1:04 Checking kicks (connecting elbow with knee inside vs outside) 2:28 Roundhouse kicks (move your head with the kick) 4:03 Cross (drop angle of fist at the end) 5:26 Counters (padwork) 6:50 Frontkicks (how to utilize hands, not swinging for more defense)
I was taught elbows on the outside by the Thais I trained with. (Master Chan, Kru Kongnapa) everything else you mentioned was exactly how I was taught and how we train. Excellent tips for those who haven’t trained in traditional Muay Thai.
Definitely outside brother 🙏 ...that’s what we’re taught at our gym too...and it’s DEFINITELY a legit gym (I won’t name it coz I don’t think Gabriel would be happy? Kinda advertising I guess 🤷♂️). But let’s just say we had a 14-time Muay Thai world champion come from our gym. 💪 Outside provides greater overall protection, and enables defence of basically the entire checking side (especially if you’re in curled/tight guard). Having the arm/elbow on the inside is just a complete waste and inefficient 🤷♂️ Hate to EVER disagree with the man Mr. Varga here, but it’s definitely the outside in Thai boxing. Inside has clearly worked extremely well for him though, so. 👏🙏
@@paulpelle3046 I train muy Thai in a small Argentinian dojo, but I was taught the same way, What My coach says is that the elbow outside creates some form of stable barrier with the leg, sorry if My English is kinda crappy, I'm a spanish speaker and some phrases come may come out wrong 🤣
@@denjipoochita7351 Trainor is legit, an awesome instructor, no doubt. 👌 I think there really IS something to be said about ‘traditional Muay Thai’ and ‘West-style’ Thai boxing though - there really are differences...trading is a very clear example. That is 100% the ‘traditional Thai’ style...and the crowds over there love it, and expect it too tbh 🤷♂️ The western approach is more about shot selection, counters, and generally using solid fight I.Q. rather than long, up-close trades...another reason Thais are generally built like rock 🙏
@Gabriel Varga: I for one would definitely like to see more of your Muay Thai tips. I was going through the tips on my heavy bag as I watched and it made a lot of sense (especially the front kick technique - gonna have to break the habit of swinging my arm down :-) Anyway I learn a lot from your channel. Thanks.
When I first learned to teep, it was actually with hands up. After seeing so many people swing arms down, I started doing that but stopped after I saw thai fights keep hands up. Even when they round kick, sometimes they keep hands up but they tend to have them in front of them so as to smother punches.
Gabriel, I agree on everything there, what I'm taking away is the ability to adjust accordingly. I would definitely turn the head to maintain balance and power, whats next is also in that mix. Thinking is hugely important. It's like English football, the idea is to invent 3 plays forward while moving. We cant blindly move down the field. That being said thank you for turning the lights on, were home !
I've just started muay thai and I really like the idea of the last two and I think I'll look at putting that in my training. I did see one video where someone tried to teep their opponent and the guy did a 90 degree turn and kneed him
I just spent 40 days in Thailand training. I also picked up these exact same points. I had different trainers in the same camp say elbows in and elbows out. Through my own analysis, l decided elbows out. The reason being that you are adding more blocking resistance to the round kick coming in to the upper rib cage. Thanks bruther for your excellent and generous videos.
Gabriel, as a amateur fighter who is going to compete for the second time next month, I have to thank you for all this videos you dont know how you help me to improve and to understant many of the aspects in the sport! Thank you
The leg kicks can be powerful, so putting the elbow outside of the same side of thigh when we check is safer in case the hand got kicked and gives way. Unless the blocking is very effectively angled or high enough, then the elbow even inside is not a big problem. It is more of good practice. When straight right slightly dig in won’t be slow. Don’t have to full dig in if we drop our weight to the hand’s opposite leg. Even if cross we can dig in the punch slightly we can return faster by body relaxation action after cross.
