The Sitjaopho Muay Thai gym has long been recognized as one of the best places to train in Thailand. With an absurdly aesthetic style, the Sitjaopho twins attract many people from all over the world to their gym. In the past two years, they have trained USA standout Charles Johnson (TJ) to be the #1 fighter in MAX Muay Thai. Watch out for TJ's rise. If you enjoy these gym spotlight features, please let me know and I'll keep featuring great gyms all over the world. Special thanks to A for helping out. If you enjoy these legendary technique and history feature, please consider checking out my upcoming book: www.legendarystriking.com Instagram: instagram.com/strikingbreakdowns Free Saenchai book: www.lawrencekenshin.com/saenchai
I couldn't agree more! Their style is so fluid and beautiful. I've trained there twice and will be going back again this year... and the next, and the next...etc!
Their style is just correct execution of techniques. Perfect body movement on every punch, kick, knee and elbow, combined with near perfect balance. It looks elegant because this is the correct and natural way for the body to move while strikes are being performed. There's no unnecessary gimmicks, it's complete economy of movement. Every step, every move has a purpose, and the result of it is seen immediately.
@@kpi4162 You'll. It can be rough in the start, but a week or two and you'll be fine. Here's a tip from my experience : don't let ANYTHING influence you. Such as being tired. Work on your mind, so you can work on your body. :)
Spent a couple of weeks there, it's awesome. O and F are great people as well, so humble, positive, and down to earth 🙏 O lives in Sweden now and my gym has ties to the twins so I get to chat with him when he visits our gym, it's always one of the highlights of my day. Great style, great human beings.
I am lucky enough that I get to watch MAX muay Thai every night at 6:25pm on TV. I watch it with my 5mth old son before he goes to sleep, he seems to love it and gets quite animated (which brings pride and joy to his grandfather to see).
Found this channel recently your content really has quality respecting to Muay Thai and Kikboxing , Sitjaopho seems like one of the best gyms in the world to start training this beautiful discipline.
You can't believe how many fights I had telling people "He was pretending to be hurt!". Man, glad you put that up there - It's all part of the sparring experience and it DOES help. people seriously thought he almost got Ko'd from that light uppercut - they weren't trolling. Ugh, so glad hahaha
@lawrence kenshin you bring great inspiration and knowledge to both fans and fighters. I love being a practitioner of martial arts even though I may not go pro ever. Hope I can someday be a great analyst like you but it will require me years of learning.
Oh wow, it's a surprise to hear this name again Phet-Aek and Phet Toe Sitjaopho the famous twins that i have seen their fights so many times on tv back in my teenage days. Especially Phet-Aek, He was so handsome and look elegantly in the rings. Seeing his name again bring me back those memories.
This is awesome work done that has helped me to improve my mixed martial art career very much. I hope same for other fighters and martial artists. Thank you so much ❤️
awesome, i was in hua hin last month doing my first fight ever (video in my profile). This gym looks like for veterans fighters already but looks awesome. i had not heard of since it's a bit remotely located from the center but i'll give a try next time i go there !
I've been a long fan of your video breakdowns and now I am blown away that you did a video on the Sitjapho Twins! I luckily got to train at the gym over a year ago and it was an amazing experience! Thanks for making a highlight vid of this gym!
nice video. do some breakdowns on some orthodox(stance) muay thai fighters. Pick whatever one you want; they do help me in my own muay thai training. keep it up brother!
a good friend of mine was writing a book on them many years ago he never published it unfortunately as he hit a gold mine with a new york times best seller and never finished it. would have been a great muay thai instructional
Hey guys I just started in Muay Thai and I was wondering if you guys had any tips to kick higher and better. If you guys have any tips for stretches too it would be much appreciated!
Buanguen, that TJ hit with his lead elbow, seemed a little eager to go down in my opinion. Feet seemed firmly planted even after the elbow landed but he flings them up and forward. I know he got back up and the fight went the distance, but it seemed a bit dodgy. Maybe seeing it in slow-mo made me analyse it too much
@Spartan soldier I'm partly just throwing shade. My first comment was referencing that stupid "Tony Fergusson uses Wing chun in MMA fights" vid. Wing Chun has plenty of good moves in it. Wing Chun also has a lot in common with classical pugilism and other arts. Nothing wrong with any of that. The Wing Chun community at large, though, trains in a way that all but guarantees its practitioners will not become competent fighters, which is why the only people you see using "Wing Chun" in MMA and kickboxing matches are people who don't actually do Wing Chun. Stuff like "Oh, Tony Fergusson used a hand trap!" are just shallow victories that don't do anything to advance Wing Chun as a relevant art.
