes.
Now,we all know how the other feels. So, hopefully we can leave this thread
with a bit of respect for the other persons point of view.

dan