Any Kickboxers Out There?

[Gazza]

Hey guys,
as some people might know I do kickboxing (not muay thai btw) and i was wondering everyone on here seems to do muay thai now I know muay thai is far more popular and i'm not trying to start the trolls saying muay thai>kickboxing. I am just wondering is there anyone else on this thread that does kickboxing/points style?

[jose969]

I mostly train kick boxing, Call me a tart but in sparing I would rather take a foot to the face than a knee or an elbow.

We do a little bit of knees & Elbows, & Ground work things like that, but its mostly kick boxing, few guys from the school fight (but not me yet) and I train under an amazing guy called Justyn Billingham in Ascot.

[Atlasmma]

Isn't 'kickboxing' just full contact karate?

[Gazza]

Isn't 'kickboxing' just full contact karate?

its close but not the same

[Gazza]

i train mma aswell just wondering about everyones thoughts on kickboxing

[ocuana]

I heard that kickboxing beats Muay Thai any day of the week, but Aikido beats them both.

[No surrender]

I used to just train kickboxing about 5 years ago fought a few times gave up due to losing interest really.. I think it's had it's day, there aren't as many shows anymore (just kickboxing) and some guys have moved out of kickboxing to persue mma.

I personally feel that K1 and Thai is more exciting to watch and has a more "danger" element to the bouts than kickboxing, and the general public who are going to see some fights would probably be more inclined to watch mma to be fair as it is extremely popular!!

At one time there was clubs everywhere like 4 in town now your lucky if theres 1 that just does kickboxing.

It's a dying art in my opinion and it's a bit of a shame.

[Gazza]

I used to just train kickboxing about 5 years ago fought a few times gave up due to losing interest really.. I think it's had it's day, there aren't as many shows anymore (just kickboxing) and some guys have moved out of kickboxing to persue mma.

I personally feel that K1 and Thai is more exciting to watch and has a more "danger" element to the bouts than kickboxing, and the general public who are going to see some fights would probably be more inclined to watch mma to be fair as it is extremely popular!!

At one time there was clubs everywhere like 4 in town now your lucky if theres 1 that just does kickboxing.

It's a dying art in my opinion and it's a bit of a shame.

you speak the truth 0.0
still i feel it has improved my striking in mma
i have been to a muay thai club near me but i didnt like it(the club not the art)

[No surrender]

If you go to a good kickboxing club it will definately help striking ...Thai is arguably the more powerful kicking wise but your hands will be better for sure.

What didnt you like about the Thai club?

[Gazza]

packed full of people and the instructors were slagging off loads of clubs not just mine but also an mma club about 30 mins away from me

[No surrender]

thats not cool.... where do train now if you don't mind me asking?

[Atlasmma]

At one time there was clubs everywhere like 4 in town now your lucky if theres 1 that just does kickboxing.

It's a dying art in my opinion and it's a bit of a shame.

Are you kidding?! Every girl I know seems to do a 'kickboxing' class nowadays. I bet none of them would like to spar with me though.

[Gazza]

i train at kazen kai(the martial arts centre) its a karate/kickboxing gym but we have a guy there who is doing mma lessons

[GeordieWarrior]

h['way man - kikcin is fer lases. use yer fists like a real man or crack him one solid lyk. Ki king man, that's fer fairys and that.

[Bakerr]

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FUCK YEAH

[No surrender]

i train at kazen kai(the martial arts centre) its a karate/kickboxing gym but we have a guy there who is doing mma lessons

Cool well good luck with it mate as long as you enjoy it and see a benefit from it then it's all good.

[sirving]

h['way man - kikcin is fer lases. use yer fists like a real man or crack him one solid lyk. Ki king man, that's fer fairys and that.

Is this guy for real?