@Spartan soldier Well, it's kind of having your cake and eating it too to say "Wing chun works" and then say "It's the fighter, not the art." It's kind of a dodge. Yes, certain techniques work, and ultimately it is up to the individual to actually train and deploy them. Some people get the best training in the best arts but still suck at fighting. However, there's more to the an art than just its techniques. There is the broader meta-game the art is designed to play, and there is the broader community and culture which practices and preserves the art. That's where Wing Chun fails. You can't look at an entire art which, on the whole, produces no competent fighters and say that's a failing on the individual level. That's why Karate is hit and miss. It's sub-communities have different attitudes on training and competing. Wing Chun is more uniformly on the wrong side of that question. Bear in mind that I like Wing Chun and think a fighter could find beneficial things in practicing it. But as it's currently practiced it's not an art that produces good fighters.
@@LawrenceKenshin one thing I learned at a very young age is that boxing is called the "sweet science". It's almost like a dance when I watch Muay Thai I feel like it's a dance with power, elegance and knowledge. I am built similar the body shape of Muay Thai I've been surfing 4 over 30 years. I fluctuate between 175 lb and 190 lb, with a 74 in' reach. And I believe that cardio has way more to do with a better fighter 10 muscle mass this is a personal opinion I think we might share. Best of luck to you in all your endeavors in the future. May you be blessed in all ways
The Sitjaopho Muay Thai gym has long been recognized as one of the best places to train in Thailand. With an absurdly aesthetic style, the Sitjaopho twins attract many people from all over the world to their gym.
In the past two years, they have trained USA standout Charles Johnson (TJ) to be the #1 fighter in MAX Muay Thai. Watch out for TJ's rise. If you enjoy these gym spotlight features, please let me know and I'll keep featuring great gyms all over the world.
Special thanks to A for helping out.
If you enjoy these legendary technique and history feature, please consider checking out my upcoming book: www.legendarystriking.com
Instagram: instagram.com/strikingbreakdowns
Free Saenchai book: www.lawrencekenshin.com/saenchai
Lawrence Kenshin TJ the thinking man, what a beast
@@soullight8632 cheers
hey lawrence im from london..do you know any gym that can teach me a good muay thai
I couldn't agree more! Their style is so fluid and beautiful. I've trained there twice and will be going back again this year... and the next, and the next...etc!
@@EricHedden how Would you comprare The clinching there compared to other gyms?
I've been watching them for years... These guys are the textbook picture of what Muay Thai technique should look like to me.
cheers, its true
Their style is just correct execution of techniques. Perfect body movement on every punch, kick, knee and elbow, combined with near perfect balance. It looks elegant because this is the correct and natural way for the body to move while strikes are being performed. There's no unnecessary gimmicks, it's complete economy of movement. Every step, every move has a purpose, and the result of it is seen immediately.
These guys are so beautiful to watch!
the really are!
This gym was fairly "new" in the last 3-4 years. I am so happy they have grown .
cheers
This made me wanna start with Muay Thai again.
do it bro
sad to know i will not survive a day of that
@@kpi4162 You'll. It can be rough in the start, but a week or two and you'll be fine. Here's a tip from my experience : don't let ANYTHING influence you. Such as being tired. Work on your mind, so you can work on your body. :)
the shit is just fun right, you get hit...smile and strike back and then you throw bows and still smile for the love of the sport.
EOSHAY Fullwood he can start anytime, we just need to encourage him
Spent a couple of weeks there, it's awesome. O and F are great people as well, so humble, positive, and down to earth 🙏 O lives in Sweden now and my gym has ties to the twins so I get to chat with him when he visits our gym, it's always one of the highlights of my day. Great style, great human beings.
cheers for sharing.
Currently training at Sitjaopho and loving every single session !
cheers !
Damn good video!! Thank you so much for the feature❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
cheers bro
Training in this gym would be a dream!
gogogo
@@LawrenceKenshin money baby, money... Kkkkkkkkk
well if it is a dream for you save the money for it. i bet you wont regret this experience! :)
@@agentsmith6570 ok, i'll try!
FABRICIO S. QUEIROZ Im going. Dont know when, dont know how. But I’m definitely going at some point.
I am lucky enough that I get to watch MAX muay Thai every night at 6:25pm on TV. I watch it with my 5mth old son before he goes to sleep, he seems to love it and gets quite animated (which brings pride and joy to his grandfather to see).
warrior genes
I am glad you showed their Gym and their style
cheers bro
Sitjaopho is the place that i want to train when i travel to Thailand soon!... Nice video!
Found this channel recently your content really has quality respecting to Muay Thai and Kikboxing , Sitjaopho seems like one of the best gyms in the world to start training this beautiful discipline.
cheers bro
I spent a few weeks here last Oct. It was such a pleasure. Cant wait to go back this year!
let us know how it goes!
i can watch that opening padwork forever and be always awestruck. to me, it is immensely beautiful.
