Originally posted by Darth Jello
well, kickboxing is sorta based on Muay thai, but it does use feet. It also uses a lot of european boxing punch combos whereas muay thai's combos are mostly based on chinese boxing.
You are soooooooooooo KooL! ahhh!! I'm a TKD martial artist! Muay Thai is so kool tho! YUP ur definetly one of my best friends!
Originally posted by Darth Jello
i'm just learning, i got to green belt in TKD, but quit cause my dick of an instructor kept trying to force me into a right handed stance.
It's funny (by that I mean stupid) how southpaws are looked down upon.
When i boxed I was able to box as a righty and as a southpaw, but my coach tried to keep the soouthpaw thing quiet. As you stated, people don't like to fight lefties because it throws them off their game and often makes a good fighter look bad.
I only went to the left on my last two fights.
Actually, there is less chance of brain damage in Muay Thai, because the fights don't last long, due to quick knock-outs, due to lack of foot and hand protection. Where as in boxing they can be beating the hell out of each other for 12 rounds, because the bigger gloves stop them from been knocked out straight away.
I think you have to do a style that suits your physical ability, if your well built, then any kick or punch will do if you have 16st (224pounds) behind it. but if your not that big, then you have to be more sneaky, go for speed, and attack the vital organs. But, most importantly, you have to over-come your fear, otherwise, you will lose.