GazB Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Have a watch of these. Ramon "The Diamond" Dekker, my favourite Thai boxer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3R4xtjl5b4 And this is a fight scene from the film Ong Bak, amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdylEDTL6SU Just thought I'd share those, both really good to watch. Enjoy. GazB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladesufc1 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 quality film!!! was well impressed with when i watched it.. asfor the other fighter, never heard of him, but he must be good if he got the fighter of the year award, looks hard as rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 quality film!!! was well impressed with when i watched it.. asfor the other fighter, never heard of him, but he must be good if he got the fighter of the year award, looks hard as rock Dekker is very well known in the Muay Thai world. My favourite "foreign" fighter by far. He'd absolutely hammer JWP and the like all over in his day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlos Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Is thai boxing harder to learn than kick boxing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grappler Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Not sure if "harder to learn" is the right way to look at it, they are similar in some ways and different in others. Kickboxing is generally all kicks above waist height and uses punches and kicks. Thai uses low kicks as well as high and also uses knees and elbows. There are good gyms in Sheffield for both styles and I think "Chefkicker" on here teaches a combination of both, as seen on TV in "K-1" events. Both will get you fit and improve your confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefkicker Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Not sure if "harder to learn" is the right way to look at it, they are similar in some ways and different in others. Kickboxing is generally all kicks above waist height and uses punches and kicks. Thai uses low kicks as well as high and also uses knees and elbows. There are good gyms in Sheffield for both styles and I think "Chefkicker" on here teaches a combination of both, as seen on TV in "K-1" events. Both will get you fit and improve your confidence. Most kickboxing clubs only teach high kicks. At AFK however, we teach both styles of kicking high and low.We also teach elbows and knees. Now some of you may consider the elbows and knees or even the use of the shin to kick with as "thaiboxing" at AFK we keep it all under of kickboxing the same way they did in japan when kickboxing was first invented in the early 70's. The name kickboxing was actually first used by the japanese promoter Mr Noguchi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatoichi Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 The Wicker camp is the best place in Sheffield to learn pure/authentic Muay Thai, it has produced several past/current World,European and British champions. Mick that runs the Wicker is also President of the UK Muay Thai Federation. Plus you can train as many sessions as you like for only £5 a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llll_fb_llll Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Yes, Dekker, was very explosive and exciting to watch. Try putting these names into youtube and you'll see more stuff: Sakmongkoi Samart payakaroon Jomhod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Just bought the 4 dvd boxed set of Ong Bak and Warrior King and also got Spirited Warrior from HMV. Tony Jaa is absolutely awesome and I regard Ong Bak as the greatest martial arts movie ever....outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrietta Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 There are some class Dekker video's on Youtube! I found a recent one of him training down the gym - still as hard and fast as fk - now, in some of the earlier vids, he looks so so young . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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