What is so good about Muay Thai as compared to other M.A?

In recent years i %26#039;ve heard alot about Muay Thai, what is so good about muay thai as a martial art(as compared to others), it%26#039;s strengths, and characteristics, that makes it such a good system as what many ppl claims??





Isn%26#039;t Muay Thai the same as kickboxing? there are kickboxing in the West long time ago already..but i m sure there%26#039;s more to it.





Im very curious and I want to know. would appreciate to receive answers from people who have a knowledge of the many other martial arts out there.|||It is similar to kickboxing but not exactly. First off Muy Thai has a lot less chi/ki work then traditional martial arts. In China and Japan most martial arts believe in the philosophy of mind, body and spirit working together. This includes chi or ki work. Some folks don%26#039;t believe in this though and think it%26#039;s a waste of time. In Thailand and the Philippines they tend to work less on the chi if they work it at all.





Muy Thai has almost no chi work at all, it%26#039;s a strictly body art. they feel that all strength is physical and mental. Some dojos teach chi work also, but for the most part Muy Thai doesn%26#039;t include it. It%26#039;s purely a taste issue there, but some like that more and it makes the art more accessible to those who do not believe in chi.





On top of that it is a very hard martial art, hard like hard vs. soft. It involves a lot of body hardening against tree trunks, wooden dummies, punching bags and other objects. It involves every part of the body as well with a lot of knee and elbow attacks as well as hand and foot. It has more knee and elbow attacks then any other art I%26#039;ve seen done. Knees and elbows can be very painful so these attacks are more vicious in nature.





It%26#039;s a very effective art and has been made popular by movies like %26quot;Ong Bak%26quot;.|||You cannot headbutt in muay thai, you can in Burmese boxing though, which is next to Thailand. Report Abuse
|||According to a show called %26quot;Fight Science,%26quot; Muay Thai has the best kick. But, Muay Thai isn%26#039;t exactly like kickboxing. The basic offensive techniques in Muay Thai use fists, elbows, shins, feet, and knees to strike the opponent. Muay Thai, along with savate and karate,taekwondo, heavily influenced the development of kickboxing in Japan, Europe, and North America. However, unlike Muay Thai, many kickboxing competitions do not allow elbow strikes, knee strikes, and kicks below the waist. These rule changes have led some martial artists to consider kickboxing a %26#039;watered down%26#039; version of Muay Thai.|||Muay Thai isn%26#039;t like Kickboxing, In Thai Boxing the Target is all of the body, where strikes can be landed in almost any place. In Kick Boxing there are certain places you can strike your opponent and places where you can%26#039;t





Also In Kick boxing you can punch and kick. In Muay Thai you can Punch Kick Elbow and Knee. Thus opening up a whole load of new strikes for you.





Kick Boxing is derived from sport karate and points are gained for certain moves.





Where Muay Thai was developed as a fighting technique to harm your opponent and not score points.|||Muay Thai (Thai boxing) is only like kick boxing in that you can use punches and kicks. Muay Thai goes much futher incorporating elbows and knee strikes. It%26#039;s probably one of the most brutal of the martial arts. it%26#039;s a traditon in Thailand, children will often support there%26#039;re families fighting. It is%26#039;nt an after scholl activity for them. the most unique thing I personnaly think about Muay Thai, is the clinch, you get your opponant with both hands behind the head and bring up your knee at the same time pulling your opponants head dwn. it will knock your opponant TFO|||Muay thai boxing teaches hard striking and how to take a hard strike. Many of the other martial arts no longer do. Muay thai also uses more strikes then other types of kickboxing . (elbows, knees)|||first it full boy contact ,so it%26#039;s trained all of our body. then it teaches us to use both our hand and leg, well most of others martial arts focus on one techniques.





yes, there is kickboxing in the west from long time ago, but not so full body contact and hard trained like muay thai.