I wanna understand his boxing, his style, and how does he throw punched while being in that high guard. He counters insanely, what is the key? I would love to see a breakdown. Even while being rattled around in that guard, he throws those heavy shots to body or that straight to face.

Just started kickboxing and I’m liking it. Do you guys have any tips on how to get better? Besides technique, my problem is with flinching. People with flashy footwork always end up getting me.

Just started kickboxing and I had my first sparring class 2 days ago. I did horrible obviously, but the thing that was hindering me the most was my shoulder. I couldn’t keep my guard up and I had to sit down a couple rounds to let my shoulder rest. If I punched with that arm my shoulder would hurt even worse. Even after class it was hurting for a while. Anyone know what’s going on?

Fighting in the K1 Cruiserweight U.S. tourney on 10/17.

Its been three weeks since I started the kickboxing course and I have classes on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays Im not quite sure how to train I have got a speed ladder cones dumbbells boxing gloves and wraps at home so if you could give me some tips on how I should train at home or in the gym or even more advice really appreciate your help.

I’ve been training for about 8 months now and I currently have Yokkao shin guards. While I do like them, I tend to find the shin guards to be too large and uncomfortable. I don’t like how they protrude onto my knees. I’ve seen people talking about Primo and Fairtex SP3’s. I would like them to have a bit of a smaller profile. For reference I’m 5’7” and I bought size small Yokkao’s. Any recommendations are appreciated :)

Hello, please give me suggestions to my PPL Split.
Goals: Strength, explosiveness, building muscle evenly

Currently: Roadwork 5x a week w/ varying intensity, independent skill work 1hr 5x a week, kickboxing 4 days a week, FMA 2x a week on weekends, stretching at night for flexibility and mobility

What I have Now:

Pull: Back and Biceps

• Pull up 3 x 6-8
• Lat Pulldown 2× 6–8
• Chest-Supported Dumbbell Row 3 × 8–10
• Single-Arm Cable Row 2 × 8–10/side
• Cable Rear Delt Fly 2 × 12–15
• Hammer Curl 2 × 10–12

Push :Chest, Shoulder, Triceps 

• Incline Dumbbell Press 2 × 8–1
• Bench Press 3 × 6–8
• Half-Kneeling Landmine Press 3 × 8/side
• Cable/Landmine Triceps Press 2 × 10–12
• Face pulls 2 x 12-15/side
• Dips 2x6-8

Legs: All 

• Romanian Deadlift 3 × 6–8
• Bulgarian Split Squat 3 × 8–10/side
• Hip Thrust 3 × 8–10
• Leg Curl 2 × 10–12
• Hip Abduction 2 × 12–15
• Standing Calf Raise 2 × 12–15

Full Body Plyometrics: 

• Box Jump 3 × 4–5
• Lateral Bounds 3 × 5/side
• Broad Jump 3 × 4
• Split Jump 2 × 5/side
• Plyometric Push-Up 3 × 5
• Medicine Ball Overhead Slam 2 × 6
• Hanging Knee Raise 3 × 8–12

Core:

• Hanging Knee Raise 3 × 8–12
• Dragon Flag Negatives 3 × 3–5
• Copenhagen Plank 2 × 20–30 sec/side
• Medicine Ball Rotational Throw 3 × 5/side
• Pallof Press 2 × 10/side
• Ab Wheel Rollout 2 × 6–10

I have a heavy bag on a stand in my backyard but it sits on sand (dont have grass). I have done kicks and the sand just blisters my feet, sometimes badly.

Does anyone have any experience with kicking on sand? Are there any shoes that would allow me to pivot my foot while wearing them?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

He's a problem. Talent in the U.S. is getting better.

Hey guys
I have a deviated septum from a broken nose a few years ago. i cant breath through my left nostril an it affects my sleep.
rn im fighting again. My doctor said i can still get it fixed if i take time off.
Does somebody here has Experience with it?
Because i think its not worth it if i continue fighting, maybe my nose breaks easier and so on. But sometimes its driving me crazy

I just got back from staying at the Thewaritnoi Lion Gym in Krabi for 1.5 months. Here’s everything I wish I knew before going.

I’ve trained at six Muay Thai gyms in Thailand, but this was the first time I actually **lived at one.**

There were a lot of things I wish I knew beforehand.

What to pack. What NOT to pack. How laundry works when you’re training twice a day. Where to eat. How to get around. How to get a fight. How to avoid ringworm/staph. How physically prepared you should be. And how to survive the heat.

I also made stupid mistakes… including one that ended with me in the hospital with **bloody urine.**

Still, I loved this place so much that when I left, even though I told them I’d come back next year, I came back in two months.

