kenpo4life Posted October 21, 2002 Posted October 21, 2002 In the US there is more of a western boxing element included. In Thailand, you dont see as many punches as elbows as the Thais consider punches to be pretty weak. If my survival means your total destruction, then so be it.
jeffin Posted December 30, 2002 Posted December 30, 2002 The main differences between thai fighters and western fighters is experience. When you see the westerners fighting the thai's take a look at the fighters stats, in the last UK VS Thailand promo they had 4 fights with most of the uk fighters having had about 10-15 fights whereas the thai's fighters averaged around 50 fights. Western muay thai has a lot more handwork thai's focus more on the clinch. You'll see a lot more movement in a western trained fighter whereas a thai will not waste the energy, they will just move in and possibly take a pounding just waiting to get to the clinch where they can finish it with a knee or elbow - often using leg kicks to slow the opponent down. On saying that in the last uk vs thai match we won one match of 4 which is not that bad considering all our fighters only train part time, the match we won was a KO from 3 punches in the 1st minute very impressive. pete, The superior man is modest in his speech, but excels in his actions.Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)Crosstraining in bjj/silat/muaythai/jkd/JJJ/kickboxing
MikeP Posted February 19, 2003 Posted February 19, 2003 Anyone in the San Francisco area should goto fairtex. They train and fight like the thais do. And have beaten many thais at their own game in professional bouts. Also team U.S.A. is great too.
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