Hello Everyone,

I would like to know if anyone honestly thinks that this kind of training in Kung Fu San Soo
shown below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YevKbhejFh4

is equal to this type of training

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3TPUnk9GUY

Which style provides the most realistic stances, punches, kicks, movement and footwork, and of course which will have more power in execution of techniques? All real fighters will know the answer is the Muay Thai shadow boxing along with any shadow boxing type of training of the real fighting systems mentioned on this blog.

Questions or Comments?

JimmyHWoo2016@gmail.com

Recommended Fighting Styles:

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

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

Dutch Kickboxing, Savate, Western Boxing

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

Hello Everyone,

Want to see a San Soo Demonstration? They're calling it San Soo freestyle where San Soo guys use any techniques to render opponent unconscious, etc.

Take note of 0:24 to 0:27, pretty disgusting. If you're life is on the line, you might end up
having to do that, but in training?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPmsHWCfmq8

Anyway, ask yourself, would you want to spend your time doing this type of training? Is it really going to make you physically and mentally capable for a street fight? Are you using techniques that will actually work when it's time to throw down hard (in the ring, cage, or street). Do your techniques have power and speed. From what I see in this video like many other San Soo videos, it's "play fighting."

The videos shown below has training more relevant to fighting in the ring, cage, or street.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7fcL4Itvjg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2VSIDBWNGc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNzSU6caFTk

Questions or Comments?

JimmyHWoo2016@gmail.com

Recommended Fighting Styles:

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

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

Dutch Kickboxing, Savate, Western Boxing

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

Hello Everyone,

I've already written posts about Chinese Sanda/San Shou, how it's very popular in China, and how the Chinese are leaving old traditional styles to study Sanda, BJJ, Muay Thai, etc. Here is a video of a Chinese World Champion in Sanda. This two minute and ten second clip has more real training than 99% of the stupid Kung Fu San Soo videos on youtube. There's no way in hell the Chinese would study Kung Fu San Soo over Sanda. By the way, I believe it is possible to question the validity of the history of Kung Fu San Soo (there's no trace of the art at all in China).

I truly believe this Sanda World Champion would decimate many Kung Fu San Soo Masters (take into account weight class of course).

Enjoy a real fighting video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysgzM4FaFNM

Questions or Comments?

JimmyHWoo2016@gmail.com

Recommended Fighting Styles:

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

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

Dutch Kickboxing, Savate, Western Boxing

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

Hello Everyone,

I truly stand by the belief that the martial arts/fighting styles I have written on this blog are much more practical, efficient, and effective than Kung Fu San Soo. I also truly stand by the belief that Kung Fu San Soo is crap! Kung Fu San Soo sucks! Kung Fu San Soo cannot hold ground in the long run against the striking styles mentioned on this blog and certainly the ground fighting (grappling) styles too!

Look at the evidence on youtube or any social media source that posts fight videos and you'll see actual street fights or ring/cage fights where the fighting styles mentioned on this blog have proven their worth!

If you want to quite your Kung Fu San Soo because you're sick of learning useless fighting techniques then do it because you don't have a lot of time in life to study real fighting styles!

On a side note, if you want to quite any other social activity because you're losing interest or have new interests then do it! I certainly don't believe this blog will change or convince everyone's opinion on Kung Fu San Soo, but I write this blog to help others in their pursuit of finding a real fighting system. I want you guys to remember something: If a striking style like Kung Fu San Soo has to take techniques, combinations, tactics, etc from other striking styles like kickboxing, boxing, Muay Thai, etc then that should tell you it's not effective because it has to take things from other fighting styles to work on opponents.

Like I said before, no real kickboxing teacher, boxing teacher, or Muay Thai teacher, etc would take things from Kung Fu San Soo because it's striking is not effective and/or efficient against an opponent.

Of course we see Muay Thai combine with BJJ or Kickboxing combine with wrestling etc to get a complete fighting style, but that is totally different because stand up striking is being combined with ground fighting.

Anyway, remember, you don't have all the time in the world so choose to do things you want to do!

Questions or Comments?

JimmyHWoo2016@gmail.com

Recommended Fighting Styles:

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

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

Dutch Kickboxing, Savate, Western Boxing

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

Hello Everyone,

Another old post for the new blog!