Until travel gets easier and we can return to training vacations you have my youtube channel 👍 I will continue to share knowledge with you that I have accumulated from instructors all over the world. Who knows....if I share enough I might even end up saving you airfare 😉
You can also look with one eye during kicking or punching. Side step during kick or lean abit to side helps. But not looking by turning head is not a good practice. Even with kick using hands to block counter punches is fine, but side step or lean abit can also be used.
i'm not going to Thailand in the next 4 or maybe even 5 years and Gabriel is just sharing the knowledge with us like he's the instructor at thai gyms. I really appreciate it. note: yes I would like to see more tips like this.
Awesome video. I'd love to hear about more the smaller, more technical nuances from Thailand if you had any others! The three biggest contentions I see with regards to Muay Thai technique involve checking (elbow in vs elbow out, / toe up vs toe down), defense on teeps / kicks / knees (glove on side of head vs glove in front of face), and being flat flooted on the teep vs being on up on your toe. Would love to hear your thoughts on some of these as discussion isn't easy to find online!
I will say only that, im training MT 3 years now, I saw a lot of yt stuff, but this channel is next level :) Tons of knowladge ! Cheer Gabriel P.S. best vid? with Shane from FightTips :D
Heard a lot and watched a ton of videos about the training in thailand, feels like a totally different experience ! Training there someday is on my bucket list
This was amazing, and I'm for sure going to like this video. Need some more tips, and what would be better than showing us slight things that we can do better on a sparring partner. Much love you, keep up the work.
the drop cross seems to synergise with the thai guard of facing hands more forward, you need to corkscrew your arm when you punch so the drop makes sure you dont chicken wing when your hand is more foreward facing at the begining of the strike.
That head turn is really cool. If you look close, you can see Mike Tyson doing it when he do the flurry combos where he rolls from hook to hook. And khabib do this in his ground and pound.
You would be surprised how many people lift their leg to round kick instead of push off with their toes. Little things add up to big gains in power. Been training since I was 7 years old. Now I’m 37.
the dropping cross is interesting, in classical boxing there was a similar movement, the way I heard it explained, it made the cross a bit like a whip, a bit more of a cutting power
Great tips! So true about different gyms in Thailand wanting techniques slightly different. Examples like throwing a long knee. When I was at MeeNayoThin they wanted the knee straight up, little hip extension, no hip rotation. At FA Group they wanted hand & head control, hip extension & hip rotation.
Those counters are actually bread and butter Muay Thai tbh Gabriel. We train to fire back instantly the second we check too...but we also implement a lot of K-1 style work.👌 That teep point is a good one Gabriel. Personally, I use both styles, depending on the circumstances. Sorry, but I do not believe it is possible to generate the same level of power (especially with a rear-leg teep) UNLESS you swing the kicking arm down or chop down/across (and turn the thumb up at rhe end of the swing). That swing provides the counterbalance to be able to fully thrust and extend the kicking-leg hip forward...generating maximal power forward and transferred ultimately to the ball of the foot...in devastating fashion. 😮 The arm swing also greatly facilitates balance whilst leaning back during the teep. The simultaneous lean-back is neglected by many Muay Thai practitioners...even experienced ones, but makes the kick so much safer. 👍 The outstretched arm is safer when coming forward with a teep, and it’s much better-suited and natural with front-leg teeps only...imho brother 🙏🙏🙏
Second tip on head following the motion of the body makes sens and feels more natural. I guess it is hard to get used to as you don't have eyes fixing the target.
I'm a newb, but I was coached that the angled down cross can help preserve your knuckle's natural form whilst punching. (Probably helps with Kard Cheuk-type styles)
The thing about the elbows inside or outside is just hand positioning. Checking is more or less the same with the leg. Your hands can have a tighter guard for more boxing or have elbows flare out. In the US, I had people teach me to have elbows out. It was the gyms where they weren't quite dutch kickboxing or Muay Thai that taught me to have elbows make contact with knee.
Yes, would really appreciate another video from you sharing technical stuff you learned in Thailand! Re arm being inside when checking kicks, I think a benefit is for better defence with the arms, especially against any straight punch that comes right after their kick, particularly if that kick was a feint. The other benefit, I’m guessing, is to more easily counter with your own straight punch since your elbow is already down.
