How would you compare Muay Thai?

I know there is no one best art





But, How would you compare Muay Thai and its usefulness against other striking arts and their usefulness? As in the pros and cons of Muay Thai vs the pros and cons of other arts like Karate or even say boxing.|||it is a very good striking art, straight forward and the techniques are rather simple to learn... most gyms spar very hard (this is a good or bad thing depending on what you want from your training) you will become a good fighter in a relatively short amount of time compared to other styles because the training is only based on sparring.. (no forms and the class is generally less formal ... less bowing and ritual type things)... you will get in better fighting shape because your body will harden from all of the hard sparring, but expect more minor injuries than other styles... No belt structure to show rank (good or bad, the debate is open).... Coming from TKD to MT... I have to say that the MT guys on average are better fighters, (but the training in TKD does allow people who would drop out of a MT class to continue learning TKD because the training in class is not as demanding creating a disparity) but the top teir guys in either are a coin toss (despite what many UFC fans that have never trained will say) .. you are also less likely to find a bad MT school because of the type of training... while many other styles are being taught very poorly, lowering standards to increase enrollment... There are takedowns, but no ground fighting, and it is taught as a sport... Kicking the legs but not the knees... Muay Thai is a great style, but unless someone is just a hard nose person, who likes to fight, or they have had some training in some other style, it will be difficult for them to want to stick it out past the first month or two.... I%26#039;ll stop before I write a book... good luck|||Muay Thai is the best..!!|||Muay Thai- aka Thai Boxing or the Art of 8 limbs. Some would argue that Thai Boxing is the most effective stand up fighting system. Thai boxing gets its nickname due to the use of your 8 limbs(shins, knees, elbows, and hands) to defeat an opponent. Also some grappling%26quot;clinching/neck wrestling%26quot; is allowed. Muay Thai is derived from the Thailand military style of Muay Boran. Once a barbaric fighting style pitting two people with nothing but hands wrapped in rope together, it has since then been regulated to have rings, time limits, weight classes, referees, and gloves.





Advantages: Use two strikes almost unique to Muay Thai knees and elbows. And unlike many other martial arts Thai Boxing uses the shin to kick instead of the instep of the foot resulting in stronger kicks; by using the turn of the hips and torque of the body instead of chambering your legs the impact with the thai roundhouse generates roughly the same force of a baseball bat. Regular sparring which promotes live training. Great conditioning. Uses long and close range fighting from kicks to knees in the clinch.





Disadvantage: Lacks takedowns and ground fighting. No weapons training(use or disarming).








http://majorsmartialarts.com/disciplines...|||the only way to stop a Thia boxer is to break his bones or his jaw...and if your not another Thia boxer that%26#039;s doing that than your most likely going to get stomped|||On the street on in a ring?





Muhammed Ali said that if he fought Bruce Lee in the ring, then he would win. But if he fought Bruce Lee in the street, Bruce Lee would win.