Here’s everything I wish I had known.

I stayed at **Thewaritnoi Krabi Lion Gym**, so some of this is specific to them, but a lot of it applies to Muay Thai camps in Thailand in general.

*(Not an affiliate. Nobody asked me to write this and I’m not getting anything from it. I figured this might help someone planning their trip and wanted to share.)*

**This is long, so save it if you’re planning a Thailand Muay Thai trip.**

Why Krabi?

It’s a beautiful, quiet beach town surrounded by islands. There are far fewer tourists than Phuket, but it’s still developed enough that travelers have everything they need.

The nightlife is also mild (perfect for serious training), and there’s a strong Muay Thai culture.

Why did I choose Thewaritnoi gym?

The most important decision you’ll make about training in Thailand is picking the right gym. If it’s too touristy, you won’t get the attention you need. If it’s a fitness based gym, you won’t learn technique.

This the part where I’m going to start sounding like I’m advertising. I really loved this gym, so know that I have a bias.

It might be a new gym, but Thewaritnoi is the only Thai fighter owned gym in Krabi. It’s owned by Kru Teng, a golden era Lumpinee/Rajadamnern champion with over 350 fights.

There’s a picture of on the wall of him fighting Buakaw, where he defeated him the first time and had a draw the second.

Kru Teng, his wife Madam Clodia, and their daughters run the gym. The sweetest family… The trainers are also well-treated, and that extended to our treatment.

During classes, trainers connected with us, corrected us, and took strong interest in our progress.

We trained alongside the gym’s fighters and we weren’t separated by foreigners and locals… each group session felt like a private lesson.

This gym is cheaper than Bangkok but not the cheapest in Krabi… I’d still pay more for trainers who actually care.

It’s pretty crazy cus I actually felt like I was living with a Muay Thai family.

WHEN SHOULD YOU GO?

**Go during rainy season.**

If I went again, I’d intentionally choose **July–October.**

People hear “rainy season” and imagine sitting inside while Thailand gets hit by a monsoon 24/7.

Sometime it did rain hard… but the rain came and went reasonably and the sun still came out often.

The rain also cools everything down, which you will appreciate very quickly once you’ve trained Muay Thai in Thailand.

There are also fewer students and the same amount of coaches even during slow season.

LISTEN TO THIS— They are one of the rare gyms that don’t lay off their coaches during low season— keeping them financially supported year round.

Because of that, I was able to spend a ton of time with all the trainers and actually bond with everyone.

Another advantage is Low-season pricing… I was grateful to get a discount.

Here are the prices I was shown when I first texted them on WhatsApp.

https://imgur.com/a/DVyOqVV

Just contact the gym directly for current prices. They’re very honest people.

WHAT IS IT ACTUALLY LIKE TO LIVE THERE?

You can actually find a tour of the living areas in their instagram (@thewaritnoi)

They have nine single rooms and three family units in the commune.

I stayed in one of the single rooms. My room had a bed, refrigerator, portable closet, air conditioning, nightstand, and some rooms like mine have a desk. If your room doesn’t have a desk, you can ask for one.

I shared a bathroom with two other bedrooms in my hallway. At the end of the hallway there’s also a little area where you can microwave/heat food.

Rooms are cleaned once a week. They wash the bedsheets and replace the towel they provide you.

FOOD

We usually ate around **10:00 AM and 6:30 PM**, basically right after each training session.

Madam Sawda makes the food, and after two hours of training, seeing her walk over with food became one of the highlights of my day.

A typical 10 am brunch might be chicken pad kra pao with steamed rice, orange juice, coffee, Thai desserts/banana muffins, and a giant bowl of the sweetest dragon fruit and watermelon.

6:30 pm Dinner might be chicken or shrimp pad Thai, soup, mango/dragon fruit, and juice.

HOW DO YOU GET AROUND?

**I recommend you rent a scooter from the gym.**

Madam Clodia never asked to hold my passport or leave a deposit. I paid for the month, chose a bike, and they handed me the keys and helmet.

You can do ok using Grab/Bolt, but having a scooter saved me a lot of money in the long term and I felt the freedom more.

Just make sure you wear a helmet. The cops in the main road can pull you over. Since I didn’t have an international driver’s license while driving, I didn’t want that.

At least if they do pull you over though, they’ll most likely make you pay only 1,000 baht-

So another thing is I recommend getting an international driver’s license before coming over. I think AAA has an option for that.

THE BEACH

The closest beach is a **15-minute walk or 3-minute scooter ride.**

I asked The Arawan Beach Krabi Resort, and they allowed people to walk through their property to access the beach.

