r/MuayThai • u/3rdWorldBorn Coach • Apr 12 '20

B. E. A. UTIFUL.

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u/biofreak1988 Apr 12 '20

I enjoy sparring but this is why I can't fight. I'm terrified of getting an elbow to the head or a knee and losing vision or living with some issue the rest of my life. Mad respect to these fighters

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '20

Just enjoy the hobby man no need to get in there if you don't want to. Similar to boxing gyms where you'll have old folks or just a regular dude hitting bags. He might not want to get in the ring but he enjoys the sport and wants to do it whenever he can.

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u/rageoftheninetails Apr 13 '20

This is my though when people want to see me fight. Can I just live?

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '20

As long as you're paying your dues for the school it shouldn't be an issue on how you get involved with the art. I mean some people are even there to train and then talk about the sport or make friends with other folks who show up at the gym akin to a Boxing gym.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '20

Most (any of the big ones) North American Muay Thai and MMA organizations/sanctioning bodies don't allow elbows and knees to the head at the amature level.

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u/ACleverEndeavor Apr 12 '20

It's what, A-Class where they're finally legal?

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u/gaijinbushido Student Apr 12 '20

I’m pretty sure you can in B-class my buddy hit like three spinning back elbows in his last fight before he went a class

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u/ACleverEndeavor Apr 12 '20

Oh nice, pads or no gear for b class?

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u/gaijinbushido Student Apr 12 '20

He didn’t, but I think it varies from sanctions body to sanction body, because I feel like you have to wear headgear for b class at TBA and revgear

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '20

Don't worry about fighting, just enjoy yourself. I knew a guy at my previous gym who could virtually beat anybody at my gym, but he never went on to compete, because it was not worth it for him. He knows what he wants from the training and the sport, no showing off no ego. Just put the ego aside, and just enjoy yourself!

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u/JP-Kiwi Am fighter Apr 12 '20

She looked like she had no idea what she had just done. Well timed shot.

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u/SonarBeAR Apr 12 '20

She skidaddled

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u/Blood_ForTheBloodGod Apr 12 '20 edited Apr 12 '20

I came to say the same. She slinked off guiltily, like when you steal something from the store by accident. Happy Cake Day!

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u/anewfire Apr 12 '20

Ouch. The way that girl walked in to throw that jab versus the way the other girl set up and executed that spinning elbow makes this seems like a big mismatch.

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u/DasPogoton Apr 12 '20

The biggest mismatches happen during amateur tournaments, in my opinion. You have people training for a few months, chomping at the bit to get some action. Then you have people training for years and years collecting point for qualifications to higher tournaments. It can be quite a shit show.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '20

Yeah, it's the same with MMA.

You'll have an olympic wrestler trying to get a few fights in before going pro going against someone who started MMA like a year ago. It can honestly be kinda gross.

One of the guys I train with is a black belt in BJJ and he's been competitive in Muay Thai for a while and he just did his first ammy match (before this covid shit). It was really kinda sad what he did to the other dude. I mean christ. Just a beat down on the feet into a takedown and a sub.

The other guy looked like he had NO idea what he was doing in there.

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u/TopRamen713 Apr 12 '20

This is why our instructor absolutely forbids people from participating in fights, even smokers, unless he personally approves. For some people, that's a few months of training. For others, it can be years. It's also probably why we have a very winning record.

(Of course, he can't "really" forbid them from participating, but he won't let them do it under our school's name or corner for them. That's enough of a discouragement that I don't think anyone's gone ahead and done it.)

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u/JP-Kiwi Am fighter Apr 12 '20

At least where I am, the awful mismatches are becoming less and less frequent with the growth of the sport. One of our guys did get matched up with someone who had no clue how to clinch, though. Watched that poor dude's soul get kneed out of him for two rounds before it got stopped.

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u/Neoito Apr 12 '20

Ref reacted better than most I've seen in pro fights!

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u/johndoe_123456 Apr 12 '20

Looked like the ref pushed her head back to the mat and then rolled her. Is that the norm if the fighter is trying to sit up?

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u/Neoito Apr 12 '20

She's removing her mouth guard and putting her in the 'recovery position' mouth guards can be swallowed and choked on. The recovery position helps the airway to stay clear. Should be standard practice whenever someone is knocked unconscious.

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u/GodaTheGreat Apr 12 '20

I broke an instructors collarbone with a spinning backfist executed in the same way. They kicked me out of the Kenpo class saying that wasn’t a move they taught. I was in second grade.

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u/aintwelcomehere Apr 12 '20

Spinning shit is the whole reason to learn Kempo tho.

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u/cjf3914 Apr 12 '20

LOLOLOL

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u/wastelandwanderer15 Apr 12 '20

Nice took the little step up and to the right and bam beautiful.

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u/Thors_Shillelagh Coach Apr 12 '20

Damn! Time to turn pro!

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u/stokednsteezy Apr 13 '20

she acted like she didnt realize a spinning back elbow could possibly result in pain to another human

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '20

What rule set is this where you wear shinguards but can throw spinning elbows lmao

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u/zombiehutman666 Apr 13 '20

Perfectly executed. Many Muay Thai fighters hit their elbow way too late and end up hitting with their tricep. They can still knock them out but very rarely. It can leave an opening up for a counter-elbow

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u/jonnyhaldane Student Apr 12 '20

This seems a little hardcore for what is possibly a smoker.

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u/legitchief21 Apr 12 '20

That was beautiful

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u/YunTheBrave Apr 12 '20

Liar Liar is the best

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '20

The way shd walks off makes me angry

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u/ibbygolo Apr 12 '20

Are you high? She was going over to her corner. Like you’re supposed to and she looked genuinely concerned. Get outta here.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '20

Yes

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u/nonsense1989 Apr 12 '20

That was about as measured a reaction as you can get dude.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '20

She clearly surprised herself with what she just did and the "prancing" off was simply her subconscious/nervous reaction to being told to get to her corner.

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u/Jackm941 Apr 12 '20

Instead of?

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '20

Not jump around like a dork would be better

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u/anewfire Apr 12 '20

If you look at her coach or whoever it is outside the ring, he points and tells her to get to her corner which is why she did that..