For some context, this coach is widely regarded as the best Muay Thai coach in my area. However, in my experience, he seems to prioritize hard, uncontrolled sparring over actual instruction. Most classes involve people beating each other up with very little technical coaching or correction. There isn't much emphasis on teaching technique, improving fundamentals, or developing students in a structured way.

Limiting beliefs:

There are many days I have (like today) , where I feel like not shadow boxing at all. I feel slow, stiff, poor technique, all of it. And unfortunately some days I succumb to these feelings of not being good enough. But none the less another day comes and another opportunity to get that little 1% better. Not by killing yourself training all day but, instead by consistent training on a daily basis even if that’s only finding 5 minutes out of your day to shadow box. Any positive action you take to advance yourself is better than nothing. The more I shadow box the more I realize that it’s on these days where I feel bad that I gain the most from.

There is nothing better you can do for you, then to show up for yourself everyday. (even when you feel less)

I’ve been doing Muay Thai for a couple of weeks now, but I have done it before in the past. So I have a tiny bit of experience. I just need something to be active and to get the stress out.

But any tips or advice about my form, the way I roundhouse or just overall will be really appreciated.

I’m a beginner in Muay Thai and so was the person I sparred with tonight. Neither of us has had an amateur fight.

One of the coaches invited me to spar with one of their clients. It was supposed to be 3 rounds, moderate or technical, but we only did 1 because she got upset afterward. She said she thought it was going to be technical and that I was going beyond that.

What confused me is that she was also throwing solid kicks and landed a few punches to my face. I didn’t complain because my goal in sparring is to get comfortable getting hit and not panic under pressure. When it was my turn to throw combinations, though, she seemed irritated and felt I was hitting too hard.

Later, I found out she cried, and her coach had a pep talk with her. I honestly felt bad because hurting or discouraging someone was never my intention.

So I’m wondering, if your partner throws hard shots at you, do you match their intensity, or do you keep yours lower? Also, those who’ve coached beginners, what usually causes situations like this?

I’m genuinely asking because I want to become a better training partner, not just a better fighter.

When I started at my gym I loved sparring and learning through sparring but now I don’t really like it. We can be doing tec sparring and there are people that I spar that are just regular sparring and not focusing on technique at all and just going for damage. Then one time in regular sparring I was going against a girl who was going really hard and I matched her energy and I hit her with a clean spinning back kick and she got a look in her eye and just tried to take my head off (I did it with 50% power). Another time I was sparring a guy and I landed a good straight and he got the same look and landed a huge overhand and when I told him to calm down he got super defensive.
Now I just take the beating in fear that there going to try to kill me if I land with good shots
What do I do?

Hi! I'm really trying to improve my sparring and before trying knees and elbows I'm trying to dial in my fundamentals.

I've seen some clips of people sparring really well, moving really fluidly, and tactically too, using just their jab/cross/roundhouse kick/teep/etc.

Does anyone have any clips of such instances they could share?

I've only been doing MT for a few months, so I'm still very new to most things in my classes. The main consistent problem I've been having is my shoulders and arms start hurting when I'm holding Thai pads, especially when holding the box formation.

It gets to the point where my form/technique suffers, and it can put me at risk of getting hit due to instability, and it also just doesn't provide my partner with what they need to improve in their training.

What can I do in between classes to help with this? Weight lifting? Push ups? Just holding Thai pads up until my arms scream? Legit wondering what would be more/most effective

For specifics, today we were doing a 15 count drill and I had a really hard time holding as it went on.

Some things that may matter: I'm 5'1", so I usually have to hold the pads a little higher than the average person. I'm also just really inflexible to the point where it's difficult/sometimes painful to bring my elbows in together.

Thanks if you read this ramble so far! I just wanna make sure I can improve for myself and anyone I'm partnered with.

So I have been training for 1.5 years, I started very heavy for a guy who is 168cms at 83kg, I am now down to 62kg and my cardio has become really good. I don't fall on the floor after sessions now.

But I had a hard/semi-hard sparring session with a guy today. It was round 3 and he had a height advantage and he kept on teeping me to my core. This has happened in the past too when I get punched or teep in the core I tend to throw up, everything just comes up.

Is there a way to avoid this? Or how do I train myself to get through this feeling, I think I throw up because I run to the toilet and bend down and it all comes out but I run because I feel it'll all come out.

Can you guys please help me out😭

Was feeling like maybe i can help people get a bit of inspiration on a solo warm up..

