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YouTube - Martial Arts - Master Cup - Muay Thai Vs Taekwondo

enough said.

khell

not so fast YouTube - Muay Thai VS Taekwondo

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lol, pshh..
that guy DID get womped on tho.. haha

BJJ Boy

Well, those videos above me are kinda byest. Who knows wich one has been doing it longer, its all with skill, a 14 year old tkd fighter can obvisly beat a 1 year old muay thai fighter, and vise versa.

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well obviously.
that example you gave is pretty obvious.
these guys look like they've been doing it for awhile, otherwise they wouldn't be fighting each other, right?
one is better than the other in each video, so to me it's hard to tell which is actually better, even though I'm biased towards Muay Thai.

khell

wrong post

khell

well thai kicks are basically roundhouse kicks .i honestly dont think kicks in general are practical in a street fight. its usually to wild and smotherd for anything that would really make a difference. knees are a different story .i think the clinch and knee part of thai /dirty boxing and boxing are the most practical stand up styles for a fight and of course grappling is a must know. i feel all the other kicking stuff is more sport than practical. kicking in general leaves you open for a hard counter punch or take down.

js9234

I've taken both and personally like Muay Thai better. Almost seems like TKD is more for entertainment. TKD would still be a good basis for someone to start if MT wasn't available. MT seems to be hard to come by in the states. I train in Korea and it seems a little different than the ones I've seen in the states. We also go 5 days a week 2 - 3hrs a day rather than 2 days a week like I've seen at a lot of places in the states.

Judoka

GSP does Karate.

swpthleg

its true thai kicks are basically roundhouse kicks, except MT fighters don't chamber up like you would in TKD.

unless you learn boxing concurrently with TKD, like I do, I agree you won't learn much that would help you on the street, apart from what you learn if you do self-defense renduri in class, for example.

but i still think that if you can't find a MT or jujitsu teacher, TKD helps enormously with speed, balance, agility, and general grace and fluidity of movement. Not to mention leg and core strength, b/c of all the kicks.