YES ! ! ! Finally
cheers bro
You can't believe how many fights I had telling people "He was pretending to be hurt!". Man, glad you put that up there - It's all part of the sparring experience and it DOES help.
people seriously thought he almost got Ko'd from that light uppercut - they weren't trolling. Ugh, so glad hahaha
hahah ya sparring has to emulate!
TJ is awesome! 4.32 that beautiful long knees then the jab and elbow combo are quite something.
beautiful for sure
Another legend in the making.
Damn they just keep coming! I lovee these videos 🙏
cheers bro
A pleasure to watch the incredible control, respect, and technique they have truly great
1:20 so cute, it's like two nuclear warheads play fighting each other XD
tj looks like a nice guy "edit: both seem really nice
cheers
Yep. I thought that too. Deadly but totally humble guys.
My old friend Paul from the UK trains there 🙏🏻
Awesome! Man ! those round kicks and knees at the beginning of the video ! Just Wow !
Looking forward to watching this one. Notification squad!?
thank you brother
@lawrence kenshin you bring great inspiration and knowledge to both fans and fighters. I love being a practitioner of martial arts even though I may not go pro ever. Hope I can someday be a great analyst like you but it will require me years of learning.
Cheers bro it means a lot to me. Best wishes for your journey
Hey Kenshin, how did you began your journey on Martial Arts, and how did you get so much knowledge about them?
Making videos on them every week is probably a good start
Thank you for providing the incredible content on this channel
thank you for watcfhing and the support
This is terrific, I'd love to see more gym profiles.
🙏🙏
Sitjaopho is the best, what a beautiful style, this guy's give me a lot of motivation🙏🔥❤
beautiful for sure
Oh wow, it's a surprise to hear this name again Phet-Aek and Phet Toe Sitjaopho the famous twins that i have seen their fights so many times on tv back in my teenage days. Especially Phet-Aek, He was so handsome and look elegantly in the rings. Seeing his name again bring me back those memories.
theyre great!!
This is awesome work done that has helped me to improve my mixed martial art career very much. I hope same for other fighters and martial artists. Thank you so much ❤️
So glad you covered these guys! Their instagram is on point too.
cheers
Their balance is astonishing, this would be my second step after Jitmuangnon in sha Allah!! 🙏🏼👊🏼❤️
yes! these two have such a nice style
they really do
awesome, i was in hua hin last month doing my first fight ever (video in my profile). This gym looks like for veterans fighters already but looks awesome. i had not heard of since it's a bit remotely located from the center but i'll give a try next time i go there !
check it out!
Makes me wanna go back to Thailand to train with such passionate practitioner
gogogo
Awesome seeing how they spar. Very interesting. Thanks for making this video.
very nice sparring
Nickel ! C'est trop chouette à voir !
Awesome sparring! Very technical, perfect control, not too soft yet not a single uncontrolled strike.. so smooth. Nice comfy 16s too. 😁
very technical for sure
Thank you!
So nice video, thanks.
cheers
What happens when you get hit hard by twins? Do you end up seeing quadruple? :D
lol
Good content as always. Thank you.
cheers bro
what a beautiful bromance.
haha yes
I've been a long fan of your video breakdowns and now I am blown away that you did a video on the Sitjapho Twins! I luckily got to train at the gym over a year ago and it was an amazing experience! Thanks for making a highlight vid of this gym!
thx for watching bro really appreciate your support
So much to learn!
Yes sir
nice video. do some breakdowns on some orthodox(stance) muay thai fighters. Pick whatever one you want; they do help me in my own muay thai training. keep it up brother!
this one is technically orthodox breakdown :), cheers for the support bro
Thats that guy i saw in the tiger muay thai tryouts 2:17
These guys are insane. Amazing technique.
yes they are amazing
You know Lawrence Kenshin just blew the lid off this gym for everyone to take notice :)
haha too much powa! just kidding. hope they get a lot of traffic from this
@@LawrenceKenshin Me too, they deserve it.
I love it great fighters.
a good friend of mine was writing a book on them many years ago he never published it unfortunately as he hit a gold mine with a new york times best seller and never finished it. would have been a great muay thai instructional
my friend is an author for victory belt you should contact them about your book
True fighters
yess
Compared to the Jitmungnon brothers, who are better?
Love the vid
cheers bro means a lot
Can u do more of those muay thai vs different martial arts style videos
Hey guys I just started in Muay Thai and I was wondering if you guys had any tips to kick higher and better. If you guys have any tips for stretches too it would be much appreciated!
just keep on kicking is the #1 tip
I love this channel
thank you bro
Nice fun.
