Comments on: Muay Thai boxing

By: Nabil

Nabil — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:40:56 +0000

Me too.

By: Becca

Becca — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:48:06 +0000

Count me in!

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 01 May 2010 05:10:42 +0000

Yes! I’d need your help though.

By: Becca

Becca — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:20:51 +0000

Have you ever thought about publishing a book of your travels (and photos)? It would be pretty awesome.

By: Tommy D. the ProspectingHero

Tommy D. the ProspectingHero — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:10:14 +0000

These are some great pictures. Martial Arts training is intense no what what style you are practicing.
I remember training back when I played college football. We did a strength/stamina class. All we did to start the class was to stand like a t for five minutes. Some of us were dropping like flies.

-Tommy D.

By: ritchie

ritchie — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:29:19 +0000

Wow, these guys are incredibly fast! Would love to see one of these fighters compete in K1. Plus great ring-side pics!

By: ALRIS

ALRIS — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:03:43 +0000

Hey Matt. Great pics. I loved it.

By: Justin Brinkerhoff

Justin Brinkerhoff — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:29:59 +0000

Yeah, the fights are pretty epic tonight. I’m watching them for sure. My jaw is going to drop if Dan Hardy beats GSP.

I would like to see Mir dominate Carwin and Lesnar…

Yeah, Saunders and Fitch is a tough one… Both good contenders.

You know, the Thai Clinch is the most important weapon in Muay Thai, but I have still yet to see a knockout by elbow. I just don’t see enough people use elbows.

Elbows are great because there are no nerves on the backside of your elbow, so you could strike an opponent, with minimal pain to the arm…

By: Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny

Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:12:38 +0000

Agreed! Great fights coming up this weekend – GSP and Frank Mir to win over their opponents. I’m still undecided about Fitch vs Saunders. Those long knees and elbows worry me…they probably worry Jon Fitch more

By: Perth

Perth — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:20:51 +0000

Nice to see some of my home spirit still alive.

By: Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny

Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:25:37 +0000

Hey Rafael, Muay Thai is part of MMA – I’m sure you recognize that to be true. It is elegant and fun to watch. But it’s different. I like the mix of styles. Depending on the practitioner, MMA can be elegant too. GSP – now that’s an elegant dude

I train in Muay Thai, but I’m not elegant yet.

Thanks for sharing your video, Matt. I’m so happy I clicked the lick on the WP Admin page. I usually totally ignore that section, but Muay Thai practically jumped off the page at me. What a fabulous and memorable trip.

By: Muay Thai Kickboxing from Matt Mullenweg | The Clinch.net

Muay Thai Kickboxing from Matt Mullenweg | The Clinch.net — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:23:08 +0000

[...] the founding developer of WordPress (the blogging platform we use). Posted this great video of some Thai Kickboxing. I don’t know if he regularly watches this sort of thing or MMA but he picked some great [...]

By: Justin Brinkerhoff

Justin Brinkerhoff — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:32:56 +0000

LOL

Well Muay Thai is a single “martial art”. MMA is “Mixed Martial Arts”, which all that means is combining different forms of martial arts together to use as combat tactics, in which Muay Thai is a prominent part of that.

Many pro MMA fighters like in the UFC, Pride, etc.., combine different martial arts like Muay Thai, Judo, Jiu Jitsu, Karate, and so on.

So in essence, Muay Thai is but a single element of MMA.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:29:20 +0000

that’s a bit of an exaggeration. Trained for ten years, couple broken bones that healed fine and it is a great sport. Show me the maimed guys – that is just a silly comment.

By: Rafael from Iloveplanes.com

Rafael from Iloveplanes.com — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:58:26 +0000

The first time I heard of Muay Thai boxing was on that travel channel show “Dahani Travels the World.” Those workouts seem intense. I think it’s a much more elegant sport than MMA. That’s my opinion and I’m sticking to it.

By: goofydg1

goofydg1 — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:51:10 +0000

I’ll stick to the pool table. I’m still a legend from a jump shot one night in Baltimore.

By: Bill Gram-Reefer

Bill Gram-Reefer — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:19:06 +0000

I’d rather watch the Russian Roulette scene in Deer Hunter

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:18:09 +0000

need some action, like knock out or something. I noticed 1 thing, asian fighter is little bit skinner but the leg is very fast

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:04:43 +0000

Hey Matt, great pics. I’m here in Thailand too. Speaking at an Internet Marketing Seminar. If you’re keen to catch up for dinner one night or whatever love to meet in person.
Cheers
Shane

By: mrloo

mrloo — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:07:18 +0000

Oh my I am missing a lot in Thailand. It’s in my list.

By: Justin Brinkerhoff

Justin Brinkerhoff — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:41:35 +0000

That looked like a really good match. I am surprised the ref was breaking up the Thai clinch like that, as the clinch is one of the most powerful of the 8 weapons.

I train in Muay Thai here in the US. It is very demanding, and requires a lot of power and cardiovascular health.

Ashley, Muay Thai is practiced here in the US a lot actually. Although I don’t have any official figures or anything, I would guess Muay Thai is practiced moreso than western boxing in this day and age.

The difference is, in western boxing, you have 2 weapons; the hands. You can throw jabs, hooks, and uppercuts.

In Thai Boxing or more officially, Muay Thai, you have 8 weapons; hands, elbows, knees, and legs/feet. The most powerful of them is in the clinch. In the video that is where the opponent ties up the other, and is utilized offensively to drive in knees to the opponent’s legs, torso, or head.

Thanks for sharing this post and video!

By: Ashley A

Ashley A — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:40 +0000

The addition of the lower body seems to make it so much more intense then the boxing we are used to here in America

By: Bill Gram-Reefer

Bill Gram-Reefer — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:27:51 +0000

Muay Thai Kickboxing: Train for 10 years; fight for 10 minutes; maimed for rest of your life.

A brutal sport.