Hello guys ! I do muay thaï since 2 year in my country like 3x a week. And next year i will go to Thaïland for 6-10 month to become fighter there (and learn language too). I whant to know if you have any informations about good gym (good , Can be traditional , with thaïs) where i Can stay for many months and not too expensive (plan to pay 400-450€ /month for training and accommodation ? Maybe food too?) , and gym with some stadium there or where i Can do good fight. Im thinking about this project since 1 year now i need some advice to find gyms. M'y goal is to becoming professional fighter. If its working good to me i will stay more. So maximum budget is 40-450 with accommodation i Hope food maybe and Can fight in good stadium thanks

There is an upcoming amateur Muay Thai fight that would be happening on our place on the second week of December.

I've been training every now and then, mostly twice a week. I do jog for for atleast twice a week as well.

I do train 2-3 times a week all year. Do you think I can join this tournament? I'm not good at kicking, clinching, elbows and knees. But I'm a little confident with my punches and managing my distance. I'm already 33 years old and I just want to atleast have one or two amateur bouts.

Can you share me your experience?

Where online can I find nice Muay Thai brand vinyl rope covers ? I see some sites for custom ones, or Ringside ( Boxing brand ) rope covers. And I’ve seen Yokkao and Fairtex ones before. But don’t know where to find them online. Any ideas ?

Hey people, can anyone link a few fights where a heavy boxer was nullified by a good kicker/knee fighter. Thanks.

Hey👋 I am staying in Thailand for two month(7th of October to 10th if December) and I will probably have a fight on 5th if December. I trained 2x2hours a day for 6 days a week since coming here and I have a couple of questions regarding fight camp and what would be the smartest way to prepare without overtraining too much(A bit of overtraining is probably inevitable).

At my gym, the people preparing for a fight have one morning run and one run in the evening totaling around 7-10km a day and two 2 hour muay thai sessions.

I recently watched a video from Gabriel Varga where he talked about his 3 favourite running routines that he does once a week(each) in fight camp. 1.4k run as fast as possible(once a week) 2.5 hill sprints up a 300-400m long hill 3.Football field: Sprinting the length and jogging the width(I think a total of 5 times around the field so 10 sprints)

I would like to incorporate those 3 sessions into my fight prep but I think overtraining is not far away if I do 2 muay thai sessions daily and those three sessions each once a wekk + 2 easy runs. Also, are those high intensity runs even needed when I already train in a similar pace if intensity during pad sessions and sparring?

I've been training for about 7 months and i improved a lot since i started but i still have a problem with keeping my balance after trowing a high kick. and also my footwork is not the best

Any tips?

Hey everyone!

I’ve been training for a year now and am trying to improve my balance/movement, especially for smokers and fights. I just had my first smoker which you can see clips of on my profile and the main thing I’m struggling with is being able to plant properly to throw strikes but then stay light on my feet to move out of the way.

During my smoker, I felt like my feet and balance were all over the place and I’m not sure if its because of the nerves/pressure but now I’m trying to figure out if theres any conditioning I can do to help me fluidly throw strikes with power and still move around.

Whenever I see thai fighters, they seem to be able to effortlessly plant enough into the ground to throw their strikes while staying tall enough to check and then can also move out of the way easily. Is this a matter of technique with weight transferring or conditioning?

Thanks!

I'm 23 years old, I've been training Muay Thai for a little over 6 years now - whilst dabbling in other martial arts around and outside that time. I was really passionate about the sport and had initially started out completely unathletic and unfit. Now, I'm at a decent level for a hobbyist, I'm good enough as a sparring partner for the fighters of the gyms I've been to.

I used to lurk this subreddit occasionally and remember a particular post long ago dictating the effects of CTE, and how - even sub concussive blows to the head over the long term is damaging to our brains. It's always something I've kept in the back of my head, and even if I don't feel like I'm tagged a lot - I always remind myself of that comment, or how once in a while I'll get touched up harder than usual.

I didn't think too much of it, I just told myself that I'll be careful and nothing truly bad can happen to me. Things changed: Now I'm a year out of college, I'm starting my career - and (now I really look paranoid) there are people I care about whom I'm slightly afraid will one day see me become a different person over the long term due to brain damage.

I think I'm starting to have perhaps above-average anxiety concerning these things.

Somedays I may forget something, stumble my words, or am unable to be as articulate as I'd like to be. These are all normal, everyday occurrences that can occur in everyone's lives, but the idea that I'd never be able to tell whether or not sparring is a non-insignificant factor has always came up to me. At first, it was funny to joke about - but now I'm slightly concerned.

I've raise these concerns to a handful of friends and sparring partners - and we sort of just end up laughing it off. I've been to around 8 gyms over 6 years and honestly while I feel like I'm being overly anxious and paranoid about it, it seems like the community takes the issue of the longevities of our bodies lightly (are we really surprised 😂). Even ignoring brain damage, I wonder if the high impact nature of the sport is damaging my body over the long term, will I be in constant chronic pain when I grow old?

I guess my concerns are a little unreasonable if I just ended up stopping sparring all together. I used to spar every day, and with my current gym and the last, we only spar once a week now. I just came back from a break and got ambushed by an irregular sparring day when I expected to just run some drills - I guess that's what triggered this post from me.

