I take Jiu Jitsu and wanted to do some Muay Thai on the side but there is not a place around. I found a place to Kick Box and wanted to know the difference between the two.
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Muay Thai vs American Kick Boxing
Muay Thai has Knees & Elbows.
I don’t think American KB has the Thai Clinch either.
Elbows and the clinch are the two biggest differences and can result in brutal consequences. In K-1 kickboxing they allow knees, some kickboxing organizations don’t allow knees.
In general, muay thai is crazier than kick boxing.
In Muay Thai you basically stand there and beat the crap out of the other person. Kickboxing, you move around alot. In American Kickboxing, you are not allowed knees, elbows, or a clinch. But other than that, they are pretty similar.
Sigh.
Kickboxing was invented in Japan to defeat Muay Thai fighters. Kickboxing is generally Muay Thai with some longer-range TKD/Kyokushin kicks added in as well as a larger emphasis on boxing.
The way most American Kickboxing is practiced involves only kicks above the waist (which defeats many of Muay Thai’s strengths and because kicks above the waist are very hard to land properly, competition generally requires that a fighter throws at least eight kicks in a round and elbows/clinch/knees are disallowed. Depending on the ruleset, even shinkicks are disallowed.
Since there really is no unified idea of what kickboxing is, you’ll have to visit the school and see what/how they teach before you can compare it to the Muay Thai school (which you should also visit).
Pretty much the same thing
well kickboxing is just kicking, and boxing. points are earned by throwing a minimum of 8 good kicks per round. Muay Thai is kicking, punching,elbows and knees and the clinch is definitely allowed.
muay tai is a more brutal form of kickboxing… kick boxing came from muai tai.
Gday
well Muay Thai studies the use of the 8 weapons
1. two fists
2. two elbows
3.two knee’s
4. two feet.
kickboxing don’t use elbows/knees…