Muay Thai MBTI -Persönlichkeitstyp
Persönlichkeit
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As a former practitioner of Muay Thai who has practised for a few years, maybe I can provide a few nuances to the martial art. There are quite a few differences that separate Muay Thai from other striking arts, namely its focus on taking the initiative. If you find yourself in a fight, the key to Muay Thai is taking out your opponent extremely quickly and violently. This is not a martial art for those seeking a controlled implementation. You are first taught to *only* use these techniques as a last resort, because there is a very good chance, if done correctly, your opponent could end up in serious critical condition, or worse. This is not an art about control, it's about suddenly ending the fight by any means necessary. Therefore, the traditional Muay Thai art itself, is ESTP in nature. If you choose to engage, there is no time for reflection. You press forward quickly with all the tools in your arsenal, and whatever happens, happens. This is why I tend to prefer boxing as a martial art, because I find there is slightly less risk for my opponent. Even the way I was taught Muay Thai chose to mix elements of boxing into it, in order to make it more controlled and precise. --------------------------------------- So, as with most striking arts, Muay Thai is foremost focused on physical aggression. However, even compared to boxing, Muay Thai is specifically more focused on delivering blows. Boxing is composed of 50% footwork and 50% striking combinations, whereas with Muay Thai, most of the emphasis is using every part of your body effectively in a fight (elbows, shins, fists, knees, feet, etc), and only a small portion of the art is focused on footwork (in traditional Muay Thai anyway). For instance, let's examine the traditional Muay Thai stance. the traditional Muay Thai stance is solely focused on delivering a fierce exchange of blows, and is not focused so much on defensive movement and footwork. If you assume the stance, your body is most importantly faced *square* towards your opponent, arms raised towards your face, and your front leg (and lots of your weight) is balanced on the ball of your foot (to quickly execute kicks). This is in comparison to boxing, in where the weight of each foot is approximately 50/50, and your body is faced away (sort of diagonally) from your opponent for added protection and mobility. This is where I'd add that boxing is a more technical sport due to this emphasis on footwork and mobility, in where Muay Thai is foremost about endurance. Even the most technical aspects of Muay Thai (clinch work) is foremost about taking the initiative and not giving your opponent any time to think or breath by constantly throwing elbows and knees. In Muay Thai, there is very little downtime, and it's all about immediate engagement, whereas with boxing there is a lot more diving in and out. Boxing is foremost a self-defence sport, where Muay Thai is far more aggressive. Training in Muay Thai is almost strictly focused on endurance and conditioning (shin conditioning for example) As such, where I would type boxing as an ISTP sport (due to its highly technical nature that is just as much about mobility, self-defence, footwork, and positioning as it is striking), traditional Muay Thai is about pressuring your opponent 1 on 1 in a flurry of blows with little means of escape. In order to achieve those ends, Muay Thai utilizes every part of the body as a weapon, but that's all to facilitate aggression (Se-Ti). In comparison, with boxing you engage and become aggressive when you see an opening, and a vast majority is about positioning and waiting for that opening first before you engage (Ti-Se).
