I've seen this documentary about MT and the traditional way of training. A master would have nerve ends severed after the years of kicking his shin against something hard so much so he wouldn't feel any pain if a steel rod were to smash across his shins. It's bloody hardcore this martial arts. But the main point wasn't how insanely tough these fighters bodys were, it was about how they fought. MT is almost no holds barred and if not executed right, they can accidentally kill their sparring partner if they don't hold back their hits.
I mean, an elbow into the temple whilst using a jump to give the elbow smash momentum is insane. I think they measured the force from such a blow was similar to being hit by a car going at 60mph, except the impact of the force would be focused in that small area of the elbow therefore the blow will easily shatter the skull and kill the person.
Then there's that 1/2 roundhouse smash using their hardened shins, no matter how you block this the kick it'll hurt. They swing their full bodyweight and weight of the leg at you when they execute this kick, it'll guarantee to make you step back from the impact. But apparently in terms of force, it's one of the weakest compared to other martial arts. The kick with the most amount of power is capoeira which was measured to be 3 times more powerful than a MT kick.
Fascinating documentary. It was about this MMA dude going all over the world with his partner learning different methods of fighting and challenging the locals to a sparring session. I think the most lethal fighting style was the Iranian (I think it was Iran) army fighting style and the Chinese Sanda fighting styles. Both pretty much looked like it was just all out brawling but with methodology and purpose was just to kill.
I mean, an elbow into the temple whilst using a jump to give the elbow smash momentum is insane. I think they measured the force from such a blow was similar to being hit by a car going at 60mph, except the impact of the force would be focused in that small area of the elbow therefore the blow will easily shatter the skull and kill the person.
Then there's that 1/2 roundhouse smash using their hardened shins, no matter how you block this the kick it'll hurt. They swing their full bodyweight and weight of the leg at you when they execute this kick, it'll guarantee to make you step back from the impact. But apparently in terms of force, it's one of the weakest compared to other martial arts. The kick with the most amount of power is capoeira which was measured to be 3 times more powerful than a MT kick.
Fascinating documentary. It was about this MMA dude going all over the world with his partner learning different methods of fighting and challenging the locals to a sparring session. I think the most lethal fighting style was the Iranian (I think it was Iran) army fighting style and the Chinese Sanda fighting styles. Both pretty much looked like it was just all out brawling but with methodology and purpose was just to kill.
