Marital Arts

[luke]

Originally Posted by A Place of Light

Because Thai boxing relies on an extremely high level of fitness more than almost any other fighting style.
Think of it this way. A doctor is more skilled and knowledegable than a first aider, right? Now take a first aider who's halfway through a six week full time course and really enjoying it, then put them against a trainee doctor who only has one lecture a week and isn't really putting any effort in.

Which would be more effective should someone become injured?

Thai boxing is extremely effective, but unless you train hard it's no better (and in some cases worse as some style produce better results given minimal effort) than any other form of combat.

i dont think it comes down to how hard you train. its more of how long a period you have been training, experience, which is the same for anything in life

i have trained hard in the past but these days i just hide at the back out the way so i dont get told off for being lazy

also, defense is the most important thing in thai boxing, avoiding getting hit and blocking and countering

now if you now how to avoid getting hit and have good evasive maneuvers etc you don't have to be super fit to spar some one good, you can just move back wards and sideways and block well. this isnt hard to learn and you dont have to train any harder to learn this than any other MA. the typical thai guard is also very effective in real life when defending yourself against would be assailants