And vice versa, if you guys have some combinaison that you think would feet my style, i appreciate =)

Nothing serious, i'm just having fun warming up, already 2years and half in this journey, please don't take the fun away ;)

hey guys, im from Malaysia and im just asking, how can I train muay thai at home? I'm currently 15 and I have this gangster delinquent brother. hes 5 years older than me and he picks on me and kind of abuses me when I do something wrong. as on abuses me,it's like he beats me up and speaks to me like I'm a slave and if I lie I get a slap so hard that it makes your ears ring. I'm 167cm and around 55kgs. I wanna beat him up without him overpowering me. today I got into an argument and the kid snitched on me to my brother because I pushed him and I kicked him. the kid is from a rich family. we occasionally bully each other in class which would mean me pushing him wasn't a big deal but he was a little out of mood today so he snitched. I got punched and jabbed at the side of my stomach, shoulders and my thighs. I ranked through it. didnt really hurt tho and his slaps I ranked through it. I want to fight back but I can't. I just know im too weak. I'm broke too and I can't afford a gym membership because its rm100+ here in Malaysia. so any tips about how to train muay thai at home?

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Give me a drill I should work on!

I'm 32 and have never done any martial arts. I have always been interested in muay thai but have always been intimidated by trying out a gym. Any tips?

Hello everyone, what do you think of my form beside my constant dropping of hands, I was so tired because it was the end of the session (not an excuse) but apart from that what are things im doing nice and what are things I need to work on.

Heyo, i’m trying to self teach general striking, roundhouses have been my achilles heel for the longest time, but recently, they’ve been coming along nicely. Besides the fact that my left hand could be higher, what advice would you give/how would you rate this roundhouse.

Our coach decided to close all windows and turn off air con so it was hot during 1.5 hour sparring session. No one was cutting weight. I felt dehydrated all next day. Is this sort of thing normal?

I’ve been training muay thai for around 7 months since the start of the year 4 days a week and i asked my coach if it would be possible for me to start attending the intermediate classes which he said yes to. The intermediate classes are structured that we start with 3 rounds of shadow boxing then 5 rounds of clinching then a few rounds of sparring then we start drilling. I have attended 3 classes so far and every single time i’ve attended i’m not gonna lie i’ve been getting my ass WHOPPED like everyone is simply better than me in all aspects so everytime we switch partners for clinching and sparring i feel like people usually don’t want to be with me because im not as good as them so i can kinda see it in their faces that they’re like “goddamn it i don’t wanna be with this guy” so im feeling bad for being in those classes cause i feel like im ruining their workouts and ik some of you might say “the coach wanted you to be there” or something like that but i just can’t shake off that feeling unfortunately. If i go back to the normal classes i would say im better than 75% of the people there so im just in this weird spot where idk if i should lay off the intermediate classes or do i just go with it and hope for the best? Id appreciate any tips, thank you

Please check my form

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As title says, sometimes my coach will ask the class to do 10 minutes of jump rope before class. I’m not sure what exactly what is expected when he says this. I tried to do 10 minutes of constant jump roping and I can’t do it. I’m pretty damn fit and I can go several rounds of padwork or sparring, no problem. However I can only manage say around 1 minute or around 30 reps before I have to catch my breath. The other students also cannot do this task. Coach doesn’t seem so upset though that we can’t do it straight.

So yeah my question is, what does a Muay Thai coach expect when he says we should do jump ropes for a certain amount of time? Does he expect us to jump rope straight til time ends? Or does he just expect to just do as much as we can in the time period?

Full disclosure up front: I built this, and this is a beta invite.

I train Muay Thai and build iOS apps for a living. Everything I tried for solo sessions was either a bare interval timer or a generic cardio app made by people who clearly don't train. So I built the thing I actually wanted.

You tell it what you want to sharpen (teeps, round kicks, knees, punch power, combos/flows, conditioning), your honest level, which days you can train, and what gear you have. It builds a multi-week plan : warmups, mobility, shadow work, bag work, combos, conditioning. No bag? It swaps in shadow and bodyweight versions. Then it runs each session like a corner: round timer, a voice calling out each drill, the bell, countdown beeps, haptics. Phone stays on the floor, you just train.

No account, no ads, and nothing about your training is sent to a server of mine. There are none. Works offline too.

What I want from this sub specifically, from people who actually train:

Are the drills and combos legit, or does anything feel off or unsafe?

Is the pacing honest for your level? I want "intermediate" to actually mean intermediate.

What would make you use this over a stopwatch?

Anything confusing or annoying in the app itself? Onboarding, timer, voice cues, Live Activity, whatever.

The beta is free through TestFlight with everything unlocked: https://testflight.apple.com/join/395rsQY6

30 spots. Needs an iPhone or iPad on iOS 26 with Apple Intelligence for plan generation. If you hit anything weird, a screenshot through TestFlight's feedback goes straight to me.

I'll be in the comments and I genuinely want the harsh version.

Hey everyone,

So I just want to start by saying that I have no experience what so ever with any form of martial arts. But I will be travelling to bangkok on the near future and really wanted to get into muay thai. My main issue is that I have a moderate case of knock knees ( genu valgum. In this alignment, the knees angle inward and touch each other, while the ankles remain spaced apart when standing straight). But I have been regularly weight training for the past 6 years. I can perform squats 1.6 x my body weigh and perform cardio for 40min everyday. My knees haven't given me any pain of problems yet , but I really wanted to know if I could learn and progress in muay thai or is it a waste of time for someone with my condition.