Never taken it, but it has the same standing as muay thai in terms of stand up fighting powress and conditioning.
Kyokushin doesn't have much in terms of clinch work compared to muay thai, but they can fight; they throw thai style kicks to the leg as well, but also use more karate style kicks - side kicks, axe kicks, hook kicks and use them well! They can knee too.
As a matter of fact a Kyokushin team beat a Muay Thai team in a K-1 team challenge event recently.
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