How much would you recommend Muay Thai? Is there also any danger of permantly damaging something?

How much would you recommend Muay Thai? Is there also any danger of permantly damaging something? Isnt it a type of thailand boxing?


The reason is it looks really good and I would love to learn it but is there a chance of permantly damaging something so that I would have to stop learning it?|||yes it is thai boxing. and that is where the comparisson to just boxing stops. just as in any combat sport there is a chance of permanently damaging yourself. you will have to be in top condition to learn and master this fighting style. the chances of permanently damaging anything in training should be almost non existant compared to the potential injuries you could sustain in competition if you were to make it a career.





remember, boxing=2 weapons(fists), kick boxing=4 weapons(fists,feet), muay thai=8 weapons(fists,elbows,knees,feet). you do the math.|||I%26#039;ve taken Muay Thai and if you%26#039;re in America, there%26#039;s not much of a possibility of getting into a huge accident. If you were in Thailand, however, they would wipe the floors with you (also depending where you go). Many Muay Thai schools (or claimed to be muay thai) are commercialized and sometimes doesn%26#039;t demonstrate the full meaning of the art. For example, they might just teach you have to kick like this, kick like that, and ta-da, you%26#039;ve learned a roundhouse kick. Luckily for me, I took Muay Thai where they taught a different branch (an older Muay Thai).





So if you%26#039;re training in America and are going to get into Muay Thai, experience it for yourself and watch the class. I%26#039;ve been taking Muay Thai for years now.





P.S





Ong Bak is not a full demonstration of Muay Thai. It%26#039;s a mixture of the Cambodian martial arts, kung fu, taekwondo, and gymnastics.





Just a tip :P|||It%26#039;s great competition and fight training, but the risk of injury is very great. My buddy Phong, got addicted to pain killers when he was only 25, after quitting Muay Thai because he had so much knee pain.|||Yes it can damage your arms and legs and more..


Its a dangerous style but at the same time really helpful in real life situations,like if you get in a street fight or something.|||its the same risk you take with any martial arts, have you seen Ong Bak? it gives a good demonstration of the Muay Thai.