Ghost

yeah mikes post was very good.
i think when you go to the gym look at the fighters. Thai boxing gyms have a large turn over because the training is hard.

In terms of people criticizing thai boxing imo its mostly through fear that it might actually be that good. So you get the, oh they wear gloves and its only a sport excuses.
Truth is a well trained and mentally capable thai boxer is a formidable opponent.
Its very hard to fight effectively against someone that is hitting you high, low, middle from loads of different angles with lots of different weapons in rapid succession.
The defence in muay thai is particularly useful as it will work against other systems too.
Basically you learnt to block angles of stike. so you can use the same defense on a back kick as you can for a push kick. cos essentially the kick is just coming straight at you.
With the amount of sparring you do this will actually work.
Ive sparred with many guys from different systems and been able to block all the fancy kicks etc and differnt punches simply because its a matter of lines/angles and footwork.
i guess thats the same for other systems but there is a method to the way thai is taught that means if you stick with it you will actually be able to do it. i cant say the same for all other systems.

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