Muaythai

The reason why I think Muaythai as the best in martial arts is because, the ultimate aim of every martial art is the make one defend himself in the streets. I firmly believe martial arts is not about winning medals or posing Hifi kicks, there are only part and self motivational techniques to go further, if we are simply winning and posing for photos be sure you are going no further. Muaythai is a combination of kicks including kicks below the belt + punches to the face including elbow strikes which makes it deadly. Though many martial arts include punches to the face and knee kicks they don't apply it while practicing sparring. You cannot replicate a street fight sessions no matter what you do, I will make it short. why Muaythai is the best because 1.It lets you use boxing punches 2. You can kick below the waist (not groin) 3. you can use your elbows, (naturally you expect your opponent in the streets to do all this right? or will you can tell him that punching in the face and kicks below my belt foul!) :) finally 4. Simple non-complicated moves, simple moves are the best because at the time your Aldrin is riding high there is no guarantee that you will be remembering that magic, fancy moves which is best used in movies!, you should be finishing it quickly and move on, Imagine your body as a building, in muaythai they target the basement with knee kicks and the top floor with boxing punching, you cannot avoid boxing punches when you talking about realistic self defense, in muaythai they use the technique K.I.S.S which is nothing but Keeping It Super Simple! the moves are short and damn effective and they practice it on and on and on and on... joints are the key areas which one is used to attack and defend Boxing punches are very essential to be street effective fights, if you have at least witnessed a street fight you will know why its so important, a rogue will have no idea how to kick but definitely he will punch, won't be technically right put if your bring your face before his wild swinging fist you could be knocked down in quickly, once you start practicing boxing punches (even with a head guard) you will be a better fighter, a complete fighter. or else you should be practicing something like Kyokushin Kai! in spite of avoiding boxing punches they are deadly too but still they use knee kicks :). Anything in the full contact format is the best if you want to defend you self. remember this if you have chosen martial arts to defend yourself in the streets. Muaythai is practical, street effective and easy to use and Art of eight limbs is one of the best, once you have decided to learn Muaythai be careful in selecting a club there are lots of Martial art teachers who promises to teach Muaythai, make sure that they are have been into Muaythai especially if you are a beginner! you will have no clue if you are completely knew to martial art its likely that you will be deceived easily. There are masters who are ready to teach anything "new" lol.. wheather its Kickboxing Muaythai or any other emerging art they will quickly cash in , so beware. Read my blog on "Fake Masters"

Beware of the "New Kickboxing Masters"

Are you interested in Kickboxing or about it learn this wonderful art? then BEWARE, this one is for you. There are lots of Martial Art teachers who had a long history of teaching has suddenly switched to "Kickboxing" and that too with no proper knowledge. The reason is because they are trying to cash in on the popularity of the art which is spreading quickly. If you are an amateur or even an intermediate in martial art chances are there that you won't be knowing the difference between Kickboxing and other arts and after enrolling your self with a fake master you will never get the real benefits of kickboxing and finally you may end up rating kickboxing cheaply. So beware and check the history of your master and try to find out what the master is really a master at before committing yourself to a Kickboxing Club

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Kids in Martial arts

This blog is also related to Martial arts, you might be wondering why most of my blogs are related to martial arts that is because I have not immersed completely into anything as much as Martial Arts and even if I am to direct a movie that would have something related to Martial Arts :), now coming back to the subject, ever since I started learning Karate I have always seen groups of Kids flocking the dojo (Martial Arts class room) even I started at the young age of 10, I felt that I would be able to kick a man out but I don't know why I never felt it realistic when I see a young guy kicking a man's life out in demonstrations or for a photo shoots. The "kids karate" band wagon now is more louder than it was ever before. To be frank I can never imagine a kid defending himself in the street fight simply because of the mind set of an young soul and shear size of an adult, there are various benefits a kid gains during a martial art session no one can deny that, for example its a nice place to have fun with the other kids, the exercise which he does along with the senior students improves is confidence level, Actually I am not at against "Kids Karate" if he has to fight with his class mate there are chance that he would easily over power him but unfortunately the same cannot be done when he is fighting with an adult. Never come to a conclusion by seeing demonstration of a kid taking on 4 to 6 guys which you would have easily seen in a Karate Demonstrations or demonstrations of other Martial Art, the reason why I use Karate as an example is there is no Martial Art in this whole world which is as popular as Karate. Karate has the maximum number students when it comes to learning self defense. I have seen some kids with amazing abilities to kick and some who can generate a natural flair of power in their kicks and punches but they are not that common, these abilities are in born and the master should insure that the talent is not wasted. the ratio of those kids may be one in a thousand or the ratio may be even wider

The black belts Kids: I think some of you are seeing this as an "anti kids karate" blog, no its not but I see a little kid with a Black Belt I jus go Omg!!!! this is something which is completely out of proposition, I think the kid is given a wrong signal, to start with I don't think its fair to give away black belts to kids unless they are extremely talented, I have seen clubs which gives away Black Belt to kids every year simply because he or she is a member in the club for 2 and a half years and cause he/she has learned all the Katas (moving meditation, forms in Karate) by heart (though its no little achievement) which is ridicules, a black belt should always be given based on the performance of a candidate, the primary and the most important thing to insure is if he able to defend himself when his life or his belongings are in threat. There should be no compromise in issuing a black belt, no one should be issued a black belt in different standards, I personally feel that giving Belts Belts to kids is a very sensitive issue and it should be handled with care
The better side of Kids learning Karate: Its no secret that what a normal kid has to undergo in the name of Education, a kid today should indulge in some kinds of activities other than Education but once again it should not be forced onto him, if he is in peace with the just playing some thing with his friends in his apartments it should be accepted, If a kid is in my class I won't be expecting perfection in his work its not because I don't care or because I can easily milk his parents, its because I don't have the heart to dictate a kid after his tiresome schooling periods but at the same time I would never under estimate the degree of a black belt and grand him it with love, there should be a different set of syllabus for a kids sessions and it should be filled with fun and some learning tips on self defense, giving a Belt Belt to a normal kid simply because because he has completed the kata's will only give their parents a false sense of security. I will surely do justice to both, my art and to my student, I respect my art and my students so there is no question of issuing of Black Belts unless he is a "super kid" who can take on an adult on any given day