Anyone who's trained bjj or wrestling found useful crossover from Muay Thai clinch?
I think things like cross face, shin shield etc
Hey all. Hope ye are doing well. I had a terrible fight in November got my ass kicked and my boxing was terrible. So since then I have literally being practicing my punching almost daily , proper technique and bringing the hand back . Literally jabbing , hooking and straight punching the punching bag over and over for each punch type . It really improved my boxing. I started now learning straight boxing combos recently. I'm just wondering would it be a good idea after the boxing combo to add in a kick straight after for each combo. This sounds like such a stupid question but I'd be happy to get some opinions 😂
Took Muay Thai a few years ago then life happened. Looking to get back into in here in Dallas but more on the private sessions level. Anyone in Dallas or surrounding area would help.
Plus I think first time around, the thought of breaking my leg especially if I kick and someone checks really freaked me out, has anyone overcome that mental block?
Hi, I am starting Muay thai from Tomorrow, I am 16 any tips for me?
Since the stance is square and the guard is high compared to boxing, I find it hard to block body hooks, crosses, jabs since my hands have to travel farther down to block compared to boxing and midsection is more open.
I've been training for about 18 months now and for the first year I was borrowing from the gym, which is fine when you're figuring things out but at some point you want your own stuff. Also the loaners are, let's say, well-traveled.
So now I'm trying to figure out what to actually buy and I've gone down a rabbit hole that has somehow made me more confused than when I started. Everyone says fairtex for a reason. My trainer wears fairtex. Most of the people at my gym seem to have fairtex but then you look at twins, yokkao, and suddenly there's a whole conversation about which one fits better for clinch work, which breaks in faster, which is worth the money at a beginner-to-intermediate level.
My main use is pad work and bag work right now, moving into more clinch drilling. Not sparring yet but probably in the next few months. 14oz feels right given my size, around 73kg, but I've seen conflicting stuff on that too. I want to understand what I'm actually choosing between.
How long were you sparring before it finally clicked? I’m new to the sport, training maybe 9 months now and sparring once a week for the last couple months. I’m definitely getting better at sparring, but it’s not “clicking”. I don’t see/predict what’s coming and sometimes I feel like I’m just standing there waiting for something to happen. I try to use combos we drill in class, but I can’t even think of many when sparring because it goes so fast. When will it just make sense??
Preferably ones that ship within the US due to the foreign shipping tariff BS please.
Hey guys. Need a bit of positive vibes right now.
My left knee got dislocated badly at sparring yesterday. Went to the ER and was dislocated, damaged joints and a fragment of bone came loose.
I’ve had dislocated shoulders before, bruised ribs etc. They felt manageable, this feels different. Just have this heavy feeling that i f**** up and yeah. Idk where i am going with this, shit feels dissapointing.
Anyone had this kind of injury and how was your journey back to training as usual?
Toward a Theory of the Spirituality of Thailand's Muay Thai << read the article thread here Thailand's Muay Thai Muay has often been characterized internationally as lacking a spiritual or religious aim, or even component, despite spiritual rites still being a part of its performance and customs, and it being developed in - and expressive of - a largely Buddhist country with deep animistic roots. This piece stretches from some the reading of anthropological study of South East Asia's spiritual history, to present day observations of a kind of spiritual "logic" that surrounds many of its practices and motivations. It illuminates Thailand's traditional Muay Thai to think about these more fundamental structures of spiritual thinking.
TLDR: A logic of: Respect, Charisma, Contest, Discipline, Imbuement, Restraint
Been training Muay Thai once every week for the past 2 years. I’m not trying to get into competitions and official fights but I am trying to just get better at Muay Thai overall. Last time I was here, many people told me to slow down and focus more on form and technique, so this is what I’m doing in the video. Also kept some defence in mind.
The title says it all. Please let me know what you think! I’ve been looking at the Hayabusa T3.
sometimes my intrusive thoughts win and I let loose n throw the most wack form taekwondo.
I wonder if it’s ok to buy some fairtex gear ( for the quality or the product) for a beginner. I don’t want to seem like a spoiled child but I’d like to have some quality gear. is it worth the money?
Currently recovering from hip replacement surgery and want to slowly get back into things again. Anyone have any experience with this and how things went? Curious to how long it takes, what kinds of experiences you had, and any/all advice. I've heard of folks getting back close to normal, but I just want to get a realistic take on things. Thanks in advance
I wanna start training, but there are no muay thai gyms near where I live. The closest one would take me half a day to get there and half a day to come back home.
Is it possible to start at home until i save enough to move somewhere else and find a gym?
It has been 1 month doing muay thai.
I'm 5"6 male weight 74kg and 17% body fat. I have been weight lifting fot the past 3 - 4 years but I don't know if the amount of muscles I have is a factor why I gas out because in the mirror i'm not really big, I just have more defined muscles than others. For context I bench 80 kg and squat 120 kg for 5 reps or 130kg for 3 reps. I mainly train low reps with high weights like a powerlifter.
Everyone in the muay thai class even new comers, young or old and even fat or unfit people don't gas out as much as me.
I don't typically do cardio but I thought those 3 - 4 years of weight lifting should've helped my cardio.
I even feel tired after the first 10 min warm up session of doing mainly burpees and short sprints. I'm the first one to fail the plank exercsice, barely last 30 seconds..
My shoulders burn much faster than others during sparring.
Also my kick power sucks so bad even a small kid has a powerful kick than me.
I’ve been doing Muay Thai for about 1.5 months. I really like it so far. I can already see small improvements, so I decided to record myself. Wanted a “before/after in a year” kind of thing.
Watched the video today. Ngl… it looked pretty bad. Way worse than I expected.
The strange part is, it felt completely different while I was training. In my head I was moving way better. Cleaner too. But on video it looks almost like the opposite.
Has anyone else had this happen? That weird gap between how it feels and how it actually looks?
Right now I just feel kinda embarrassed watching it. Makes me even more shy about going back.