Muay Thai Destroys Taekwondo?

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It all boils down to actually fighting. TKD is about scoring points, MT is about physically beating someone into submission. It should be obvious which one is superior in an actual fight.

It's 100% true that low kicks require less skill and athleticism than higher or even spinning kicks. Pointing a gun and pulling the trigger also requires much less skill than hitting something with a bow, and no one questions which of the two is more effective. In the end, it is only about what works and is more efficient, what ends the fight more quickly.

I studied Thai boxing in the marine corps. My first sergeant was a boxer and he showed me what a shin kick to the thigh felt like. It was even light, but man did it hurt. I became obsessed after that.

Taekwondo : Sports. Muay Thai : Lethal Weapon.

I have trained TKD for 4 years, and Muay Thai for 8 years. I think the differences are these. 1. TKD wastes too much time doing worthless patterns, breaking boards and other things that doesn't help you in a combat situation. Muay Thai fighters only train to win in ring; technique, conditioning, strength and sparring was all we ever did. 2. TKD is extremely specialized. The kicks are very good, and TKD fighters can be very dangerous with the legs at a distance. At close range, the lack of boxing/clinching skills becomes a serious problem. Muay Thai utilizes all 8 limbs and has standing grappling and throws. No matter the distance or type of (standing) fight, Muay Thai has an answer to that. 3. Conclusion: Because of more relevant training and the ability to easily exploit the weaknesses of TKD, Muay Thai will defeat TKD almost every single time.

One misconcept is that MT doesnt have round back kick. Actually it does. Its call Chorakae-Fad-Hang (meaning Crocodile moves its tail). It's one of the fan fovorite move and known for its force in MT as well. but it isnt used very often in MT fight because of its drawback if not successfully landed

@LawrenceKenshin "If Mike Tyson was a Muay Thai fighter, he would say that every Taekwondo fighter has a plan until they get kicked to the legs." I laughed so damn hard at that. So true, and so funny 😂

"Everyone has a plan until they get kicked in the legs 100 times by a muay thai figther" -Muay Thaison 🤣😂🤣😂

They completely nerfed the Muay Thai fighter leaving him only with kicks and punches... and then afterwards complained that he only used low kicks. But they forgot about the conditioning and underestimated the kicks and so Rufus got kicked into the hospital. But much respect for them actually taking the steps to learn about Muay Thai and came to respect it.

Props to my first TKD instructor for also training us in boxing basics. His father was a boxer in the Army and taught him after he lost his first TKD tournament. When I see TKD schools training now I always feel like something is missing.

Taekwondo is about forms with most not used to using full power bcoz it is not allowed during competition. Muay thai is about real life fighting skills...it is about survival not just getting fancy belts

Taekwondo heavily relies on foot work and mobility. Once you start attacking the legs, all of that becomes far more difficult to pull off. Same if you throw a boxer in a kickboxing match. A boxer won't be able to move and plant their weight properly if the kickboxer keeps attacking their legs.

Your channel got me into Muay Thai. Thank you 🙏 Love the low kick. I don't know why some people don't use them more during their sparring sessions. Gotta love the low lead kick when facing a Southpaw and then building from that

Is it just me or do good Muay Thai fighters always seem very calm and humble compared to fighters from other styles?

The first martial art I learned was Taekwondo in my late teens. I loved the athleticism and the variety of high-risk high-reward kicks. One day a good friend of mine and I decided to spar. He was practicing Hapkido, another Korean martial art. He lit me up with his hands. TKD is so heavily focused on the legs that we never learned how to defend or throw a punch properly. A couple of years later I was exposed to Muay Thai. I watched the exhibition fights and I was hooked. MT techniques are powerful, practical and brutally efficient. As time went on and responsibilities changed, I stopped training but I would hit the bag when I could at the gym. Fast forward to 2 years ago and I wanted to get my son in martial arts. The closest school to us is an Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate dojo. I wanted my 6-year-old to have a base to start his journey and this fit the bill. After 6 months of watching his classes the martial arts bug bit me hard. I arrogantly went into the first few classes thinking that my MT background gave me an edge over my peers. I learned very quickly that OGR Karate is not the points based style you see on TV. Many of the stances and strikes are remarkably similar to MT. My MT background gave me a head start on learning the techniques since they are so similar: kicks, knees, elbows and punches. I’ve also been able to utilize some of the kicks I learned in TKD since these are part of the OGR techniques. Our classes have included some jiujitsu and I’m finding myself really drawn to it. I think I’m going to be looking for a school, soon. My martial arts journey has been an interesting one, but my heart still belongs to MT.

As a Taekwondo practitioner when I was a teenager, as soon as I saw Muay Thai I knew I would get crushed by one of these fighters. The style is just nice and simple, especially those simple leg kicks. Love both arts but yeah Muay Thai just works haha. Edit: I think it's cool to have both (having those surprising hooking kicks and back kicks in your arsenal helped me with some knockouts 😇 You take what you can get from each style).

My old head coach Duke Roufus. Young Duke. Dropped his pride and moved to Thailand to train. Became one of the best heavyweight champions in muay thai and kb.

That boy crying about his brother losing that fight at the start somehow failed to mention that they handicapped the Muay Thai fighter not allowing him to use the clinch, knees, or elbows. If they had allowed that the fight would have been over much sooner and the dude would have had even more to cry about.

In Muaythai we also do spinning back kick when we miss the kick called (จระเข้ฟาดหาง) or back push kick called (กวางเหลี่ยวหลัง) to protect our back just like spinning back elbow called (หิรัญม้วนแผ่นดิน) we considered all of these as a trick to knock out and call it (ลูกไม้) in Muaythai