Yeah, I train Muay Thai and I've never gotten into watching MMA for similar reasons. I don't even really like all the "entertainment" Muay Thai with 4oz gloves that One has been promoting, it feels like they really want the blood and higher risk of injury to draw a crowd. I recently was watching some more traditional, older Muay Thai fights with a friend who doesn't train, and they found it somewhat boring, probably because they're not seeing what someone that has trained is seeing. In entertainment Muay Thai I've seen refs let knees to the head slide when it's clear the person is already knocked out and they're on their way to the canvas.
Recently there was an interview with Takrowlek Dejrat [1] and he talks about how defense was something that they spent a lot of time with first as kids training, which is different than this generation of fighters. Which I find to be true in my own training, I often feel like working on defense is something we only drill as an after-thought to offense.
Recently there was an interview with Takrowlek Dejrat [1] and he talks about how defense was something that they spent a lot of time with first as kids training, which is different than this generation of fighters. Which I find to be true in my own training, I often feel like working on defense is something we only drill as an after-thought to offense.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsDfdeQ5iRM