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    Muay Thai Gym Q&A

    If you are in BKK then head over to National Stadium and the Muay Thai Conservation Center, Gate 17 I think. Although they have fighters train there they are not a fight gym. Thai's do not pay to train there and the costs for farang are reasonable. They have some really good teachers.
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    Newest Q&A on Thailand.

    Yeah the food is ghastly
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    confused about Thai roundhouse kick

    Thats a very broad question. What Thai 'roundhouse' are you talking about? There are multiple ways to throw what people generically call a roundhouse. Chieng is what some people call a 'cut-kick', Dtadt is the more flat horizontal plane kick, Dtawadt is finished traveling downward. Depending on...
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    Am I getting a sub-par experience at my muay Thai classes?

    Any Muay Thai school worth its salt will drill basics first and foremost before letting you even think about sparring. There are good instructors and good schools in CT. Definitely Shop around. Do some research on the instructors, what's their background, who have they trained with and have...
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    how to toughen shins up

    There's no magical trick. Kick the bag, kick pads. The more your put stress on the bone the denser it will become. Its the same reason they tell little old ladies to stay active. If you are worried more about that stinging pain you get when you clash shins with someone, that's just pain and...
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    School Directory

    SitSuphan Muay Thai Boran Location; Braintree, MA, USA (10 mins out of Boston) Traditional Muay Thai Boran Instructors: Kru Mark Nardone Class information; SitSuphanSouth - Home Email: [email protected] for more info
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    At what point does Muay Thai become Kickboxing?

    When the Culture/Traditions/Respect is taken out then it's kickboxing. You are a Muay Thai fighter when you perform a Wai Kru, follow the traditions of the art and use proper and authentic technique. There are many rules and regulations which restrict certain techniques due to their demonstrated...
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    Has anyone try this when somone teeps??

    It is Muay Thai Technique: Naka bit haang - twisting the serpents tail. Has the same two handed grab, followed by a knee strike to the calf and a twisting of the ankle. I also teach a version of that drag which pushes them back first, making the drag effect even worse. Always remember there...
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    Muay Thai throws!

    I always find it funny when the term "judo style throws" are used, since in Muay Thai there are tons of hip throws and take down (Khun Yak Panang - need I say more) . What happened with the sport is that they were taken out because fighters got consitently injured. Basic tenants of what is...
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    Sityodtong, Wai Kru, or Red Line??

    Be interested to hear what you think of Tapout once your gone there.
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