An old training partner of mine posted this on the Facebook this week. I thought it was a pretty good article but was wondering how accurate the analysis of various styles are? I learned a traditional style of Muay Thai and their description seems pretty good of that. I don't have much knowledge of the other styles. I really wish they would have talked more about Chinese kickboxing too. Would have made the article even more interesting.
YES! Thank you. I feel more than a little silly! That is what I get for posting before I've had my coffee!
I really liked this article. I didn't know that the Dutch style MT used that chopping low kick. I have been taught that kick in passing in the kickboxing I learned at the Kung Fu school. It was sort presented as "here is something that you can do, but isn't very nice to do in a friendly sparring match here at our school". Anyways, that was a good read!
We use that chopping kick. It's devastating. Really good article. I linked it to my clubs Facebook page as there's lots of really good information and examples made. Thanks.
We do it all the time in sparring. We also check with the low kick so it's now too much of a problem.
Honestly I think people try to find too many differences in low kicks. Thai's throw all sorts of low kicks IMHO. Upward angle, horizontal, downward angle, as power shots, as openers, as set-ups, with a lot of hip and without the hip. I don't think you can really say "this is Thai style and this is not" because I'm pretty sure you can find a Thai throwing a low kick in any way you try to describe as "non-thai".
In Muay Thai all the strikes have the same angles eg the 45 degree round kick is termed Tae(kick) Chiang the 45 degree elbow is termed sawk(elbow) Chiang,as PA said the main 3 round kicks are upward(the quickest) horizontal(best for off balancing) and downward which I dont like to the leg but I do like to the neck,my favourite is Kern Kaen Kern Kow half knee half shin,awesome technique against a good puncher
In the gym I trained in the downward chopping leg kick was one of several variations of kicks we practiced.
Well it is basically MT without the same type of rules. The kicks are the same, punches, elbows, knees, clinches, etc... but there's throws and such in it.
