Hello Everyone,

I just recently got done watching some modified Muay Thai fights.  Modified Muay Thai meaning just punches, kicks, and knees (or call it Dutch Kickboxing).  Anyway, the promotion has just started and in my opinion it's not very good (the fighters and gyms aren't the problem it's the promotion on how things are done), but at least it exposes the public to Muay Thai or Kickboxing.

A variety of schools and gyms showed up and it's fun watching and analyzing the fighters on how they'll perform based on how they hit pads, warm-up, and even the gear they use (believe me, gear a fighter uses tells a lot about a person).

This promotion was held in a way that the fights were controlled:  For example, refs made sure no fighter could get knocked out, the rounds were shorter than usual (2 minutes long), and less clinching allowed.

However, it still was tough because fighters were still getting gassed out, people were still swinging hard at faces, legs were getting bruised, and if a fighter didn't train hard or have a good coach the results would not have been good.  No way could a person from a martial art that doesn't have real training (like kung fu san soo) expect to even do a fight promotion like I watched and expect do well.

Even in a less challenging fight promotion a person cannot expect to fight in any smoker or amateur (let alone professional) and expect to do well, because it requires hard training (and real training).  The fighting styles recommended on this blog will get a person ready to fight in the ring, cage, or street.

Questions or Comments?

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Recommended Fighting Styles:

Southeast Asian Boxing

Muay Thai, Muay Lao, Pradal Serey, Lethwei, Tomoi

East Asian Boxing

Sanda (San Shou, San Da), Kyuk Too Ki, Shoot Boxing, Yaw Yan

Western Striking

Dutch Kickboxing, Savate, Western Boxing

Grappling and Other

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling, Sambo, Pankration, Judo, Shuai Jiao, Kali/Arnis/Escrima