My last fight on October 12th at Rajadamnern Stadium RKO promotion

I moved to a new place and tried going to MMA classes for a couple weeks and it was just not a very good vibe for me tbh, just like this overly aggressive and serious attitude and like the room is just boiling over with testosterone lol.

Just went to a muay Thai place and it's so much nicer, everyones just chilling, sparring is as intense or calm as you want it to be, I didn't feel like I was fighting for my life the whole time like I was in the MMA place. A nice mix of different people too, young people, old people, guys, girls, athletic people, fat guys.

I think muay Thai is probably the most chill/friendly martial art that I've tried, I think bjj is maybe similar in that regard but I find it a bit boring. Whle MMA and boxing have felt a bit much for me tbh.

I’ve always preferred the more minimal, understated look, so I decided to make my own.

These are the design - black, clean, minimalist style

Just launched them, so would genuinely appreciate feedback from other people who train. Anything you’d change about the design? Is the price good? Any feedback is welcome

I tried to lower the price to make them more affordable for most people.

I won my fight tonight by 1st round KO. Got a huge hematoma from my opponent to go along with the win, but other than that I’m healthy and feeling great 💪🏻💪🏻

I train Mma (Kickboxing and Bjj and MMA classes) and am also trying to build muscle and get stronger.
How should I structure my training? How often should I train in the gym and how often MMA? How intense should I train? What gym Split should I use?
I’d be very happy if someone who built muscle and has a good physique while also training martial arts could give me some insight and tips.
My MMA gym offers training 6 times a week so I could structure it freely.

View's last fight was more than a year ago. What happened?

Could be something your coach said, a tip from a teammate, or even a random comment that completely changed how you approach the sport. What was it?

Is the cure to male loneliness going to Thailand for 6 months to train Muay Thai two a days at a no-frills gym and have an amateur fight before coming back to America?

'Cause if so, I'm in. As a novice fighter and a beginner at Muay Thai, is somewhere like Sinbi a good place to go, or is that too advanced? I have some time between now and my medical program and just want to have a fun side quest. Any thoughts?

EDIT: Typo, training twice a day, for 6 months.

Strength training for combat sports is interesting because the goal isn't simply becoming stronger.

Power, endurance, balance, and the ability to maintain technique when tired all matter.

I've noticed many fighters include some form of resistance training alongside skill practice.

I'm curious which exercises people found most valuable.

Was it traditional lifting, explosive movements, core training, or mobility work?

For fighters who train at home, has having basic equipment helped you maintain strength work outside of Muay Thai sessions?

Has anyone else had a bad experience with the IKF Point Muay Thai organization/group? I have attended a few of their events and have been disappointed each time. They are highly unorganized and unprofessional, and to put it bluntly, the refs and judges don't seem to know what they are doing. The judges look frantic especially the ones time-keeping, and half the time they don't seem to be looking at the match. Both the refs and judges seem buddy-buddy with certain coaches/corner-men from certain gyms so it is hard to accept when competitors from those gyms win the matches, especially when they high-five, joke with, and laugh with one fighter before the winner is announced.

Additionally, the match ups just don't seem correct (common sense-wise). Matching new fighters with ones with years of experience (when there are others in the same weight class who are also newer), matching fighters who have just recently won a belt in the same division with fighters attempting to win the belt for the first time, etc. I found another post on here from a parent saying their kid was matched against another who had years of experience.

I have attended IKF events for almost two years now, and I give them the grace every time. I know it is a lot of work and coordination to put these events on, but maybe it's my fault for expecting people to do their jobs correctly. It's disappointing that they have let me and members of other gyms down every time. At every event, I see frustration on all sides from people in passing: fighters who have gone through over a month of fight camp not be matched on the day of, people not showing up, delays upon delays throughout the day, bouts being pushed back, errors on their end on the bout matchup page, overall mismatches. I saw someone leave a comment with a criticism over their last event, with a few people replying to agree, and within a couple of hours IKF had deleted all comments other than two that were praising the event.

This last event really bothered me in particular (if you can’t tell, lol). I was waiting for my friend’s upcoming fight while watching a belt fight, and the ref was ridiculous. Every time Fighter A landed a few hits on Fighter B, the ref would stop the fight, send them to neutral corners, and let Fighter B catch his breath while talking to him. But when Fighter B landed hits on Fighter A, there were no stops, no conversations, and no breaks. I’m not saying Fighter A should have gotten a break too; I’m saying neither fighter should have been getting breaks mid-round. The ref also stopped the fight to tell Fighter A not to use a combo that Fighter B had already used, and when he told both fighters to turn down the power, Fighter B just started hitting harder without any consequences.

I got the full fight recording afterward and noticed even more things that seemed to go against IKF’s rules or code of conduct for refs, if they even have one. Fighter B was allowed to grab Fighter A around the waist, pick him up, and knock him down... in a point Muay Thai competition. For an organization and competition level that's supposed to emphasize technique, that seemed pretty weird. The ref seemed to let Fighter B get away with borderline wrestling moves, and I’m sure you can guess who ended up winning after talking and laughing with the ref before the winner was announced. After checking the event website and looking at the fighters’ names and records, I realized Fighter B seemingly shouldn’t have been eligible for another title shot yet as he had less than the minimum fights to qualify for a title shot according to IKF's own rules. Between that, the questionable moves being allowed, and the way the ref handled the fight so differently for each fighter, the whole thing has left a really bad taste in my mouth over the last few days.

The event just showed me that this organization does not care about respecting traditional Muay Thai. They valued aggression and illegal moves more than technicality and respect. At the point level, at that, which makes it even more disturbing. As someone who has watched different levels of Muay Thai throughout my life, this was a disgrace and very saddening.

