Can anyone point me towards what to do during training for Muay Thai?

I don%26#039;t want to train my body, I want to train my technique. Honestly, I%26#039;m clueless on how to properly do any kick or elbow or even knee Muay Thai style correctly.... (Haven%26#039;t started yet)





Oh and btw, I am going to have a standing punching\kicking bag, handwraps and boxing gloves when I start. (Should be in 3 or 4 days, need about $40 more)





So does anyone happen to have a video or anything to help with technique on strikes?|||In order to learn proper muay thai techniques, you not only need to train your body, as it must be in top physical shape, but need proper instruction, and correction when doing the drills and sparring.





Learning muay thai through videos and not from a school would be like learning to drive without instruction, you might learn the basics, while the risk of crashing is high, and what you learn is questionable as far as quality.





Muay thai fighters train 5-6 hours a day, their abs are rock solid, and that%26#039;s why the traditional muay thai stance has your hands high, because any blows to the stomach are pretty much dismissed because your abs are rock solid. The Dutch (closest second muay thai fighters in the word), have a different stance, because of it%26#039;s kyokushin influence), still they also train their bodies just as hard as thais.





Learning how to kick, knee, elbow,punch a bag is NOT learning muay thai, you%26#039;ll never learn the muay thai clinch, and sparring is a essential part while learning muay thai, bruises are not uncommon, that%26#039;s why practitioners are tough-as-nails, neglecting this essential part of training will make your defense technique practically null, you%26#039;ll never know how to react when being kicked or punched, and believe me, it%26#039;s not the same as a punching bag.





As far as wraps and gloves, make sure you ALWAYS wrap your hands while punching the bag, and you have at least 10oz gloves when hitting it, and you need 16oz gloves for sparring, which unless you have a partner, you won%26#039;t do.





I suggest you take a muay thai class every once in a while, to learn at least the basics, then you can practice and condition at home, remember that a muay thai fighter without condition is useless, technique is worthless is you can%26#039;t last one round, you NEED to train your body. Alot of times a fighter with higher conditioning beats an opponent with better technique via out-cardio.





i hope this info was useful





good luck!|||The problem is you need an instructor to give you the nuances of the art to truly train Muay Thai. Contrary to popular belief, there is more than one roundhouse kick, more than one style of punch, and some very different movements involved in Muay Thai that are not that easy to translate into words and video. Sure, you can watch video for days, weeks, months even, and still not be squeezing the best technique out of your kicks.





For instance, their are two distinct roundhouses: chopping and cutting. Chopping comes in parallell to the ground or from a 15-45 degree angle up-to-down, ie. like chopping downward with an axe. You will shift your weight onto the front leg, bringing rear leg up with leg slightly bent at knee, then chop downward as you %26quot;turn over%26quot; at shin, connecting withtarget, your body slightly slanted away from targetline, knee still slightly bent. This is a chopping knee.





A cutting knee is almost the exact opposite. It cuts upwards at 45 degree angle from floor to target, almost always the outer or inner thigh. You will shift weight as you perform the movement instead of loading the weight before the movement. Kick upwards from floor, turning over at last moment as shin connects with lower thigh, 2 inches above knee. Your leg should be slightly bent again, but your body should torque over at the hips and hands as you turn over the shin.





The chopping kick misleads a fighter into thinking you%26#039;re aiming for the ribcage, then dropping a kick to the thigh. The cutting kick is far faster and strikes so swiftly that the opponent has little chance to check it if they don%26#039;t see it coming.





I won%26#039;t even go into the three methods for knees, or the four angles for elbows, the modified punching methods, coiling the body, tucking the chin, the stance, all subtle things that are needed to truly work the art. If you want to train Muay Thai, get an instructor. If you want to know what it%26#039;s like before training, go to youtube and watch video. But don%26#039;t buy videos and expect to train up to a high level.|||You can look on you tube. There are heaps of vids on there about muay thai. When you punch, you need to keep your opposite hand up to cover your jaw, keep the shoulder of the arm that%26#039;s punching up too. You need to punch with the rotation of your whole body. Push from your legs, twist your hips, twist your shoulders and then throw out the punch. When you kick, keep your leg pretty much straight, lean back, twist your hips and swing your leg like a baseball bat, kicking with your lower shin. As you kick, rotate the foot that%26#039;s on the ground, twisting your heel to face the target(for more power), and twist your hip as you land the kick.|||check out www.centurymartialarts.com or combat sports. They have tons of videos, exactly what you are looking for. Muay Thai is a really fun, intense sport. Good luck and have fun!





Btw, listen to %26quot;Jimbo%26quot;......everything he said was right on target.|||don%26#039;t watch ufc. it%26#039;s sissy bull****