2007-02-01 04:14:57 · 11 answers · asked by Ed 1 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Kick Boxing is a version of Muay Thai created in Japan. Basically it's creator saw Muay Thai and wanted to bring something similar to Japan. It was un heard of at the time for Karate tournaments to be full contact and he wanted to change that. So he began teaching a versian of Muay Thai to his Karate students. Bascially it was the same style but he made subtle changes to help differentiate it from Muay Thai. So Kickboxing is directly taken from Muay Thai but has a mix of Karate in it. Which is why you often see more kicking than knees in Kickboxing. Also in Kickboxing competition in the US there is rules that say you must kick a minimum amount of times each round. This is to prevent it from just being a boxing match. Although Kickboxing in the US is much different than Kickboxing in Japan and Muay Thai. Much like Tae Kwan Do when comparing US and Korean styles of training and competition.
2007-02-01 04:57:35 · answer #1 · answered by Judoka 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A pure judo guy would probably defeat a pure kickboxer. This is because the kick boxer will be clueless on the ground and the judo guy can force this range. Watch some early UFC's if you don't believe me, specifically Steve Jennum vs Melton Bowen (I know not judo vs kickboxing but it was a beginning grappler doing a judo throw and a very poor arm-bar easily defeating a professional boxer that had fought the likes of Shannon Briggs and Tony Tubbs). However, in modern MMA kick boxing skills are actually more applicable. You need to know how to bang but wrestling takedowns will be more useful than judo throws since competition is without gis. Also you will not have a chance if you are not well rounded. They best way to do this is not to train boxing, Muy Thai, judo, BJJ, etc but to train for MMA at a MMA school. If that is not available the next best thing would be to train BJJ, especially at a school that emphasizes no-gi training but in this day and age it is not uncommon for a BJJ black belt to lose to a one year student of a good MMA school.
2016-05-24 02:03:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the type of kickboxing. Muay Thai is kickboxing and there other versions as well. A kick is a kick... there are lots of ways to throw them, TKD has a lot of them. Boxing has great hand skills (timing, moves, training, etc). The range of course is different and putting the two together for a sport makes a big difference.
2007-02-01 04:58:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sometimes. the term is used to describe a very wide range of styles. Some people refer to Muay Thai as kickboxing, the name is sometimes applied to Tae Bo.
2007-02-01 05:08:35 · answer #4 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No... Kick boxing kicks are actually practical and have power to them. American Kick boxing is a joke how ever...... Train MT if you can.
2007-02-01 09:13:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
kickboxing is made for ppl like gomer pyle and rock hudson,it's crap.
i hate it when ppl call muay thai kick boxing.muay thai is for men kick boxing is for gay's.
2007-02-01 10:14:18 · answer #6 · answered by BUSHIDO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very simalar. It is Sports Karate, so stikes are scored and they are taken from boxing, karate and sometimes TKD.
If you are looking at doing a striking art look into Muay Thai!!
2007-02-01 04:46:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, its sport karate. It has the kicks of tae kwon do and karate. The hand strikes come from boxing and karate.
2007-02-01 04:29:29 · answer #8 · answered by Ray H 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
actually no,
its a watered down version of muai thai.
2007-02-01 06:02:29 · answer #9 · answered by Bluto Blutarsky4 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much, but its more aerobic stuff.
2007-02-02 18:01:03 · answer #10 · answered by Jake 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