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09-07-2015, 02:28 AM
What a bunch of wowsers.
Good thing is I have heard nothing but ridicule for these uninformed idiots from AMA.
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Attempt to ban [combat sports] Australian Medical Association
09-07-2015, 03:54 AM
So kids... don't punch at each other with gloves, mmkay.
Yet charging your whole body into someone else in a rugby / football tackle? No problem.
Also, we seem to be strangely silent on ice hockey & head trauma in general.
So yeah... we're a consistent bunch...
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Attempt to ban [combat sports] Australian Medical Association
09-07-2015, 07:06 AM
Are they going to ban frivolous abortions as well?
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Attempt to ban [combat sports] Australian Medical Association
09-07-2015, 10:32 AM
This is ridiculous. Just the next step in society's attempt to neuter all men?
Martial arts/combat sports made me more fit, stronger, and healthier in almost every way imaginable. Benefits include increased bone density, flexibility, larger lung capacity, and increased concentration. The risk of injury is always present, though I have rarely experienced it or seen it, even after watching hundreds of sparring matches (we didn't use protective pads or soft mats in our dojo, either).
On the other hand, IMO if a man's body hasn't undergone the stress of training, especially for combat, it is weak and may be more prone to injury. For example, during combat training you are taught how to fall properly. You fall hundreds/thousands of times until it becomes second nature. The average idiot trips and falls on his hands and breaks a finger or their wrist. One person in our dojo fell from a second story balcony, and escaped uninjured.
If someone wants to do combat sports, that's their decision. Every man should have the right to experience combat.
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Attempt to ban [combat sports] Australian Medical Association
09-09-2015, 05:32 AM
UFC has been trying to get into Melbourne for years now. Due to Labor winning, it will begin this year
The only bad news is they stop development on the must needed city by pass