Local guy challenges Muay Thai teacher – comes out swinging
This was supposed to be a sparring match but the challenger started swinging for the fences.
Local guy challenges Muay Thai teacher and comes out swinging!
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” ~Mike Tyson
This was supposed to be a sparring match but the challenger started swinging for the fences. It was only fair to return some of the favor.
It’s a good thing the challenger was provided with headgear first. Otherwise, he’d be unscrambling his thoughts for weeks to come.
One of his mistakes was to come out throwing bombs. Had he treated it as more of a sparring session, I am sure the instructor would have obliged.
Instead, he tried to knock the instructor out. Big mistake. No trained fighter is going to let some punk off the street do that to them.
Muay Thai is a combat sport of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques.
This physical and mental discipline which includes combat on shins is known as “the art of eight limbs” because it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, shins, being associated with a good physical preparation that makes a full-contact fighter very efficient.
Formal muay Thai techniques are divided into two groups: mae mai or major techniques and luk mai or minor techniques. Muay Thai is often a fighting art of attrition, where opponents exchange blows with one another.
This is certainly the case with traditional stylists in Thailand, but is a less popular form of fighting in the contemporary world fighting circuit where the Thai style of exchanging blow for blow is no longer favorable.
Three tips for Muay Thai newbies:
1. You don’t need to be in shape to start training Muay Thai. Muay Thai is a skill based sport. If you focus on the techniques you are being taught, drill them with focus and patience you will naturally get more conditioned as you practice, being able to do things faster and harder as you get better.
2. Expect to Suck at First. Every great fighter sucked at some point. Coaches always say, If it was easy everyone would do it.
3. Watch Fights. There is actually science behind this. You will improve at your sport by simply watching other people play that sport. If you are not an avid fight watcher and don’t know where to start ask your instructor for the names of their favorite fighters past and present.
