Today, martial arts are practised all over the world by the young and old for fitness, self-defense, law enforcement and competitive purposes. Among the growing popularity of martial arts is Muay Thai, the art of 8 limbs. Many consider the Thai martial art to be one of the most effective striking styles in the world.
Muay Thai is a battle-tested martial art. It was created for combat on the battlefields in ancient Thailand. Muay Thai was not created to impress.
The techniques are simple and designed to inflict pain in the quickest and easiest way. Each strike is delivered to the point with no unnecessary movement for flamboyance.
The art of 8 limbs has evolved and been refined over time through countless battles on the battlefields and boxing rings.
Even when stripped of its brutal elbow strikes and technical clinch, Muay Thai fighters have been able to best kickboxers of other styles on international kickboxing promotions of the highest prestige. Some of the most successful Thai fighters on the international kickboxing circuit include Buakaw Banchamek, Superbon Banchamek and Petpanomrung Kiatmoo9.
Mixed martial arts MMA is the fastest growing sport of the last decade. MMA allows fighters from different martial arts backgrounds to compete under a set of rules. The most successful MMA athletes often combine a striking style with a grappling art. Many successful MMA athletes have been able to achieve success by choosing Muay Thai as their striking base.
Conditioning is pivotal in Muay Thai due to the high-intensity and physical demand of the competition. Muay Thai athletes train twice a day, six days a week with each training session lasting 2 hours or more. If you want to lose weight, Muay Thai training will put you on track in the best way. Coupled with a balanced diet, regular Muay Thai training will help to burn the calories more effectively than cardio-based exercises like running or spinning.
If you want proof, just look at any competitive Muay Thai fighter. However, for unknown reasons, it will not be reappearing in Paris in Muay Thai received provisional recognition from the International Olympic Committee in This year it is expected to receive full recognition, which means there is a chance it will appear in the Games.
However, nothing is set in stone yet. Both styles teach effective techniques for self-defense. However, Muay Thai training tends to turn out scrappier fighters who can take a punch and keep going. Karate techniques are powerful but require more skill to execute properly. For the rough-and-tumble style of fighting in self-defense situations, Muay Thai is probably more effective.
In that case, learning Karate is far more effective than not learning any self-defense moves. Karatekas are formidable, but Muay Thai fighters are scrappy. Their focus is set on decimating their opponent, not executing a perfect technique. There is a reason Karateka Kenji Kurosaki was defeated by a Thai boxer in — and why the rivalry between the two styles has lived on to this day.
The primary style of full-contact Karate, Kyokushin , has more in common with Muay Thai than other forms of Karate.
It tends to be more vicious and Kyokushin Karateka spend time striking their limbs to toughen them. They also fight bare-knuckled, which is something even Muay Thai shies away from. All this to say, a Kyokushin Karateka would fare considerably better against a Muay Thai fighter.
There is a good possibility they might even win! Deep Karate stances and endless drills are excellent ways to strengthen the body. The punching bag workouts and constant sparring practices of Muay Thai are excellent cardio bouts for building endurance.
Kicking hard surfaces also strengthens and conditions the body. Because of this, Muay Thai generally wins for physical fitness, though it varies depending on the school and the student.
In Thailand, it is actually more common for practitioners to start as young as five or six years old. The techniques you learn in a Muay Thai class can keep you safe on the street.
Muay Thai is also one of the few martial arts in the world that has been undeniably battle-tested and street certified for real-life encounters. The conditioning of mind, body, and spirit involved in Muay Thai also gives practitioners the confidence needed for real-life self-defense situations.
A Muay Thai gym is a place to push yourself to the limit to become the best version of yourself. Muay Thai is specifically designed to promote the level of fitness and toughness required for ring competition even for recreational practitioners. With running, jumping rope and shadowboxing it provides an aerobic workout to prepare you for more intense workouts. Muay Thai also builds great anaerobic endurance with exercises like punching and kicking on the pads or bags, and clinching to work your body to its limits.
This makes Muay Thai, not just a perfect martial art, but also a very effective form of exercise. If I had to pick one sport to train it would certainly be Muay Thai rather than karate. You can see that the Muay Thai practitioner is able to land his low kicks much more easily and when he does throw a couple of punches to the head he quickly ends the bout.
If you include punches to the head in this bout, it is probably going to be over a lot more quickly as you can set up the low kicks much more effectively with a strong jab.
When everything is said and done, there is a reason that all the Muay Thai gyms in Thailand are packed with westerners and that is not the case with karate, because Muay Thai is the most effective stand-up fighting martial art that exists in the world today.
Aidan Lehane has been involved in the fight game for well over 10 and has trained in some of the leading boxing gyms around the world including Sinbi Muay Thai and MTK Global Marbella. He wants to offer as much advice to beginners and pros as possible. Skip to content. Table of Contents. When the news first started circulating that Errol Spence had obtained an eye injury, the boxing world took a collective sigh of disappointment.
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