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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.

I have trained with quite a few females that have gone pro in boxing, kickboxing, and muay thai relatively quick. There are pros and cons with this, and it happens because not as many females are fighting. Another bad thing is(trust me, this is true)that some promoters will have an attractive female fight on their card because they'll put her on the poster to sell tickets. Some of these females are in no way pro caliber and get hurt/lose bad. I won't name who, but if you saw the tv special on the 3 females that went to Thailand you might know what I'm talking about. I have trained with 2 of those females that were on that special and one of them had no right to go to Thailand(were better females on the show, but they weren't as pretty)..but she is attractive. Now, there are definitely some very good female fighters out there, so don't get me wrong..just be careful of not going pro before you're ready. I once trained with someone with some serious potential that was offered pro fights and took them too soon and lost bad in Paris against Orlando Weit's wife. Someone I will run from is Lucia Rijker, that is one deadly female. Another female I used to train with that will kill me at will on the ground is Cindy Hale(https://www.cindyhale.com), she's also a decent kickboxer now. So I hope none of you take my views as sexist because there are some very deserving females out there but there are some females being offered "pro" fights too soon that aren't ready and some of them are getting this just because of their looks.

I dunno, in Muay Thai I have learned more "spirtual" aspects than I ever did in Karate. I also have studied authentic Muay Thai, not some westernized kickboxing that throws a "muay thai" style roundhouse and called it muay thai. BTW, I hold rank in Shito Ryu, Kyokushin, Goju, and Chokushinkai.

I have personally trained with 3 Bujinkan yudansha in Muay Thai and BJJ. One is a yondan, one is a nidan, and the other was a shodan. I know that the Yondan and the nidan received there rank from Hatsumi, so I don't think it's really that frowned upon to cross train.

He's been at least a brown belt for a few years now, under Royce Gracie. The lead singer of Tool is at least a purple belt, too.

I could have sworn Elvis started out in Chito Ryu than got into Pasa Ryu(Kang Rhee)and of course, Kenpo(Ed Parker).

I still may got some bruises on my forearms but I'm "used to it" somewhat to from years of conditioning them. I don't mean I go on a makiwara or a bag and start banging my forearms but by one step striking/blocking

not really anythimg i wasnt aware of, the only thing that was new/different for me was if someone were to throw a straight punch (left or right cross) was to step in at nearly 180 degrees and throw a double block. forearm closest to the hand would block as usual, but the other block closest to the body would actually elbow into the front of the shoulder.That was pretty cool, sore shoulders after that workout... You can do this block with just the elbowing arm, too. Without stepping at 180, so what happens is you end up elbowing the punch. The block you're describing to me sounds like how I have been taught how to block a head kick or even a hook punch but without moving 180. I like what you're describing but prefer blocks/counters that involve the least ammount of movement. It's a great block that works good against the cross. Last time I was in Thailand I had someone that could block all of my tiips by raising his knees up right under my calf/heel/leg/etc. before I could strike him. I remember spending a day or two on trying to get this down with the individual and never even getting close to doing it in real time. I suppose this is one of many reasons why I'll never be an Arjarn :

I've seen one Muay Thai gym and 3 Knockdown style karate dojo(2 Kyokushin and one Enshin)that would actually do drills where you would leg kick eachother in the thigh to get conditioned. Did I agree with this kind of training? Not really. I think it's ok to do a little bit but not excessively. Drag'n is right when he's talking about "checking" the kicks with your shin instead or like others have said try to avoid the kicks. What I do a lot if someone throws a kick towards my lead leg is just slide my leg back. I usually end up in some sort of a modified cat stance when I do this and I'll counter back right away with a tiip or a "cutting" leg kick with the same leg. Years ago I had a female cop who had her daughter enrolled in my karate class tell me how she endured conditioning in her former Enshin dojo where she would walk by a line of students kicking her over and over in her legs. She got to Sandan and seemed to know what she was talking about but she also told me she has nerve damage in her legs, now. I'm not saying every Enshin dojo does this, I'm just saying what she told me and this was at Vernon Owen's dojo(he's not Enshin anymore).

I'll tell you the ultimate secret in developing this kick, prepare yourself and sit down first...go train at a Muay Thai gym under a good Kru.

I literally knock people down on the ground when I x block a side kick. I only x block for the side kick. I've done this in Kyokushin tournaments as well. I see the kick coming and close the gap and jam down hard. It's an offensive "jam"/block. I have never x blocked any high kicks...I do a modified age uke for an axe or a hook, if I need to. When I competed in the USANKF scene a lot in the 90s I saw many shito, goju, wado, shotokan, etc. that would x block a side kick. I also didn't see to many yuko geri thrown in competition. I switched over to Muay thai and knockdown karate competition so a lot of my tactics have changed but I'll still do a downward xblock against a side kick that I see coming to knock my opponent down.