Muay Thai fighters are taught to take their good time until an opponent gives them an opening then aggressively advance forward and strike. Often, these openings will come after an opponent has thrown a strike of their own, and counter-attacks are a fundamental part of Muay Thai. There is little head movement, weaving, and circling like you will see in boxing and kickboxing.
The movement of kickboxers generally tends to be a bit more fluid and defensive in nature compared to the movement of Muay Thai fighters. Kickboxers will use their footwork and angles a little more to set up attacks rather than relying on aggressive forward motion and counter-attacks. The types of strikes you will see in the two martial arts are different as well. There are very few artistic or exotic strikes taught in Muay Thai.
With kickboxing, though, you will learn a much wider range of strikes. Lastly, the manner in which Muay Thai fighters and kickboxers throw kicks also differs. Instead, Muay Thai fighters are taught to land blows using the middle portion of their shin.
With kickboxing, though, there are a wide range of kicks that land using the foot, lower shin, and middle shin alike. Muay Thai is often seen as the more complete martial art of them all since it incorporates the clinch, elbow strikes, and knee strikes while kickboxing does not.
However, a person could still stand a lot to gain by being trained in both martial arts. Muay Thai fighters could use kickboxing to improve their movement and learn a few more of the skills and techniques taught in pure boxing. They could also use kickboxing to add a wider range of more complex strikes to their arsenal which could be used to devastating effects in the right scenario. The chance of a faster finish is much more likely because there are more weapons. Then there's Muay Thai.
These guys can punch, kick, knee, elbow, and use those weapons everywhere. You end up seeing even shorter rounds because the odds they can finish fast are higher. When it comes to martial arts, the more weapons you have, the more chances things are going to get finished soon.
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Thank you Champion's Creed. Technical knockout : If a contestant is no longer capable of taking part in the fight owing to an injury not caused by a prohibited technique. Technical knockout : If the contestant does not leave his corner to take part in the fight following the sounding of the bell. Technical knockout : If the referee is of the opinion that a contestant is totally outclassed or is physically far less fit. Draw : If the match is allowed to end in a draw and if, following the end of all rounds, at least two of the three judges or three of the five judges do not pronounce one of the fighters a winner.
No contest : In a single-match-bout, if a fighter cannot continue as the result of an accidental foul and the bell has not yet sounded completing the second round of a three round bout, or the third round of a five round bout. If this method fails to determine a winner, the tournament victory shall be awarded to the fighter according to the following prioritized criteria:. Only in rare instances, such as subsequent to repeated warnings for the same foul, will the referee take a point or points from a fighter for an accidental foul.
If a single-match non-tournament bout ends due to an injury from an intentional foul, the injured fighter will win by Disqualification. If the injury from the intentional foul is not severe enough to stop the bout but then later is further aggravated by legal techniques enough to warrant an end to the match, the partial round is scored and then we go to the score cards for the technical decision the bout does not need to have progressed past a minimum number of rounds.
If the fouled fighter is ahead on the score cards, the fouled fighter will be declared the winner by technical decision. An intentional foul which causes injury but does not cause disqualification requires a two point deduction. The referee starts the DOWN count after he has sent the opponent to the farthest removed neutral corner. The opponent waits in his neutral corner until the referee gives him permission to leave this corner and resume the fight.
If the opponent leaves his neutral corner before the referee gives the sign, the counting stops and only starts again once the opponent has returned to his neutral corner. During the DOWN count it is not permitted for either of the corner men to approach his fighter in any way.
The referee is obliged to continue counting until the eighth count and then assesses whether the fighter is capable of resuming the fight in a responsible manner. If at the eighth count the fighter in question is, for whatever reason in the opinion of the referee, not standing in the proper position to resume the fight, the referee will continue to count to ten, which means the fighter will lose the match on the grounds of a technical knockout.
While the referee is counting it is not permitted for the coach or one of the seconds of the fighter who is down to throw in the towel or indicate in any way that the fight is being given up. In the exceptional case of both fighters being knocked DOWN, the referee will begin counting for both fighters at once. After the eighth count, the referee will assess whether both fighters are deemed capable of resuming the fight. If, in the opinion of the referee, this is the case, then the match can be resumed.
If one of the two fighters is still deemed incapable of resuming the match after the eighth count, but his opponent is deemed capable when the referee reaches the count of ten, then the latter wins by technical knockout.
If neither contestant is capable of resuming the fight at the eighth 8th count, then the referee will complete the count to ten 10 and if neither fighter can resume than the bout will be declared a draw.
The referee ensures that in counting to eight 8 or ten 10 that a full second must pass between each count. Punches — striking with the padded part of the glove to a legal target: i. Kicks — striking with the foot or lower leg to a legal target: i. Knees — striking with the knee to a legal target: i. Caution ; A caution is given in the event of a minor violation.
It may occur without stopping the action of the bout. Official Warning ; In the event of repetition or a more significant violation, the referee will issue an official warning. The referee will stop the action and make it clear and obvious that that the fighter has been warned for their infraction.
Penalty ; In the event of violation the referee may assess a penalty point or points. The referee will stop the action and send the fighter who will not be penalized to the farthest neutral corner.
