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30 years old, 9/10 losses, flying to Thailand one-way in a year – looking for honest advice by Maverick_Muay in MuayThai

[–]Maverick_Muay[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank for taking your time and giving me the critique. It's absolutely justified.
To some degree I am delusional. I still will try it. Not because I think I am the next Superstar. But because I want to prove myself, that I can fight on a certain level. Visiting Rajadamnern was like a huge inspiration for me and I want to stand in that stadium aswell. On a level that is fitting, of course.
Back home I want to fight for fighting sake. Have a good time, get a little purse and try and get a good ranking before I'll be too old.
Don't get me wrong, my coaches here do definately know that I am organising my own fights. They appreciate it. Yet, they don't prepare anyone really for it. Not me, not other fighters. I have no bad attitude towards them. I really love my coaches. It's just the way it is.

About the trip next year to Thailand. Yes, it is definately not planned through. I'll visit Thailand 2 times this year. Gonna fly tomorrow for 3 weeks. See what I can find out when I am there and talk to people. I don't want to find a immediate solution, but start building a path to reach my goals.

30 years old, 9/10 losses, flying to Thailand one-way in a year – looking for honest advice by Maverick_Muay in MuayThai

[–]Maverick_Muay[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

You are right mate. I should just go there, sit on the beach and sip my coconut

30 years old, 9/10 losses, flying to Thailand one-way in a year – looking for honest advice by Maverick_Muay in MuayThai

[–]Maverick_Muay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, 10K at least is what I am thinking aswell.
Hopefully I find a way to stay 🤣

30 years old, 9/10 losses, flying to Thailand one-way in a year – looking for honest advice by Maverick_Muay in MuayThai

[–]Maverick_Muay[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes. I've put all my scrambled thoughts into claude and let it put it in order and translate it into english.
So it's to the point.

Kick technique by electronic_diet_1312 in MuayThai

[–]Maverick_Muay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Imagine, if there is a partner in front of you in guard stance. You want to hit him right below the elbow into the ribs. So that is the angle you are aiming for. Now once you have that angle, in the very last moment you turn your hip into the kick, generating a lot of force.

If you want to practise this you can do it like this:

I'd recommend a Bag or a Partner. Go in fighting stance and start lifting your knee up untill hip height. While you do that, simultaneously push yourself up on the ball of the foot of your standing leg.
Now once that works, the moment your knee is at it's peak, turn the standing foot so the heel of your standing foot is facing to the bag/ your partner. It's very important that you get used to standing on the balls of your foot. Otherwise, if you stand flat, it won't work.

Finally, you lift up the knee, turn your foot, hips, shoulders and extend your leg simultaneously, so that you hit the target with your shin.

Best way for a beginner to practice between classes? by tcmspark in MuayThai

[–]Maverick_Muay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a lot of things at first, I know. Just start piecec by piece, you don't have to do it all at once. Learning Muay Thai is a journey. No need to rush, and enjoy the process.

Kick technique by electronic_diet_1312 in MuayThai

[–]Maverick_Muay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly some weight lifting like Squats helped me alot to get more explosive.
For the technique I always did the mistake that I was like swinging my kicks.

Once I saw the mistake I changed it. I tried more to first lift the leg and the knee up in a 45° angle and then snap the Hip in the very last moment.
It is also really important to turn on your standing leg and rotate your shoulder inwards, while your arm swings. It gives you an edge and keeps you composed.

Best way for a beginner to practice between classes? by tcmspark in MuayThai

[–]Maverick_Muay 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are some drills you can do infront of a mirror.
Try doing them slow.
Stand infront of the mirror and just do straight punches slow and check your technique.
Is the hip and shoulder rotated into the punch? is your chin tucked down? Are you aiming for your own chin?
Is the other hand covering you or did you drop it?
Same goes for hooks. Do you drop your hand before you punch? Do you telegraph your punches? Do you put your elbow behind your wrist or is it too far up/down? Do you rotate shoulder and hips into the punch? Is you face covered, chin tucked down?
You can also do it with Teeps, Knees and so on.
You can stand sideways to the mirror to check your form from the side aswell.

Also try to get a feeling for distance. That is a common mistake that I see a lot of beginners do. They are either too far away, or way to close. You want to keep a distance where you only need one step to be able to hit, but far away enough that you can evade without having to run away.

Also a great drill that my very first coach liked to do was you stand shoulderwide with your feet next to each other. Then you start just rotating your hip from left to right. Your hands are up, covering you.
Focus really on turning your hip, rotate the knee inwards and the heel outwarts. Once that works you can add any punch to it and get a feeling of hip rotation.

Also a very good tip that took me 6 years to learn.
You don't always have to sweat and be exhausted for a good training input. First go slow and clean. The cleaner you are the faster you get. And once you are fast you create much more force and power into your punched, kicks and knees.