Muay Thai Kicking vs Taekwondo Kicking?

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Muay Thai Kicking vs Taekwondo Kicking?

Suppose a Muay Thai and Taekwondo practicioner of a similar belt level went at each other in a ring but using only the kicking aspects of thier martial art, which one is more likely to have the advantage or win it outright?

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Muay Thai Kicking vs Taekwondo Kicking?

Suppose a Muay Thai and Taekwondo practicioner of a similar belt level went at each other in a ring but using only the kicking aspects of thier martial art, which one is more likely to have the advantage or win it outright?

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I am so sick of all the ignorance on this board about TKD. Let's get something clear. Muay Thai is a sport. Kickboxing is a sport. Tae Kwon Do has a sporting aspect and is an Olympic sport. Tae Kwon Do also has self defense aspects, and forms and is currently used by the Korean military and secret police for practical combat application. The Olympic style TKD is but one aspect of the total martial art. Tae Kwon Do techniques and forms include punching, elbows, knees, etc. However, at the highest Olympic level, you see very few hand techniques. Hand techniques are only allowed to the body and most judges won't score points for hand techniques unless there is "a visible physical change" in the opponents position or momentum. As for kickboxing, there are more than 1 set of rules for kickboxing. Some sets of rules allow sweeps and kicks below the waist (San Shou). Others only allow kicks above the waist (traditional). Tae Kwon Do is a predominant kicking art. We spend more time practicing kicks than any other techniques. Most TKD schools will have a curriculum in order to advance in belts, and that curriculum includes self defense, punching defense, basics, forms and a physical test. Muay Thai perhaps has more a more physical training regime, but that really depends on the place. It has a reputation of being "tougher" than most other martial arts. All three of these martial arts have similar basic kicks. However, kickboxing and TKD will have a wider variety of kicks and more spinning and jumping kicks. All three of the martial arts are good martial arts. I'm not saying that TKD is superior to the others. Just correcting the previous post's misconceptions. James

I practice both styles, and either style could win. It just depends on the fighter. Tae Kwon Do is primarily a kicking art, and in TKD competitions, you score with kicks at least 95% of the time. Muay Thai, on the other hand, is almost all-around in terms of striking and is known as "The Art of Eight Limbs," but it doesn't have as much variety of kicking as compared to Tae Kwon Do. In addition, a Tae Kwon Do roundhouse kick is overall more efficient than that in Muay Thai according to the YouTube video The Power Kicks of Taekwondo. However, Muay Thai fighters are usually trained to harden their shin and utilize low kicks quite often, which is not permitted in a TKD competition, and given a no-holds-barred type of kicking match, if a Muay Thai fighter blocks a kick with his/her shin, it could potentially break the opponent's leg

I'd have to say that in a straight kicking fight, where nothing else is used (no punching, clinching, knees, elbows, or anything else), then the TaeKwonDo fighter will most likely win.

Muay Thai does have a nasty roundhouse, but so does TKD, more than enough to knock someone out with a single kick (I've seen it happen several times and it's almost happened to me before).

TKD fighters just are so proficient with their legs, especially the WTF fighters. They are basically boxers with their feet. The combination, the notorious speed, the set ups, etc will cause a lot of trouble for a Muay Fighter who can't use his other skills.

Of course, this would be pretty ridiculous though. In a more realistic fighting scenario, such as kickboxing rules, the Muay Thai guy would destroy the TKD guy so fast because of all the other tools he has. Yeah, TKD guys are fantastic at kicking. But Muay Thai guys are good at kicking and clinching, and elbowing, and kneeing.

Muay Thai. Because they do not have as many drills and fancy kicks as TDK they develop their muscles strictly for causing pain. Look at the beefy legs of a muay Thai practitioner. They practice on banana trees and lick baseball bats in half. I've never seen a TDK do that. They train to be effective im disabling. MT is almost as bad **** as the Burmese fighters. Those guys are devastating

In an all kicking match, and with Thailand Muay Thai vs Korean Tae Kwon Do (not western for either), I have to say Tae Kwon Do. Muay Thai has amazing roundhouse kicks, and the front kick is pretty nasty, but TKD has kicks to every part of the body, from every angle, from every height, etc. TKD is essentially the master art of kicking (I believe Capoiera [also believe I spelled that wrong] is a good contender for that title as well).

However, this is for art vs art, not fighter vs fighter. If you took a point match TKD fighter vs a full contact Muay Thai fighter, the TKD guy would get smashed. It depends on the fighter. However, art against art, I say TKD.

It's not like in Taekwondo class we spend 5 minutes doing grappling and hand strikes and the rest of the time in class is kicking. So in Taekwondo you can still be as good at other things, not just kicking, if you practice them a lot, which we do. Just to your last part bbqpit.

It all depends on the person... You said "Similar Belt Level" Doesn't mean they have the same skills. I would say Taekwondo, because there are more selection of kicks. And more powerful in my opinion.