by Chike Lindsay | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog
Our course on winning any street fight is out! Learn how to win street fights using one Muay Thai technique! Check it out here! There’s no magic pill that makes you more balanced and have better movement across the board in either Muay Thai or boxing. Instead we have to think about balance and movement in individual techniques. The good news is that some techniques are used much more often than others. In fact even the most seasoned fighters only throw a handful of techniques with a high amount of frequency and just change the order and timing to find different openings. In Muay Thai your key weapons will be jab, cross, left hook, right round kick, and left round kick. Practice the form and the technique with each one of these techniques separately instead of always working combinations. If you have proper instruction on the form and you train with seriousness then your balance will improve greatly in a short amount of time. Practice your basic footwork steps as well: forward, backward, lateral, and pivot step. These basic steps and basic techniques will have your general movement and balance be sharp. From there you’ll have that foundation you need to learn the more advanced techniques out there. I have a fundamentals course that covers all of these things on askchike.com so feel free to check it out...
by Chike Lindsay | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog
Our course on winning any street fight is out! Learn how to win street fights using one Muay Thai technique! Check it out here! Yes it is still possible to train Muay Thai while pregnant, but like with any kind of exercise it has to be (1st) modified for safety and (2nd) approved by a qualified physician. Sparring and clinchwork need to be eliminated completely since strikes to the midsection are unavoidable in these two aspects of training. Pad work and bag work should be fine to do as long as jumping techniques are avoided and pad holders are qualified instructors that are experienced enough to remember not to strike to the midsection. Again whatever modified training regimen you come up with should be discussed with a qualified physician before engaging in...
by Chike Lindsay | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog
Our course on winning any street fight is out! Learn how to win street fights using one Muay Thai technique! Check it out here! A knockout is a result of a severe concussion and a concussion is just a result of hard blow to the head. The brain floats within the skull suspended in fluid and concussions are caused when the head moves at such a violent rate that it forces the brain to crash into the side of the skull. A well timed strike to the jaw or temple can easily cause this. When this sudden trauma happens the brain quickly acts to begin repairing itself, diverting resources to that process at the expense of other brain functions (usually mobility first). This is why when fighters get rocked, the legs start to give out first and they lose the ability to move with coordination even while still conscious. When the brain determines that damage is severe enough to warrant it, it will shutdown the entire body and cause the person to completely lose consciousness while it attempts to repair itself as quickly as...
by Chike Lindsay | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog
Our course on winning any street fight is out! Learn how to win street fights using one Muay Thai technique! Check it out here! No, true Muay Thai doesn’t have a ranking system. Over the last several years there have been more and more schools popping up with ranking systems. Some use colored shirts or colored prajioud to show rank, but this concept is purely a western one. In true Muay Thai, an instructor or student’s skill is instead determined by their accomplishments. It’s determined by the level of competition they’ve fought and the titles they’ve won –making no other method of ranking...
by Chike Lindsay | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog
Our course on winning any street fight is out! Learn how to win street fights using one Muay Thai technique! Check it out here! My first martial art was Wushu Kung-Fu and my second was a Korean style called Jidokwan. I had originally planned to learn several arts separately and then mix them, but as I got better at Muay Thai I realized something interesting. Muay Thai is unique because it’s both a combat sport and a martial art. Yes there is tradition and history steeped in the movements, but because competition is the most important element the movements are shaped by practicality. In the end, all combat sports are refined with the basic principle of innovating something new, keeping what works, throwing away what doesn’t and repeating this process over and over again. I found that modern Muay Thai has already adopted and borrowed things from other styles such as more head movement and varied kick catching techniques. Still, martial arts is a personal journey and some people still feel like mixing Muay Thai with arts that have a different approach like the spinning techniques of Korean kicking arts or the slick defensive head movement of Western Boxing. I highly suggest against training these arts concurrently though. To mix styles you must first become proficient in one then proficient in the other completely separately. Once you have learned enough to have a true understanding of each you can see where things need to be modified and adapted to get them to work together. Trying to cross-train two striking arts at once will only hinder your ability to...
