>>241179 Judo and wrestling throws have multiple points of contact, usually 2-3 with only 1 point of contact being very situational. Off-balancing someone to setup a throw or takedown usually happens after you already have a grip on somebody. Throws in striking involve much fewer points of contact and the off-balancing is usually achieved with strikes and feints from a longer distance before contact is made.
On a meta level, muay thai throws (even the ones similar to judo throws) are purposely done differently due to anti-Japanese sentiment in Thailand as a result of World War 2. For example, you can sweep with the side of the foot, but not the bottom because that's "too much like judo".
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Anonymous08/29/25(Fri)12:30:06
>>241179 You can't sweep without establishing grips, it's considered a kick by the rules if i remember correctly. Also you should turn your foot and hit with your sole in judo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BUUvqxi_Kk
Gonna start Muay Thai this week. Used yo do boxing, last time was in september 2021, haven't done much exercising since.
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Anonymous08/31/25(Sun)22:49:38
I'd like shoot boxing a lot more if the clinches didn't get reset, and the match straight-up ended when someone fell.
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Anonymous08/31/25(Sun)22:58:34
>>241179 In Judo, you will learn to throw off your opponent's balance, then sweep him. Here you will use his own momentum against him, much more like Aikido.
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Anonymous09/02/25(Tue)14:45:56
>"For a beginner in Muay Thai, start with a less frequent training schedule, such as 1-2 times a week, to let your body adjust to the intense workouts. As you become accustomed to the physical demands, you can gradually increase the frequency to 3-5 times a week to see faster improvement and potentially compete"
Is this true or should one be training the most when just starting out to build muscle memory?
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Anonymous09/02/25(Tue)19:53:29
>>241700 i would imagine you'd want to go light on the conditioning and heavy on the technical work to start with- it'll probably depend on your coach though
>ANPO SIGNED WITH ONE FUCK YEAH >see who his debut is against uh oh
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Anonymous09/11/25(Thu)20:04:23
>>241179 Muay thai has stricter rules about sweeps, lots of judo sweeps are actually illegal The very rough rule of thumb is a sweep that looks like a kick is okay, but using the pad of the foot, or the heel to the rear (e.g. osoto gari) is illegal and might be called by the ref It's specifically because thais don't like japanese, for uh no reason whatsoever, so they don't want japanese judo-ey sweeps in their sport, but the reality of kickboxing is that you can kick out someone's leg, so the result is a specific way to sweep that is fine
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Anonymous09/13/25(Sat)17:56:44
Hey, fatty fat fat here, I took my first class today, couple questions. >1. my coach said I get the best bang for my buck if I order proper muay thai boxing gloves with pinky protection from the head coach, they sell for about twice of what the cheapest pair of Outshock boxing gloves cost in Sports Direct, scam or deal? >2. What the hell am I supposed to do when someone advances on me and keeps a combo up in sparring? >3. I did a tiny bit of boxing and I noticed the guys never defend body jabs and they have trouble defending jabs in general, specifically square down the middle, am I onto something or am I being retarded here and unkowingly exposing myself for a knee or something when I change level and do a body jab?
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Anonymous09/13/25(Sat)21:02:43
>>242600 >my coach said I get the best bang for my buck if I order proper muay thai boxing gloves with pinky protection from the head coach, they sell for about twice
>>242609 I don't fucking know I just started, he said there's a reinforced part over the pnky side so when you block a kick your finger doesn't break.
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Anonymous09/13/25(Sat)22:37:51
>>242612 That sounds like some ole made up bullshit
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Anonymous09/13/25(Sat)23:08:57
>>242615 Idk maybe he meant that instead of having most of the padding around the knuckles it's more even or something? It's like 60 bucks so idk if it's worth it.
>>243335 well, people were also doubting with Noiri against Tawanchai and look how that ended up [spoiler]Anpo looks like Tawanchai's evil brother lmao[/spoiler]
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Anonymous09/27/25(Sat)21:19:04
>>243337 My legs are wood, the stretching is killing me but it's cool.
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Anonymous10/05/25(Sun)22:13:29
So I almost signed up to the MT/ kickboxing gym but then It made me download some app and then all of a sudden the membership prices are mysteriously higher in the app, and some of the classes advertised on their website no longer exists on the app so I thought fuck that..
Did I dodge a bullet? Seems like a dishonest practice
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Anonymous10/06/25(Mon)08:37:24
>>244221 Gyms have apps? Is that common? I've never seen that.
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Anonymous10/06/25(Mon)10:08:40
>>244250 Yeah apparently. Where you have to "pre book" the session. I'm guessing it's so you can't go more than your membership allows
It's clearly a "reputable" and fancy gym, the guys been around for years. I just find it dishonest that suddenly once you download the app and fill in your details, classes are suddenly missing and memberships are either more expensive or unavailable, compared to the website (which says it's supposed to be accurate)
And the only way to buy membership is through the app. Oh well
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Anonymous10/06/25(Mon)10:09:45
>>244250 If it makes more sense, it's a generic app called "club right". I'm guessing multiple clubs use it for members to book sessions etc
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Anonymous10/06/25(Mon)11:39:31
>>244221 It could be deliberate or it could just be a lazy lack of synchronization. Sounds annoying to deal with either way.
