What is the difference between Muay Thai and Kick Boxing?

I take Jiu Jitsu and wanted to do some Muay Thai on the side but there is not a place around. I found a place to Kick Box and wanted to know the difference between the two.|||Sigh.





Kickboxing was invented in Japan to defeat Muay Thai fighters. Kickboxing is generally Muay Thai with some longer-range TKD/Kyokushin kicks added in as well as a larger emphasis on boxing.





The way most American Kickboxing is practiced involves only kicks above the waist (which defeats many of Muay Thai%26#039;s strengths and because kicks above the waist are very hard to land properly, competition generally requires that a fighter throws at least eight kicks in a round and elbows/clinch/knees are disallowed. Depending on the ruleset, even shinkicks are disallowed.





Since there really is no unified idea of what kickboxing is, you%26#039;ll have to visit the school and see what/how they teach before you can compare it to the Muay Thai school (which you should also visit).|||Elbows and the clinch are the two biggest differences and can result in brutal consequences. In K-1 kickboxing they allow knees, some kickboxing organizations don%26#039;t allow knees.





In general, muay thai is crazier than kick boxing.|||In Muay Thai you basically stand there and beat the crap out of the other person. Kickboxing, you move around alot. In American Kickboxing, you are not allowed knees, elbows, or a clinch. But other than that, they are pretty similar.|||muay tai is a more brutal form of kickboxing... kick boxing came from muai tai.|||Muay Thai vs American Kick Boxing





Muay Thai has Knees %26amp; Elbows.





I don%26#039;t think American KB has the Thai Clinch either.|||Pretty much the same thing|||well kickboxing is just kicking, and boxing. points are earned by throwing a minimum of 8 good kicks per round. Muay Thai is kicking, punching,elbows and knees and the clinch is definitely allowed.|||Gday


well Muay Thai studies the use of the 8 weapons


1. two fists


2. two elbows


3.two knee%26#039;s


4. two feet.


kickboxing don%26#039;t use elbows/knees...