I (25M) recently did my first Muay Thai class and i enjoyed it. We worked on punches, kicks, knees, elbows and pad work. My punches felt alright, but my kicks were terrible lol. I struggled with hip rotation, balance and generating any real power.
The thing is, I’ve always wanted to learn boxing and I really like it, but Muay Thai also interests me because it seems like a more complete striking martial art and I’d like to improve my legs/kicks too.
I can realistically train around 3 times a week.
For people who have trained either or both, would you recommend sticking with Muay Thai for 6–12 months and learning boxing later, or just going straight into boxing if that’s what I’ve always been more interested in?and what’s more important in real life scenarios?