If there's one thing that should be clear to the readers of this blog is that the comments left by Kung Fu San Soo people will generally not contain personal insults to me until after they introduce themselves and their opinion that I'm wrong in my argument. However, sometimes the personal insults made to me start immediately. Just read the comments left on the blog.

Some comments left by San Soo people are that I never studied KFSS, I'm lying, I wasn't good enough at KFSS, I'm a wimp, I don't even study martial arts, I'm ranting and raving and not making sense, I'm lonely, I'm this, I'm that, I'm a low information logician, etc. etc. etc.

Well, I got news for the Kung Fu San Soo people. Making personal insults to me isn't helping your case to stand up for your art and only helps the argument made by me that Kung Fu San Soo is crap! It also makes Kung Fu San Soo people look like butt hurt wimps who can't accept a differing opinion. Let alone, allow people to have a different opinion. If Kung Fu San Soo was a legitimate fighting art then there would be articles submitted or comments left that provides evidence of it being a effective and efficient fighting art instead of making personal insults about me. I'm pretty sure the readers of this blog that visit from all over the world are smart enough to realize that point. The readers are also smart enough to know that kicking a guy in the balls, poking a guy in the eye, and punching his throat is something that anyone can do and doesn't prove a martial art is successful. Little kids learn about kicking another person in the balls when they goof around on the play ground at school.

Here's a good video of "play fighting" with some San Soo guys. By the way, I wonder if these
guys were trying to show their absolute best technique. I'm willing to bet they're trying to
show their best, because if not why would they want to look stupid and pathetic? So, when
you watch this video, know they're showing their best technique and the best of Kung Fu San
Soo. The art of crap that tries to sell itself as a legitimate fighting art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYENwaAZ8vs

Questions or Comments?

JimmyHWoo2016@gmail.com

Recommended Fighting Styles:

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

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

Dutch Kickboxing, Savate, Western Boxing

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

Hello Everyone,

Anyway, if there's one thing that really makes me laugh is seeing Kung Fu San Soo guys who obviously have a weakness in the physical fitness category, but think they're capable of defending themselves better than a person who does MMA. The logical reasoning never seems to get better from these guys.

Look, I've said it before in a previous post that if your Kung Fu San Soo teacher can't go a few rounds (3 rounds at least) on pads at full speed and power then they're in no position to lecture a person on getting prepared for a self-defense situation and certainly in no position to state whether they're capable of handling themselves in such a situation. Sure, many street fights don't last longer than 30 seconds, but you really want to take a chance learning from a guy that couldn't do 30 push-ups???

Take the video below of a sparring Sanda match:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJM4uJqQwG0

These guys were tired when the round ended. No doubt. The movement and technique makes you tired and the emotions felt wear you out, but the training is so valuable and the experience is worth it to test yourself.

Watch this crap below of San Soo training (they call it a demo, but in class this is what occurs too):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQRvUxlyYps&t=61s

Did these guys get tired? Have any emotions and feelings felt like the sparring match scene above? Nope, not a chance. Nothing was learned except how to fall when your partner needs to fall and how to act when your partner "hits" you. The Sanda sparring was the best to mimic a street fight (grappling portion missing) while the Kung Fu San Soo was useless. I know weapons (knives, blunt objects, guns) were missing in the Sanda sparring, but for crying out loud not even Kung Fu San Soo schools have time to cover every little thing that can arise in a street fight!

Questions or Comments?

JimmyHWoo2016@gmail.com

Recommended Fighting Styles:

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

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

Dutch Kickboxing, Savate, Western Boxing

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

Hello Everyone,

I've brought up this point before in many past posts, but I want to write a post to focus on it. If Kung Fu San Soo is supposed to be an effective form of self-defense/fighting then why do Kung Fu San Soo guys (teachers and black belts) take things from other fighting styles (like the ones recommended on this blog) and combine it with Kung Fu San Soo??? Examples being Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Boxing, etc. Most importantly, the teachers of the fighting styles recommended on this blog DO NOT and WOULD NOT take anything from Kung Fu San Soo and add it to their real fighting style.

Think about this: The horse and carriage was a main form of transportation in the old days of America, but nowadays with automobiles do we add the horse OR parts of the carriage to the automobile so it can be a better automobile? Of course not. The mind of a practitioner (especially a San Soo teacher) of Kung Fu San Soo who comes to this blog and makes personal insults towards me, completely ignores the points of this blog, and can't provide arguments against the fighting styles I recommend as REAL fighting styles can't be trusted to teach effective self-defense.

