what martial arts is harder than muay thai?

Question

i heard that it was one of the hardest martial arts out there i want to know whats harder

Answer 1

It is impossible to say if one style is harder to learn than another. There are just too many factors; school, teacher, style, talent of the student, etc.

The Thai language is one of the toughest that I have tried to decipher so based on that alone maybe you could say Muay Thai is tougher. This is also like the National Sport of Thailand so you have kids training from dawn to dusk all over the country with the dream of someday fighting at :Lumpini Boxing Stadium.

But Muay Thai is a free-style sport so there are no Katas to memorize. For people with poor memory that is a real advantage. Aside from the dance that each fighter does prior to the match everything is unscripted, as opposed to Kung Fu with all the forms and the other striking arts having some sort of Kata or routine to learn.

Again, impossible to say which is harder in general to learn.

Answer 2

It depends on what you mean by hard. If you mean martil arts that have technically difficult skills to learn then there's lots of styles that are hard, Wu Shu for one involves a lot of difficult movements that are hard to master without dedicated practice, Jujitsu is another and Capoeira as well. But if you meant hard as in external martal arts as opposed to soft style or internal martial arts, using rigid and forceful movements that require expl0sive strength, then there's Karate, Tae Kwon Do and most of the styles out there.

Answer 3

It is hard to imagine anything tougher than Muay Thai. The level of fighters, elbows, knees kicks, punches wow man that is brutal.

Answer 4

Arguably Burmese boxing, it's very similar to muay thai (they are neighbors), but it allows headbutts as well. Kyokushen karate is known to be very tough also. Shidokan is also very tough, as they have kyokushen style rounds, muay thai rounds, and grappling rounds (all in the same fight). Also boxing conditioning is brutal, as you have to be ready for 10-15 rounds.

Answer 5

Wu Shu is probably the hardest to learn. Some people physically are unable to. Very difficult. Effective? I'd have to say not really.

Answer 6

I don't think there is one... Muay Thai trains your heart, body, mind, and spirit. It separates the wheat from the chaff. You can't truely train muay thai and be a pussy.

Answer 7

BJJ if you're starting out with 110% no experience wrestling at all. Lot of moves you have to do at the same time & body positioning has to be right for the moves to have affect.