Very interesting that you talked about the hand being in the center on the tiip. One night one of the krus from a sister gym came in and led practice and when he threw his tiips he did mostly the same thing, only he would slightly turn that hand and flick it outwards right at the moment of extension if im making sense at all? I liked how it looked and adopted it, and i found with my hand going up the center instead of swinging it was actually easier for me to pop the hip out the way its supposed to. Keep the videos coming!
Wow you almost have 100k subscribers. You deserve millions of subscribers man. So thoughtful and determined. You could’ve easily gave up on this channel years ago but your a beast who finishes all goals. Keep it up gabriel
4:23 I discovered this from looking at the golden lucky cat thing they got in a chinese restaurant just a few days ago. I felt the increase in power, but I felt like it's wrong because it deviates from what I was taught. Now that you confirmed it's a legitimate thing, I'd try it in my sparring. Thanks a lot for the tips!
I'd definetily love watching that video on some more particular techniques you learnt in Thailand. This gives us another point of view which will help in our endless training path. Thank you so much.
Great video, I like the head turn tip and it is great for beginners too. What I notice is when a new guy is just learning the kick, telling them to turn the head, they just automatically turn their hip and shoulder as well.
For the teeps, I naturally did it for balance and also to help mask it. It felt super natural and never understood why it wasn't taught that way. Well, apparently it is! Haha
The drop cross seems like an interesting idea. But doesn't it work similarly to twisting your hand all the way so that the pinky is facing upwards and the thumb downwards at the end of the movement? But by twisting like this your shoulder protects that side even better.
That's what I was thinking. Classic boxing technique. I've noticed in my training that this exposes my lead leg more, which may explain why kick boxers don't tend to rotate their shoulders on their punches
Training here in the Netherlands I got a trainer who told me to arc down with the punch as well. He said you would get more of your knuckles into the punch. Cannot confirm or deny if it indeed makes a huge difference, personally it does feel a little nicer.
Joe Louis and Tommy Hearns both had crosses which traveled in an arc, often downward. They were known as destructive punches and Muay Thai is mostly accurate and well timed power shots
Awesome video 💯 ...love these 'details ', especially the front kick tip....shout out to fairtex gym, I hope to visit again soon as the restrictions lessen
Dope vid. Loving the tiny tweaks the Thai style shows. Def like to see more. Your channel can't do much wrong Gabriel. Keep at it. The numbers will grow. Genuine no nonsense content you give will catch on to more and more subscribers and these little tips are so easy to try at home or after classes at yr gym.
I love this episode, there are many good sharing and good to know what they teach in Thailand. Especially the debate wether the elbow in/out when checking kick, different trainer has different style, good to learn that there are different opinion even among the top level Thai boxers and gym!
It would definitely be awesome to see you put these tips in practice, maybe pads, maybe some sparring with commentary! I will make sure to apply some of these, specially the one for the teep, I've seen it in some fights but never thought of it as the correct way, just a slight variation for a specific scenario. Regarding the elbows in front or behind the leg when blocking, I was taught to leave them behind so you can create a frame to support the leg when checking. I personally think is more comfortable the other way, but a bit unstable for me since I can't frame the same way.
I've a Master Toddy & Sken background and that drop on the punch comes from a higher guard, thus one is not exposing the jaw. Speaking of whom, you really should do a breakdown of the Ronnie Green-Peter Cunningham fight. By a million miles, that was the best kickboxing fight I've ever seen, even though Ronnie was past his best
Yes more of this please lol also maybe could you do a video about choosing training gear like gloves, shin guards, and choosing shorts that you know will fit when you get them lol I ordered some shorts that where too small
If we look it like that, there is no bad or good tehnic... It's all about what is working for someone. Do what is working for you best, try to experiment on sparings and make your tehnic crispy, and on that way you will see what suits you best
Welcom to Thailand เรารักชาวต่างชาติทุกคนที่มาเยี่ยมชมคุณจะได้เที่ยวทะเลสวยๆน้ำใสและฝึกมวยไทยไปด้วย ไปที่เดียวได้ทั้งการฝึกซ้อม อาหารราคาไม่แพงและความบันเทิงจากการท่องเที่ยว😊
1:04 Checking kicks (connecting elbow with knee inside vs outside)
2:28 Roundhouse kicks (move your head with the kick)
4:03 Cross (drop angle of fist at the end)
5:26 Counters (padwork)
6:50 Frontkicks (how to utilize hands, not swinging for more defense)
I was taught elbows on the outside by the Thais I trained with. (Master Chan, Kru Kongnapa) everything else you mentioned was exactly how I was taught and how we train. Excellent tips for those who haven’t trained in traditional Muay Thai.
