Traditional Muay Thai?

[Topic]

it was krabbi krabong i saw the show also

[Muaythaiboxer]

i may be mistaken but every time i have seen krabbi krabong on TV is is being done with weapons and if im not mistaken then dont they spar with sharp weapons... sounds cool if thats what it is.

[elbows_and_knees]

it was krabbi krabong i saw the show also

Was that in response to me? krabbi krabbong is not what I am referring to. That is one traditional thai art - it's separate from the ones I am mentioning.

[y2_sub]

muay thai is the only art that have alot of secrets in them, the tiny skinny thai's can Ko'd people much bigger than them

What about chinese MAs ?? what we know about them is much less then what we don't know ??

The only reason that a tiny thai boxer can k.o ppl bigger is because he trains harder and from an early age , I don't think that there is any hidden techniques in Muay thai

[Goju_boi]

is there some traditional muay thai with rituals and what not?Becuase when I saw ong bak,it looks so much different than the thai I've seen before.

[elbows_and_knees]

As I said earlier, all traditional thai arts are now taught as muay boran. Muay boran is the collective of the remains of various older thai styles. All have pretty much been abandoned in favor of muay thai, which is part of the reason why so much of the old stuff has been lost. Also, not everything in that movie was thai fighting. jaa admitted that he made some of the stuff up. Much of it is real stuff that I've seen in some fashion before though.

[Goju_boi]

so muay thai is the stuff that is being used in mma and kickboxing fights?

[elbows_and_knees]

yeah. muay thai is the gloved sport developed in the 1920's.

[Goju_boi]

is muay boran still being taught these days?

[ThaiWarrior]

muay thai is the only art that have alot of secrets in them, the tiny skinny thai's can Ko'd people much bigger than them

What about chinese MAs ?? what we know about them is much less then what we don't know ??

The only reason that a tiny thai boxer can k.o ppl bigger is because he trains harder and from an early age , I don't think that there is any hidden techniques in Muay thai

Almost all chinese arts are useless and outdated.

There are a few that are effective:

Shiuo Chiao - is a deadlier nastier stand up grappling art than Judo. The only thing it lacks is groundwork.

Choy Li Fut, Bajiquan and maybe Tajiquan are other brutal arts. I don't know much about them. But I heard they are simple and to the point unlike other chinese arts which has more style than substance.

Edited September 10, 2005 by ThaiWarrior