Muay Thai is not one style but many. Fighters are classed as Muay Femur (technical fighters), Muay Khao (knee fighters), Muay Mat (punchers), Muay Tae (kickers) and more, and every gym has its own approach. This section explores those fighting styles, the champions who defined them and the strategy behind each one. For an overview, read our complete list of Muay Thai styles.
From a glance, one would say that Muay Thai and BJJ are two martial arts with nothing in common. But if you look a little deeper, Muay and BJJ do share a few small similarities. Let’s put Muay Thai vs BJJ and see how the two different martial arts match up with one another. Going…
Many often lump in Muay Thai and kickboxing as the same thing, but this would be an incorrect assertion. They may seem similar, but they are two very different sports from one another. Here is what you need to know about Muay Thai vs Kickboxing. Going through all of the differences and similarities that the…
The many styles of the Muay Thai fighters typically revolve around the different tools available to them, from the Muay Tae’s powerful kicks to the Muay Khao’s knees, The Muay Mat chooses to forgo the majority of traditional techniques instead choosing to favor an intense forward-moving aggressive style deploying explosive punching combinations to overwhelm and…
The sport of Muay Thai affectionately called “the art of 8 limbs” by its fans and practitioners is famously fought on the legendary stages of Rajadamnern and Lumpinee, and more recently televised across the world on promotions like Lion fight and ONE FC. Known for its intense and often bloody contests, the sport itself is…
When people think of Muay Thai as a sport they think of vicious elbows and knees, but perhaps more so they also think of powerful kicks and the countless amounts of footage depicting head kick knockouts throughout the years of competition in the Bangkok arenas Rajadamnern and Lumpinee. From the world famous Buakaw Banchamek to…
One of the main things that separate Muay Thai from western kick-boxing is the inclusion of elbows and knees, arguably no other fighter-style embodies this difference more than the Muay Khao fighter. One of the most prominent and successful of the fighting styles that grace the arenas of Bangkok are the Muay Khao, with their…
