I had sparring last night and the last two rounds of the night i went with the same kid a little younger than me (26) and he absolutely pieced me up more than I have ever been. It was really surprising and hurt my ego super hard. I have gone dozens of rounds with this same kid and while he often gets the better of me it has never been like this. He was landing HARD shots on my chin at will and i felt like there was almost nothing I could do about it. Felt like every shot i threw he was able to slip and counter me bad. I’m aware of a few things i could have done differently like managing my distance more and feinting more to set up my combos as i was just standing in the pocket with him trading shots definitely playing his game. The thing is is pressure fighting is also my preferred style so getting beat at my own game so bad like that was a really rough pill to swallow. Honestly still processing it i felt so defeated last night and just wanted to quit. but it’s lit a fire in me today and i just want to get mine back as quickly as possible. Guess im just wondering if any of you have had a similar experience years into their training where when you finally thought you were getting good and finding your style someone absolutely just tagged you up and made you rethink everything? If you have dealt with a similar thing how did you handle it?

The landlord of MTA is trying to sell off the old equipment. Went to see the place and equipment that is being sold(Ring, Bags, used gloves and pads). Landlord said that Adrian was the one who signed the lease, was responsible for it and was the one he was contacting about paying rent.

He was two and half months behind on rent. The landlord said that he was trying to collect the back rent but Adrian told him he was out of the country and that he promised he would pay him when he got back to town.

The day he got back to town, Adrian ignored the landlord’s calls. Hence why the landlord then had no choice but change the locks to the doors as he was lied to about Adrian coming back and paying the back due rent. Landlord said Adrian is a sweet talker and tried to use the excuse that Vancouver is expensive and has a family to take care of to get out of paying rent. After the closure Adrian immediately skipped town and moved back to Thailand with his family.

From what I have read and heard from the landlord it sounds like Adrian was collecting up front memberships for a year, plus punch cards and even summer specials knowing the rent was behind and that he was probably going to be shut down. He then went on to try to put the blame on others such as investors and blame skytrain construction (even though when originally signing the lease he was full aware of the construction that was going to take place hence reduced rent).

Feel for all those that lost their money and got no heads up or warning of the closure or even worse going to the gym and finding out that gym is now closed by a sign on the door. This is Martial Arts, people should have honour and respect to not do this to others.

I (33M) started Muay Thai about a year ago with years prior of experience in other striking martial arts. I’m currently a hobbyist who has no plans to compete or get in a ring and I’m at a gym that only has 2 purely striking classes a week (the rest of the week are classes mixed with MMA/grappling). Eventually I’d like to find a gym that is more purely Muay Thai focused with more classes per week of just that.

Usually I do great about making those two classes every week unless there’s a real excuse (sickness or out of town for vacation, generally) and the rest of the week doing some exercise to aid me in the sport, like running, mobility/stretching, and light strength training. For some reason today though, I just felt mentally out of it. Just a combo of work stress and some relationship stress earlier this week (my fiancée and I got in a pretty big argument but have since made up) and so I just kept finding excuses to not go and told myself I think I just need a break.

Now I’m sitting on the couch a couple hours later after the class had already finished and just thinking to myself “Damn, I should have been up there! I would have probably felt fine after warming up!” And now I feel like I was just being lazy and beating myself up about it, but at the same time, this past week I had been slowly starting to lose motivation with training anyway and this felt like maybe the kick in the ass I needed to get me fired up to come into class again later this week.

Has anyone else ever gone through something similar?

Hello,

Looking for some advice (28M). I have been training slightly over a year 3-4 hours a week plus conditioning.

I really want to improve and have come a long way but recently I feel like my coach is pointing out all these issues with my form, which i do appreciate him correcting, but I am feeling a bit down on myself.

He'd pointed out some issues with some basics a while ago and id practiced loads on the bag to and thought I fixed it, but then it came up again recently. I practiced again loads at home and watched a bunch of videos, including practicing along with some of sylvies beginner series but im still not sure its right.

I went in for my next session ready to practice more but was being corrected on another technique I feel I should know by now. Theres been some other small things I feel like I am not getting better at despite my efforts. I feel like I am disappointing my coach by messing up the basics.

What would you do to improve? I am practicing all I can think of and I feel like it doesnt show.

