Self defence expert Geoff Thompson says that full contact combat sports are...

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...the best, do ppl agree or disagree? Thompson prefers more pragmatic full-contact martial arts and combat sports such as boxing, Muay Thai and wrestling (Greco-Roman, Judo, Jujutsu and Freestyle).

He began his martial arts training in the Eastern arts including karate, Aikido and Kung-Fu. However, during his time as a nightclub doorman he found that what he had learned was inadequate for the reality of violence. Thompson came to realise the techniques encouraged and practised in touch contact and semi-contact martial arts were not always suitable for self defence.
 
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