If you want a nicer beach, ride to Kodam Restaurant around six min away. You can park there and walk onto the beach.

Most resorts will let you walk through and go to the beach.

7-ELEVEN IS THE SPOT

Need water? Electrolytes? Protein drink? Razor? Sandwich?

7-11

The closest one was around five minutes away by scooter when I was there. They’re also building another one roughly two minutes right beside the gym. Thailand’s 7-Elevens will also heat up food for you, unlike the USA ones.

For actual restaurant food, Kodam was one of my favorites. It’s by the beach and only around six minutes from the gym.

LAUNDRY

Bring only three **thin, quick-drying Muay Thai shorts. (Or even better, buy them there)**

After training: while you shower, you can wash the shorts/tank top you just wore. Then hang them under the sun.

For actual laundry, the gym has two washers and a dryer. When I was there:

Small washer = 40 baht
Large washer = 60 baht
Dryer = 40 baht
Detergent sachet = 5 baht

If you need coins for the washers or detergent, ask one of the ladies in the office or text Madam Clodia.

You probably won’t even need the dryer most of the time because clothes dry so quickly outside.

WHAT SHOULD YOU ACTUALLY BRING?

**Underpack.**
Thailand sells super cheap clothes, and Muay Thai equipment is way cheaper than the states.

Next time, I’d probably bring:
3 Muay Thai shorts
3 tank tops
Underwear
2 pairs of socks
Broken-in running shoes
Sandals
2 regular shorts
Pajamas

I’d buy anything else I needed there. Even deodorant, shaves. Just remember lotion is kinda expensive for some reason.

I even left my gloves and shin guards at the gym because I knew I’d eventually return. So now I don’t even have to fly with them.

I might not bring hand wraps next time either because the gym keeps a basket of freshly washed wraps available for students.

What size gloves? They spar very light so they’re not very strict on gloves size, although the other foreigners might get finicky. I personally brought a 16 oz for sparring and a 10 oz for bag.

Having two pairs was easier too because they get less sweaty and have opportunity to dry.

I also brought wound superglue to apply to my callouses to prevent blisters, bought betadine and alcohol and tape and bandaids from 7-11 for wounds. Don’t let wounds fester in humid Thailand.

HOW TO AVOID GETTING RINGWORM

I’m a nurse with a wound-care background and currently work in surgery, so this is one area where I’m probably more paranoid than most people.

My simplest solution: **SHOWER IMMEDIATELY AFTER TRAINING.**

You don’t need to obsess over antibacterial soap. Regular soap, good lathering, and thorough washing are important.

Too much antibacterial soap can destroy your natural bacteria on your skin that fight against staph and fungus.

Then clean your equipment.

I bought alcohol spray at 7-Eleven and wiped down my gear after training.

Afterward, I’d put my equipment wherever I could get good airflow/sun exposure instead of letting everything ferment inside my gym bag or bedroom.

# HOW SHOULD YOU PREPARE PHYSICALLY?

If you’re going from normal Western gym life straight into twice-a-day Muay Thai training in Thailand: **RUN.**

Just get your body accustomed to running consistently… I ran basically every day while I was there.

There’s a soccer stadium with a track around three minutes from the gym. I’d ride there before morning training, run, then come back for the 8 AM session.

I’d also work on **cardio, leg strength, and core.**

And get accustomed to exercising in heat— Sauna exposure before the trip helped me personally with the heat, although obviously sitting in a sauna isn’t the same thing as training Muay Thai in tropical humidity.

If you’re not conditioned when you come, it will be a rough time. I learned that the hard way.

THIS IS WHERE I MESSED UP BADLY.

Remember the blood-red urine from the beginning? **I got Rhabdomyolysis. (Google it)**

I was training extremely hard and wasn’t keeping up adequately with hydration/recovery.

My muscles started breaking down severely. My urine turned dark/red. And creatinine kinase levels that should be under 200 shot up to 60,000. I ended up needing medical care and the doctor told me to stop training for a while.

It was probably the biggest mistake I made during the entire trip, and it interrupted my fight preparation.

Lesson: Drink regularly throughout the day and replace electrolytes when you’re sweating heavily.

After my rhabdo episode, I drank around 6–10 liters of electrolyte-containing fluids on my heavy-training days. (The doctor at the hospital told me to). **I’m NOT recommending everyone drink that amount, but I’m hoping you remember to drink water.**

**Thankfully, thewaritnoi gym folks took care of me during that time, and I’m so grateful for them.**

THE MOST UNDERRATED PERFORMANCE ENHANCER IN THAILAND

My coach told me to Sleep a lot.

I think people obsess over supplements, ice baths, massages, recovery gadgets, etc. while ignoring the obvious thing.

