| In summary, there is always only one answer for this | | | | have become more commercial and the worst thing |
| question : If you would like to discover whether | | | | is most of Thais who love Muay Thai keep watching |
| Muay Thai is suitable for you, just come to visit | | | | the fight and turn it in to a betting game!!!. |
| several Muay Thai gyms and try a first lesson | | | | So if you are about to decide to learn Muay Thai, |
| (certainly most of Muay Thai gyms offer free | | | | please make sure that you find out more about it's |
| introduction class) and see whether you want to | | | | history, style and believes in order to understand |
| learn it!!! | | | | more about it, and then let's go to the answer I |
| As I mentioned that everyone can learn Muay Thai. | | | | mentioned above. |
| However, I would like to explain more on that as | | | | II. Have some background of other kind of martial |
| there may be some of you who have different | | | | arts and want to learn Muay Thai to gain more |
| background of martial arts training, from beginner to | | | | experience and learn variety of martial arts. |
| expert boxer, then I want to contribute some | | | | If you are the people in this group, I would like to |
| suggestion which based on my personal opinion to | | | | say thank you for interested in Muay Thai. Your |
| several group of Muay Thai learners | | | | background and knowledge of martial arts will benefit |
| I. New to martial arts, no previous experience and | | | | to your Muay Thai training and you will find it easier |
| looking for something to learn to find out which | | | | to practice than who have just started. As I suggest |
| martial art is the best. | | | | above, it is good to learn Muay Thai philosophy and |
| Every martial arts have their own uniqueness and are | | | | believes along with the art of fight which I think it's |
| the best of its kind. Some of you who are in this | | | | necessary for Muay Thai learners at any level. So let's |
| group may have seen many of tournaments that | | | | move on and learn Muay Thai to get variety of |
| Muay Thai wins against other kind of martial arts or | | | | martial arts and maybe you can mix all of techniques |
| have seen what Tony Jaa perform in the movie and | | | | that you learn and apply for your best performance |
| think that "Yeah Muay Thai is awesome, I need to | | | | in actual self-defence situation. |
| learn that". I can say that if you want to learn Muay | | | | III. People who are interested in Muay Thai from the |
| Thai because of this, it's not wrong, but this is only a | | | | start, dedicate to the training and intend to become |
| bit of Muay Thai philosophy that you have seen from | | | | a Kru/master or grand master of Muay Thai and |
| those fights or by watch the movie. And when you | | | | teach others. |
| decide to apply for a camp, start to learn it and be | | | | If you are a person in this group, I have no further |
| with it for a while, you will see Muay Thai is much | | | | suggestion because I can assume that you have |
| much more than in the movie or in the ring fights. | | | | made a great commitment to learn Muay Thai and |
| The process of training itself, especially, for ones | | | | see it really suitable for you. Please receive my great |
| who want to be a professional boxer, is hard and | | | | appreciation for interested to become one of the |
| requires a lot of dedication. More than anything, Muay | | | | Muay Thai heritage. Just one thing that I beg you |
| Thai has a lot of history and believes behind the arts, | | | | please keep doing is to teach others on what you |
| believes and the fighting technique can not be | | | | have learnt from Kru, as well as maintain the Muay |
| separated. | | | | Thai philosophy along with the art of fight, then |
| I am quite disappointed that even in Thailand today, | | | | people will learn Muay Thai "BY HEART" not only learn |
| some Thais learn to be a boxer just because they | | | | for the fight. |
| want to earn money, some Muay Thai camps now | | | | |