Boxing or Muay Thai?

[PalatialGabe]

Originally Posted by kickboxing_fan1

Doesn't anyone do the quirky MT warmup? All of the bouncing your leg off the ground like a hot potato to simulate checking a leg kick and all of that stuff so you don't do any wasted movements.

sounds interesting.

[lukewall]

Originally Posted by PalatialGabe

sounds interesting.

I just usually work stuff like that in with my skipping. Left knee ups for 30 secs then switch to right knee ups for 30secs while skipping rope. Just alternate sides for the round, warm up my legs before getting on the pads and bags.

As far as boxing or thaiboxing...boxing for sure. There's way more money in the top levels of boxing than in kickboxing. Or just do what you think is more fun and you'll be more likely to stick with it.

[bird_0725]

Originally Posted by Sweet Lew

Do they teach footwork, head movement and such as extensively in Muay Thai as in boxing?

Muay Thai doesn't teach as much head movement and foot work as boxing does, but things change when you can get kicked or kneed in the head when you are trying to bob and weave. But there isn't really one better than the other, you have to train with both if you are going to be a good MMA fighter. If you are a straight boxer, you will be picked apart by a good kicker and its good to have the good footwork and head movement from boxing to not only strike well, but to make it harder to get taken down. If you like boxing more, then train in boxing more but you must train in Muay Thai for the kick defense and clinch defense.

[bird_0725]

And if you aren't wanting to do MMA, I would do Muay Thai just because I like kicking people in the head. But it's what makes you happier

[Amateur Hour]

Do whatever you enjoy more.

Personally, I would pick Muay Thai because it gives you more versatility.

[PalatialGabe]

Originally Posted by lukewall

I just usually work stuff like that in with my skipping. Left knee ups for 30 secs then switch to right knee ups for 30secs while skipping rope. Just alternate sides for the round, warm up my legs before getting on the pads and bags.

As far as boxing or thaiboxing...boxing for sure. There's way more money in the top levels of boxing than in kickboxing. Or just do what you think is more fun and you'll be more likely to stick with it.

With the Thai boxing here, it's Albuquerque, so there's a lot of top level instruction here. I guess it depends where you go. I prefer Muay Thai because it's easy to find a top level kickboxing coach in Albuquerque and it's somewhat common to see pro fighters at my gym, but it's probably easier to go to boxing for most places.

[ThETranCe]

I train both and I love Muay Thai. I can't throw head kicks worth crap but I throw nasty knees and body kicks. Boxing helps when I get in close too.

[Veprman]

Originally Posted by BjjRai

BTW, how would a normal Muay Thai class be taught?

Mine starts of with
300 jumping jacks
4 sets of 25 push-ups
4 sets of 100 crunches
Running around the gym for 10 minutes
Pair up with someone and hit pads or heavy bag
Sparring

All in that order from 8pm-10pm

Not sure if that's how every other Muay Thai gym trains

Jesus. I would be to tired to even practice the techniques. Hell I would be completely gassed before I even got 1/10th of the way through that.

[Sevket]

Originally Posted by ThETranCe

I train both and I love Muay Thai. I can't throw head kicks worth crap but I throw nasty knees and body kicks. Boxing helps when I get in close too.

I began Muay Thai to learn to throw high kicks. I still have way to go there

[welts]

Originally Posted by Jaxx

Self defence - Boxing because less is more. Keep it simple and just punch people in the face = problem over. Boxing always looks for the KO
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Most fights end up in a clinch with arms above the hips.. personally i would prefer MT in this case...

MMA - Boxing because grappling effectively counters many of Muay Thai's weapons. Kicking leaves you open for takedowns and wrestling tie ups are used more in MMA. Again most fights end with a punch to the face.

Time and time again its shown that its the unpredictable fighters that win most stand up wars, perhaps vs wrestlers you have a case. But people often end up in stand up vs stand up encounters.

Dont get me wrong, i appreciate the reasoning for working extensvily on the bodys Best and most Functional weapons. however a lot of things used in boxing wont work in anything other than boxing..