Definitely outside brother 🙏
...that’s what we’re taught at our gym too...and it’s DEFINITELY a legit gym (I won’t name it coz I don’t think Gabriel would be happy? Kinda advertising I guess 🤷♂️). But let’s just say we had a 14-time Muay Thai world champion come from our gym. 💪
Outside provides greater overall protection, and enables defence of basically the entire checking side (especially if you’re in curled/tight guard). Having the arm/elbow on the inside is just a complete waste and inefficient 🤷♂️
Hate to EVER disagree with the man Mr. Varga here, but it’s definitely the outside in Thai boxing. Inside has clearly worked extremely well for him though, so. 👏🙏
@@paulpelle3046 I train muy Thai in a small Argentinian dojo, but I was taught the same way, What My coach says is that the elbow outside creates some form of stable barrier with the leg, sorry if My English is kinda crappy, I'm a spanish speaker and some phrases come may come out wrong 🤣
@@vicsantoro hehe, I understand you fine bro. Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m saying Leroy. It’s such a small thing, but it can make a huge difference 🙏
damian trainor made a video on how traditional muay thai is just a weird term
@@denjipoochita7351 Trainor is legit, an awesome instructor, no doubt. 👌
I think there really IS something to be said about ‘traditional Muay Thai’ and ‘West-style’ Thai boxing though - there really are differences...trading is a very clear example. That is 100% the ‘traditional Thai’ style...and the crowds over there love it, and expect it too tbh 🤷♂️
The western approach is more about shot selection, counters, and generally using solid fight I.Q. rather than long, up-close trades...another reason Thais are generally built like rock 🙏
@Gabriel Varga: I for one would definitely like to see more of your Muay Thai tips. I was going through the tips on my heavy bag as I watched and it made a lot of sense (especially the front kick technique - gonna have to break the habit of swinging my arm down :-) Anyway I learn a lot from your channel. Thanks.
When I first learned to teep, it was actually with hands up. After seeing so many people swing arms down, I started doing that but stopped after I saw thai fights keep hands up. Even when they round kick, sometimes they keep hands up but they tend to have them in front of them so as to smother punches.
Gabriel, I agree on everything there, what I'm taking away is the ability to adjust accordingly. I would definitely turn the head to maintain balance and power, whats next is also in that mix. Thinking is hugely important. It's like English football, the idea is to invent 3 plays forward while moving. We cant blindly move down the field. That being said thank you for turning the lights on, were home !
I've just started muay thai and I really like the idea of the last two and I think I'll look at putting that in my training. I did see one video where someone tried to teep their opponent and the guy did a 90 degree turn and kneed him
I just spent 40 days in Thailand training. I also picked up these exact same points. I had different trainers in the same camp say elbows in and elbows out. Through my own analysis, l decided elbows out. The reason being that you are adding more blocking resistance to the round kick coming in to the upper rib cage. Thanks bruther for your excellent and generous videos.
Gabriel, as a amateur fighter who is going to compete for the second time next month, I have to thank you for all this videos you dont know how you help me to improve and to understant many of the aspects in the sport! Thank you
The leg kicks can be powerful, so putting the elbow outside of the same side of thigh when we check is safer in case the hand got kicked and gives way. Unless the blocking is very effectively angled or high enough, then the elbow even inside is not a big problem. It is more of good practice. When straight right slightly dig in won’t be slow. Don’t have to full dig in if we drop our weight to the hand’s opposite leg. Even if cross we can dig in the punch slightly we can return faster by body relaxation action after cross.
Yours and Bazooka Joe's channels are the best kickboxing channels on TH-cam by far. Keep them up and thanks a lot.
