Any reasons NOT to have muay thai as your striking art?

Question

Are there other disciplines you should consider if you want to learn/improve your striking?

Answer 1

You wouldn't want everybody to just start taking Muay Thai. Think about it: If that happened, there wouldn't be any discussion about which style is the best anymore. Wouldn't that just take away all your fun? Not being able to ask what the best striking art is for the 50 000th time?

Answer 2

Muay Thai....Ahhh it's all you hear in UFC, Pride, K1 etc.
It's great, and in my opinion the most superior striking art when it comes to street fighting. A good stance and fast reaction is key.

I would say improve your punches by doing them slowly, 100 times each hand in the mirror. Learn "muscle memory" so it will become an instinct.

Also, learning how to dodge, is more imminent than learning faster striking. No point in throwing a punch faster if you can't hit the guy right?

Answer 3

Boxing, muay thai footwork is actually not very good compared to boxing's and there punches especially the cross are not quite as good(though a lot of this (though not all)can be ascribed to MT fighters not spending as much time on their punching, but there are slight differences. the footwork is the main thing though, all styles have weaknesses yes, but some styles have very few weakness and many strengths, like MT, which makes them better than styles which have many great weakness and no strengths like wing chun.

Answer 4

You would want to train in an internal art as well like Aikido, Tai-Chi, or Baguazhang. As I've studied Aikido and been developing my internal power my striking power has improved tenfold without having to gain big muscles.

Mix an internal art with a striking art and you have DEADLY POWER.

Muay Thai is good but avoid the leg conditioning. I'm told that around age 50 your legs become very wobbly due to damaged nerves.

Answer 5

Muay Thai is one of the best striking based martial arts since you spar alot, and you'll become very well conditioned and more immune to pain, also it trains your reflex too, however Muay Thai is a dangerous martial arts in my opinion. If you go to Thailand, sometimes there are deaths in a MT match. In the traditional MT, it is said that when you train, you kick trees to make your shin become hard. That can injure your leg. Also MT can't be practiced by just anyone, i never seen a girl in MT.

Another art if you want to improve your striking could be wing chun, it is not as rough as MT and it uses minimum effort to defeat a larger opponent. MT just fight brutally and focuses on strength against strength while Wing Chun avoids the use of strength against strength.

Answer 6

muay thai is the only one art which i can say as best striking art using 8 limbs ...its great for street fight....u spar alot...u train damn hard....if u get chance to train muay boran then tats the best...muay thai have proven itself against all other martila art....it kick n punches r brutal...muay thai wins

Answer 7

you leave yourself to open on some of the strikes but that could be said on any fighting style.

Answer 8

a subtitute for muay thai?
kyokushin(full contact karate),sanshou(chinese kickboxing with throws),tkd and boxing!

Answer 9

too dangerous of its power, the practioner of this art first hardens his leg, knee which is harder than the normal person. he can break even the hockey stick with his leg . so if the person uses it in normal or friendly fight there is possiblity of breaking bones

Answer 10

Shaolin Kung fu. The mental training is second to none. That will improve your striking.