Muay Thai

I've been training Muay Thai for 4 months and the moment roundhouse kick finally clicked was a turning point. Before that I was going through the motions. After, the whole game opened up. My coach breaks things down well and has a good understanding of reading distance, which made the difference. T…

I've been competing in Muay Thai for three years now, training five days a week. I want to give an honest picture of what the competitive path looks like. The technical demands compound. elbow strikes at beginner level and at competition level are almost different skills. Understanding reading dist…

I started Muay Thai at 40 and felt completely out of my depth in the first class. Most people were twenty-something and athletic. I was neither. But the coach adapted sessions to my level and nobody made me feel unwelcome. Recovery takes longer at my age, and shin conditioning hit harder than it wo…

After 7 months of Muay Thai I want to share what I wished I'd known at the start. First: shin conditioning — it hits earlier and harder than the internet suggests. Budget for it practically and mentally. Second: the hand wraps you buy first will probably be wrong — ask your coach before spending mo…

I got into Muay Thai after watching Lerdsila compete and thinking I wanted a piece of that. Reality check: what they make look effortless takes years of work. The clinch work I admired on screen took me 7 months just to do passably. But somewhere in that process I stopped caring about looking like …

I track everything, so here are actual results after 9 months of Muay Thai: significantly improved cardiovascular fitness, noticeable strength gains, and a flexibility improvement I didn't expect. None of that came from a gym program — it came from learning switch kick and understanding pad work. m…