it goes both ways. Chinese and Thai kickboxing arts are literally tied at the hip for over a thousand years. Talk about Kung Fu cousins.
It's my understanding that the Thai's intentionally crafted the rules of Muay Thai to make sure it didn't look like Judo. Because the Japanese invaded and occupied Thailand the Thais has some reasons to exclude judo, even though their art was and still is influenced by judo.it goes both ways. Chinese and Thai kickboxing arts are literally tied at the hip for over a thousand years. Talk about Kung Fu cousins.
I think MT is just a little more striking, and San Shou a little more throwing oriented, based on the scoring.
In some San Shou matches, you get bonus points for throwing your opponent into a moat. In MT, it's a decisive KO.
There no wrapping your fists with hemp in Judo.
I have a black belt in judo, I can confirm this is true.
I thought Muay Thai boxing came from Muay Boran and that Muay Thai boxing was created because the original fighting was too brutal so Muay Thai boxing became the sport while Muay Boran remained the "killing art" as it contains weapon techniques. MMA took a similar path. Sports that are too brutal don't last long. It wears the fighters down quickly and fighters begin to understand that the victories are not worth the injuries.
Muay Thai has many influences, including western boxing. Hints the hand techniques, competition ring and weight classes.
Maybe but there is only going to be a limited way to throw a straight punch , jab, and upper cut. Look at ancient Greek and Egyptian art that depicts fighting sports. But I do agree with the big boxing gloves and ring. My guess is that those were a better design and worked well for containing a fight.to a small area. Modern gloves vs ancient gloves? I'll take modern gloves. I would hate to get hit with a hand wrapped in cord.
I trained a little Lethiwe when I was in Burma. It's hard to know if they copy the Thais now, or how much the Thais copied them. But I found their skill much more basic than my training in Thailand. Sometimes to the point of not understanding certain concepts very well.
Lethwei is just more brutal, especially with head attacks allowed. It takes a rare person to take part in that.
You also want to be careful dumping people to hard in sparring. Which is also why this is a good option.
This method of catch and release is also useful when your opponent is up against the ropes and you aren't able to manuever much.
Why do you want to release your opponent's kicking leg after you have caught it? If you hook his rooting leg, or just lift his leg over your shoulder, he will be down.
Why would you want to release your opponents kicking leg after you have caught it? This is a fantastic question that I asked myself a lot when I started Muay Thai. Coming from a Judo/Sambo background, it didn't make sense to me either. But perhaps I have some insight on that now.Why do you want to release your opponent's kicking leg after you have caught it?
If you hook his rooting leg, he will be down.
If you have 2 options:
Well I can tell you that some Dim Mak/Yuet attacks target the liver, which in TCM is connected to the eyes (meridians are conceptual channels that sort of connect real anatomic relationships based on observation).
One aspect to consider is that the Thais work very hard at not getting swept when their leg is grabbed. They are also great at getting their leg back on the ground and getting out. They work at these skills harder than any system I have seen. Sweeping and throwing them is not an easy task.
Why do you want to release your opponent's kicking leg after you have caught it? If you hook his rooting leg, or just lift his leg over your shoulder, he will be down.
