Time to start some controversy
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...59&q=muay+thai

Keep in mind that I do Muay Thai myself, and I'll keep my thoughts on this video to myself for a bit

 

And just for the hell of it:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...80&q=taekwondo
vs.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...71&q=muay+thai
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...1987&q=kaoklai

 

seemed like he was holding back.

 

It's not the style, it's the fighter.

 

the muay thai guy isnt doing anything!!? i think they are just showing the other dudes highlights.

 

im really not to familiar with taekwondo but it seems like kicks are their prefered way of striking. i like muay thai better...... knees, kicks, elbows and thai clinch what more can you ask for? maybe i need to look into taekwondo a bit more.

 

i know.

 

that muay thai guy can't fight. he's not even thai.

 

you dont have to thai to be good, check out ernesto hoost

 

wow. that muay thai actually got hit by a triple flying kick thing in the air, i use that move in tekken with hwaorang but didn't think it would actually work in real life!!!

 

ouch ! he got rocked !

 

I know that a few i-clubber's a actually quite schooled about various martial arts but still wanted to chime in a few bits.

1. Chuck Liddell has original background in a karate derivative (for oversimplification I suppose most people lump all striking styles of Japanese origin under the term "karate" so o well). Chuck beat Vitor Belfort, who KO'd Silva in the first round. Chuck beat Ortiz, who owned Shamrock. Go figure. By now I think most educated people recognize the merits of the individual fighter and NOT the style, but just thought I'd throw out that bit.

2. TKD is the biggest WTF (no pun intended) in the TMA world. I think 99.99 percent of everyone out there uses TKD is an umbrella term for a striking style of Korean origin, but what they MEAN to say is a striking style of WTF or ITF origin. This is a big difference, the same as lumping all combat systems of Chinese origin as "kung fu".

 

Rob Kaman, anyone?

 

As per my above post, depends. Some of the korean styles that trace lineage to before the second half of the 20th century are heavy in elbows, knees, what have you. I used to train in "taekwondo" school that used a JKD stance, boxing punches, Muay Thai roundhouses, go figure!

There's a thread in the BAIC section of this forum that links to a Silva video. In it there's a guy who goes for a shoot but Silva just nails him in the head with a knee/kick. Awesome stuff.

 

Hah, well if you watch enough Pride and UFC, and moreso K-1, you will see people get hit (and knocked out) by all sorts of whacked sh.it