Yo that pad work was so smooth fam.
yes really is
I must training at the gym
Hi Lawrence, the book is in spanish lenguaje too ?
Unfortunately not!
@@LawrenceKenshin thanks, aprecciate your channel and your knowledge about martial arts, good work !
always wanted to travel to hua hin and for this reason
gogo!
One of my life goals is to train there
Buanguen, that TJ hit with his lead elbow, seemed a little eager to go down in my opinion. Feet seemed firmly planted even after the elbow landed but he flings them up and forward. I know he got back up and the fight went the distance, but it seemed a bit dodgy. Maybe seeing it in slow-mo made me analyse it too much
ah
Hello mr. Kenshin may i ask if where the sitjaopo twins gym in thailand? I want to go in thailand and train to sitjaopo gym. Thanks for the reply.
cool vid good see new people never heard of the American is he an amateur?
Do they knock down each other for fun ?
ya
nice ...
Manop's gym or this one? I can't decide. Both seem great, and I know I'll just have to try both, but I'm torn lol
LK is a legend too..
cheers bro
This is exceedingly interesting
thank you exceedingly much
@@LawrenceKenshin ahahaha, i maybe was exceedingly flamboyant
The kind of place I would like to train in
gogogo
I'm mad at myself for not knowing of this gym!
lol it's okay.
is ok
Muay thai is the most beautiful sport i believe
agreed
I swear to God. This is what life is all about.
👏👏 muito bom!!!!
yaa
How much do they charge to train here?
they have prices up on FB! Or msg them on instagram too
How long has TJ been training in total and how old is he now?? Looks in his mid 30s
Baba14k haha I’m 32 mate, started training at 25
And his big brother 'CJ' also the badass gangster in San Andreas :D
haha
How much do you think it would cost to train here ?
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Would their style of Muay Thai be considered Muay Femur?
This is what life is all about.
yess
❤
Thats the dream
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เขาแค่พอสื่อสารได้ เลยติดปาก เหมือนญี่ปุ่นที่ชอบพูดว่า อาโน่ๆๆๆๆ นั่นและ
3:33 Prepare for videos of "Fighter uses Wing Chun in kickboxing match!!!!"
@Spartan soldier Wing Chun works as long as it's not a Wing Chun guy doing it.
@Spartan soldier I'm partly just throwing shade. My first comment was referencing that stupid "Tony Fergusson uses Wing chun in MMA fights" vid. Wing Chun has plenty of good moves in it. Wing Chun also has a lot in common with classical pugilism and other arts. Nothing wrong with any of that.
The Wing Chun community at large, though, trains in a way that all but guarantees its practitioners will not become competent fighters, which is why the only people you see using "Wing Chun" in MMA and kickboxing matches are people who don't actually do Wing Chun.
Stuff like "Oh, Tony Fergusson used a hand trap!" are just shallow victories that don't do anything to advance Wing Chun as a relevant art.
@Spartan soldier Well, it's kind of having your cake and eating it too to say "Wing chun works" and then say "It's the fighter, not the art." It's kind of a dodge.
Yes, certain techniques work, and ultimately it is up to the individual to actually train and deploy them. Some people get the best training in the best arts but still suck at fighting.
However, there's more to the an art than just its techniques. There is the broader meta-game the art is designed to play, and there is the broader community and culture which practices and preserves the art. That's where Wing Chun fails.
You can't look at an entire art which, on the whole, produces no competent fighters and say that's a failing on the individual level.
That's why Karate is hit and miss. It's sub-communities have different attitudes on training and competing. Wing Chun is more uniformly on the wrong side of that question.
Bear in mind that I like Wing Chun and think a fighter could find beneficial things in practicing it. But as it's currently practiced it's not an art that produces good fighters.
lol
When you gonna hop on JRE?
one day :)
motivation
yessssss
#INSPIRATIONAL
cheers
These guys turn people into beasts
👍 👊💙
thx mcgreg
They trained hard but not all will make their way up. It depend to their faith also, lucky n unlucky.
Thai Thai thai
yesss
I know this, you better be keeping those pads up, are you going to go down fast
yes sir
@@LawrenceKenshin one thing I learned at a very young age is that boxing is called the "sweet science". It's almost like a dance when I watch Muay Thai I feel like it's a dance with power, elegance and knowledge. I am built similar the body shape of Muay Thai I've been surfing 4 over 30 years. I fluctuate between 175 lb and 190 lb, with a 74 in' reach. And I believe that cardio has way more to do with a better fighter 10 muscle mass this is a personal opinion I think we might share. Best of luck to you in all your endeavors in the future. May you be blessed in all ways
to bad the fight shown should have been a no contest. nice style none the less....
CAVALLO! 3:46
They gym is a powerhouse gym what isn’t a powerhouse gym