I’ve taken both choy li fut and muay thai, and I can say for sure that muay thai will prepare you better for the street, and will do it alot quicker. Choy li fut does have tons of dangerous techniques that would be effective if you practiced enough, but its hard to find someone to use that stuff on (eye gouges, throat strikes, etc. However, muay thai focuses alot on contact and sparring.It also does alot of clinch work and the entire art focuses alot more on the actualy movement of a real fight. The phycial exertion are the same for both (at least the scools I went to), and choy li fut would be very good in the long run, but for street effectiveness, i would say muay thai.

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