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Just as a thought for debate maybe, strength and conditioning seems to be something that is oftentimes fairly overlooked in thai boxing/kickboxing.
Certainly, I overlooked it myself, until I fortunately got the opportunity to train for a time, in a gym that had a stronger focus on this, and felt how dominant the stronger fighters were.
In mma, there seems to be more of a focus - as wrestling, an mma base, after learning the base techniques, has huge roots in pure athleticism - when technical abilities are fairly even, 9/10 times, the stronger guy will win.
Of course, there will always be, and I guess should be, a higher priority placed on technique, but given the potential for athletic development that so many guys have, the actual focus in terms of their overall routine, it seems to be quite limited?
Hope I'm not making any brash or "know-it-all" type of statements, but looking at guys that for sure, are well versed technically, and also have developed well athletically, they seem to have such a huge advantage.
Simply, I guess, because that athleticism lends itself to one have the ability to impose themselves so much for effectively.
Again, not to make any brash statements, but the typical approach towards S and C in allot of gyms seems to be, "do your push ups, sit ups, and a few chin ups, and that'll do you".
Which really, leaves that potential of athleticism, quite unexploited.
Looking at fighters,
in mma, Jon Jones,
kickboxing, Melvin Manhoef,
ground fighting, Paulo Filho,
just to name a very limited few, their strong athletic base is really what gives them a very certain edge and has allowed them to become so dominant in their respective disciplines.
Should thai boxing gyms put more of a focus on more thorough and in depth conditioning routines?
Or is that something that should simply be left up to the fighter themselves, when they reach a point where they feel they want to take their training up a notch?
sorry for the excessively long post!