What is the difference between Dutch/French style muay thai & the muay thai practised in Thailand?

I recently read an article which mentioned that Dutch muay thai is better suited to MMA than traditional muay thai. I know there is a difference between Dutch kickboxing %26amp; muay thai, but the article specifically reffered to %26quot;Dutch style muay thai%26quot;. Can anybody clarify this %26amp; perhaps tell me what the technical differences between the two styles are?|||there shouldn%26#039;t be any difference if there is it%26#039;s not MUAY THAI.how can it be any better muay thai is muay thai if it s better or worse it%26#039;s not muay thai|||An mma practioner might not want to kick as often for fear of a take down, but theres no difference, maybe just a more emphasis on hand striking. I%26#039;m sure all dutch kickboxers were trained by thai%26#039;s. another example is Jiu jitsu and brazilian jiu jitsu, no difference. Both styles were taken from the originals, and the son cannot be greater than the father, maybe just more evolved. New moves may have been added, but as far as technique and philosophy, both exactly the same. I know that the western fighters emphasize on weight training and conditioning a lot more, but only fight a couple times of year, but over there they fight like every month. Guys have like over a 100 fight in their careers.|||Never heard of French Muay Thai, but Dutch Muay Thai is becoming pretty common in many countries.





The different is DMT (Dutch Muay Thai) put more focus on boxing and legs kick. They also tend to evade the kick instead of block it. If I%26#039;m correct, they focus more on international rule (Muay Thai without elbows). It apply to many western because traditional Muay Thai require you to be very well conditioned to be able to block kicks repeatly. Also traditional Muay Thai take longer for most western to learn because they focus so much on kicks and knees. In Thailad knees and kicks score more point while punches are rarely score unless it%26#039;s obiviously you really hurt your opponent or knock them out.





Actually it%26#039;s very difficult to tell different between both since they look so much a like. So only really different is the stragery.





If you want to see more example, here%26#039;s some example of Dutch Muay Thai:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOjkVRPz4...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBIfgtk9m...





Ramon Dekker; father of Dutch Muay Thai: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b56oTsT2p...|||This is a very strange claim that this article has made. I cannot logically think why they would say this unless they are trying to highlight that Western practioneers are better at boxing and kicking, whereas Thais come into their own with clinch work. However this still wouldnt make sense seeming that MMA almost always ends up on the floor, where of course a good knowledge of clinch work would be helpful. In addition it is more likely that a Thai will know about Muay Boran, which was the old style of Muay Thai and involved ground fighting. This would give them the edge over a Western practioneer, as there are not a lot of Westerners who know Muay Boran.





For this magazine to make this claim is obsurb. Look at Buakaw. He is an awesome fighter and K1 champion. I have heard many claims about certain styles of Muay Thai been better than another. However the fact is the underpinning art is Muay Thai. The only difference is how you use it and that%26#039;s not down to the country you are from. Its down to the individual and his teacher.