thai boxing or muaythai

I have been training Muay Thai for just under a year now. I used to do a bit of Kickboxing and western boxing. For me though, Muay Thai brings it all together I have just got to get my clinching and knees better.
Dave
 
Spending 6 months in Thailand training it :)

Not sure which parts are graceful...Wai Kruh is most certainly if done right...the fighting is just pretty much brutal elbows and knees :D

A pic you might appreciate, one of our trainers. (In the red)

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It certainly can be brutal watching elbows flying in, but at the same time I suppose it can be graceful watching someone with great technique when everything seems to flow so nicely :). Watching a couple of rookies on the otherhand, it can look very messy!
 
exactly. what i mean by graceful is the way it seems to flow when it's done right.all the moves just seem to lead into each other.and yes it is bloody brutal.i've watched my 13 year old go from starter to quite a good little fighter with good technique.thats my boy
 
Muay Thai, mix in old style also (for the grabs, breaks and REALLLLY brutal stuff) and you are sorted.

Muay Thai is a big part of MMA and you would not mess with those guys :D
 
Trained for about 5 years in MT, lived for 1 year in Thailand and trained at Fairtex and a couple of other schools, my personal favourite striking art. I wouldnt ever describe it as graceful! Refined yet brutal is a better description.
 
my sensai trained in MT for a while and brings it nicely into our TJF jitsu...especially improving the dreadful empi kata that is traditional to TJF jitsu. i think they compliment each other.



rotters
 
Muay Thai rules?

Not too many fouls I can count off the top of my head.

Cannot take more than 2 steps while holding a leg after a kick.
No crotch shots....obviously!
Cannot sweep.
Attempting to compress/break lower back in a clinch around waist will get you a warning/point deduction the first time and disqualification on the second time.

I will of missed some stuff but pretty much anything else is fair game :D

Edit - blatently stolen list of fouls:

Fouls include:
Throwing an opponent using the hip, shoulder or leg (as used in Judo)
Wrestling, back or arm locks or any similar judo or wrestling hold
Using trips and sweeps; it is legal to kick an opponent off their feet. A kick is considered to be an action that uses the top of the foot and/or front of the shin. It is possible to hook the foot and kick as long as the top of the foot and/or shin, and not the side of the foot, make contact with the opponent's leg.
Grabbing the lower back, forcing an opponent's spine to hyperextend
Grabbing the ropes to kick, knee or punch an opponent
Deliberately using the ropes to defend or counter attack
Using the ropes as a weapon, for example pushing an opponent's face across the ropes in an attempt to cut them
Attempting to 'pile-drive' an opponent's head into the canvas
Catching an opponent's kick and pushing an opponent for more than three steps without attempting to deliver an attacking technique
Not fighting; this includes a fighter turning their back on an opponent, running away and dancing backwards away from an opponent
Biting, eye gouging, spitting, or head butting.
Deliberately falling on an opponent.
Swearing or the use of abusive language during the match.
Knocking out or injuring an opponent after the referee has ordered the match to stop for any reason.
Deliberately striking the groin area (A boxer, who the referee considers to have been hit in the groin with force may request a 5 minute break before continuing the match. A boxer considered by the referee to be faking an injury from a groin kick would be asked to continue to fight and may receive a warning or a count)
Any aggressive act by the boxer or seconds against the referee
In amateur fights intentionally losing the mouth guard (gum shield)
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different rules from one sanctioning body to the next.having watched my boy fight for different orgs like ukmf,wka,ikf,iska,they all seem to score differently
 
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