Ok there are lots of people on this forum who know more than me about muay thai, but until they find this thread I'll try to answer some of your questions.
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Originally Posted by StephenRay
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I'd say it was a freak accident. I've seen or heard about that happening three times all together, so I guess it's very unusual. The guy defending the leg kick tried to block with his shin, which is the standard thing to do, and the kick obviously had a lot of power, which kind of is the whole idea.
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Originally Posted by StephenRay
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I guess it's relatively slow if you're talking about kicking many times in row, but of course you'll get faster with practice. The video with the girl does
not display a muay thai roundhouse kick. In muay thai, you don't chamber your leg before kicking, and you try to hit your opponent with the shin, not the foot. I don't know if the karate roundhouse is faster, but probably... At least it has a lot less power than the muay thai roundhouse.