uechi ryu and muay thai

Discussion in 'Karate' started by redbull, Aug 3, 2004.

  1. redbull

    redbull New Member

    has any body here done uechi ryu and currently do MT or vice versa?

    i did uechi a long time ago and i now do mt i find alot of similarities in them. at first they seem a world apart (or for the beginers)for instance in uechi sparring we either sparred with sanchin stance or cat stance which are both similar to the traditional thai stance. granted uechi uses reverce puches back fist etc that mt has a more western boxing punching style, but the low round kicks and forward knees are done very similar manner. the philosophy behind them is similar too both uechi and mt condition their body to just stand there, take a puch, and just beat the crap out your opponent.
     

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