Help problem with Thai kickboxing

[Typhoon]

I joined thai kickboxing about a year ago and I liked it. But recently I have not been learning new things I learned a lot of the techniques ( round house, push kick, all knees, all elbows, punchies etc.) because new people constatly are joining and people with experience are leaving my master has to keep reteaching them the basics. There is about 3-4 people with as much experience in that dojo as me or more but its not enough for him to make an advanced class. The classes are still a good workout but I am thinking of quiting and joining something else. Should I quit or stay?

Although I like thai kickboxing a lot I am thinking of quiting and joining either tae kwon do or a grappling martial art like hapkido or judo or jujitsu. Any advice on as to weather i should quit or not?

P.S. Is it bothering anyone else that we only use two kicks in thai kickboxing?

[eXcessiveForce]

If you do not feel you are recieving adequate instruction I would move on. Or maybe cross train and continue working out at the school you are currently at.

many people believe less techniques are better but there are many techniques out there that are very effective the are not usually taught in MT. It all depends on what you are training for.

[JIMI]

I think these would be questions best answered by your instructor. Just express your concerns and what your motives are and maybe you will be able to set up private sessions with just him. You may want to consider just continuing what you are doing because that makes you the advanced student and can help your trainer a bunch, maybe you can work your way into being an assistant trainer. Who knows, its all what you want to do. As to your p.s i am not quite sure what you mean. I assume you mean does it bother other styles of fighting that we use 2 kicks? In my opinion, who gives a sh!t. Our kicks are simple and more powerful. Thats why Thai Boxing dominates stand up fighting.

[kh_s]

techniques !

Ahh, more techniques not teached in Muay Thai ? Can anyone give me a link if there is one that lists them all or SOME !?

[mjmnam]

http://users.breathemail.net/roly.baldwin/scorpions/html/muay_thai_techniques.html

here're a few

[JIMI]

Thats not a bad link man! I have never seen that site before.

[Typhoon]

well the reason I took up martial arts is for stayin in shape and fighting but do you guys really think in a street fight a muy thai fighter would win? I mean you dont really practice punching peopel ine the face without glovees and trust me its really diff. And a lot of rules change in street fights like you can grad you can shot( as in wrestling shoting not gun lol) you can do soo much more stuff then you can in the thai ring and all the techniques at the website i know already basicly I just help my master train others but I sorta want more from it I want to learn more moves if i could do back roundhouses and 360 that would give me a huge advantage int eh ring wouldnts it? I havent fought in the ring yet but I will soon if I sstay my master wants me to fight.

[JIMI]

What you are speaking of is the essence of Bruce Lee's JKD philosophy. Dont limit yourself to just Muay Thai! Add to it, absorb what is useful and leave the rest. Having said that, i believe in my heart and soul, that a decently trained Thai Boxer would have NO trouble at all cleaning house on the street. The trouble is when someone takes YOU out of your element. This is why its good to train ALL ranges. I personally use a STRONG Muay Thai stand up game but not limited to, and then follow up with a beautiful ground game thanks to SHOOTO! now known as Erik Paulsons CSW!. To further elaborate and not limit myself, i added weapons training with KALI,ESKRIMA,ARNIS. I also do tactical handgun training too. So i feel that i have just about all ranges covered but believe me, there is always room to add anything and everything. Just dont limit yourself.

[jcolvin]

Re: Help problem with Thai kickboxing

Originally posted by Typhoon
I joined thai kickboxing about a year ago and I liked it. But recently I have not been learning new things I learned a lot of the techniques ( round house, push kick, all knees, all elbows, punchies etc.) because new people constatly are joining and people with experience are leaving my master has to keep reteaching them the basics. There is about 3-4 people with as much experience in that dojo as me or more but its not enough for him to make an advanced class. The classes are still a good workout but I am thinking of quiting and joining something else. Should I quit or stay?

Although I like thai kickboxing a lot I am thinking of quiting and joining either tae kwon do or a grappling martial art like hapkido or judo or jujitsu. Any advice on as to weather i should quit or not?

P.S. Is it bothering anyone else that we only use two kicks in thai kickboxing?

At MSDA we also have a lot of new people come and go. The trick that Tim has always drilled to us is that there is always something you can work on. For example, say you are warming up with a newbie doing right round kicks. The questions I always ask myself are how is my stance? Am I showing the opponent too much? Am flat footed? Am getting good rotation on my front foot? Am I on my toes on my front foot? Am I kicking through the target? During the kick am I getting my right hip completely over? Am I protecting myself from a counter punch? How am I coming back for the set up for the next kick? What openings do I see in my opponent? Those are just a few things I ask myself in a warm up drill.

About learning new things. I totally understand that because training is so cool you just want to do more. By doing the techniques over and over it becomes a part of you and you no longer have to think. It is just natural.

As for if you should quit or not? That is a decision only you can make. If you feel that you are not growing then you should move on. As for grappling? Never hurts to be versatile.

Hope this helps

[dave_UK_MT]

Sounds like you need a goal to work to, why not see if your trainer can arrange a fight for you??
You will become a lot more focused if you know your going to have to get in the ring for real.