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I QUOTE BAS RUTTEN [paraphrased] from the "Potent" documentary
"Coming from TKD and kyokushin, I one day walked into a thai boxing gym. In Kyokushin you keep your hands down, so I got my ass kicked very badly. They punch and kick me in the face and I don't know what to do. That night, I went home and stood in front of the mirror for 4 hours, just keeping my hands up in front of my face. I punch and block with my hands always up by my face.
The next day, I went back to the thai boxing gym and beat everybody up"
What's the point? Andy Hug was Kyokushin remember? ANDY HUG. But he kept his hands up and axe-kicked the hell out of everyone in K-1
The point is that there are good martial artists and that's it. If a guy practicing TKD is a good martial artist and comes up against a grappler who owns with, the TKD guy will stop throwing flashy kicks, and also start learning grappling. He will adapt - if a kyokushin guy and a MT guy fought with no rules and the kyokushin guy got hit in the face - why WOULDN'T he put his guard up? Is he stupid? Is he dumb?
Hell that's what Bas did - he was a striker, then he himself says he gets submitted by Shamrock and vows to never get submitted again, then goes out and practices submissions all day. Now he's like the submission king and people don't even remember him for his striking.
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