Muay Thai - Condition physique

Muay Thai: Conditioning

Muay Thai does involve intensive training and conditioning of hardening the shins, elbows, fists, knees, and head. The hardening of these body parts is painful, but when in a fight being hit with one of those hardened parts is devastating. Other forms of stand-up striking based martial arts, when placed against the techniques and especially training of Muay Thai in a ring context, usually come up short. Such cases are in the many fights held in Thailand and internationally each year. The arts of san shou, karate and tae kwon do usually do not stress the fight conditioning of Muay Thai and thusly do not do as well in the competition fight ring. Muay Thai fighters train to absorb hard punishment and continue fighting as they are or hope to be professional paid sport athletes. Due to the rigourous fighting and training regimen (some Thai boxers fight practically every other week or so) professional Muay Thai fighters have relatively short careers in the ring. Bear in mind that most of the professional Thai boxers usually come from a poorer background and the fight money (after everyone else gets their cut) goes to supporting themselves and their families. Very few higher economic strata Thais join the professional Muay Thai ranks; they usually practise the sport as amateur Muay Thai boxers."