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Basic hand traps for Muay Thai

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How does a person get better at head movement in Muay Thai? I think in general Muaythai gets a bad rep for not having any head movement just like how you may hear some coaches say that boxing is bad for Muay Thai because of the habits of bobbing and weaving. Well, both are true In some cases. I think it’s also really dependent upon the person executing it. Anything in theory can work if it’s applied under the right context. People used to make fun of karate guys and taekwondo guys who would step in the ring and get their butts kicked which to be fair that happened a lot but those guys that actually applied taekwondo or karate under the context of combat sports and pressure tested their techniques made people behind the curve if they didn’t learn those techniques at the very least so they know how to defend them.

If you really want to get good head movement, go with a training partner you trust and ask them to throw a lot of punches at your head slowly and then work your way up to full speed. This allows room to develop your skills and save your brain cells. Trying to learn how to move when your partner is going really fast is only going to have you overreact and then run into other punches making the damage twice as hard. I’m saying this from experience lol

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How do you improve your cardio for Muay Thai?

At Grand Prairie Muay Thai, we don’t do roadwork, which is going to come as a shock to a lot of people. But hear me out.

First of all, roadwork does have its benefits. It does increase endurance and helps you push mentally, similar to how you would have to push in a fight. Hitting the pads all the time or doing bag work is going to wear down your joints, so you need to do something that will help you increase your endurance while, at the same time, not wearing your body out excessively.

However, there’s a principle in exercise science called the SAID principle: Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand. In other words, if you want to increase your cardio capacity for a specific sport, you have to do things that are closely related to that activity. If you’ve done boxing, for example, and then transitioned to BJJ, you know very well that the cardio you have in boxing is not nearly the same as a grappler’s type of cardio.

So what do you do?

Aside from doing bag work or pad work to increase your cardio, shadowboxing at a high intensity with intervals of fast-paced striking will not only tax your system and improve your cardio, but also give your body the movements necessary for Muay Thai.

If you’re looking for a routine to do, just shoot me a DM and I’ll walk you through what we do at our gym and what some of our competitors do outside of the gym.

I know a lot of guys that suffer depression, and I felt compelled to share a simple strategy that’s not only helped myself, but others as well.

The biggest thing is when you’re feeling down, you’re going to most likely gravitate towards isolating yourself. That’s the biggest mistake. You want to surround yourself in a positive environment. I’m not saying you can’t go out and have fun with your friends in a casual setting, but the reason why I feel combat sports is really healthy for a man’s development is because not only are you hanging out with other guys but you’re also working towards a common goal.

There is something biologically inclined in a man to engage in some sort of battle. Our ancestors did it for thousands of years and that genetic pool is passed down generation after generation. I think this is also a reason why a lot of guys gravitate towards video games that involve war or fighting. But instead of doing something like that which again I’m not against it, by physically training your body in such a way where you’re learning how to fight is one of the most difficult things you can do yet at the same time rewarding.

I’ve seen guys go from anxious and nervous to calm and confident just because of the benefits of training a combat sport.

Now I do wanna say something that might come across as a little difficult. When I was in my early 20s, I used to be able to train every single day twice a day. I would also strength train, spar often, hardly have any injuries and be able to train very consistently. There’s going to come a time in your life in which injuries catch up to you and you may not be able to train as often as you’d like. However, that doesn’t mean you stop training. I see also guys to get to my age stop training altogether because their body isn’t able to keep up like they used to. You just have to modify what you’re doing, but you need to also find time to join a gym and be part of a team still even if your role is different than it was before.

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Monday Wednesday
6 AM
7:15 PM

Tuesday Thursday
5:30 PM
7:15 PM - (Sparring)

Saturday
1 PM

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