Thursday, January 19, 2012

What do you like about Muay Thai?

I do really like that they train (pros and amateur competitors a lot) very hard, and often. That really means a lot to me. I fear the man who trains daily for hours investing his time, sweat, and blood into his art, not the man who practices twice a week for an hour each session. Plus they hit hard. I've known Karate-ka who begin to think of self defense almost like a point sparring match and that keep fights going for longer than they were meant to last by playing tag with their opponent instead of just dropping the other guy. Muay Thai boxers sometimes make this mistake in competition, however in combat I really feel they'd end the fight better than the sport karate-ka. Of course, should you be training in any proper Karate style the correct way, not as a sport karate situation, you'd be just as prepared to end a fight, if not better prepared, so frankly I stand by Muay Thai being an excellent martial art. However, it is not the end all be all striking martial art many people try to make it out to be.

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