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RE: Muay Thai Kickboxing and how does it feel for a total beginner?

in #martialarts8 years ago (edited)

I loved this post. Muay Thai is just great and this was a great read.
With some other martial arts styles, for instance, Tae Kwon Do, proponents use quick snapping kicks which are certainly faster to execute, although they contain a more limited power level. Muay Thai on the other hand, informs its students to follow up with quick kicks, employing the shin rather than the feet. Almost all of the approaches involved with Muay Thai emphasise motion using the whole body, which means swiveling the hip and waist each and every time the Muay Thai fighter uses kicks, punches, or defends. The strategies can be slower than some other arts, although they are much more effective and often more powerful than techniques found with Tae Kwon Do and even Karate for example.

As a number of people undoubtedly recognize, the training sessions and physical fitness training seen in Muay Thai is nothing at all short of fabulous (often thought of as being legendary) for the high intensity and painstaking training it involves. The training in Muay Thai aims to solidify the weapons employed in the martial art to a higher degree. Trainees who have been learning Muay Thai for long periods of time can easily absorb a pounding, yet if these guys secure a shinbone kick on an opponent it will feel as if you have just been smashed a sledge-hammer. Yes - they are that tough.

I have to conclude by saying, Muay Thai is definitely a lethal and very dangerous martial art which teaches punishing blows with little grappling. Thai stylists are physically solid, very strong despite their typical smaller stature, yet capable of taking an opponent down with just one well placed strike. Muay Thai is also among the most known and most popular fighting styles in the world today - which is the reason that one should not think twice to study it. There is bound to be a master instructor near you somewhere.
Thanks for your post again.

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Thank you for taking time to reply. It seems to me that you know what you are talking about.