Dutch kickboxing and Muay Thai

Key facts:

• No Dutch round length, score or technique list is printed. We did not open the PDF.
• A class with that name follows the gym's timetable.
• IFMA Muay Thai, filename 11 May 2026: ten-point must, gum shield not red or pink.
• The kickboxing comparison holds the elbows, clinch and knees split. This page does not redo it.

What we will not invent

A comparison page is an easy place to fake a quote. We will not. If a coach says their Dutch-style hour has no elbows and no clinch, that is their hour. If another coach clinches in a class with the same label, that is a different hour. The word Dutch on a UK timetable is not, by itself, a citation.

The sibling page, Muay Thai versus kickboxing, is the place we already separated elbows, the clinch and knees, using IFMA material that page names. Read it for that split. Do not treat this URL as a second rulebook.

What the Muay Thai sheet does say

IFMA, fetched 10 Oct 2026, scores with ten-point must and does not allow fractions. A gum shield is form-fitted and must not be red or pink. YOOT stops the action, YAEK breaks the clinch, and CHOCK sends the athletes back to boxing at range. Those are referee commands in the 2026 PDF, not a Dutch glossary.

Elite rounds in the 22 Dec 2017 IFMA PDF are three rounds of three minutes, with one minute rest. Youth bouts in that PDF are shorter. The 2026 round table did not extract cleanly. Rajadamnern five-round shows, and RWS three-round bouts with a five-round main, are stadium formats. None of those lengths is offered here as a Dutch rule.

How to choose the class

Ask three things. Is there a beginner hour? Are gloves lent? Are elbows and the clinch in this class, or in a different class on the same timetable? Write the answers down. The training log is a place to keep them. It does not tell you which style is better. We have no study, and we will not invent one.

London lists 131 gyms, and 50 state beginner classes. That is not a count of Dutch-style sessions. A blank line is unstated, not a ban.

Sources

• No Dutch, GLORY or WAKO rules PDF was opened on 10 Oct 2026. No round quote from those sheets.
• IFMA rules v3.057, filename 11 May 2026, fetched 10 Oct 2026. Ten-point must. Gum shield not red or pink. Commands YOOT, YAEK, CHOCK.
• Kickboxing comparison on this site: elbows, clinch and knees are the Muay Thai side of that split. This page does not add a new rules extract.

FAQs

What is Dutch kickboxing, on this page?

A label some gyms put on a kickboxing class. We did not open a Dutch rules PDF, a GLORY PDF or a WAKO PDF, so we will not quote a round length, a scoring line or a permitted-technique list from any of them. If the timetable says Dutch style, ask that coach what is in the hour. Their answer is the class. A forum definition is not a ruleset.

How is that different from Muay Thai?

The Muay Thai sheet we did read is IFMA. Our kickboxing comparison treats elbows, the clinch and knees as the Muay Thai side of the split, and it cites the IFMA PDFs for round lengths it actually extracted. This page does not re-quote a Dutch rule to make the contrast sharper. A gym can teach both. The name on the timetable is the start of the question, not the end.

Can I use Muay Thai rounds as the Dutch rounds?

No. Elite IFMA rounds in the 22 Dec 2017 PDF are three rounds of three minutes with one minute rest. The May 2026 round table did not extract cleanly, so we do not cite a 2026 IFMA round length either. Neither figure is a Dutch rule. Stadium cards are a third format. Do not paste one bout length onto another sport because the gym shares a building.

Which class should a beginner book?

The one that states a beginner hour and will lend gloves, if you do not own any. In London, 50 of 131 listings state beginner classes. That count is not a Dutch-style count. Ask whether elbows and clinch are in the hour before you turn up expecting them, or expecting them to be banned. The coach's sheet beats a search result.