thai boxing

sunnysingh · 12 May 2009 at 18:15

After playing with sagat on street figther iv i have the urge of learning thai boxing, i watched some videos on you tube and it looks rough compared to other martial arts. have any of u guys/gals done it and what is it like ? would you recommend it ?

Smit · 12 May 2009 at 18:29

What are you hoping to achieve?
It's a great fitness boost and your strength will improve, it's really demanding though.

Mirage · 12 May 2009 at 19:04

I train Muay Thai and yes it's extremely demanding. It's definately an amazing cardio workout and is worth doing even if you don't want to end up fighting, would recommend it 10 times over!

Requires quite a good amount of balance on your toes, strong calves help a lot

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sunnysingh · 13 May 2009 at 14:54

Smit said:
What are you hoping to achieve?
It's a great fitness boost and your strength will improve, it's really demanding though.

overall i wanna inprove my fitness as its really poor, i recently started playing 7 a side football and within 5 -10 minutes i have to go in goals

is there diffrence between thai boxing and muay thai ?

UHT · 13 May 2009 at 14:59

sunnysingh said:
is there diffrence between thai boxing and muay thai ?

Different terms for the same thing. Find a local club and get stuck in.

Moley · 13 May 2009 at 15:06

I personally think it is cruel and degrading to put Thai's in a box....

panthro · 13 May 2009 at 15:14

Funny you mention Sagat, I remember playing SF2 on the SNES and thinking "damn this guy is cool!"
Im lucky enough to live in the country and train alongside some of the worlds best. As said by UHT, get yourself down to your local club and get involved, you hopefully wont regret it.

The IPB · 13 May 2009 at 15:48

It's awesome I really do love it, your shins will be sore for a while specially when you take of the shin pads and check kicks bone to bone oowwww.