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Muay Thai / Kickboxing
Muay Thai is considered the most useful of all
the striking arts. An amazing full body workout, it is referred
to as "The Science
of Eight Limbs", as the hands, shins, elbows, and knees are
all used extensively. A master practitioner of Muay Thai thus
has the ability to execute strikes using eight "points of
contact,"
as opposed to "two points" (fists) in boxing and "four
points" (fists, feet) used With the success of Muay Thai in mixed martial arts fighting, it has become the de facto martial art of choice for competitive stand-up fighters. As a result, it has evolved and incorporated much more powerful hand striking techniques used in westen style boxing. Starting in the 1990s, Muay Thai has enjoyed a boost in popularity worldwide as it hasbeen very effective in mixed martial arts fights, such as those held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships and Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Mixed martial artists such as Marco Ruas, Wanderlei Silva and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (of the Chute Boxe Academy) have combined many striking elements of Muay Thai with grappling, submission, and choking elements from Judo, Wrestling, or into a hybrid synthesis that has been highly effective in defeating practitioners of "pure" martial arts. Other fighters that have used Muay Thai as their primary style in mixed martial arts include Duane "Bang" Ludwig, Yves Edwards and Spencer Cooper.
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the primarily sport-oriented forms of martial arts. Muay Thai
is an especially versatile, brutal, straightforward martial art.
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