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Originally Posted by CC3
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.
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?
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The reason that Dutch fighters are less represented in the lower weight classes is quite simple, Dutch people are the tallest in the world besides the Masai, so we have way more heavyweights than Thailand. Dekker is an exception. Could be wrong on this one though, but it seems logical. I see waaaay more HW-fights, also on amature level.
Regarding the rules, there are sooooo many varieties i can't even name them all. In Dutch MT, in most fights elbows are not allowed, or they fight with padding. I don't know if that is by law, I'm sorry.
Regarding training for the clinch, we learn how to throw, but the main focus is definately the knees. Get your arms inside, pull the head down, step backwards and knee using your whole body.
Finally, dutch referees tend to break up whenever a fight is inactive for 1 nanosecond, so an active clinch is very important.