is kickboxing a sport martial art

[missy]

is kickbox a sport martial art

 

is it effective for females in defense

[kbgirl]

Yes, it's definitely sport. It has roots in TMA's but has definitely evolved. As far as self defense goes, it's very difficult to say if you'd be able to draw on much of your kickboxing skill if confronted in real life. That said, I think practicing KB has helped with other aspects of 'self-defense' such as awareness, avoidance of confrontational situations, confidence - in that I know what it feels like to almost get knocked out. Obviously, I have also learned to kick and punch, but at this stage in my training (training for my first ring fight now) I think the biggest thing I've learned so far is that you can NEVER give up or give in... that's what makes you a victim. It's okay to lose a fight (keeping in mind that in real life this can mean death), but it's not okay to stop fighting.

[Goju 4 Life]

that's deep. reminds me of the samurai

[thaiboxerken]

American kickboxing and Muay Thai are both sports.. however, Muay Thai does have less rules and uses some nasty techniques in their "sport". So, I would say that Muay Thai, at least, has some application in a self-defense situation. I've known several people that have successfully defended themselves with Muay Thai. It has it's uses, but train in more than just Muay Thai, since Muay Thai doesn't deal with weapons or ground fighting.

[thaiboxerken]

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/10/1/nation/9023628&sec=

 

This is a story about a Muay Thai coach that successfully chased off 4 bad men in his house.

[Shane]

Kickboxing is sport, BUT

 

I beleive there is a lot that a person can benifit from taking Kickboxing for self defense purposes. Atleast in my program you learn hit and Kick hard you learn to knee and elbow how to fight from the clinch, how to throw an attacker to the ground we even cover open hand strikes and finger jabs in the later levels of the program to make it more realistic for self defense. When I teach a blade kick I teach it in a realistic manner(knee level) and then I show it for sparring purposes we raise it up.

 

Anyways it kind of depends on the program, I would suggest getting out there and looking around.

[Username]

thaiboxerken said:

 

but train in more than just Muay Thai, since Muay Thai doesn't deal with weapons or ground fighting.

 

Thats very admirable that you came out and said that. A lot of people are very ignorant about things like this. You have the humility to know Muay Thai does not make you invincible. Thats nice to hear from someone!

 

Oh, and missy, while sport kickboxing isn't all that great for self defense, if you integrate the knees and elbows from Muay Thai snd study target areas of the human body and how to hit them, your're doing okay. Work on situatuonal responses, if only in your head. I would still try to learn some grappling though. Take a judo class or something. I'm no self defense expert, but this is common sense stuff here.

[SevenStar]

no art will make you invincible. muay thai has alot of good points to it though. In addition to being able to use it for self defense, the higher contact level will aid in helping you deal with the shock of being hit if you are ever in a confrontation. The mental and physical toughness you develop through thai boxing will be a great asset. As has already been said, you may want to add ground work or grappling as well, but no single art is "complete", so you would run into that obstacle with any style you train in.

[Username]

I hope you didn't think I was belittling Muay Thai. It is a wonderful matial art that I hope I can study myself some day. If I've learned one thing since I started using karate forums is that I've got to be really really careful about how I phrase my comments beacause its easy for someone to see them the wrong way and take offense, and then I feel bad .

[SevenStar]

I don't think that at all. Nothing to feel bad about.