He will than indicate to the fighter and to the officials the nature of the reason for the penalty and the point s deduction. The referee has the discretion to issue Cautions, Warnings, Penalties or Disqualification based on the nature, severity and repetition of the fouling behavior. The minus points accrued from penalization are first deducted from the points scored before the final score is made known.
It should be noted that in assessing the general impression, attack is valued higher than defense. The scores of the previous rounds are cancelled out and only the score of the sudden victory round is used to determine which fighter earns the win. Judges may not score the extra round even a draw. A tournament final match may be extended by a maximum of two sudden victory rounds if necessary to determine the winner before the emergency ballot would be used.
In the event the referee wishes to consult the ring doctor regarding an injury sustained by one of the fighters, he will stop the match and refer the uninjured fighter to a neutral corner. He will then request the ring doctor to enter the ring in order to examine the injury.
The trainer must not enter the ring. The ring doctor will advise the referee whether or not to continue the match. In the event an injury occurs during a match not as the result of a foul; if the injury is the result of a legal strike or strikes, and the injured fighter can or should not continue, the injured fighter will lose by TKO.
If after the eight-count the referee determines that the fight can continue he will restart the bout. If the referee determines that the injured fighter cannot continue then the injured fighter will lose by TKO. The use of stimulants before or during matches is forbidden. Fighters are, if desired, obliged to take part in a doping test.
Stimulants and doping include, among other things, cerebral stimulants, amphetamines and anabolic steroids. Fighters and coaches are required to only tape the hands the under supervision of an authorized official.
The tape is used, among other things, to keep bandages in place. Building up layers of tape to pad the knuckles is forbidden. It is permitted to tape the bandages around or on the knuckles but the thickness of the layer of tape applied must not exceed 1 mm 3 strips. Normal soft bandages bound around the wrist and hands are allowed to be taped up to around 2 cm under the knuckles.
Bandages on places other than the hands must be approved by the ring doctor and requests to this end must be submitted in advance to the head juror after the rules meeting. It is forbidden to hold any object on or in the hands or fingers and the use of inner gloves is also prohibited. Taping ankles for reinforcement is allowed provided no hard materials are located on or under the tape and the tape is covered by an ankle stocking.
A taped ankle without ankle stocking is not permitted. Please note that the regulations addressing the taping of the hands and feet vary from state to state in the US. Please be certain to acquire a copy of the regulations for each specific state in which you will compete.
All other materials contestants wish to use to protect limbs or avoid injuries are only permitted with the consent of the presiding regulatory body or state athletic commission. Request for consent should be submitted after the rules meeting and monitoring and initialing of all materials is always carried before the match begins.
The use of Vaseline on the face is permitted to a limited extent. The referee determines whether or not this is the case. All fighters must put their gloves on in the presence of an official who then tapes and initials them. The gloves may only be taken off when the match is over and not in the ring but only once the fighter has left the ring. All fighters must submit their medicals prior to the match date. The organization will indicate which medical tests and blood tests have to be completed.
Fighters participating in tournaments will also be examined by a ring doctor between each phase of competition. No exceptions will be made for this rule. Matchmakers are instructed to disregard any fighter who has not submitted MRI scan post-knockout. The weight of all fighters is monitored on the day prior to the match. Fighters are obliged to be at their agreed weight. If a fighter has excess weight, he will be given the assignment to achieve the proper, agreed weight within a time limit established by the presiding regulatory body or state athletic commission.
If he fails to achieve the agreed weight, then he will be penalized according to the regulations established by the state athletic commission which may include fines, disqualifications or other measures. For tournaments other than ranking tournaments, one or two additional matches may be added to ensure a fighter is on standby for the tournament if, owing to circumstances, one of the final eight qualified fighters is unable to participate further in the final tournament.
For tournaments other than ranking tournaments, the following rules apply regarding the order of the substitution options if a fighter in the qualifying round who would have advanced to the next round in compliance with the regulations is unable to continue participating owing to circumstances:.
The matches are adjudicated by a minimum of three and a maximum of five judges. The jury members are authorized to award points and submit an assessment for each round of a match.
The ring officials are responsible for ensuring circumstances in, around and outside the ring are in accordance with the rules as well as supervising the corner men.
There must be a minimum of two and a maximum of four ring officials. The ring officials accompany the fighters to the ring check prior to the event.
The backstage officials are taxed with monitoring the bandages and gloves and must ensure that the fighters are ready on time for the upcoming fight. The timekeeper is responsible for monitoring the duration of the rounds of a match. By sounding the gong, the timekeeper signals the beginning and end of the rounds for the referee.
The gong is therefore an instruction for the referee. The score is communicated to the announcer and the coordinators so it can be displayed on the score board. The announcer is responsible for announcing the match, warnings and the scores. Appeals pleading unfamiliarity with the rules will not be accepted.
Each event must be preceded by a rules meeting. Protests that address either a misapplication of a rule or regulation, or an irregularity or impropriety regarding the conductance of a contest or event should be submitted directly to the presiding government regulatory commission or agency that supervised the event, and be presented in accordance with their procedures regarding protests.
If the event occurs in a location where no government commission or agency has jurisdiction, the protest should be directed to the independent arbiter or sanction organization contracted to provide impartial regulatory supervision of the event, and in accordance with their procedures regarding protests.
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