Exponential Posted November 11, 2004 Posted November 11, 2004 I noticed while going through the UFC and PRIDEFC sites that there are more kickboxers then muay thai'ers. Is there a reason? I only ask because it seems that mt's use of knees and elbows would be useful for an mma competitor. "I like the idea of repeatedly sticking my knee in someone's face without threat of lawsuit." - meStart mma training soon. (bjj, muay thai, boxing)
SevenStar Posted November 12, 2004 Posted November 12, 2004 the majority of them are thai boxers. when referring to mma, if you say kickboxing, muay thai kickboxing is usually implied.
Shane Posted November 12, 2004 Posted November 12, 2004 Kickboxing is just a more common word used now. Also a lot of Kickboxing programs use muay thai techniques since they are proven to be so effective, but theyalso train other techniques from various styles that apply to Kickboxing. For example our program uses muay thai techniques and a few karate/kung-fu techniques to spice the program up a little. A True Martial Arts Instructor is more of a guide than anything, on your way to developing the warrior within yourself!!!!!
MenteReligieuse Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 Muay Thai, Sanda, Kyokushin, Savate...it's all kickboxing!
VinnieDaChin Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 they usually all do wrestling or somethign too. they should just call them selves mma'ers but whatever.
italian_guy Posted November 24, 2004 Posted November 24, 2004 Muay Thai, Sanda, Kyokushin, Savate...it's all kickboxing! In principle this is partly true but Kickboxing and Sanda training has quite a lot of differences... Sanda enphatize also throws which are completely neglected in kickboxing... and this changes the training and also the figthing style as well. For example kickboxer tend to use round kicks a lot more than side kicks while Sanda practitioner use more side kick because round kick can be more easily grabbed.
MenteReligieuse Posted November 24, 2004 Posted November 24, 2004 Erm, about my comment of kyokushin being like kickboxing. well the only info I have about Kyo was from this site http://crane.50megs.com/index.html which covers different kickboxing style matchups. Kyo being one of the styles in question I figured it was similar. Oh and I understand the differences between the styles, but in essence I think its close enough to kicboxing, wether there are clinches, throws, knees or elbows.
SevenStar Posted November 25, 2004 Posted November 25, 2004 kyokushin is nothing like kickboxing, training wise. fighting wise, it shares some similarities with muay thai - If I'm not mistaken, oyama had some thai influence and incorporated it into his style. Italian guy is correct about the differences. I posted the exact same thing in another thread about kick boxing and san da a while back.
Shane Posted December 17, 2004 Posted December 17, 2004 mixing it up A True Martial Arts Instructor is more of a guide than anything, on your way to developing the warrior within yourself!!!!!
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