Marital Arts - Page 6

luke · 13-09-2008, 16:21

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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

Joe 90 · 14-09-2008, 10:09

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Originally Posted by luke

yep i am a muay thai practitioner been doing it for 6 or more years cant remember lol

muay thai is awesome. i'm a massive ufc fan and been getting well into the tony Jaa films - warrior king and Ong Bak. as i've said previously in the thread i'm also considering starting Akaido

Piggymon · 20-09-2008, 12:39

Did a kickboxing class at the local leisure centre last Thursday.

Not impressed.

The instructor didn't ask my name, didn't introduce himself to me or ask what I had done before.

I enjoyed the actual movements and it was nice to get some kicking in after just punching but I didn't break a sweat !

He had me sparring FFS !!!

Found a local boxing club who do Muay Thai beginners classes on a Tuesday so going to give that a go instead

luke · 20-09-2008, 20:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Piggymon

Did a kickboxing class at the local leisure centre last Thursday.

Not impressed.

The instructor didn't ask my name, didn't introduce himself to me or ask what I had done before.

I enjoyed the actual movements and it was nice to get some kicking in after just punching but I didn't break a sweat !

He had me sparring FFS !!!

Found a local boxing club who do Muay Thai beginners classes on a Tuesday so going to give that a go instead

go for it

Piggymon · 20-09-2008, 20:30

I can't wait to get stuck in there !

Roberta · 21-09-2008, 09:43

You'll prefer that - much harder than leisure centre fitness classes!

Piggymon · 21-09-2008, 11:34

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH !!!

Piggymon · 23-09-2008, 20:34

Well that was ******** awesome

Roberta · 24-09-2008, 08:08

Knew you'd love it! Go Piggy!

Pheebs · 24-09-2008, 09:28

I'm unable to go have an explore for a while as monies wise... well. It's non existent

Boo.

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