Kung fu or muay thai?

Which style is more on self defence? Kung fu or muay thai? Can a girl learn muay thai?

Kung fu or muay thai?
muay thai without a doubt!
Reply:kung fu is will do %26amp; a girl can learn thai, my sister is taking one of their classes now.
Reply:Kung fu would be better for self defense. Muay thai is good for sport, entertaining to watch, if its not too violent for you. A girl can learn muay thai or anything else she wants to learn.
Reply:A good well rounded style would be freestyle Karate.You will learn stand up,ground,grappling and weapons.What a lot of people don't understand is that freestyle Karate is about practical street defence not who can kick the highest or punch a pad the hardest.It's definitely not a sport martial art like TKD or BJJ.The motto of my style is the best of everything in progression.Basically that means we don't care where the technique comes from we improve it and integrate it into our style while still maintaining tradition as do most freestyle Karate's.


The hardest thing is finding a good experienced instructor.I would recommend Bushi Kai or Zen Do Kai, but if your not in Australia or New Zealand you may have some difficulty finding some one who teaches these styles.These styles also usually have separate classes available to everyone in Muay Thai and BJJ/Submission/Shoot wrestling.If you can't find one of these i would suggest Kempo or Enshin or another freestyle Karate.


http://www.zendokai.com.au/countries2/US...
Reply:For self defense it is definitely Muay Thai. However, for women Brazilian jiu jitsu is by far the most effective art you can learn, because many of the techniques taught in BJJ take place in "the guard" which is the position women find themselves in an attempted rape. Kung Fu is one of the least effective martial arts you can possibly learn. If you want to learn it for "it's beauty", the katas, the history, or to use Ninja Turtle weapons that is fine, but don't let anyone tell you that it is effective for self defense because it is not.
Reply:I take a large combonation of styles several different kinds of kung fu and also muy thai. Muy thai is easy to apply but if you can learn to apply the techniques of eagle claw kung fu or drunken kung fu its better but the thing is the technique are hard to learn to apply. Even when you learn to apply them it will still be hard and take much practice to apply in a street fight. So heres the deal muy thai is much simpler to learn and is very strong. Eagle claw has very good moves but its harder to apply and learn
Reply:I train muay thai, and my wife has been trained in kung fu since she could walk, she is now 32. It is beautiful to watch her train and show some moves. I, have trained with her in kung fu, and she has trained with me in muay thai. A woman can excel in muay thai, as in everything, the more you practice, the better and stronger you get. In the end, you must pick which you feel more comfortable with. Kung fu, in my opinion, is better for the defensive moves for women, as compared to muay thai, but i cant say which is truly better, i enjoy both.