Ya i like the Dutch style of kickboxing. The incremental damage made by the lowkick combinations is very effective. I live in Australia so i know nothing of the way MT is trained in America.
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Originally Posted by Kepler
This was discussed in a thread some times ago.
But it's true that dutch dominance over kickboxing is still growing up...Schilt, hari, spong, souwer : there is no contender to this global reign today, even if japan and Thailand do well in some weight classes.
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Are we talking about Full Thai Rules? Modified Thai Rules? K-1 rules? Because kickboxing is a pretty broad term.
Besides Souwer - he's the only Dutch fighter i know of lately that have been beaten Thais and that was in k-1 rules. And also that Spong beat Kaoklai and another Thai from Wor Petchpun gym.
However, i don't hear too often of lighter weight top Dutch fighters beating top Thais fighters in thai rules. As close to a loss that i know of was the draw of Anuwat's fight at Slamm 4. And many say Anuwat should've won that fight.
K-1 rules, however, they do dominate. Also with the clinch training in Holland, do you learn the throws for the clinch like in Thailand or is mainly just used to hit with knee strikes?