To be fair Neil has done a great job in developing his own circuit for his AKA/IKF amateur Kickboxing events with his new set of rules and I am impressed with the achievements he has had with it in such a short time but its not Muay Thai by any stretch of the imagination.


What he is doing with that is very different to what we are talking about here and I want to be careful in my wording of the following so that people don't compare the two things or think they are similar.

We are talking about Junior Muay Thai not kickboxing for points and as far as I am aware we are trying to create a circuit that encourages the youngsters to develop a style that will eventually enable them to win under Muay Thai rules.

What we call the actual "bouts, contests or fights" is less relevant than the emphasis we put on what is good and relevant technique during them.

The sooner we develop a circuit that sees juniors progressing from non decisions into decisions as fast as possible the better.

Kids learn real fast and if you tell a youngster exactly how to win something then that junior will develop a technique and style to do just that! If they are allowed to punch kick and knee each other bout after bout with no decision then they will never learn how to win!

....Give a kid a video game that has set rules and they will eventually work out how to win on their own!