I was looking at these adidas shin guards. Are the any good, had TKD gear that was adidas and held up great. They are pretty cheap like 60 bucks USD Any thoughts?

Any recommendations for a backpack that can hold my shin guards, gloves, gear and laptop? I have the Superare Enorme, which is great for holding all of my equipment, but I need something that I can lug to work with a compartment for my laptop.

Does anyone know the walkout song of Petchpanomrung in this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np_w_2EFluU The song starts at 1:10. Thank you in advance.

The other trophies are for tornamients but I'm not sure what this one would have been awarded for

Hey all,

As the title suggests, I'm 30 years old and hit a sudden point in my life where I'm wondering if it is still reasonable to quit my job and train full time while possibly taking a couple trips to Asia to train at Muay Thai gyms (Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam). I ran some numbers and my overhead expenses are very low, I have no significant other or kids, and very little commitments and I don't think I'll have another opportunity to do this in the future.

A little background about myself I started training martial arts for a little over 15 years(Wrestling, BJJ, Boxing, and Muay Thai). I've also been to Thailand and Singapore to train Muay Thai and loved it out there. I'm a purple belt in BJJ, and I've had multiple competitions in wrestling and JiuJitsu. I've only had a couple smokers in Muay Thai but would like to see how far I can take my body if I just trained full time. The thought of fighting in Thailand has been on my mind along with fighting professionally in MMA, but I'm not sure if I am past my prime, (the usual age for professional fighters starts around 25 from what I've seen and heard).

I work in the tech industry full time and my main concern is that I won't be able to find another job like this if I take a gap year to pursue what I love doing which is martial arts. Fighting also has its own risks, but I would also like to use that experience to help me improve as a coach and martial artist in general.

I'm stuck between 2 worlds as one side tells me to keep my stable corporate job and be financially well off, and the other side tells me that time is ticking and finite since Muay Thai is a young mans/womans sport, so it's now or never.

looking for some advice on whether 30 years old too old to be fighting? and how much money would you recommend saved to pursue something like this full time? Is it easy to integrate back into a stable corporate life if that's what I want after this gap year?

Thanks for the help!

Basically the title, since I was a kid I've wanted long hair and it's kinda coming in at the moment but it's at that awkward stage where it can't be kept out of my eyes. Any secrets to keeping it out of my eyes so I can actually see the punches coming at me?

Wondering which YouTube channels are good for learning different punches n knees n elbows and stuff, just overall technique, any recommendations?

I know there are Muay Thai fights in Thailand almost every day of the week, what’re the best places to watch live?

Sup guys, mainly asking the more experienced fighters (high level ammy/Pro) this, but I’m about to go through a change in work, that’ll most likely have me working crazy hours and be a more physically demanding than my current desk job.

Muay Thai is my passion though, and I cannot see myself ever giving it up or “Just going a couple times a week”. I’m 24 about to be 25 and I want to be the best fighter I can be, and I’m starting to think that to reach that goal, going pro is a real probability for me.

For any fighters with labor intensive jobs, how do you manage your training and work?

So I wear a durag to training (because I have braids and also for hygiene purposes), but the durag tends to come undone when we do clinching drills so I was thinking of trying something else. I saw some cyclist caps online that seem like a good substitute but I'm not sure. Any suggestions?

What do you guys think about this? I think Josh king absolutely deserved the win and he’s a complete underdog in the Muay Thai community

I live in a western European country where the sparring etiquette is really fucked imo. Last week I almost got my leg chopped off with a low kick, I limped for a week and had to push through my morning runs. In sparring everyone is super tense and I feel like it snowballs from one sparring session to the next one.

Because you're always in fight or flight mode you can't learn properly or try out new things; you're scared of getting clocked. People can't seem to get their egos in check either.

It's insane actually and it's been like this at all the three gyms I visited here. I want to start training for competition soon but it's not worth it for me to get brain damage, let alone by hard sparring.

I'm having a hard time with this and it pisses me off and saddens me. Especially after training in Thailand.

