critique my muay thai

by **HawaiianPride** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:09 am

i posted this in MMA as well, got some advice but I'm guessing this is the place I should have posted this...

http://www.youtube.com/user/MauiScrappa

that's my youtube channel. watch all my sparring vids and give me some criticism please, and tell me which video you're talking about if it's a specific mistake i made or if it's just a general thing i do in every vid then just post normally i guess, thanks in advance

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by **interceptingfists** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:10 am

Its cool the real question is what are you trying to do with it then i can give you a real answer

by **HawaiianPride** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:21 pm

with what? my muay thai? ummm beat somebodys ass if i decide to compete.

by **HawaiianPride** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:31 pm

a more truthful answer is, where i'm from it's all about who is the top "banga" or so you might understand it a little better, fighter. whoever can fight, gets respect basically. i've only been in one fight my whole life, street fight that is. and with the people i used to surround myself with, everybodys fought before / already proved themselves. everyone was scared of them, and sort of scared of me because i won my first fight. i never felt like i could fight, i didnt feel tested or sure of myself that i can fight if i needed to kind of deal...so here i am at tapout testing myself, and i'm doing good.

by **MuayCrim** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:30 am

I got more a boxing vibe from you. Obviously this is just sparring so you can't swing the kick as fast as normal, but you telegraph the kick pretty easily. Where's the clinch work?!

by **HawaiianPride** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:39 am

MuayCrim wrote:I got more a boxing vibe from you. Obviously this is just sparring so you can't swing the kick as fast as normal, but you telegraph the kick pretty easily. Where's the clinch work?!

yeah i actually prefer boxing but i go to muay thai classes because i plan on doing MMA sometime so i can learn kicks and learn how to defend them etc...

and we're not allowed to clinch because people can get seriously hurt i'm guessing...no knee pads / face protection lol

by **Tek9** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:33 am

Sounds like a poorly constructed Muay Tai class then. You need to either update to a class that has protective gear, or find a new class IMO.

by **macbradaigh88** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:33 pm

i don't know which one you are

my MMA page · by **kidvaletudo** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:26 am

I only watched the first vid: I would concur with the rest that your kicks are off. I don't know if its because you didn't feel comfortable throwing fast or if the instructor teaches you to lean back when you kick, but when you kick muay thai style (power) you should be exploding your hips towards and through the target. Keep working the bag and remember to use you leg like you would swing a baseball bat. Or taking the axe to the tree!

by **HawaiianPride** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:28 am

Tek9 wrote:Sounds like a poorly constructed Muay Tai class then. You need to either update to a class that has protective gear, or find a new class IMO.

we're instructed to use headgear if we have a upcoming fight because we spar harder. light sparring you don't need headgear...

by **HawaiianPride** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:29 am

kidvaletudo wrote:I only watched the first vid: I would concur with the rest that your kicks are off. I don't know if its because you didn't feel comfortable throwing fast or if the instructor teaches you to lean back when you kick, but when you kick muay thai style (power) you should be exploding your hips towards and through the target. Keep working the bag and remember to use you leg like you would swing a baseball bat. Or taking the axe to the tree!

i'm just a rookie at kicks...i had a hapkido gym i went to so i would use more snap then hips...the change is hard.

by **MmaTender** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:03 pm

you have my predicament... I did TKD as my base so it took a TON of retraining to get power in my kicks too.

you throw leg then hips at the very end (if needed)... Which can work if you load your ankle in and accelerate at impact (but understand only the big guys can get KO power like this)

You actually answered your own question you need to do hips first. Your hip should arrive at your target long before your leg. In fact your hip turn should do all the work practically. Bruce Lee did a kick on chinese connection, I think, where he gave me the visualization to correct my flaw... "movement number four dragon whips his tail" Think of it like that, your hip goes first and your leg is merely the tail along for the ride... I went from barely slapping the pads to pushing a guy who out weighted me by 70 pounds two steps back when I visualized that type of movement.

I hope that explains it