A form in Muay Thai?

I recently joined Team Lloyd Irvin in VA, where they teach Muay Thai and BJJ. However, after a few classes, I notice that the only thing i'm doing in muay thai is just practicing lower-leg kicks, as well as some elbows and knees thrown in. Nothing really significant compared to any other art i've done.

So I try my best not to base MMA off movies, but in Ong-Bak, the protagonist does these sorta forms that imitate elephants, and all these other things (near the beginning of the movie). So that leads me to this question...

Is there a form part to Muay Thai? Luckily i'm doing a 30 days "no strings attached" trial to the Muay Thai gig, but is there any more to Muay Thai then just kicking a bag all day? I'm practically MT illiterate, so an help would be deeply appreciated, as I want to learn MT really badly.

The forms come from the older styles of MT like Muay Boran etc. I am not an expert or anything my friend but the MT of today is for fighting, pure fighting and competition. Forms will not help you in the ring or on the street. If your looking for "art", lean towards a form based style but if you want pure fighting lean towards boxing, MT, kickboxing and MMA.

So padwork, bagwork, clinch work, and sparring is about all you will see now but it is for sure worth it.

Brandon

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So padwork, bagwork, clinch work, and sparring is about all you will see now but it is for sure worth it.

Brandon

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my taekwondo club trains this way, thats why i like it better than other tkd schools but im starting muay thai and its bomb