JerryLove Posted September 20, 2002 Posted September 20, 2002 To ansewer the original question: I can't tell you what you *should* take on that little information. Yes, Muay Thai should accomplish your goal of "fighting better". "Defending yourself" is rather relative, so I cannot advise weather it will help. https://www.clearsilat.com
SUKU Posted October 13, 2002 Posted October 13, 2002 ALSO I FORGOT KRAV MAGA.. SIMPLY AWESOME...... The more you sweat in training, the less you will bleed in battle. - Motto of Navy Seals
cowman2003 Posted January 12, 2003 Posted January 12, 2003 as a muay tai practitioner i would definetly suggest this fighting style. You will experience a quick change in fighting ability and over time can become an amazing fighter against most other styles. I would also recomend a program with muay tai compensated by a ground style like brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Dim Sum Posted January 12, 2003 Posted January 12, 2003 what arts are there in your area is what you first need to know, but if theres muay thai, i take that Wing ChunSan ShouJeet Kune Do
TJS Posted January 30, 2003 Posted January 30, 2003 muay tai has a faster pay off, so a muay tai practitioner of 6 months would beat a Karate practitioner of 6 months, but after that time in Karate you've learned the basic stances, blocks, and attacks so you start working on stuff like arm bars and hip throws and things, so a Karate practitioner of 2 years would have a big advantage over a muay tai practitioner of 2 years, because Karate is a more complete art. So it depends on if you need the art for a short term or long term basis. If you have the time and dedication I would say and Okinawan Karate would be the best style for self-defence. (see sig.) I would put my money on the MT fighter vs a karate practitioner whether they had been training 2 weeks, 2 years or 20 years...everything else being equal
KickChick Posted February 3, 2003 Posted February 3, 2003 I agree with Red J.....it's not so much the style of martial arts in itself, but how much you train and how well that martial art fits you. Training in the martial arts puts you in a physical situation that challenges your body and mind. It helps you to maintain an air of calmness and deliberateness in the middle of caos. A real self-defense situation is very different from martial art training. There is an old army saying "Five minutes of real combat is worth months of basic training" .... , nothing can prepare you completely for a real self-defense situation but martial art training will prepare you compared to someone who has had no training at all. Whether you decide to train in judo, karate, aikido, tae kwon do muay thai etc..... , you need to train long enough so that your reflexes and your response is quickand simple. If you plan on taking a martial art purely as a means of self-defense, then you should focus on the basics so that you can react quickly without hesitation.
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