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Questions tagged [muay-thai]

Muay-Thai (มวยไทย), or "Thai boxing", is a martial art from Thailand. It uses stand-up striking (i.e., punches, elbows, knees, and kicks) and various clinching techniques for takedowns and close-range fighting (i.e., with elbows and knees).

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Why do Muay Thai players wear armbands?

Is there any technical reason for this?
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Eye protection Muay Thai

I train in Muay Thai for six months now including sparing. I have myopia (-5 / -4.75) and I will get a femto LASIK surgery soon. My doctor told me that I could resume sparring after 6 weeks as long as I do not get punched in the eyes but I know that…
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am I thinking about this correctly? (deciding whether to move left or right after a strike)

I'm a beginner and have a question that may be basic. I figured out when you hit left I can feel my body loading up on the right side so my combos tend to be left right left right left right so they 'flow' I've also realized if I strike and I'm not…
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Using shoes while training at home

I've been training muay thai at the gym for some time, and I'd decided to also train at home. So I bought myself a punching bag and hung it in my garage. The problem is that I have no mat, and the floor is very hard (and sometimes dirty) for me to…
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Single exercises to improve kicking and punching power

I would like to improve my kicking as well as my punching in terms of power / strength. For kicking I would especially distinguish between teeps (front kicks) and low kicks. Which single exercise(s) would improve the kicking power accordingly for…
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Training on hard ground

I practiced muay thai for a year and my teacher made it clear we would train all along bare feet on the hard ground. Of course I had feet injuries after repeatedly kicking the mitts. At first, I thought I would hold on and eventually my feet would…
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What kind of mentality do you have going into a fight vs sparring?

I only fought once but I have been sparring regularly on a weekly basis. Yesterday our coach made one of us stay in the ring and the rest would take turns fighting with them for 1 round, then when the whole class has fought that person he'd go out…
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What would be the reason that Muay Thai is not very popular in the US?

I've trained Muay Thai in Europe and it is quite popular in countries such as the UK, Spain, Netherlands, and Poland. When I went to Thailand for training, I expected that I would meet a lot of guys from Europe and also from the US but, I mostly met…
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How to learn Muy Thai or to fight really well by myself?

How to learn Muy Thai or to fight really well by myself? Somewhere online like YouTube preferably? so i can be good fighter
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Can the long guard block any type of punch?

So I heard that you can block punches with the long guard (especially overhands), so does that mean that you can block any type of punch with the long guard?
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