well shaun,
let me assure you that thailand and muay thai have absolutely nothing to do with the k-1/fuji-tv contract. no one in japan could give a rat's ass about purity this or ruined that. if their money ruins muay thai forever, they won't even blink. i sure won't.

personally, i don't like the elbows, knees, clinch, 5-round [or shorter] matches. but i do feel that the taste for kickboxing will change the way muay thai is taught.

feel free to cling to the past though. "little skinny guys hugging," you can say to your grandkids "was the way it used to be."

as for me, until proven otherwise, only the heavyweights can be trusted to show up at their contracted weight. the others are unreliable bastards who put promoters in a pinch when they show up 5lbs over and say "shit happens man".

finally, seeing how you decided to jump on brian's thread about k-1 and fuji-tv and rant about muay thai purity, i'm sure you won't mind if those of us who merely tolerate muay thai jumps on one of your threads and criticises the silly dancing, crappy music, butt wiggling and tasseled tennis racquet.

adam,

i do.