Any Kung Fu San Soo practitioner who thinks Muay Thai, BJJ, Sambo, Muay Lao, etc is somehow held back as an effective, efficient, and practical fighting styles because non-resistant matches are held with rules and most importantly, any Kung Fu San Soo guy (teacher or student) who believes it has an advantage over the fighting styles recommended on this blog because Kung Fu San Soo teaches to fight without rules when
a serious encounter occurs really hasn't experienced REAL fight training and is living in a Hollywood type film.

Questions or Comments?

JimmyHWoo2016@gmail.com

Recommended Fighting Styles:

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

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

Dutch Kickboxing, Savate, Western Boxing

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

Hello Everyone,

WHAT. THE. !@#$.

This is high level Kung Fu San Soo????!??!?!??!?!?!?

If a person watches this video and thinks this stuff works I got a bridge to sell you.

Here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8TzYHlcwLA

Questions or Comments?

JimmyHWoo2016@gmail.com

Recommended Fighting Styles:

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

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

Dutch Kickboxing, Savate, Western Boxing

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

Hello Everyone,

Okay, here's some interesting information about Kung Fu San Soo being the father to other "fighting styles." One guy named Jerry L. Peterson studied Kung Fu San Soo and ended up creating S.C.A.R.S that was taught in BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition Teams).

Anyway, that program was scrapped. Why? Well, for one thing it probably wasn't effective because the Navy SEALS now use another program that contains the fighting styles recommended on this blog!!! Fighting styles like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, etc are used by the Navy SEALS now! Anyway, Jocko Willink (former Navy SEAL that I've mentioned on this blog in a previous post) talks about SCARS (and it being influenced by San Soo) and how the Navy SEALS switched to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, etc.

Here's the video of Jocko talking about the search for something more efficient:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HadSJJCO6aI

Another fighting style influenced by San Soo is SAFTA (created by Jon Hess and Lew Hicks who studied under Jerry Peterson). Anyway, Jon Hess fought in the UFC and beat the guy, but Hess had 8 inches of height and 57 lbs on Andy Anderson (the guy he fought). Any person (especially a San Soo teacher) who says Jon Hess beat Anderson because SAFTA (San Soo) works is full of it! The height and weight difference gave Hess the advantage and was the main factor in the victory! Even fighting a guy who has 5 lbs of weight on you has an advantage! Anyway, Hess fought again, but fought Vitor Belfort, but lost big time!!!

Here are the videos of Hess's win and loss:

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=64d_1353096594&comments=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRwvuApSLbg

What's important to note is that Hess had an 8 inch advantage over Belfort and certainly a weight advantage, but Belfort beat him easily with punches and his skills learned in BJJ from Carlson Gracie. Vitor Belfort shows the importance of having an effective, efficient, and practical fighting style against someone that is bigger and taller! It can help even the odds! Another fighting style that emerged from San Soo is T.F.T (Target Focus Training; the founder Tim Larkin also learned from Jerry L. Peterson). Anyway, Kung Fu San Soo influenced the creation of three fighting styles mentioned in this post, but I wouldn't study them at all! Instead, focus on the fighting styles recommended on this blog and try to find a gym that teaches them. Look at the Navy SEALS and what they did! It's not just my opinion. Remember, Kung Fu San Soo is crap!

Questions or Comments?

JimmyHWoo2016@gmail.com

Recommended Fighting Styles:

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

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

Dutch Kickboxing, Savate, Western Boxing

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

Hello Everyone,

I'm going to present this article titled Muay Thai The Belt is in the Ring. It's an old article written by a Thai detailing history and culture of Muay Thai and most importantly why it's so effective and efficient.
To all Kung Fu San Soo guys who are so naive to think San Soo "fighters" fought Muay Thai fighters and to the San Soo "fighters" who think they have the skills to go against a striking style recommended on this blog then I got news for you which is this...you are idiots and you will learn the hard way if you should come across a person that studies a fighting style recommended on this blog!"