[combatarena2MMA]

I do Karate-Do taught by 5th Dan Sensei Dave "The groper" Owen. We don't really do much to be honest, just some gay light contact sparring on our PJ's, but somehow , we think we would actually defeat a thai fighter or kickboxer...we're massively deluded and would actually get PWND and knocked the fuck out

But Im a gaylord troll, and the mods are just biding their time before they hit me into next year with the ban hammer

[Sengoku]

lol

you would get raped standing up

[Gazza]

h['way man - kikcin is fer lases. use yer fists like a real man or crack him one solid lyk. Ki king man, that's fer fairys and that.

do you need to sit down?

[GeordieWarrior]

Karati's not too bad man - got a few elbows and that. I got inter Martial artz cos of Karate.
Karate in a way is a mixed martail artz cos its got chokes and punches and that too.

I divven understand Gazza - wuddya mean sit down? Cos I canny through a kick? I can, I just choose ter use punches and that ter show Im a real man lyke me Dad tort us.

[Gazza]

Karati's not too bad man - got a few elbows and that. I got inter Martial artz cos of Karate.
Karate in a way is a mixed martail artz cos its got chokes and punches and that too.

I divven understand Gazza - wuddya mean sit down? Cos I canny through a kick? I can, I just choose ter use punches and that ter show Im a real man lyke me Dad tort us.

no i said do you need to sit down cause you write like a drunk guy ;)

[ross90]

I do Karate-Do taught by 5th Dan Sensei Dave "The groper" Owen. We don't really do much to be honest, just some gay light contact sparring on our PJ's, but somehow , we think we would actually defeat a thai fighter or kickboxer...we're massively deluded and would actually get PWND and knocked the fuck out

But Im a gaylord troll, and the mods are just biding their time before they hit me into next year with the ban hammer

Lol!

10 char

[Gazza]

Lol!

10 char

lmao great one!

[BigBadDom]

I mostly train kick boxing, Call me a tart but in sparing I would rather take a foot to the face than a knee or an elbow.


That's the problem with semi contact Points score more to the head. You can get a spin kick heel right on the nose, fully padded up!
Muay Thai strikes more to the leg or abdoms. Knees and elbows come in later rounds and probably as a counter attack..

[Yak]

muay thai doesnt strike more to the leg, body kicks are the usual bread and butter of a proper thai camp
knees and elbows dont have any restriction, knees often happen from the start, elbows just depend on the fighters...
knees arent just counters either - figthers like Diesel Noi, Noppart Keatkhamtom, Sakadao are aggressive walk forward knee fighters.... they steam in, clinching and kneeing as their main tactic...

sorry but you dont sound like you really have much of an understanding of muay thai.....

kickboxing (im using the generic term to define the long pants, moon boots and kicks above the waist only) is a bit pointless for mma, most pro kickboxing consists of a boxing contest with the odd flicky kick or side kick etc etc or underpowered body kick- might as well just do normal boxing. better off doing a bit of boxing and some proper hard karate (i.e knockdown like Kyokushinkai) if there arent any thai / k1 clubs... than above the waist padded flicky kicking

a k1 style (ie low kicks, knees etc) or muay thai much better IMO (as then you learn proper clinching not japanese anti-thai rules !) - but you need to find a club thats good at one or the other. far too many instructers who really dont have much of a clue on k1 or muay thai.

[Atlasmma]

To be fair, I've trained at a couple of places and haven't been knee'd or elbow'd in the face while sparring. That's just bad juju. Infact, the worst I ever get in thai sparring is a dead as fuck leg.

[Osaka Fight Gear]

Is this guy for real?

all of his posts are like that, i think he's just doing it for a joke lol

[jose969]

To be fair, I've trained at a couple of places and haven't been knee'd or elbow'd in the face while sparring. That's just bad juju. Infact, the worst I ever get in thai sparring is a dead as fuck leg.

I fear you underestimate my clumsyness!!

In all fairness Thai is probably more suited to me as I can hardly kick anyone in the head anyway, still i have no intentions of actually fighting anyway mostly just sparing and keeping the belly away, mind you never say never.

[Atlasmma]

I've taken 10x more elbows and knees in bjj. My face seems to attract them. Always take it on my brow so for the next week my top eyelid is black and it looks like I'm wearing eye-shadow.