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Hello all. I’ve recently joined the Muay Thai Library and am simply amazed at both the quality and quantity of knowledge provided. This is truly a beautiful project! One of my favorite parts is the insight you all provide on the different fighting styles within Muay Thai. I’ve noticed that there is a quite a bit of content on Muay Matt, Muay Khao, and Muay Femur archetypes but not a lot on the Muay Tae style (apart from Singdam and Kaensak) so I was just hoping to spark a bit of discussion about this lesser mentioned style. First a question: Is the kicker archetype it’s own style or is just a sort of offshoot of the Muay Femur style? Or maybe a bit of both? For example, there are some guys like the two mentioned above and Sam-A who utilize a more defensive style, staying at range and scoring with round kicks and teeps; then there are guys like Yodsanklai and Samkor who just smash you into oblivion with a barrage of power left kicks. Would this all fall under the Muay Tae umbrella or would the former group of fighters be consider Femur? Who are your favorite kickers in the history of Muay Thai? I’m fond of Yodsanklai, hoping he’ll bounce back from his loss last weekend and I really like Apidej Sit-Hirun, his style was so efficient and effective, just good fundamentals and insanely powerful round kicks! Very excited to hear you all’s input on this style and to be a member of this awesome community!

That makes a lot of sense, thanks for clearing that up. I guess the style distinctions should be more of a description than a prescription, like fighters have so many subtleties to their style that no one is ever really just one style. I really like that about Muay Thai, there are such high levels of artistry present.

Thank you for the suggestions! I hadn’t seen either of those yet and based off of this Silapathai highlight I’m watching, it’s exactly the style I’m looking for. Thank you so much!

He did gain quite a bit of weight, but fought Sagat as little as 8 years ago, don't know if you saw that:

Unfortunately, this one didn't work out all that well! We got Dieselnoi to set it up, and he came with us and we all sat down and had a conversation, chatted old times, but Vichannoi was not in a place where he wanted to do any instruction. He's gained a fair amount of weight, and seems like a super successful businessman. So, we didn't push it, and instead and a nice talk. Not every effort to film works out!

In general, I think it's pretty good practice to learn to get comfortable throwing techniques higher because it kind of moves your baseline. When you get stressed, your teep might lose elevation. If you are used to throwing higher teeps mid-teeps will feel easier. As to ideal teeping height, this is the way the Dieselnoi explained it, if I recall. If facing a puncher, teep high. If facing a kicker, teep mid (controlling the hips).