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I've never studied TKD but have studied Muay Thai with a lot of people that were anywhere from 4th to 7th degree black belts in TKD, and it definitely helped their Muay Thai game. However, starting out, it would be a big mistake to train in both arts at 2 different shools simultaenously. I know in Thailand, there are some gyms that offer both, but, they basically teach you both styles together, not seperately. It was a pain in my butt training in Muay Thai, Shito Ryu, and Kyokushin at the same time, especially at the shito ryu dojo. I would often by muscle memory start throwing a brazilian kick or a muay thai roundhouse whenever I kicked and get reprimanded for it.

My first Kru(alberto ramirez)fought under these rules with a team of other Americans some years ago..in Mayanmar/Burma. He lost by TKO via suplex onto his head.

overcome the frustration and just keep at it, you'll eventually get better if you stick to your game plan. I used to get yelled at in BJJ a good 8 years ago because I was "too calm" and acted too experienced instead of going faster & rougher on my opponents. Kinda funny if you ask me because I was just trying to emulate my black belt instructors at the time.

I'm a southpaw that will fight in both stance sometimes, I really don't offer any advice but to just train more and get accustomed to even the most awkward of opponents. About the only advantage I noticed from early on was how easy it was for me to land inside thigh kicks with my left leg on a orthadox fighter.

You start out in one stance and eventually...usually a few years later get proficient in the other stance. Every instructor in the association I learned under(m.t.i.a./"master toddy's")can fight in both stances.

muay thai yes, but events in what area? they're not that hard to find...

it depends on the judges, and I've never been to a light kickboxing event so I really haven't the slightest. What I do know is that in most muay thai and kickboxing events I have fought in or had fighters in the judges usually sore someone that kicks and knees more then a prominent puncher.

I think the main answer to this is going to be finding an instructor that knows how to teach someone 50+ I was just having this instructor with my father a couple of weeks ago while I was visiting him. Use some common sense, find a style you're interested in that you think you can handle. Something like Muay Thai or Kyokushin in most cases probably wouldn't be the best bet but you never know if you had a school with people around your age and a good instructor for people around your age.

Army Combatives sparring is usually just BJJ in your ACUs(uniform)and sneakers. I have won two Army combatives tournaments with the companies I have been in the last year with hardly any army combatives training but with about 8 years of BJJ experience. If you like this sort of thing train in BJJ, Muay Thai, Boxing, Arnis, etc.

I have to disagree with much of this because more seasoned fighters will intentionally not check leg kicks to land "big bombs" and because they're conditioned. Losing to a leg kick is looked as a rookie way to lose in the Muay Thai world. Not checking leg kicks is something you in knockdown/bareknuckle karate tournaments...A LOT. You see this a lot in Muay Thai, too...translated, a stance called "tiger stance" is such a deep stance in Muay Thai that you don't check the kick and throw "cobra punches"..the tactic is to get in close because these aren't long range punches. I'm sure your instructor didn't mention 180 spins and such because he probably didn't come from a Thai "style" Muay Thai gym, did he? Since you like to use Buakaw as an example, watch and see if you see him do a 360 spin after he misses..I doubt you will but I have seen a crappy fighter do such a thing and get annhilated from him in a k1 max highlight.

I have to agree with this and was going to post something along the same lines. I had a sensei that bombarded me with many kata too soon(IMO, anyway)before I could really get one down. He was a great sensei for Kumite but the quality of kata wasn't where I wanted it to be but the quantity sure was. Maybe he fealt I was ready, who knows? I did what he told me to but what I'm trying to say is that I had enough material, kata wise, to be going to other styles to learn kata and trying to adapt it.

Swinging your arm downwards to add more power is a "beginner tool" in muay thai. Kind of, and kind of not...there are other stances, strategies in Muay Thai that don't require you to swing the arm downards. The problem to is that a lot of people spent the first 2-3+ years swinging there arms downwards before their Kru showed them otherwise so it got ingrained into muscle memory. Unfortunately, some muay thai gyms, paticularly, in the USA don't teach anything more advanced. A 360 spin with your roundhouse is also a big no no. Muay Thai has evolved into different things, in other countries. It's one of those really bad habbits that some gyms think are "ok", like switching your stance in order to throw a lead leg kick. Now, don't get me wrong, there is a time and place for this, if you were more of a Dutch stylist and did this to fool your opponent but I have seen some gyms in the USA that have fighters do this because they don't have the skill to throw a lead leg roundhouse kick without the switch stance. If any of you don't believe me, train in a "Thai" style Muay Thai gym. Watch Muay Thai fights in Thailand, you'll see what I mean, since seeing is, believing. You rarely see a Thai perform a 360 spin after missing a roundhouse. If they miss, you usually see the opponent try and counter immediately

I've seen capoeira practitioners fight in Vale Tudo matches in Brazil and they seem to fight in more of a modified "kickboxing" stance. They throw kicks similar to muay thai but without the pivot on the roundhouse, similar to how a lot of Dutch style Muay Thai/kickboxers throw the dtae/roundhouse. I have no idea why I haven't seen more capoeira people fight mma in the bigger shows because the ones I have seen that actually have around a decade or more of training can fight.

From my own experience, fighting in Muay Thai and Knockdown tournaments(Sabaki and Kyokushin IKO1 and 2) and having my own fighters under me I have more respect for an experienced capoeira practitioner than I do for JKD, Krav Maga, and Haganah being "martial arts". This, however, is my opinion..I view JKD as a philosophy and not a martial art. I have met, trained, and fought with some very talented capoeira practitioners from Brazil that kick very hard. You should see how quick they pick up other kicks from another martial art, it's insane. They're usually in better shape than the average karateka, too. Most experienced capoeira practitioners crosstrain somewhat in BJJ, and BJJ does have some capoeira techniques in the art.

that's because I missed up, her name is Cindy Hales; so the site is https://www.cindyhales.com I am a dork for messing up her name.