Muay Thai or Thai Boxing is a self-defense technique that was developed and tested in battle by the ancient warriors of Thailand. Today, the Thai military as well as the U.S. SEAL teams and members of the CIA continue to use its effective striking techniques. In addition, it is also the National Sport of Thailand. There are four major components to Thai Boxing: (1) Punches, (2) Knees, (3) Elbows, and (4) Kicks. Thai boxers do not earn belt colors typical of Karate and Tae Kwon Do schools. Instead, Muay Thai practitioners test their skills in the ring. In fact, the only belts Thai boxers are concerned with are the Lumphini Stadium and the Ratchadamnoen Stadium Championship belts. Most Thai males will at one time or another acquire the skills of Muay Thai. My father gave me my first Muay Thai training, which he learned in the Royal Thai Army. Most professional fighters begin their careers as early as six or seven years of age, and will fight in major stadiums early in their teens. This intensive training have allowed Thai boxers to dominate the world in full contact bouts. Holland is a close second. The skills of Thai Boxing is also superior to other striking systems. Only grapplers who practice Brazilian Jiu-Jit-Su andVale Tudo stylists (who combine Muay Thai techniques with grappling) have been more successful in individual confrontations. Indeed, combining Muay Thai with grappling and weapon systems have given me a defense system that is simple enough to work in most modern situations. Remember that before devoting precious time to incorporate an art, one must ask oneself: "Is that particular art effective for the average size individual?" It is too often that we see gigantic men perform successfully in confrontations, but when the average size individual tries to apply the same techniques, it simply doesn't work! I like both Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jit-Su because a small person can learn to apply it effectively in a short period of time. Not all of us have 30 years to learn how to protect ourselves.
Muay Thai did not develop a ground grappling component because it was developed in the ancient battle fields where there were multiple assailants, who were very adept in the art of sword fighting. With swords, spears, sticks, and hard strikes flying from a multitude of directions, the ground was the last place that you'd want to end up. Strikes and slashes had to be quick, hard, and decisive. In such conditions, Muay Thai was used with Krabi-Krabong - a very fast Thai weapon system. Muay Thai then became a ring sport before grappling components could be perfected. As a striking art, most people who have fought against Muay Thai boxers have converted to the system. This is testimonial to it's effectiveness. As a good example, an American Kickboxer by the name of Peter "Sugarfoot" Cunningham, who trained with Benny "The Jet" Urquidez in Full-Contact Karate, turned around and became one of the most avid promoters of Muay Thai. Click here to see the article he co-authored with Fredia Gibbs about the street applications of Muay Thai. Most critics of the system have never been in the ring against a Thai boxer. Powerful strikes may not look as impressive as flying kicks to observers. However, if you get kicked, kneed, or elbowed by a Thai boxer, you will respect the art!
How does Muay Thai differ from other forms of kickboxing? For one, there is an effective use of knees and elbows. These arsenals are the objects of fear for other kickboxers around the world. Matter-of-fact, famous fighters like Benny "The Jet" Urquidez have totally avoided any confrontation with a Thai Boxer in Bangkok under the rules which would permit the use of knees and elbows. He knows that he would not have a chance. It has nothing to do with the Thai Race. The Dutch fighter Ramon Dekker have beaten many Thai Champions in bouts with knees and elbows. And even when he loses, he continues to fight according to Thai rules. He deserves much more respect than "The Jet". However, due to the physical stature of Thai fighters, good fighters are rarely over 150 pounds. This is the reason why the Heavyweight Champions have not been Thai. Not surprisingly, the Dutch have also been successful at the higher weight class.
Another major difference between Muay Thai and other kickboxing styles is the Thai Roundhouse kick. It is a rear leg kick, drawing power from the hips, and striking it's target with the shins. Conditioning the shins is no fun task, but once the nerves have been conditioned for impact, the shins can be used like a club. You have to experience it to realize the power and the superiority of the Thai kicks to the roundhouse kicks of other systems, which are usually frontal-leg snaps with the instep employed as the striking surface. The Thai kick is so effective that it is the only kick really used by Thai boxers in full-contact bouts. Watching two experienced Thai boxers fight may not seem like much, because they are so adept at defending against each other's tactics. However, what looks like a simple knee clinch requires a high level of skills. Karate fighters who first observed Thai Boxing matches thought that they would have a chance at beating a Thai Boxer. On Tuesday, September 6, 1977 at Lumphini Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, Karate fighters representing Japan, South Korea, USA, and Europe had their opportunity. They were completely annihilated by the Thai fighters. Matches afterwards drew similar results. This is why by the time Muay Thai arrived in the USA, knees and elbows were outlawed. Yet, the Thai kicks alone have sent many fighters like Rick Roufus to the hospital on a stretcher. Had knees and elbows been permitted in that fight, Roufus would have been beaten even more severely.
Earlier in 1974, kung fu stylists from Hong Kong were all knocked out in the first round against their Muay Thai opponents in Bangkok. Indeed, Muay Thai have consistently conquered other striking arts. I'm not talking about just one or two matches when I say consistent! Here is how the April 1996 issue of Inside Kung-Fu magazine described another historical match in the United States between a Muay Thai Boxer and a Western Boxer: "The crowd was silent; it could not believe what it had just witnessed. The small arena was packed with fight fans and the curious. They had come to see their boxing champion destroy the challenger, some guy from Thailand. They expected a slaughter. Where the heck is Thailand, said someone. These guys don't know how to fight, said another. But bone-crusher Murphy, all 185 pounds of him, lay face up on the canvas. His opponent walked triumphantly to his corner without glancing back. Twenty-two-year-old Sow from Chiang Mai, Thailand, had knocked out Murphy with a left hook to the jaw 30 seconds into the first round despite a 30-pound weight disadvantage." Indeed what the Muay Thai stylist did was bombard the Western Boxer with so many weapons from all limbs, that the boxer had to go on the defensive from the pain and opened himself up for a punch - an arsenal that he was supposed to be more effective with. It's funny how people later tried to fight against Muay Thai by limiting the use of knees and elbows. Makes me wonder whether they were more concerned with beating Muay Thai or someone of Thai ethnicity. If you want to fight against Muay Thai, then Muay Thai is an art that employs knees and elbows. Otherwise, it's not really Muay Thai! Full-Contact Karate and Western Boxing stylists are not prevented from using their techniques during their match against Muay Thai boxers. Old pictures from the classic confrontation at Lumphini are shown below.

