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Originally posted by jules
Myuai Thai is a "traditional martial art"..... It' has been around centuries...
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True and very good point,but let me explain what I mean and most people mean by traditional arts.I am talking about type of arts that insist in teaching and learning in a certain way without change.Teaching pre-arranged techniques known as katas.
Before you say it,yes there has been some changes in arts like karate that is why there are several different styles coming from different senseis,however the meaning behind each one is the same.
Kata is the essense of karate as full contact sparring is what MuayThai is about and has always been about.
Now to the point traditional arts to me are those who base their arts solely on old methods of pre-arranged movements and point sparring.
When I say traditional arts I am talking about the asian art forms not the arts that teach actual self-defense.
MuayThai has some similarity to the old teachings as well but these teachings do change in some ways.Unlike other styles they do not teach the old fashioned useless pre-arranged movements of styles like karate when it was first invented,and do not practice point sparring.
MuayThai has always been an art of self-defense.