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"If you have been in the fight scene for a while, you forget what it was like when you first started. For a newbie, instructors, fighters, and other students are intimidating. Muay Thai traditions are completely foreign. You don’t know a Thai pad from a kick pad, Thai oil smells funny, three minutes of jump rope feels like an eternity, and you have no idea how to take 180 inches of fabric and somehow with what seems like 37 different twists and turns, wrap it neatly around your hand without either cutting off your circulation or having the whole wrap fall apart after the warm-up.

I am always grateful when a student asks me a question that is very obvious to me, but they couldn’t possibly know without being told. It gives me a chance to share with them my experience and pass on knowledge that was passed down to me in a true tradition of martial arts. This blog is for all the teachers like myself that need reminding how little we knew in the beginning and for all the Muay Thai newbies who just started training or are curious about starting. These Tips for Muay Thai Beginners are for those who I assume care about getting better at Muay Thai. if you are training just to get a ripped body you might want to consider other less technical means like those of boot camps or cardio Kick Boxing. Just my two cents.

You don’t need to be in shape to start training Muay Thai. MuayThai is a skill based sport. If you focus on the techniques you are being taught, drill them with focus and patience you will naturally get more conditioned as you practice, being able to do things faster and harder as you get better. If you are gassing out on the first round of pad work try going lighter, it will help you focus on your technique anyway. Sure the warm ups and the conditioning drills will be challenging at first, but you probably signed up to be challenged and improve your fitness. Besides, your instructor and the other students know you are new. No one expects you to be in top shape coming in and no one will make you feel bad if you aren’t. If you feel genuinely uncomfortable in class find a gym that makes you feel welcome. There are many different types of Muay Thai gyms with different vibes and gym cultures. If you are lucky enough to live in a large urban area you should have a variety of gyms to choose from.

Come early, stay late and ask questions.  Remember that kid in school who was always in class before you, they always raised their hand and had something to say and when class was over they stayed late to ask the teacher to elaborate on a particular lecture point.  Yeah that kid was a nerd, but that kid also went on to run a fortune 500 company, discover a new gene or write a best selling novel and probably earns more a year than the kid that showed up late, closed their book as soon as the bell rang and never participated. Want to be good at Muay Thai?  Be a fight nerd. Get fascinated by the sport, do extra work, take advantage of open gym, ask your instructor lots of questions, no one will think it’s weird. Every great Muay Thai fighter had been obsessed with the sport. The only way to get good is to care too much and put in work.

Don’t expect to get proficient at Muay Thai training just once a week. If you want to get decent at the sport, start training three days a week. If you want to get good at Muay Thai, train five to six days a week. If you want to be great, get so obsessed with Muay Thai that at least once you get asked to stop training because the gym is closing."