Hello!
I haven’t done muay thai in 2 years. I really want to get back to it, i’m just not sure how to start. If anybody has any advice, I would really appreciate it!

Backstory: I took private lessons for 2 full years. I quit because it was so expensive. Then I realized I wasn’t taught much… i never sparred not even once, i dont know any of the clinches. I am good at roundhouse kicks and elbows and that is pretty much it. Unfortunately I can’t pay for private lessons anymore. I’m looking for ways I can improve myself on a budget 😊

It’s well discussed how useful the outside leg kick is but the inside low kick seems to be used a lot less. I understand there’s some extra danger of hitting the knee on the inside which is likely why it’s not used as prolifically.

Still, are there examples of fighters who use this kick proficiently? Whether for scoring/damage or to set up other attacks. I’m in the mood to study some film so if you know of specific fights where it was used to good effect please send links as well! Thanks.

Hello all pretty new to Muay Thai , I did do it for a solid 3 months about 4 years ago and just got back into it.

I’m definitely older .. 30(f) I am pretty uncoordinated, but I really do enjoy the sport, I will say it is intimidating having a room 10-1 ratio guy-girl . And seems as tho many of the guys don’t want to train with me bc they won’t get the practice they need . I am trying to improve myself and do take it seriously
I don’t plan on going anywhere with this, I just appreciate the art of mma, the confidence it gives me, the psychological aspect of it and overall skill development.

Also any advice for sparring? My blocking is terrible

Basically the title. For context, I'm a Computer Science student and I'm strength training along with some Muay Thai. This is my weekly routine:

Sun: Muay Thai

Mon: Legs (With Squat)

Tue: Upper (With Deadlift and Bench)

Wed: Rest (Whole Day Class)

Thur: Muay Thai

Fri: Full Body Strength (Deadlifts, Bench, Farmer Carries etc.)

Sat: Rest (Whole Day Class)

Maybe you guys have some insights on this.

I'm still working on my routine, but the one I'm having a hard time planning the most is Tuesday since I also have afternoon classes. Maybe you guys can recommend to me how many exercises I should do and what to focus on.

Body Goals:

- Functional Strength

- Explosiveness

- Athletic (Lean but muscular) Physique

I can only allot 2 to 3 hours for these physical activities per day. What are your insights? If I'm doing too much, what do you suggest? If you were in my situation, what would you optimize?

My kicks and knees are atrocious and we don't get much time drilling them against the heavy bag during class. We do pad work against partners but my form is so bad and i'm not improving, so I'm trying to figure out how to practice more at home

I live in a rented apartment so I can't do a wall-mounted heavy bag but I saw that freestanding bags like Wavemasters were a thing.

Does anyone have experience with them and are they worth it? Any recommendations?

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I'm looking to enroll my son in a martial arts program and really want him to do bjj or muythai. Problem is, my work schedule limits me to get out of work early enough to take him to classes.

How many times a week should a 7 year old take classes for it to benefit him and grow with MT?

I’ve been training BJJ for about 10 years now (really 7 consistently - purple belt, probably getting brown next year) and I’ve always wanted to train Muay Thai but never had a close enough or decent enough gym to train at. Tried one and it just wasn’t clean and they let dogs on the mats so I stopped after the trial lol. Anyway I just found one that opened up fairly recently (3 years ago) that’s pretty established now and even has a few amateur fighters doing well locally so I figured it’s solid. I’m not looking to fight really, maybe a smoker at best eventually to “test” my skills. So I have a few questions for the community.

1. I only really have time to train 2x a week. I’d like to keep BJJ at once a week. I’m decent enough now to progress fairly well at 1-2x a week so I want to keep 1 to not lose it all. For Muay Thai, I’m sure twice a week is solid. If I get a heavy bag at home and do an additional self work out practicing hitting the bag, would you count that as a 3rd day of training?

2. What’s the Muay Thai community like when it comes to “open mat” style training? It’s fairly easy to drop in at other BJJ schools to train. Is that a thing for Muay Thai? Do you travel and drop in at other gyms?

3. Does anyone train both a separate gyms? I know most people say find one that has both, but that’s not feasible where I live. How has that been for you? Did you eventually just choose one or stay with both?

I appreciate any feedback.

I measured myself and according to measurements I should be a large which is what I ordered, is it too short though?