Until travel gets easier and we can return to training vacations you have my youtube channel 👍
I will continue to share knowledge with you that I have accumulated from instructors all over the world.
Who knows....if I share enough I might even end up saving you airfare 😉
GET A TRAINING PARTNER! Please!
thanks a lot champ !!!!
Who would you say is the best Muay Thai instructor in Toronto?
Is that Hal on the thumb nail?
Hu, im gonna have to try the head thing next class
Great tips. I was taught elbow outside for the extra support from hard kicks.
You can also look with one eye during kicking or punching. Side step during kick or lean abit to side helps. But not looking by turning head is not a good practice. Even with kick using hands to block counter punches is fine, but side step or lean abit can also be used.
Yes! Please do the pad holder video, would love some extra inspiration on combinations and how to be a good pad holder. Appreciate it!
i'm not going to Thailand in the next 4 or maybe even 5 years and Gabriel is just sharing the knowledge with us like he's the instructor at thai gyms. I really appreciate it.
note: yes I would like to see more tips like this.
For sure make that video. It would be awesome. Thanks for all the content man. Much appreciated
Awesome video. I'd love to hear about more the smaller, more technical nuances from Thailand if you had any others! The three biggest contentions I see with regards to Muay Thai technique involve checking (elbow in vs elbow out, / toe up vs toe down), defense on teeps / kicks / knees (glove on side of head vs glove in front of face), and being flat flooted on the teep vs being on up on your toe. Would love to hear your thoughts on some of these as discussion isn't easy to find online!
Excellent video. I'm currently training at Khongsittha gym Bangkok and I will incorporate your tips! Thank you
I will say only that, im training MT 3 years now, I saw a lot of yt stuff, but this channel is next level :) Tons of knowladge ! Cheer Gabriel P.S. best vid? with Shane from FightTips :D
Heard a lot and watched a ton of videos about the training in thailand, feels like a totally different experience ! Training there someday is on my bucket list
Same
I train somewhat regularly in Thailand and I enjoyed this video... good stuff!
Love that you had the thai shorts for this video!
This was amazing, and I'm for sure going to like this video. Need some more tips, and what would be better than showing us slight things that we can do better on a sparring partner. Much love you, keep up the work.
Amazing video please share some more tips and tricks 👍🔥
the drop cross seems to synergise with the thai guard of facing hands more forward, you need to corkscrew your arm when you punch so the drop makes sure you dont chicken wing when your hand is more foreward facing at the begining of the strike.
This stuff is gold.
🙏🙏🙏
@@GabrielVargaOfficial it really is. After a certain point EVERYTHING is in the details and the details are rarely taught.
That head turn is really cool. If you look close, you can see Mike Tyson doing it when he do the flurry combos where he rolls from hook to hook.
And khabib do this in his ground and pound.
Great tips! Good thing about training in Thailand is that you get the sound effects from the trainers as well!!
You would be surprised how many people lift their leg to round kick instead of push off with their toes. Little things add up to big gains in power. Been training since I was 7 years old. Now I’m 37.
Last 2 were real interesting to me. Gonna try that next time on the bag.
This is gold, give us more! Thanks
Explains so clear and precise great stuff !!!! 👍
The throwing the hand down center for your front kick is soooo underrated. The benefit is you can disguise them as jabs really easily.
I would absolutely love to see more thia training
the dropping cross is interesting, in classical boxing there was a similar movement, the way I heard it explained, it made the cross a bit like a whip, a bit more of a cutting power
Thumb up before the first minute ❤️
I’m going to Bangkok for a week & a half to celebrate this upcoming New Years. I plan on having 3-5 private sessions at Muay Thai Academy
i love these "technical tips" videos.
Great tips! So true about different gyms in Thailand wanting techniques slightly different. Examples like throwing a long knee. When I was at MeeNayoThin they wanted the knee straight up, little hip extension, no hip rotation. At FA Group they wanted hand & head control, hip extension & hip rotation.
