Muay Thai Vs Kickboxing - Fighting Tips

Contents

• 0.1 Kickboxing
• 0.2 Muay Thai
• 1 The differences between Muay Thai vs Kickboxing
  • 1.1 Muay Thai vs Kickboxing Stances
  • 1.2 Fight in the rhythm of the right round Muay Thai vs Kickboxing
  • 1.3
  • 1.4 Numeric ratio between hand and foot blows (kicks vs punches)
  • 1.5 Clinch, Dumps, Sweeps & Catches
  • 1.6 Thai culture and music mixes sport with mysticism
  • 1.7 Technique and showmanship of the fight
  • 1.8
  • 1.9 Conclusions

Kickboxing

Kickboxing (or kick boxing)is a combat sport of Japanese origin and then widespread in the USA, which combines the football techniques typical of oriental martial arts with the punching of boxing.

• Fists (even shot only in K1)
• Foot kicks (including low kick in K1)
• Kneeling (only in K1)
• Clinch (only 1 shot from grip in K1)

Kickboxing has six different disciplines that can be played on tatami (in this case we speak of light contact) or on the square (full contact):

• Tatami — > Point Fighthing, light contact, kick-light
• Ring — > Full Contact, Low-Kick, K1 Rules

The K1 is considered the most complete discipline of all when it is possible to hit with all the punches of boxing such as the direct (jab), the hook, the uppercut and also is allowed the punch-turned (spinning-back) pulled with the back of the hand, with all kinds of football (including low-kick) and also you can also hit with the knees (you can hit with any part of the knee , in all allowed targets, important in the case of clinch is to give a single knee and then leave the opponent).

Projections are not allowed (but you can grab the opponent’s leg and within a few seconds sweep on the back leg).

The great showmanship has meant that many federations that organize tournaments with the regulation of K1 (the largest in the world is currently glory).

Muay Thai

l Muay thai (), also called Thai boxing, Thai boxing or Thai boxing,is a martial art and full-contact combat sport that has its origins in Mae Mai Muay Thai (Muay Boran), an ancient Thai wrestling technique.

The discipline is known as “the art of the eight weapons” or “the science of the eight limbs” because it allows the two contenders who challenge themselves to use combinations of punches, kicks, elbows and knees, then eight parts of the body used as points of contact compared to the two of boxing, or the four of kickboxing, with an intense athletic and mental preparation that makes the difference in full contact matches.

It uses a wide range of standing percussion and fighting techniques standing Clinch.

• Punches
• Tibia kicks,
• Elbowed
• Kneeling,
• Clinch
• Dumps, Sweeps, Chatchs.