After the effectiveness of Muay Thai became apparent, the art fell under the ugly propaganda of other nations. This propaganda was led by Japan at the time. After their full-contact karate fighters were beaten, Japan hired several Muay Thai instructors to train their fighters in the art. At the time, Thailand was not even well-known as a country. Furthermore, it was not a global power in terms of being able to advertise its art. This gave the Japanese incentives to learn Muay Thai, and rename it "kickboxing" to make the world think that it was their art. This caused many people to group Thai fighters and Japanese fighters together as Eastern or Oriental fighters. Many full-contact karate fighters who feared fighting in Thailand began to fight in Japan. Several have had success in Japan, which led them to generalize the claim that they have beaten Eastern fighters. Of course Japan is not Thailand, and for full-contact karate fighters to claim world kickboxing championship without fighting Thai fighters consistently is as ludicrous as claiming world championship in basketball without playing against an NBA team. Fighters like Benny "The Jet" who claim to have beaten Muay Thai fighters have fought with only one or two fighters of Thai ethnicity, who were not even Lumphini Stadium Champions; nevertheless, "The Jet" still acknowledges that it was his toughest fight. You don't know what tough is until you fight in Bangkok. Furthermore, "The Jet" fought under watered-down kickboxing rules, which was really not Muay Thai. When challenged by a real Thai Champion, such as "Golden Leg" Pudpad Noy Worawoot, "The Jet" backed down. You know you did, because my father and his friends tried to promote that fight. Yet, "The Jet" claims to be the world's best kickboxer. Now we come back to the word "kickboxing". If kickboxing is the combination of at least punching and kicking, then Thailand has more historical proofs than any other country that kickboxing was fought in the rings of Thailand long before it was practiced anywhere else. I've included two very old pictures here. Moreover, kickboxing is not a combination of karate and boxing. Many kickboxers today have adopted the Thai roundhouse kick, but still say that kickboxing is a combination of boxing and karate. I'm telling you that the Thai roundhouse kick is not a karate arsenal! Give credit to Muay Thai!Today, most people know that the true origin of the most effective form of kickboxing is indeed Thailand. The name "Muay Thai" is now used internationally in place of "kickboxing". This is due to the acceptance of the true art by many European countries (most notably, Holland and France), and by a few Thai and American enthusiasts who have effectively promoted Muay Thai. So why all this complaining by me? Because sites like the World Kickboxing Associationstill refers to people who know that kickboxing originated in Thailand as laymen. If you people at WKA want to discuss the separate origin of Full-Contact Karate or American Kickboxing, that would be fine. However, don't confound the issue by saying that kickboxing, in general, did not originate in Thailand. Where the heck are you guys getting your sources or reasoning abilities? Muay Thai has always been the National Sport of Thailand! It's simplicity is so effective that the modern form have changed very little from the traditional form. To you WKA folks, I think most people are too intelligent to fall for your propaganda. And we don't appreciate being called laymen just because we know the truth! When you talk about kickboxing, the world does not see it solely as a sport that originated from American Kickboxing. Matter-of-fact, there are way too many countries practicing the Thai form of kickboxing that your assertion - that kickboxing did not originate in Thailand - is way too simplistic. I am not denying the fact that America also developed it's own kickboxing style in the form of full-contact karate, but it is YOU who stated that kickboxing, in general, did not originate in Thailand! You are an organization that is supposed to represent the entire world in kickboxing. So why ignore Thai Kickboxing in the justification of the very first line of your statement?Furthermore, don't group Thai fighters with Japanese fighters as if they were one. It