Hi all, I'm new here and new to Muay Thai as well, I just got into it after watching Ong Bak and then some Buakaw fights on youtube ;D
I read somewhere that Buakaws training involves no weight lifting whatsoever, and it looks like alot of MT fighters don't lift weights either. Is there some reason for this that I'm missing? Why wouldn't it benefit these fighters to have more power behind their strikes? I know they can still hit hard, but they don't hit nearly as hard as the bigger guys. I've seen Buakaw land some roundhouse kicks to the head that would be easy KO's if he would just get in the gym and do some squats, but instead the round goes on and Buakaw usually ends up winning by decision.
Then I see guys like Cro Cop who obviously do strength training, and it clearly pays off for them because when Cro Cop lands that left roundhouse to the side of your head, even if he doesn't hit you dead on, you are NOT getting up from that. Buakaw has just as much exploseviness, speed, flexibility, and skill as Cro Cop, or so it seems, but he doesn't have the same power, and so his fights almost always go the full length.
Any insights?
I read somewhere that Buakaws training involves no weight lifting whatsoever, and it looks like alot of MT fighters don't lift weights either. Is there some reason for this that I'm missing? Why wouldn't it benefit these fighters to have more power behind their strikes? I know they can still hit hard, but they don't hit nearly as hard as the bigger guys. I've seen Buakaw land some roundhouse kicks to the head that would be easy KO's if he would just get in the gym and do some squats, but instead the round goes on and Buakaw usually ends up winning by decision.
Then I see guys like Cro Cop who obviously do strength training, and it clearly pays off for them because when Cro Cop lands that left roundhouse to the side of your head, even if he doesn't hit you dead on, you are NOT getting up from that. Buakaw has just as much exploseviness, speed, flexibility, and skill as Cro Cop, or so it seems, but he doesn't have the same power, and so his fights almost always go the full length.
Any insights?