My dad's friend is educating me on the basics of Muay Thai right now. I can tell that it'll probably take me a couple years to get basics down.

So I'm wondering if anybody else is studying Muay Thai?

yeah i joined a club here in thailand and have been training for about 4 months but im nowhere near confident enought to fight yet. im just enjoying the buzz there is so much to learn and taking the shots makes you think but i thnk there is a lot more to the sport than just the fights there is a honour code and respectful way to be a muay thai fighter and i know jack squat so far.except lips bleed easily off shin bones

Same here. My confidence will probably blow up when I get better as time passes. And I'm pretty sure there is an honour code as well.

Are there plenty of students training alongside you? Because my study is individual training. And do you find the training a bit tiring? Because I sure do. Especially continuous forward knee leaps.

PS - And if there is one thing I hate the most, its taking a hit to the face.

*raises hand* i do.

Woo-hoo. More Muay Thai peeps.

^ hey u, where have u been lately??? I no see you post recently!

They used to teach Muay Thai at the temple in London, I used to hide and watch all the guys in their muay thai shorts all the time!

Ugh, my mentor got me in a real bad clinch today and threw these knees at me from all over the place. But in anycase...



I'm back, beautiful, and I'm still kickin'. How have you been? I missed talking to you around here and seeing your beautiful face.

To be on topic, would you like to see me in my Muay Thai shorts and boxing gloves? If I kick high enough, you might get to see something. Tee-hee just kidding.

PS - What happened to your avatar? You had your picture on there.

tut tut! You shouldn't call him your mentor......you should call him "ajarn"!!!

So what colour Muay Thai shorts you got???

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lol, you've been gone a mighty long time! That avatar pic got taken down a LONG time ago!!!

But keep calling me beautiful!!! It'll get you far!!!

You're one of the few priviledged ppl on AF to have seen a pic, so try to keep it quiet otherwise ppl might get pissed off with me!!!

Haha yes love. I'll keep it quiet. Its too bad people around here haven't been as lucky as me to see you in all your beauty. And my shorts? Well, for me to know and you to find out.

As for calling him "ajarn", if I do that he'll be like "Who taught you that word?!"

Me and him haven't went over respect and whatnot. But I'll start calling him "ajarn."

lol. Would he be angry if you've been learning stuff from elsewhere???

As long as your shorts aren't like one of thost cheap strangely coloured ones that just look like a pair of strange boxers!!!!

A pair of strange boxers? No, I don't think so. And as for my ajarn being angry, probably not. At least, I hope not. And what are strange colours, anyway?

And did I mention that I'm in love with you? Yes, I am.

yep......wheneer my confidence rises my coach kicks my @$$! hes excellent! as far as it goes i train wiht a group its better and those front kicks hurt the shins baaaaaaaaaaaaaad!

^ ouch!

I know it's gonna sound biased and all but I still think that Thai boxing looks the most lethal.....

It's so painful to watch......every blow makes me cringe.

I used to find it rather odd they used to have matches at the temple tho, with the monks looking on.........

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I was allowed in on a class once, bcoz the ajarn was a family friend, but I had to stick to a punch bag coz all the others were guys.....

lol....I caused myself so much pain by just pissing about with the bag so I quickly ran away and left them to it!!!

The ajarn we know is like president of the Thai boxing association in the UK. There's him and his brother....Ajarn Kit.....whenever u see those two in action you always see these big beefy guys looking on cower away!!!

When we were kids Ajarn Kit used to be able to do this trick/move were he could run up a side of a tree trunk, flip in the air and do some kind of flying kick thing....he always did it perfectly....

so cool........

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Uh.....erm........ okay......

My brother started doing it a couple of months ago and I thought of doing it but school is killing me -_-. Anyways does anyone know where I could dl some videos of the thai matchs? The ones in the u.s. arent good and its really hard to find any matchs in thai that are good. Most of the ones I find are with some white guy that sucks so he gets owned pretty bad...

I did practice Muay Thai but I give up cuz it is too tuff for Amature.

You can watch it live on yr pc.
Here is the url http://www.hispeedworld.com/main/tv/

It's on CH9 every Saturday 13.00 Thailand time.

Whew, shadowboxing gets a little tiring after awhile. The Ram Muay was interesting to learn.

Does anyone else have trouble doing kao dodes? For some reason, those are difficult for me to pull off.

yep ive been an idiot in several sports. rugby ,kick boxing, boxing ,muay thai, are the contact sports i have tried. i can tell you that in boxing the danger of being knocked the fu-k out is the highest and in rugby the danger of body injury is the highest.
but when it comes to consistently sore and battered and weak muay thai is the toughest. those guys dont knock you the fu-k out as much as wear you down. i am 6ft2 and i had a spar witha guy about 5 ft 10. although we are the same weight we are very physically different. at first i was dead cocky and using long legs and jabs to keep him back while i picked at him a bit...i won the first 2 rounds theni got tired and the blocks he was making killed my shins soon as he knew i was weakened he came in close with knees to body and cuts to the head he whooped me bad for the next 3 rounds and thats all we sparred. i got taught a lesson there!!!!! someday ill be good but right now i limp hope most days

How is your clinch game? Small knee strikes are good, and generally wear down the muscles in an opponents legs (namely the inside upper thigh and outer upper thigh) fairly well, especially in a clinch. They're also generally used to counter other knee strikes or kicks. But I'm not well-trained enough yet and my body isn't exactly conditioned enough to take the blows continuously. Ow, the bruises. I'm gonna end up with a gimpy leg sooner or later.

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LOL yes i know that feeling. my clinch is ok i guess i tie upo opponents well(i tie myself up too being so lanky and all). but i get suckered to the body a lot.....

Do you do core exercises using medicine balls and whatnot? I have to go out and buy a medicine ball sometime this week.

no but i definately should do! the ajaan says i have natural ability and a great reach and range of movemnt. technically i am $hit ! 2 and my body is piss weak but i got a head made of wood-those are his words(translated!!)

Hahaha a head made of wood. Once I get better, we should have a little sparring match. What do you say, matey?

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ok but only hitting the head as my body is made of bone but my head is BONE1 2

Haha please. I'll hit you wherever I want, as long as its within the boundaries of respectable boundaries. Do you do a ram muay? -

I want an answer..




I was woudering if women can practice Muay Thai? Or at lease some women are muay thai champs?

hehe irish men and rugby! They never mix!

the most fun is live sparring, till u get hurt anyways.

Yes, they can.

great! Maybe I should learn it? hahahah 2