Anyone know about Mhuay thai here?

Muay Thai is a martial art that emphasizes knee work along with kicking and punching. It mainly uses shins and forearms for defense. Its a big sport martial art, although even the sport side of it is very effective and has little or no difference to the self defense side of the art.

You will need a high tolerance to pain to practice muay thai, and your shins and forearms will need to be conditioned.
 
I do a bit of Thai boxing that has been incorporated into my MMA training. I spend a bit of time when I can with a guy named Ben up at USA Stars that teaches and at one time competed in Muay Thai. Most of what you will run into is the sport style, which as Aevans said is still effective. True Thai wraps their hands in glass and etc but a lot of that changed when Britain had it's hands all over the world because they didn't like the brutal savagery of that style.
 
I'm wondering if you guys know how long it normal takes for conditioning. I used to do some conditioning years ago, and now I'm doing it again and I also skated a lot in highschool which definitely helps condition the shins. But anyway, my shins are pretty bruised right now and it looks SICK when I'm in shorts, hehe. How do most practicioners usually go about the conditioning? Kicking and hitting things? Or what? I'm using drumsticks right now.
 
Most karateka condition their hands by hitting a makiwara, or stout wooden post that has the punching surface wrapped with either some sort of cloth rope or rubber (rubber being more hygenic).

I could be wrong, but I think that Thai boxers condition shins by hitting stuff with them, having training partners hit shins with kendo sticks, bokkens, stuff like that.

I would assume that the drumsticks would do the same thing.
 
Conditioning I have been exposed to is just person on person contact. Like someone else shin kicks your shins. And you two practice blocks on eachother. Economical to say the least.
 
evolution said:
I do a bit of Thai boxing that has been incorporated into my MMA training. I spend a bit of time when I can with a guy named Ben up at USA Stars that teaches and at one time competed in Muay Thai. Most of what you will run into is the sport style, which as Aevans said is still effective. True Thai wraps their hands in glass and etc but a lot of that changed when Britain had it's hands all over the world because they didn't like the brutal savagery of that style.
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true thai? i'm thai and do muay thai and i don't wrap my hands in glass. that pretty stupid if you think about it and i havnt heard anything from anyone who does anything like this. evolution is right about kicking baby bamboo when you start conditioning and you move onto hard bamboo tree's that are wrapped with little or no cloth. but thats what only true thai do, cause bamboos don't grow left right and centre in australia i personal just kick with my shins agenst a hard punching bag and do alot of forearm smashes. another thing about doing muay thai is if you want to be a good fighter is too have little body fat, very fit and listen to every word your trainer tells you if your getting a trainer.

apart from that muay thai is properly the best martial arts out there and thats only because i do it. heres a clip of Buakaw if you wanna know what it looks like.... i dont personaly like him but this clip is cool
 
I took Muay Thai Boxing. It's got the most powerful kick I know. It's probably the most realistic martial art, I didn't have to do any "Forms" like I did in Tae KwanDo. I'd suggest taking wrestling or something that involves tons of groundwork too. Try to learn Muay Thai, Groundwork, and throws. You'll be a monster, but still no Bruce Lee.
 
yea i took kickboxing cause i get into too many street fights in my area:p

but yea i agree with Donnetello, you have to add in some other art to make it really shine

i prefer jujitsu just incase u fall or u get the other guy on the floor u have techinques of ripping their joints apart :)
 
jujitsu sure is great in self defence situationes. Ive only had to use it one time. Normally if a person hits you, your reflex is to duck away, back off.
The one time i had to use it was when a guy was about to hit me, i stepped inn and clinched him while blocking the punch, kneed him in his stomach and pulled him down. No fancy tricks, simple yet effective.
It is handy to have some striking abilities too, luckily my jujitsu class isent all about the ground, its a self defence system, mostly we practive taking people to the ground and once we do, we dont go into a grappling match, we lock them up right away. The striking we practice looks alot like the Muay Thai, clinching, kneeing, etc.
 
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Muay Thai is basic yet effective. It teaches easy yet realistic strikes and kicks. And the goal of Muay Thai isnt nessisarily self defense, it is to hurt your opponent more than he hurts you. ALot of shin blocks and knee and elbow strikes envolved. In a real street fight, muay thai would be one of the top fighting styles on my list to use other than jiujitsu.
 
entrailsgalore said:
Muay Thai is basic yet effective. It teaches easy yet realistic strikes and kicks. And the goal of Muay Thai isnt nessisarily self defense, it is to hurt your opponent more than he hurts you. ALot of shin blocks and knee and elbow strikes envolved. In a real street fight, muay thai would be one of the top fighting styles on my list to use other than jiujitsu.
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agree with you there. if Muay Thai was in my town, id check it out.. but im a bit whussy, i dont like pain all that much, so i dunno :p
 
Karky said:
agree with you there. if Muay Thai was in my town, id check it out.. but im a bit whussy, i dont like pain all that much, so i dunno :p
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yeah its a more extreme martial art in terms of physical pain. But for anyone who plans to fight any kind of competition, learn muy thai.
 
Everyone is really bigging up Muay Thai here. Sure it can be effective as a martial art but its far to external to be used against an experienced internal martial artist.

Muay Thai fighters are so tough because there art is so simple and easy to learn, after a short time of training all that is left to be done is practise and condition.
Muay Thai is more like a game of conquers than a martial art, it is disgustingly destructive and the sport has crippled 1000’s of young boys in Southeast Asia.

Most fights don’t make it past the first round and usually end up with a broken shin, knee or hip.

Interestingly Muay Thai is one of the only sports to improve with influences from western boxing.

What kind of monster do you have to be to watch two young boys heel kick eachother in the face without any protection.

I say yes, its a good basic martial art with limited potential, but I hate the sport.
 
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The reasons you stated, is the reasons i probobly wouldnt do it if it was in my town, besides, its a bit more fun when theres more "tricks" to learn, you know?
 
You might as well say the same thing about boxing. And mma. And pretty much every other contact sport.

Karky, those "tricks" are still worthless when you can't hold your own against a devastatingly simple and effective dicipline like boxing. Sure, it may be more fun, like, "Heh, come on, punch me in the face. I can break your arm like this...or like this...or like this...or I can do this nerve strike here..."

But when it comes down to it, what's more satisfying? Punching someone in the face because you're faster and have better timing, or getting your ego shoved up your ass?
 
i was just talking about fun Lei, NOT how it is for self defence. I agree, nerve strikes and such is pretty much worthless in self defence and most competitiones. Im not questioning the effectiveness of Muay Thai, just saying its not for everyone.
 
Lei - I totally understand what you are saying. I have mixed feelings about all competitive fighting arts.

I don't like seeing ppl beat each other up. But when both participants are happy to fight under strict safety rules with protective equipment I can accept it as a sport.

But when boys as young as 11 are forced to fight with only a thin punch bag glove to protect there face, its a lot different. Many young boys have died or been permanently injured in so called "legal" muay thai fights.

What sort of "sport" allows one sportsman to pull their opponents head down and knee them in the face? It's sick! And no different to dog fighting.

Sure muay thai can be an effective martial art, and its simplicity give way for almost limitless conditioning. But its not a sport, its a brutal and savage slave trade.

I would love to get in the ring with a muay thai promoter.
 
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