The first and most obvious difference that you probably will notice between kickboxing and Muay Thai is that Muay Thai is an eight-point striking system that involves striking with elbows and knees as well as kicks and punches whereas kickboxing on the other hand is a four-point striking system that teaches only punches and kicks. The second difference is to be found in the way the fighters move and attack.
With Muay Thai, the fighters are moving almost primarily forward. Muay Thai fighters are taught to take their good time until an opponent gives them an opening then aggressively advance forward and strike.
Often, these openings will come after an opponent has thrown a strike of their own, and counter-attacks are a fundamental part of Muay Thai. There is little head movement, weaving, and circling like you will see in boxing and kickboxing. The movement of kickboxers generally tends to be a bit more fluid and defensive in nature compared to the movement of Muay Thai fighters.
Kickboxers will use their footwork and angles a little more to set up attacks rather than relying on aggressive forward motion and counter-attacks. The types of strikes you will see in the two martial arts are different as well. There are very few artistic or exotic strikes taught in Muay Thai.
With kickboxing, though, you will learn a much wider range of strikes. This covers the essentials. As you can see, while both Oriental arts or sports , Muay Thai and kickboxing are different disciplines, despite the former influencing the latter.
The original, Japanese kickboxing style was more or less based on Muay Thai, but the later, American style was more distinct and had a plethora of different influences from around the world of martial arts. In this section, we shall discuss the main differences between Muay Thai and kickboxing when it comes to the fights themselves.
Both sports rely heavily on boxing. A Muay Thai fighter, or a kickboxer? It is the latter. Namely, although initially influenced by Muay Thai, modern kickboxing is much more reliant on Western boxing and is, today, considered to be more of a Western fighting style, despite its Oriental roots due to a rapid development in the States from the 70s onwards. Kickboxers could stand on their own in a boxing match, which cannot be said for Muay Thai fighters since they rely more on kicks and leg techniques than kickboxers.
As seen here in an article in Total Shape , both the low kicks and high kicks for these two combat sports are completely different. I can only pick one answer unfortunately. Late VTC as being too broad, esp considering the "which is more practical" addition. Any gym that says that Muay Thai is the same as Kickboxing is a gym to avoid — Kevin. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes.
It'd be time well spent if you read through the wikipedia articles on each Improve this answer. Tony D Tony D 4, 9 9 silver badges 10 10 bronze badges. Captain Kenpachi Captain Kenpachi 4, 11 11 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges. Real kickboxing and muay thai classes were you're not going fit or is very physical demanding ain't not the real deal.
I would say it is required to be really fit to compete in those sports, or even to spar in those. Or else you would run out of breath quite fast and you're techniques will run out of power, speed and effectiveness.
Look at the workouts muay thai fighters are doing - tigermuaythai. That's not the point. The point is that you can join a specialised fitness programme to get fit.
That leaves the instructor to teach you how to fight instead of spending time on conditioning. Elite fighters may have 3 hours per day to train, but the regular student only has 45 minutes.
It is extremely important to make the most of those 45 minutes and the best thing is to hand off the fitness portion to someone else. I've never trained any martial arts class which is only 45 minutes. The normal is 90 minutes or maybe even 2 hours.
Doing CrossFit or other fitness routines will not train you particularly well for Kickboxing. It will give you an overall level of fitness and conditioning, but the muscle groups and types of movements used in one doesn't translate to the other.
Your advice becomes obviously flawed when applied to other sports. If someone suggested that instead of working out during soccer practice they should just go to the gym and lift weights, that would be bad advice. The two together is likely better than just one or the other, but one cannot replace the other — Kevin.
In a nut shell; Kickboxing requires more elegance, Muay Thai more brute power. Cancel reply Message. All rights reserved. Would like to be added to our mailing list? Yes No Enter Code:.
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