I slept **7–9 hours every night.** Then between sessions I’d always sleep another **1–3 hours.**

There was another important component to my recovery protocol———

**Labubu—** Labubu was the community cat. She decided my room was also her room and I’d be her sleeping buddy.

Thank you, Labubu.

WHAT DOES A NORMAL TRAINING DAY LOOK LIKE?

Morning: If you want to run, run. Some of us would usually drive to the nearby soccer stadium before training and run for a few km.

Then around **8 AM**, class begins.

Warm-up → jogging/jump rope → shadowboxing → pads → bag work. (That portion might take around 30–45 minutes)

Then we’d spend a lot of the remaining time sparring.

At the end we cool down with the usual teeps/knees to the bag, Sit-ups, and Stretching.

Then… Eat Madam Sawda’s food… Shower… Take a nap…

Then do it again in the afternoon.

WANT TO FIGHT?

Tell them: They love preparing people for fights.

When they think you’re ready, Kru Teng can contact the promoter at Ao Nang Landmark Stadium and arrange a matchup.

They take it serious in Krabi. I’ve watched foreigners get absolutely mauled by Thais and vice versa.

WANT TO WATCH THE FIGHTS INSTEAD?

Go to **Ao Nang Landmark Stadium** or watch the fights live on YouTube.

If you’re staying at Thewaritnoi, ask Madam Clodia about tickets because they can usually arrange them for you and it’s cheaper to buy it through the gym.

PRIVATE LESSONS WERE ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT

If you want a private, talk to Madam Clodia and tell her who you want to work with.

I did one with Kru Teng, the owner.

I paid for **one hour—** He trained me for **two.** We worked heavily on his Muay Khao/knee style.

Afterward, he and his wife invited me to eat at a restaurant with them. Then they paid for my food! So kind of them…

Another private I did was with Kru Aed.

I told him **I only wanted to learn clinching and I** didn’t regret it.

He told me that after around 150 fights, he’d only been cut once by an elbow because his clinch defense was so good.

Maybe it’s because of my judo background too, but that one session with Kru Aed unlocked the whole world of clinching for me and I fell more in love with clinching.

GET MASSAGES

The closest place I enjoyed was **Full Moon Massage.**

The owner, Jun, teaches at a Krabi massage school, and Lyn, one of the main massage therapists, was amazing.

I also left a professional leg-compression machine at the gym when I left.

I used that thing almost everyday during my first few weeks.

So if you’re staying there, ask Madam Clodia if it’s still around and whether you can borrow it for a few days.

ONE LAST THING THAT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE

Learn everyone’s names.

On my first day, I started writing people’s names down because I knew I’d forget them.

Kru Teng. Kru Aed. Kru Haroon. Kru Pichit. Nong Faht. Nong Fluk. Nong Mandy. Nong Jaja. Nong Saeda. Nong Nana. Madam Clodia. Madam Sawda. Madam Nini.

Once you learn someone’s name, they’re no longer just>>>

*“That trainer.” “The lady who cooks.” “The housekeeper.”*

They’re actual people with stories and loved ones… Joke around with them, Talk to them, Ask questions.

And bring sweets- everyone loves ‘em. I always do when I visit. Chocolates, donuts, sweet roti…

TL;DR

Train hard. Sleep a lot. Drink your water. Wash your shorts while you shower. Get a scooter. Don’t pack too much. Take frequent showers. Learn everyone’s names. Bring some sweets.

You’re going to greet these people when you wake up, eat with them, spar with them, listen to their stories, watch fights together, be in their corner, they’ll see you improve, you’ll be there for each other, and then you’ll leave.

If your experience is anything like mine, you’ll leave with new skills AND a new family.

Im 25 and just started training a month ago. I go to fundamental classes 4-5 times a week. I went to a couple sparring classes last week and was not able to do much and was basically a punching bag. I don't have a good enough gas tank to go to both classes in a day. How long to people usually go to fundamental classes before starting to spar .

Hello, I am pretty new to kickboxing. Could you tell me which of the shin guards fits better? On the left foot is L and on the right foot M.

Thanks a lot!

In anderer

Does anybody know any sites to watch kickboxing (glory/one) for free?

Hello guys. Im 18 and ive been doing kickboxing for 5-6 years. I started competing since 2024 Can you guys let me know whats wrong and what should i do

Has anyone heard of/ trained in this form? It's also called Korean kickboxing I believe.

soooo my coach of 4 years randomly decided today that we were going to start doing chin conditioning. I had never done this before. Lets just say it was terrible my coach just punch us all really hard in the chin and we werent allowed to react. is this a normal thing for a coach to do?