Amazing, would love to see more💥💥
Those counters are actually bread and butter Muay Thai tbh Gabriel. We train to fire back instantly the second we check too...but we also implement a lot of K-1 style work.👌
That teep point is a good one Gabriel. Personally, I use both styles, depending on the circumstances. Sorry, but I do not believe it is possible to generate the same level of power (especially with a rear-leg teep) UNLESS you swing the kicking arm down or chop down/across (and turn the thumb up at rhe end of the swing). That swing provides the counterbalance to be able to fully thrust and extend the kicking-leg hip forward...generating maximal power forward and transferred ultimately to the ball of the foot...in devastating fashion. 😮
The arm swing also greatly facilitates balance whilst leaning back during the teep. The simultaneous lean-back is neglected by many Muay Thai practitioners...even experienced ones, but makes the kick so much safer. 👍
The outstretched arm is safer when coming forward with a teep, and it’s much better-suited and natural with front-leg teeps only...imho brother 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you! Love this video! Hope to see that video with a training partner soon!
We sure need more of these
Second tip on head following the motion of the body makes sens and feels more natural.
I guess it is hard to get used to as you don't have eyes fixing the target.
I'm a newb, but I was coached that the angled down cross can help preserve your knuckle's natural form whilst punching. (Probably helps with Kard Cheuk-type styles)
Works better n shorter opponents?
@@David-ie7znit’s definitely not gonna work on taller opponents lol
The counter with the midkicks is nice! Definetily going to drill it.
Big yes. More of this! 🥊
I wish to go thailand one day and train there, thats one of my things on my to do list.
Interesting tips.I'll try it out.
I hope at least one of them works for you.
This one is really good. Thank you for sharing Gabriel!
This was an awesome video Gabriel, much appreciated! When will we be getting to see you fight again?
Yep definitely want this video. Thanks!!!
The thing about the elbows inside or outside is just hand positioning. Checking is more or less the same with the leg. Your hands can have a tighter guard for more boxing or have elbows flare out. In the US, I had people teach me to have elbows out. It was the gyms where they weren't quite dutch kickboxing or Muay Thai that taught me to have elbows make contact with knee.
Muah Thai (muay mat style I believe) focuses on power over technical proficiency.
Which is definitely buakaws style
Yes Sensei
Get someone in and show us the tips
Love everything you put out!
Yes, more please Gabriel
Thanks you for another great video Champ. 😊👊
Yes, would really appreciate another video from you sharing technical stuff you learned in Thailand!
Re arm being inside when checking kicks, I think a benefit is for better defence with the arms, especially against any straight punch that comes right after their kick, particularly if that kick was a feint. The other benefit, I’m guessing, is to more easily counter with your own straight punch since your elbow is already down.
great tips ill be working on my right jab because i messed my shoulder up last weekend
Loved this!! More Muay Thai tips please 🙌🇹🇭🥊
Wow, so much in depth breakdown. Cleared so many doubts. Can't find a better channel honestly 🔥
That was amazing! Big thanks for sharing ya knowledge with us.
Awesome Gabe!
Need to see you do this with a training partner asap ! 🔥
I second that.
Very interesting that you talked about the hand being in the center on the tiip. One night one of the krus from a sister gym came in and led practice and when he threw his tiips he did mostly the same thing, only he would slightly turn that hand and flick it outwards right at the moment of extension if im making sense at all? I liked how it looked and adopted it, and i found with my hand going up the center instead of swinging it was actually easier for me to pop the hip out the way its supposed to. Keep the videos coming!
Yes please! More Muay Thai videos :)
That's an episode I would like to see, also would like to see you train with Lyoto Machida to refind your Shotokan roots
Thank you Gabriel for sharing such insightful information that is so useful yet not many speak about. Your channel is amazing!
This is great! Thanks! Gonna try the head turn on the heavy bag.
Great video! Love the tips. Would be awesome to see more. Thank you for taking the time to make all of your videos. I have learned a lot!
Wow you almost have 100k subscribers. You deserve millions of subscribers man. So thoughtful and determined. You could’ve easily gave up on this channel years ago but your a beast who finishes all goals. Keep it up gabriel
I like that he’s a cool open minded fighter/trainer and not an ego d-bag like some guys out there.
