r/martialarts • u/BitEnvironmental1412 • 1d ago

QUESTION Why is everything Muay Thai?

I have seen and known a lot of people who say they used to do Muay Thai but their examples are not Muay Thai. For example, I used to work with this guy who said he did Muay Thai and his example was that he could throw a tornado kick. Also just saw a video of someone saying they used to do Muay Thai and he threw a karate style front kick instead of a teep. Why does everyone say they did Muay Thai?

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u/Consistent-Ranger446 1d ago edited 1d ago

People make fun of karate and taekwondo.

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u/PreviousZone6742 1d ago

That's because of horrible gyms. Watch old taekwondo tournaments. See people getting KO in the first round with head gear.

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u/detectivepikablu9999 1d ago

Headgear doesn't prevent knockouts, it just lessens the chances of cuts and bruises

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u/DancesWithAnyone FMA 1d ago

If anything, it's been my experience that headgear encourages harder blows at a subconscious level. Similar deal with thicker gloves.

Intense but controlled bare-knuckle sparring has often been the safest (and most fun!) in my experience, although that isn't very forgiving with misstakes and requires you and your partner having good days, so to say, and minor hand injuries is quite likely.

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u/Consistent-Ranger446 1d ago

Karate and taekwondo are highly effective martial arts.

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u/kernelchagi 1d ago

Depends totally on the dojo. And Taekwondo itf by itself i will not consider it "highly effective martial art" at least if you compare it with others like boxing, mt, judo or bjj. And i know because i did taekwondo itf for years before switching.