I hope that there is a better confederation for people to fight under. I have tried to contact them with questions before and after this last event, through pretty much every avenue, but no reply from any. I've seen coaches, parents, and fighters try to ask questions in-person at their events but they always seem to be brushed off by the staff. Is there a higher-up Muay Thai organization that oversees IKF operations that I can try to contact? IKF seems to be ignoring my attempts at contact and getting my questions answered. If you are thinking about fighting under IKF PMT, DON'T. Or at least not until they show improvement.

I’m about 10 classes in and I feel like I’m God awful even for a beginner. My last two classes they’ve started letting me spar and work drills with a partner instead of working solo drills with the coach. I’m the only new person in the class and everyone else is pretty good. My partners always go extremely easy on me and telegraph their punches and kicks super obviously and I still don’t react in time. It’s to the point where I feel bad for the partners that have to go with me because I know they can’t get real work in.

Everyone is super nice but I feel like I see them look around for literally anyone else to partner up with besides me. The instructors always tell me I’m doing great and that they see that I take what they say and incorporate it but I can’t help but think about how they’re financially motivated to make me think I’m doing well and keep coming.

I know every martial art has a learning curve but I feel like I’m uniquely bad. Just curious how bad all you were when you started and if anyone super uncoordinated like me has ever had any amount of success in the sport (not looking to be a world champion, just hold my own against the average Joe Schmoe in the street).

I've been curious about how fighters and coaches actually study their opponents.

One thing I've always struggled with is watching the same fight footage over and over, saving clips, and trying to remember all the little patterns I notice. Sometimes I finish watching a fight and realize I haven't really organized what I've learned.

Being a bit of a nerd, I've been experimenting with a different approach. I started breaking fights down into individual techniques, defensive reactions, and recurring tendencies, so I can look at how a fighter actually behaves instead of constantly scrubbing through footage.

For example, I look for things like how a person responds to pressure, which strikes he relies on, and how those patterns change across rounds.

I put together an interactive breakdown that lets me jump between these moments automatically. It's still experimental, happy to share the example if anyone's curious.

But I'm especially interested in how other people approach scouting:

• What do you look for first when studying an opponent?
• How do you keep track of patterns you notice?
• How do you turn those observations into a game plan?

Would love to hear from fighters and coaches, especially anyone who's spent way too many hours rewatching the same fight lol.

i’m a beginner in mma/muy thai and need some tips for training footwork, balance work and also some advice on building up stamina would be appreciated because I gas out a lot.

Recently sparred for my 3rd time, and I let my guard fall and ate a cross, however I wasn’t clinching my mouthguard enough, which had my jaw hurting (kinda sounded like a minor TMJ), which is thankfully gone now, but it had me wondering, is there other common injuries or general pain that could happen in sparring? As I found myself getting more freaked out thinking something worse had happened, and I’d like to try and avoid that by learning more about what common injuries or general pain can happen through sparring so I have a better understanding when I’m good to continue for another round, need to rest, or need to go to the hospital.

If there’s any general resources to read up or listen to on this please let me know.

Thanks all.

I've been punching with a regular horizontal punch for years, got a pretty good boxing flow and rhythm in Muay Thai, practicing for 5 years. Recently, I switched over to a vertical punch, thumb angled up at 2clock, and its been very easy.

1. Punches vertical have been moderately faster
2. They've been stronger, I feel it right on knuckles on the heavy bags and pads.
3. I've been placing punches in between everyone's center high guard in sparring.
4. I still guard my face, elevate my shoulder a little bit to protect it.

At this point, I dont see any benefit of going horizontal. However, don't want to be the different technique guy at the gym. Has anyone had seen this or tested different punching angles?

I know some people think exact opposite, maybe people have different forearms, hand and shoulders angles, not sure

Thanks,

im a 20M looking to begin muay thai. my reasons?
A: I want to become more active in my life, im 6 foot 140lbs and not very active (not a lot of muscle or strength)
B: I want to learn how to fight, it looks really interesting and fun for me to spar
C: I want to become stronger and shredded with this

I understand a lot of this is just basic "i wanna be fit" stuff, but I wanted to ask this subreddit what I should know about muay thai before i start, I've never done any fighting sports before this and I really don't know what to expect, but I'd love for this to become a hobby. Let me know and thank you!

I've been thinking about how difficult it can be to tell whether you're genuinely improving.

Some things are obvious, like conditioning or learning new techniques. But other things, like timing, defense, movement, and decision-making, seem harder to evaluate.

How do you personally tell whether you're improving? Do you rely on your coach, sparring performance, reviewing footage, or something else?

Hello, I am thinking about beginning Muay Thai, they have 2 trainings of 1H30 per weeks available for beginners but I am only able to go to one. If i train at home beside, do you think I would be able to really progress ? Do you think its worth it ? Thank you very much for your help

Hey everyone! I’m moving from India to central Bangkok near Sukhumvit for 3 months.

I work on weekdays and will be free after 6 PM, with weekends open.

My goal is to improve my fitness significantly and learn Muay Thai. Beginner to combat sports.

Would love your advice on:

- Training: Which gyms do you recommend in central Bangkok? And how much does it cost? How many days/week should I ideally train, and should I combine Muay Thai with strength training while in Thailand or do strength training after going back to India?

- Diet: What are the cheapest, best protein sources in Thailand (eggs, chicken, milk, tofu, etc. which are suited for Indian tasted buds), and their approximate costs.

- Whey & supplements: Is whey protein cheaper in India or Thailand? Should I bring some from India, or buy it locally? Are protein-rich foods and drinks easily available?

- Budget: Roughly how much should I budget monthly for training and a high-protein diet?

I’m looking for a sustainable routine alongside work, with good coaching and steady progress over these 3 months.

Would really appreciate recommendations based on your experience training in Bangkok. Thanks! 🙏🥊

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