Thinking about getting back into Martial Arts. Should I do Tae Kwon Do or Kickboxing?

[The BasedFather]

I need to get back into boxing. Barely any gyms around here

 

[desjardins]

Did you consider capoeira?
It’s probably trash for self defense but seems to offer a lot of what you’re looking for otherwise

 

[UpAndComing]

Did you consider capoeira?
It’s probably trash for self defense but seems to offer a lot of what you’re looking for otherwise

Capoeira has hand striking?

 

[UpAndComing]

Whatever it is you learning, I'd still knock you the fụck out b....

Being from Boston has got you delusional

 

[Secure Da Bag]

I did Tae Kwon Do when was a teen. Thinking of getting back into Martial Arts

I have surveyed all the Martial Arts and have narrowed it down to these two. Which do you think would be better to take up?

Muay Thai.

 

[desjardins]

Capoeira has hand striking?

Of course

 

[Dorian Breh]

Are you in Boston OP? Some decent Muay Thai gyms there.

The answer is muay thai unless you a cozy carl cuddly type like Mowgli

 

[Batsute]

Don’t do kickboxing breh, those a$$holes are fukkin insufferable. They always trying to spar somebody.

I’m shadow boxing at lifetime fitness, “oh cool you box wanna do some “light” sparring sometime”

I’m at my apartment’s gym and these French fukks set up in the common area to go all out. Unless your name is Phuk Tong Satmak, fukk you and fukk kickboxing.

 

[Dorian Breh]

Thanks breh. I was reading like Dutch KickBoxing is the best form of Kickboxing?

Because it incorporates Kyokushin karate, Western boxing, and Muay Thai

Muay thai is the best by far because you learn elbows, knees and clinch plus all the other stuff

Boxers learning all that head movement just to get kneed in the face

Kickboxers shelling up just to catch that elbow or clinch into sweep

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

@KyokushinKarateMan

 

[Dorian Breh]

As many fights as I've been in I never truly felt comfortable throwing a roundhouse at someone. You could do a thrust kick on someone charging you, but if they have any strength they're going to just tackle you. And the pretty shyt I learned to do like a spinning double Cresent kick is just asking for you to get laid out upside down on your head.

I think body and head round kicks are too dangerous. You have shoes on on unpredictable and uneven ground... too risky.

But roundhouse kicks to the legs should have higher utility. You can stay out of range and if you chop that lead leg two or three times the fight might just be over.

 

[UpAndComing]

Muay thai is the best by far because you learn elbows, knees and clinch plus all the other stuff

Boxers learning all that head movement just to get kneed in the face

Kickboxers shelling up just to catch that elbow or clinch into sweep

Ok so Boxers do Clinch. So you're saying Muy Thai does clinching in a more effective way?

 

[Dorian Breh]

Ok so Boxers do Clinch. So you're saying Muy Thai does clinching in a more effective way?

I dont believe kickboxing does clinch?

Muay thai does a clinch that facilitates knees, elbows and sweeps, whereas standup boxing is mostly focused on punching from the clinch

 

[UpAndComing]

A lot of those guys that do grappling long term have fukked up discs, knees, cauliflower ears etc

Damn, really?

 

[Vandelay]

Thanks breh. I was reading like Dutch KickBoxing is the best form of Kickboxing?

Because it incorporates Kyokushin karate, Western boxing, and Muay Thai

I'll be honest I don't know much about Dutch Kickboxing, but if they train you in multiple disciplines, you're good.