Sorry for the rant but I needed to share this as it's kinda ruining the sport for me. Anyone else having a similar experience? Any tips on how to handle this? I'm gonna visit a 4th gym this week in the hopes of it being better there. If that doesn't work I'll probably try and adopt a more defensivise/elusive style to protect my brain. Or stop sparring altogether and train at home more.

I wanna fight but I also like going to watch combat sports events occasionally and also the occasional vacation. How do you guys balance doing that stuff and fighting? Do you sometimes just go away for a weekend in training camp or never let anything interrupt your camp?

I’ve got an event coming up that I booked months ago and it would be late in my fight camp if I get matched. So I don’t wanna not fight but I also don’t wanna cancel what I’ve paid for (there’s no refunds) especially since I could cancel it and not even get matched.

Never been in this position before so not sure what to do or what my coach would expect. Hesitant to ask him as well because I feel like it could come across as me wanting to go to other places instead of train for a fight.

https://youtube.com/shorts/c6jLQyw4WbM

He was indeed a beast.

Hi! Im a spanish grappler and I have an ecommerce so I can travel to any country and make my money online. Im very very interested in going 1 or 2 years to thailand to improve my striking. But I need help with the Visa, I dont know what type of visa is best for me, or how do I get It. Im really lost with It, someone could help me please??

Hello! I’m a southpaw, did 1,5 years of Muay Thai not too regularly and started again a month ago after a 2 year break

I noticed that often in sparring I accidentally hit the groin of my sparring partners. This happens often when they stand pretty bladed and retreat when I throw my left kick or when I get thrown off balance and lift my front knee up.

Usually it’s not a problem when my partners wear a guard as it is never with power and just a “slip” but It’s still a bad look and I don’t want my sparring partners to feel uncomfortable. Any advice is much appreciated!

So I have been off training for over a month now and just came back before getting athletes foot, so far I’ve had to take the whole week off but fear it may not have cleared up by tommorow. Despite the medicine I’m using supposedly taking seven days to finish. Of course I know it’s contagious, I have a pretty mild case I’d say and it hasn’t spread to any other people in my family or to the rest of my body or foot and is just between two toes and a little on the top of them. I will probably see a doctor to try and confirm if it’s gone tommorrow but I have been absolutely dying to train as I’ve got all this time I won’t have in a few weeks and am about to get into my gyms fight team. Anyway I’m just wondering if anyone has ever trained with athletes foot by taping and then wrapping it up then socking it, and what the general consensus is on this kinda thing? I know I need to be patient but it’s killing me to have to stay home. Either way tho I really don’t want to be a dick so more than happy to sit tight for now as I know it’s best.

I have been doing technique and padwork with a 220lbs guy and im 180lbs. I have to admit that sometimes it hurts to do the padwork with this guy kicking with 80-100% power

hey all I just wanted to share my experience at a gym that I trained at in Krabi named Honour muay Thai. it has a very homey feel and It was one of the best gyms I have trained at so far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFUV1N6ndz4

Hello! I’ve been training Muay Thai for about almost 4 years now in the states and competed for a year. It’s been a dream of mine to go, but I finally got myself in a better place financially.

I just got back from a 1.4 years hiatus from Muay Thai 1 month back in training hard. I plan to get into fighting shape again and should be good to go by the time I go, which is the end of the year.

I typically do 5 min/3-5 rounds to get in shape with a lot of bag work to get my body back to fighting shape.

I am setting aside 4-6k USD because I am planning to go with my wife and I, including my trainer.

I should be in decent shape already but I know never enough in Thailand but I want to fight atleast once there before I head back home while training there and return fighting a shit-ton back in the states.

Is that possible to get a fight within 1 month? Which gyms do you recommend that will help me with my goals?

Please share some pictures if you have done something for storing Thai belly pads. We got about 14 of them and would like a clean and organized solution for storing them. Ideally hanging them onto a wall if possible. Thanks in advance!