@@ZENIGMATV exactly why he deserves jt
4:23 I discovered this from looking at the golden lucky cat thing they got in a chinese restaurant just a few days ago. I felt the increase in power, but I felt like it's wrong because it deviates from what I was taught. Now that you confirmed it's a legitimate thing, I'd try it in my sparring. Thanks a lot for the tips!
I'd definetily love watching that video on some more particular techniques you learnt in Thailand. This gives us another point of view which will help in our endless training path. Thank you so much.
Great video, I like the head turn tip and it is great for beginners too. What I notice is when a new guy is just learning the kick, telling them to turn the head, they just automatically turn their hip and shoulder as well.
For the teeps, I naturally did it for balance and also to help mask it. It felt super natural and never understood why it wasn't taught that way. Well, apparently it is! Haha
Great video. Thanks!
Love it!!! Thanks!
Lets see those partner techniques man. Great vid by the way, shout out from Japan押忍！
Please make the part 2💪🏽
The drop cross seems like an interesting idea. But doesn't it work similarly to twisting your hand all the way so that the pinky is facing upwards and the thumb downwards at the end of the movement? But by twisting like this your shoulder protects that side even better.
That's what I was thinking. Classic boxing technique. I've noticed in my training that this exposes my lead leg more, which may explain why kick boxers don't tend to rotate their shoulders on their punches
Training here in the Netherlands I got a trainer who told me to arc down with the punch as well.
He said you would get more of your knuckles into the punch.
Cannot confirm or deny if it indeed makes a huge difference, personally it does feel a little nicer.
Joe Louis and Tommy Hearns both had crosses which traveled in an arc, often downward. They were known as destructive punches and Muay Thai is mostly accurate and well timed power shots
Always wondered about the elbows in the shin block; wasn't sure if they had to be aligned to the knees or not. Thanks for covering that.
I need that episode Gabe!!!
Yes please make that video for 🙏 🥊 🇹🇭
Awesome video 💯 ...love these 'details ', especially the front kick tip....shout out to fairtex gym, I hope to visit again soon as the restrictions lessen
Dope vid. Loving the tiny tweaks the Thai style shows. Def like to see more. Your channel can't do much wrong Gabriel. Keep at it. The numbers will grow. Genuine no nonsense content you give will catch on to more and more subscribers and these little tips are so easy to try at home or after classes at yr gym.
The best champion 🏆
Thanks for the Tips il be traying
love the checking detail, one time I smashed my elbow into my thigh, that hurt worse than leg conditioning 😂
I love this episode, there are many good sharing and good to know what they teach in Thailand. Especially the debate wether the elbow in/out when checking kick, different trainer has different style, good to learn that there are different opinion even among the top level Thai boxers and gym!
Valuable lesson!!
Amazing tips ... 😆😆👍
It would definitely be awesome to see you put these tips in practice, maybe pads, maybe some sparring with commentary! I will make sure to apply some of these, specially the one for the teep, I've seen it in some fights but never thought of it as the correct way, just a slight variation for a specific scenario.
Regarding the elbows in front or behind the leg when blocking, I was taught to leave them behind so you can create a frame to support the leg when checking. I personally think is more comfortable the other way, but a bit unstable for me since I can't frame the same way.
I've a Master Toddy & Sken background and that drop on the punch comes from a higher guard, thus one is not exposing the jaw. Speaking of whom, you really should do a breakdown of the Ronnie Green-Peter Cunningham fight. By a million miles, that was the best kickboxing fight I've ever seen, even though Ronnie was past his best
The chopping cross in boxing is the answer for the thaiboxer & kickboxer!!
Yes more of this please lol also maybe could you do a video about choosing training gear like gloves, shin guards, and choosing shorts that you know will fit when you get them lol I ordered some shorts that where too small
If we look it like that, there is no bad or good tehnic... It's all about what is working for someone. Do what is working for you best, try to experiment on sparings and make your tehnic crispy, and on that way you will see what suits you best
fingers crossed we get to see you in ONE, one day soon I think your style will cause many Nak Muay trouble
Master toddy teaches the turn head sideways for round kicks.
Thank you for the teeps 🙂