u/TheFightingFarang

In the context of "self defence" nothing has given me confidence like Muay Thai has in terms of "will I be okay if I get into a fight. Now, I trained and fought MMA before Thai, and I had quite a few fights. I also done some version of Muay Thai, however that gym was not super concerned with things like Muay Thai scoring and whatnot. In all honesty it was closer to Muay Thai for MMA. Like Bang Muay Thai I guess.

Anyway, started training at a true Muay Thai place that respects the stylistic ruleset, and the gym is particularly known for their clinching. I feel like what made me confident was clinching. In MMA, if I was clinched up it was straight to wrestling. With Muay Thai however, I know have the choice to manipulate the body AND strike.

Now I can say that I feel WAY less intimidated about defending myself in a fight. Sweeping someone who can't hold themselves so up is so easy. And I have all that boxing style from the gym before, so I have good head movement in the context of Thai. This has all really settled my nerves about fighting. I still try to avoid it as much as possible, but I'm less anxious about fisticuffs than ever before.

I want a dedicated time where we can play ranked with no bans. Like even just as a separate playlist. It gives ubi a more accurate idea of what ACTUALLY needs changing.