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see that's the kind of disrespect, I'm talking about. AK can work, it doesn't in most of the cases. Is that bad? No, because it wasn't build around other rulesets.
It's a style build around no lowkicks, and not many people can adapt to K1 and muay thai.
Tenshin knocking out Wanchalong with a spinning back kick, doesn't mean every thai camp is drilling spinning back kicks ever since, because for the most fighters it doesn't make sense and working on basic but incredible refined techniques has been shown to be the norm. Be it kickboxing or boxing. In fact most K1 Champs ( Takeru, Noiri, Koya ) right now come from a Karate background with a wide array of kicks, and most fight a fairly "basic style" that has been adapted to be effective under K1 rules.
I like AK, but you are talking disillusioned nonsense straight from the 80's coming from a full contact standpoint.
since you can't actually form an argument because you don't watch the sport we're talking about here, other then fights from 40 years ago, let me help you out. Here is one of the best AK stylist in the world right now Johannes Wolf, having an impressive performance over former K1 Champ Hirotaka Urabe. enjoy.
How was that disrespectful? Muay Thai fighters are vulnerable because they don't train lots of effective techniques and have limited footwork. Is that bad? No, because it wasn't built around other rulesets. AK fighters were vulnerable because they didn't really train low kicks. That isn't disrespectful, it's reality.
Boxing is limited by nature. What you're saying would be like if a boxer only used jabs and straights "because they work so well and are so effective" and never threw fancy pants uppercuts or hooks. It just makes no sense not to use techniques that are very effective and have the additional advantage of being surprising because they aren't used much (like front kicks through the guard or hook kicks around the guard or spinning kicks).
How does a spinning back kick not make sense? It's a very effective technique. Obviously I'm not suggesting a guy should just spam spinning back kicks all the time, but they work and have a useful function. Why not use them?