Sylvie is doing all of us who love Muay Thai an unimaginable service by documenting the culture and actually talking to these legends while they’re still here and available to give us their invaluable knowledge. It’s extremely heartbreaking to see these warriors disappear year by year.
@@MountainDrum537 when he heard that his father-in-law (who was the probably the owner or one of the trainers of the Sitsurapong gym) had died, Sangtiennoi committed suicide less than 24 hours later. He spent 15 years in the Sitsurapong gym starting in his teen years. RIP.
This video is ridiculously good. I'm not saying your others aren't, but this has to be up there with my favourites. That authentic feel that this gym has, so old school, would love to train here
Rest in piece Legend! Thanks for giving us your style and showing us your genius. Shows how important Sylvies work is to the Muay Thai world community. Hope you’re ok Sylvie 🙏
I've been there twice and we hosted him for an online webinar a few weeks ago. Sangtiennoi is a wonderful person and it's great to see the gym here...brings back all of those wonderful memories! Glad you enjoyed your time there!
Thank you so much for creating and preserving this treasure. There is so much authenticity in this video. Thanks for sharing the Thai culture and tradition to world and explaining the "little things" such as the kind gestures people make on a daily basis. I started getting back into Muay Thai again and learned a tremendous amount watching all your videos. I grew up in Pathum Thani as a kid and apreciate the laid back atmosphere there. There's just something so special about early morning drizzles (especially during the monsoon season) and the sound of the roosters. Greetings from Germany!
great commentary on gym life ! you have technical mind which Im sure will benefit your fighting very detailed descriptions I wish I was 20 years younger ! spent 6 months at chuwattana gym Bangkok amazing experience
You're incredibly sweet, and in combination with your effort to preserve authentic muay thai legacy...it's incredible, and a joy to watch and learn And also...you're very confident and you have a very goood technique too Respect
I have found,Listening to the Thai Trainer/ Padman is one of the many addictive things that’s draws me to Muay Thai. When you have a master working the pads for you, there is nothing like it.
Regarding the hand up, hand swing, stuff during a kick. I talked with my coach about it. And he was like. "Is it really that hard to learn all of them? ". So when we do mittwork, we do everything in context, am i fighting/sparring a bigger or smaller opponent (reach/distance management changes). So we will have drills for a round, where we emphasize im against a big puncher with reach, maybe the hand up kick is better in this context. Then when we throw a combination where I know I have compromised his base and he can't punch back, then we load up the hand swing kick (i.e. from southpaw, Cross to strong body hook to break base, maybe a shove, then load up to a big left roundhouse w/ a arm swing)
Yeah that kick in hand thing it’s different in every school. The kicks are always evolving, the WTBA likes the high guard when kicking , we used to throw the arm all the way down. I like what your instructor said about bigger and smaller opponents that’s probably the best answer🙏.
I used to train with Kru Doe and Kru Poon, both former Pinsinchai fighters in Chiang Mai, and they both would always be on us to keep our arms out whenever we kick.
Such an awesome video, thank you for making it uncut during the training. I trained in Thailand once, in the middle of a market while shoppers passes by, old traditional gym. Very memorable.😅
I loved this, is this sort of thing available as a patron? I really like these longer videos of the authentic vibe of Thai gyms with the training and commentary.
I miss training so much (fuck covid) and this video doesn't help lol. Beautiful video and beautiful gym! It would be wonderful to train in a setting like that one day
Hi I would like to know if muay thai compared to other contact sports (mma, kickboxing) is somewhat safer for the brain being quite scared by the new CTE data. I am asking this question because I noticed that in Muay thai there is more emphasis on body strikes and fewer head strikes than in other sports and those are delivered by lighter weight fighters. Are these reasons real? And another reason would be that I see many former muay thai fighters reaching their 60's and having a career of over 300 fights and being mentally well. I ask because I have a 7 year old boy who wants a career in contact sports either kickboxing, mma or muay thai.
I do that jump into a leg kick naturally and my coach keeps telling me not to. But it feels right and I get more power out of it. It's not my only way of kicking as I also try to implement that Sarkowsky whip method but I guess that's how it goes. One coach says the opposite of another and I just eventually listen to what works for me and ignore what doesn't
That pad holder is awesome! I would be near death at this gym in May. So hot and humid in Thailand. I live in Texas but Thailand is just a different, very brutal type of heat....ha ha ha
@@8limbsUs do you stay in this town or driving every day for training from Bangkok i am planning stay one or two weeks this place. Thanks for this nice video smell of Thailand
I haven't trained with them enough to know the general training over time, but they have the 115 lb Raja champion, and they trained Sammon Dekkers, one of the best western fighters in Thailand when he was here.
I think she has a specific video about this technique where she explains why/how (I'm assuming you're talking about the one around the 37 min mark). Looks like she's jamming her head under his chin to crank his jaw up and uses the lock to pull him back.
