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Originally Posted by MmaFighter152
The most effective KICKING(Punching,Elbowing,Clinching and kneeing too) martial art is unarguably MUAY THAI. Taekwondo uses your FOOT to kick all areas of the body, especially high points which is completely ineffective against an opponent trained to fight in Muay Thai boxing, Kickboxing(Same Thing!), and even Boxing. TKD, kung fu, karate, etc., do not teach one how to properly kick in a fight or even in gentle sparring. I have taken TKD and when I sparred with the dojo's "Master"(a 6th degree i think), I litteraly kicked his ass until he couldnt stand just with basic Muay Thai kicks(No Punches because I would have broke his face). Two TKD blackbelts or any Kung fu, TMartists fighting full contact looks like a joke. Put them up against any one trained in Muay Thai for a few weeks and the MT guy's opponent, no matter what rank, will get smoked!
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You clearly haven't seen the video thats been posted on these forums somewhere of a MT fighter getting the snot kicked out of him by a TKD practitioner.
I think a large difference in the styles is the rigouresness of the training. MT is big business in place like Thailand due to its place as fights being able to be betted on, TV broadcasts etc. very much like the similar sport of boxing. This means that any dojang (dont know the Thai term) is pretty secure financially if they can make some good fighters, same for boxing. This means in order to be the best an MT or boxer will have to be very athletic to be good on a money making competition circuit. TKD, Kung Fu etc simply don't have that commercial aspect and thus must fund themselves through a different way: being open to all ages, meaning that the art and the way it is taught is still the same but that toughness brought through conditioning isnt there.
MT is a great art and so is boxing, however put any kung fu, TKD, karate practitioner through that same, harsh physical training and they are on an equal footing.