>>244250 >>244253 One of the weightlifting gyms near me uses some kind of generic membership app (forget what it's called, don't feel like looking it up). From reading reviews of the app it looks like all kinds of gyms use it and that people find all kinds of problems with it but gym owners keep using it anyway because they're lazy and it's "good enough." I don't want to download an app to use the gym (particularly if the app has tedious problems) so I didn't join and bought weights to use at home instead.
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Anonymous10/06/25(Mon)12:00:01
>>244255 Yeah stuff like this really puts me off. I noticed a LOT of martial arts gyms are very vague when it comes to pricing. It's all either "call this number" so they can bullshit you or you have to really dig hard to find the pricing. I don't think they know how many customers they are losing thanks to unprofessional shit like this. First impressions are everything in business
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Anonymous10/08/25(Wed)18:34:49
>>240529(OP) Suggestions for youtube channels with good info like training, techniques, not matches?
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Anonymous10/08/25(Wed)19:38:03
>>244495 Jeff-chan, Bazooka Joe, Gabriel Varga, Damien Trainor, Ramsey Dewey, PowerTraining, hard2hurt, Armchair Violence, ShortBoxing, Bambara Boxing, Skillr boxing, The Modern Martial Artist, George Hardwick, Bas Rutten, Liam Harrison, Bang & Pivot. These are the most recurring ones in my training playlist, and i gotta say, these channels + watching and imitating fighters i like improved my game immensely
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Anonymous10/09/25(Thu)22:59:27
>>240529(OP) Is 1 year MT 3 days a week enough to become dangerous?
Tbh 99% of places are just cardio kickboxing labelled as muay Thai
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Anonymous11/05/25(Wed)11:42:57
>>246994 How do you know it's one of those places? No sparring?
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Anonymous11/07/25(Fri)16:17:55
Been training for 3 months as a total beginner, boxing is so much fun guys. Sure it hurts taking punch to the head, but you know, that's part of the reason why it is so fun. I have also enrolled in the next 6 months learning kickboxing.
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Anonymous11/07/25(Fri)16:21:52
>>246993 I'm a total beginner too, and the roadmap that the instructors gave me is boxing -> kickboxing -> muay thai -> mma. As for sparring, my class usually do it in the last training day of the week, since you can take quite the damage and the weekend will heal you up. Other than that, you could try asking the people there to spar with you, or even the instructors to spar with you. I prefer the instructors since they are pro and they know to control the punching power. Honestly, my advice is to find the closest mma gym close to your home/ your workspace and enroll, stop thinking too much. The day I enroll, I don't even know what the fuck going on. I just enroll and entrust the process to the instructors.
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Anonymous11/07/25(Fri)23:45:57
>>247388 >>246994 i hear you, but i just really want to get into muay thai right off the bat. spent some time watching vids of it to hype me up. how much should classes per month be? cause im in LA, by the LAX area and everything here seems to be $200 a month minimum. I also have to worry about the schedule cause i work full time but in the evenings.
>>247460 > i just really want to get into muay thai right off the bat I mean if you insist to get right into muay thai, you do you. But personally, I think it's a really silly thought. You said you've never done any martial art before, and jumping right into muay thai is like, jumping right into coding a full stack application when you've never done a single leetcode in you life(if you get the coding reference). It's ridiculous, the teachers might just laugh behind their back, and the more experienced students will absolutely kick your shit in during sparring. Not to mention how brutal it is jumping head first to the hardest training, you might just quit. I think it's better to move gradually anon, you should treat martial arts as something you will do for the rest of your life, not just something you can rush a few months and be done with it.
>how much should classes per month be I don't live in America so i don't know, just go and ask them bro. Contact them through social media or something, all training camps have them nowadays. But probably they will hide the true price, usually they are a little more expensive than what they initially advertised on the web. Over here, mine is around 40 dollar per month, and you paid 6 months in advance.
>I also have to worry about the schedule cause i work full time but in the evenings. They usually have classes from dawn till dusk, so maybe in the afternoon or in the early morning?
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Anonymous11/08/25(Sat)23:20:43
>>247500 i hear you. if thats the case then what decided if id be ready to move into kickboxing etc
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Anonymous11/09/25(Sun)15:33:02
>>247591 the most important part is getting started, anon. Just do it, it doesn't matter if it 's not the optimal choice. Just do it, even if you chose the wrong thing, it's still a lesson to be learnt. Still so much better than spending time thinking, and then wasting of that effort doing nothing in the end.