What are your guy's thoughts and opinions on this, whether it be about brain damage or just general long term health? Muay Thai has done wonders for my fitness, but I suspect there may be some point of negative returns as the impacts towards my hands, knees, elbow, etc. will add up. Me, personally, I honestly think I'm going to quit sparring - maybe once in a blue moon I'll pick it up just to feel alive again - but eventually this will probably lead me to stop participating in striking as a hobby all together, because honestly I don't see a point (or feel motivated) in it if I don't spar or fight.

I just feel like I have an entire life ahead of me that no longer intersects well with combat sports. It'll be something that I'll always love though

I’ve always just wiped my gear down with anti bac. Recently had bed bugs and am scared it is on my gear too ( probably not but want to be sure ). Gonna soak all my gear in the bath. Was thinking of using alcohol and water but heard this can dry the leather. Is this true ? What is the best thing I can mix with water to kill bacteria?

So I am a Muay Thai fighter and for this last fight camp I started drinking horse electrolytes. It started when I got THE worst cramp I’d ever had in my life, it felt like a monkey had grabbed my hamstring and wouldn’t stop squeezing it!! I am a very prolific sweater as well so I tend to lose a lot of hydration especially when I am training twice daily with runs and S+C on top of that. It’s been about 6 weeks and I’ve only seen positive effects with it so far, I feel like my muscles are benefiting from it which is making me feel physically more energetic and strong. The portion size took some working out since I’m not a horse so won’t be taking a horses dose. I figured that your average horse is roughly 700kg so since I weigh 70kg I’d take 1/10 of the dose which works out to half a teaspoon. I will dilute it in a 1.5L bottle of Aqua Carpatica water, which is from Romania, it seems to work best with the taste of the electrolytes making it a bit more of a pleasant experience.

It’s worth a try and like I say I’ve seen 0 negative effects yet and if you find yourself over hydrating just lower the dose, take that the dose is for a 700kg horse and do the math to make it for your weight.

Another reason for trying this was how expensive legit electrolytes are, this comes in a 1.5kg tub for £11.99 which will last for months.

So here's a brand new situation I never thought I'd deal with...

3 men in their early twenties just joined our gym this week, they are clearly new at martial art in general, no biggie.

At the end of each class we have a tradition to line up, bow and touch gloves and say good job to each other...nothing fancy. I train with my partner and she came up to me right after class to tell me that those 3 guys refused to touch gloves/bow to all the women who attended class.

I'm super confused I go see the coach to see what's up, he's clearly unconformable and says:

-Yeah those guys are super religious and they refuse to have any kind of contact with women... so no pad work, no sparring, not partnering up with women and absolutely zero contact with any women even with gloves and shin guard on....Told them it was fine but if I couldn't find them partners, I would send them on the punching bag and they would miss reps....

This is in Ontario, Canada and I always saw myself as someone pretty open minded but am I right to think this is absolute insanity? Words is already spreading throughout the girls who attend our gym and they are PISSED to say the least. I feel this is gonna get real weird real quick with those guys with everyone....

Going to a muay thai gym and then demanding that you don't touch a women even with gloves on is like going to swimming lessons and refusing to get wet...

Update : For better or worst, one of the three gentleman decided to spare against the best fighter(ironically he's also Muslim lol) we have tonight at open mat. His nose was sent to another dimension/broken with a beautiful hook kick lol

Hi guys. I will go kaewsamrit gym and have private training with Ajarn Neng. Are there anyone who have trained with him before?

basically, ive been training regularly since about June (not that long I know) and I have my first fight next weekend against someone who’s been playing for a year or two and been in several fights. At first I was pretty hyped for the fight and felt good about myself but after I did some digging and saw how experienced my opponent is, I’m scared. I don’t wanna make myself look like a fool so I don’t know if I should back out or just go for it and hope for the best.

Also, I joined on a pretty late notice (the fight is next weekend and I’ve just been told I’ll be fighting)

So does anyone have any tips on preparing for a fight on this much of a short notice? Any advice is appreciated thanks

Hey, so it’s been a week since my first fight and I lost via 2nd round TKO. He swarmed against the fence and I shelled up, didn’t know what to do, and felt trapped. I know I could’ve done more looking back at the film, but it just bugs me inside. I say I’m fine on the outside, but internally it genuinely bothers me. I’m not mad I lost—of course, losing is not ideal—but it’s the way I lost. I felt like I let my friends and coaches down and wasted all their time. I haven’t shown my face at the gym since and just feel so embarrassed. This loss has had me contemplating if I should continue or just focus on something else. I started off somewhat strong but subconsciously went into defensive mode the whole time after I landed a hard 1-2, which I think rocked him. He didn’t clip me clean but just threw more, and I felt overwhelmed. Physically I felt ready, but mentally I may have had a mental block.

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Will be interesting to see how they adapt to the current KC ruleset, which I believe is equivalent to MMA striking with limited grounded strikes.

Only one I know is saenchai and tawanchai. I would like to know some more to study. Thank you in advance.