is Thailand that developed knees, elbows, and the shin kick, NOT the Japanese. And, success in Japan does not mean success in Thailand! I'm sure fighters who have fought in both places will attest to that! It also puzzles me why the WKA would separate divisions according to Full-Contact Karate, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai, but attribute the origin of modern kickboxing solely to the birth of full-contact karate. What they should have done was discuss the origin of full-contact karate, the origin of Muay Thai, and admit that kickboxing (as they classify it) is just a watered-down version of Muay Thai. Again, I still cannot believe how many kickboxers use the Thai roundhouse kicks, and still claim that the art they practice has it's roots in karate, without a single reference to Muay Thai!Go to the WKA site and e-mail your dissatisfaction with their misleading information. I have contacted them, but they have refused to answer. But it shouldn't surprise me, since the organization was founded by those who feared fighting in Bangkok when they were younger. Why else would they all have a lot of experience fighting in Japan, and zero experience fighting in Bangkok (when Thai fighters demand much less pay than the Japanese fighters)? Am I being too harsh? One man's criticism is never as harsh as the misrepresentation promoted by a global organization!
Finally, let me say that although I am extremely displeased by the WKA's coverage of the history of kickboxing, I am in no way criticizing the skills of many fine modern Muay Thai boxers who are currently fighting WKA tournaments. I have several favorite Muay Thai fighters who are associated with the WKA. I just hope that when you put on those Muay Thai shorts and throw the Thai roundhouse kick, you will at least acknowledge where your skills really came from. For example, Maurice Smith throws more Thai kicks than any of the WKA Heavyweights; yet, people call his art kickboxing. I guarantee you that the skills of Maurice Smith is more like Muay Thai than any other form of fighting! I also believe that before any of the lighter-weight class fighters from the WKA can claim World Championship, they should definitely have to go through Lumphini Stadium more than just once or twice. In the heavier weight class, K-1 is a tournament that offers some of the most exciting match-ups in Muay Thai. But even in K-1, its Japanese promoters have never mentioned one word about Muay Thai. Just click and see for yourself.Any experienced fighter watching K-1knows that these fighters are using Muay Thai exclusively. I have no idea why the truth is so hard to come by.
We've been talking about styles and techniques here. In the ring, techniques will often dictate the outcome of the fight because two fighters are usually equal in terms of weight, size, and conditioning. In contrast, street matches are often determined by technique + size + agility + endurance + match of styles given the previous four variables. What I mean bymatch of styles is how well a certain style can be applied given the opponent's size, agility, endurance, and style relative to those of your own. If a very large opponent is very difficult to take down with grappling, then low Muay Thai kicks may be more applicable. This was apparent in the Marco Ruas vs. Paul Varelans match in Ultimate Fighting Championship VII. In that match, Marco Ruas had a good match of stylesbetween his Muay Thai techniques and a large fighter like Paul Varelans who was not a good grappler, but difficult to take down. In contrast, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu stylist Joe Moriera did not have a goodmatch of styles with Varelans in UFC VIII because although Moriera is great on the ground, Varelans was so big relative to him that a successful take-down could not be executed. In conclusion, you better be prepared for all types of fighters. And if the situation becomes too dangerous, then you should either learn to talk it out or use a weapon correctly.

Questions or Comments?

JimmyHWoo2016@gmail.com

Recommended Fighting Styles:

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

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

Dutch Kickboxing, Savate, Western Boxing

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