Originally Posted by
Reign-Of-Terror
They dont use it in sparring but they do in training techniques. And it gives a bad habbit where at least biggeners will drop their hands after they punch or after they get tired.
there's a reason for it... look into the applications of forms.
Actually you can protect your head the same way as with gloves but you use the backside of your hand (dont curl it into a fist like with a glove) and it will hurt but alot less and wont do much damage from a bare knuckle punch, or you can put your hand on the back of your head or the front of your head and block with the forearm/elbow. And the thais sue boxing guard because they learned in the apst that boxers have betetr hand offense and defense and adopted it for muay thai.
No. Watch a thai person fight - you will typically see very few punches, and the ones you do see are typically straight punches. Watch the thai footwork - it's different from boxing footwork. You won't a thai bob and weave. Most of the western boxing seen in thai boxing is an adaptation made by the western world - thais don't use them. The boxing guard is split - some use it, some don't.
well mt is obviously thai, but kickboxing basically had its start in the U.S and has alot of influence fomr boxing (definetly the west) so it would pretty much make it western.
actually, there are people who will tell you that MT is kmer, not thai... kickboxing started in the us, but what is the foundation for it? karate. the point karate guys wanted harder contact than was allowed in the point sparring venue.
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