The Sitjaopho Muay Thai gym has long been recognized as one of the best places to train in Thailand. With an absurdly aesthetic style, the Sitjaopho twins attract many people from all over the world to their gym. In the past two years, they have trained USA standout Charles Johnson (TJ) to be the #1 fighter in MAX Muay Thai. Watch out for TJ's rise. If you enjoy these gym spotlight features, please let me know and I'll keep featuring great gyms all over the world. Special thanks to A for helping out. If you enjoy these legendary technique and history feature, please consider checking out my upcoming book: www.legendarystriking.com Instagram: instagram.com/strikingbreakdowns Free Saenchai book: www.lawrencekenshin.com/saenchai
I couldn't agree more! Their style is so fluid and beautiful. I've trained there twice and will be going back again this year... and the next, and the next...etc!
Their style is just correct execution of techniques. Perfect body movement on every punch, kick, knee and elbow, combined with near perfect balance. It looks elegant because this is the correct and natural way for the body to move while strikes are being performed. There's no unnecessary gimmicks, it's complete economy of movement. Every step, every move has a purpose, and the result of it is seen immediately.
Spent a couple of weeks there, it's awesome. O and F are great people as well, so humble, positive, and down to earth 🙏 O lives in Sweden now and my gym has ties to the twins so I get to chat with him when he visits our gym, it's always one of the highlights of my day. Great style, great human beings.
@@kpi4162 You'll. It can be rough in the start, but a week or two and you'll be fine. Here's a tip from my experience : don't let ANYTHING influence you. Such as being tired. Work on your mind, so you can work on your body. :)
I am lucky enough that I get to watch MAX muay Thai every night at 6:25pm on TV. I watch it with my 5mth old son before he goes to sleep, he seems to love it and gets quite animated (which brings pride and joy to his grandfather to see).
Found this channel recently your content really has quality respecting to Muay Thai and Kikboxing , Sitjaopho seems like one of the best gyms in the world to start training this beautiful discipline.
You can't believe how many fights I had telling people "He was pretending to be hurt!". Man, glad you put that up there - It's all part of the sparring experience and it DOES help. people seriously thought he almost got Ko'd from that light uppercut - they weren't trolling. Ugh, so glad hahaha
@lawrence kenshin you bring great inspiration and knowledge to both fans and fighters. I love being a practitioner of martial arts even though I may not go pro ever. Hope I can someday be a great analyst like you but it will require me years of learning.
This is awesome work done that has helped me to improve my mixed martial art career very much. I hope same for other fighters and martial artists. Thank you so much ❤️
awesome, i was in hua hin last month doing my first fight ever (video in my profile). This gym looks like for veterans fighters already but looks awesome. i had not heard of since it's a bit remotely located from the center but i'll give a try next time i go there !
nice video. do some breakdowns on some orthodox(stance) muay thai fighters. Pick whatever one you want; they do help me in my own muay thai training. keep it up brother!
Oh wow, it's a surprise to hear this name again Phet-Aek and Phet Toe Sitjaopho the famous twins that i have seen their fights so many times on tv back in my teenage days. Especially Phet-Aek, He was so handsome and look elegantly in the rings. Seeing his name again bring me back those memories.
I've been a long fan of your video breakdowns and now I am blown away that you did a video on the Sitjapho Twins! I luckily got to train at the gym over a year ago and it was an amazing experience! Thanks for making a highlight vid of this gym!
a good friend of mine was writing a book on them many years ago he never published it unfortunately as he hit a gold mine with a new york times best seller and never finished it. would have been a great muay thai instructional
Hey guys I just started in Muay Thai and I was wondering if you guys had any tips to kick higher and better. If you guys have any tips for stretches too it would be much appreciated!
Buanguen, that TJ hit with his lead elbow, seemed a little eager to go down in my opinion. Feet seemed firmly planted even after the elbow landed but he flings them up and forward. I know he got back up and the fight went the distance, but it seemed a bit dodgy. Maybe seeing it in slow-mo made me analyse it too much
@Spartan soldier I'm partly just throwing shade. My first comment was referencing that stupid "Tony Fergusson uses Wing chun in MMA fights" vid. Wing Chun has plenty of good moves in it. Wing Chun also has a lot in common with classical pugilism and other arts. Nothing wrong with any of that. The Wing Chun community at large, though, trains in a way that all but guarantees its practitioners will not become competent fighters, which is why the only people you see using "Wing Chun" in MMA and kickboxing matches are people who don't actually do Wing Chun. Stuff like "Oh, Tony Fergusson used a hand trap!" are just shallow victories that don't do anything to advance Wing Chun as a relevant art.
@Spartan soldier Well, it's kind of having your cake and eating it too to say "Wing chun works" and then say "It's the fighter, not the art." It's kind of a dodge. Yes, certain techniques work, and ultimately it is up to the individual to actually train and deploy them. Some people get the best training in the best arts but still suck at fighting. However, there's more to the an art than just its techniques. There is the broader meta-game the art is designed to play, and there is the broader community and culture which practices and preserves the art. That's where Wing Chun fails. You can't look at an entire art which, on the whole, produces no competent fighters and say that's a failing on the individual level. That's why Karate is hit and miss. It's sub-communities have different attitudes on training and competing. Wing Chun is more uniformly on the wrong side of that question. Bear in mind that I like Wing Chun and think a fighter could find beneficial things in practicing it. But as it's currently practiced it's not an art that produces good fighters.
