MMA Ultimate Set: Anderson Silva vs Rafael Feijao Muay Thai Sparring 

I showed this to my training partners at a local gym to show them you don't have to go super hard to get a great sparring session. You learn so much more this way and you don't destroy your body in the process. Drop the ego, develop your control and trust in each other.

This was the most enjoyable sparring video I've seen here on youtube. Technique was great, power and speed were just right. Both guys had respect for each other, just what you need when sparring.

simply beautiful

damn anderson is so smooth and fluid with his movements

nice one !!!!! as expected from these guys!!! well done and way 2 go!!! keep it up!!!

That combination from 0:57. Damn!!

great vid,this guy is on a whole different level

that was friggn awesome

He makes it look so smooth.

Great instructional video here... I was able to see key moves very clearly... 5 stars!

Its amazing how smooth and relaxed these guys are when sparring. Wish guys at my gym knew how to spar light like that. It seems list most fighters want to take your head off these days even when sparring. My Kru says great fighters have great control: its true.

This looks soo good that it looks almost choreographed.

poetry in motion...

These DVDs are going to fly.

FLAWLESS!

SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!

beautiful you guys like i watch this to get relaxed

@Intilo exactly, i preach sparring like this more than hardcore sparring. this helps you focus on technique

20 - 26 second parry off the right block with the left and a right jab in one move the guy is flawless

@millionstylesboksing he makes it artistic!!!! i love the way he parrys and counters with a jab !!!!!

Anderson is amazing...and love how every time he spars he never wears ANY protection yet his partners are mostly in full gear, shin guards, helmet, everything. Even when he spars with HWs like Big Bog. And he just owns everybody.

i would love to train with this whole camp. feel like a life changing experience

that was sick...

beautiful this guy is unbelievable sometimes i feel just fucking glad to see this kind of thing i mean cmon people sugar ray, rocky ,joe louis,ali,tyson,silva this guys a legend in his prime the greatest of our time

Man i love to watch muay thai it's a awsome disicpline

He reacts to everything!!!

nice!

man, this guy is such a complete fighter, that it'll 'be a long time fore someone take that belt from him. Anderson Silva, brazilian power!!!

that was FUCKING AWESOME!

That was beautiful =D

the most beautiful thing ive ever seen

Good light sparring.

@sugoroku its not just flexibility its also because the lean back tends to give away a kick is coming. to keep ur opponent from seeing a move coming you dont wanna move in traditional ways. just like types of jabs in boxing. u look at the elbow and shoulder to determine a jab is coming. but some fighters can fire a jab without giving it away.

i cant do any of that complex parring, and reaction timing like that. pretty cool vid.

Gifted as few

Wow, Anderson Silva has really good reflexes and movement.

Spidey's skill is beyond amazing.

Even fucking around at 1/10th speed he still looks better than most fighters. He is just so fluid it's amazing and his hand eye coordination is almost unhuman. Anyone who has ever trained any sort of striking martial art knows that what this guy does is flat out incredible.

He is such a great fighter.

wow.. the amount of technique in that video is unbelievable

thats true bro i like ur statement

This is a good point. I try not to take to much punishment when sparring at the same time I also pull back at the end of a lot of head kicks and spinning back fists. I dont take pleasure in hurting my teammates. This might be because I am older and have nothing to prove. Good luck in your training.

i know the feeling

smooth

Anderson is an absolute master of all fighting arts.

Classy flower hands. beautiful

I love Muay Thai. I love training in it.

if u notice anderson silva never ever takes his eyes off of his target. Great fighter.

I love Silva's combination at 1:05.

despite anderson silvasrecent cocky antics in the octagon. i dont think there is a human being alive today who could stand toe to toe with him he is a modern day bruce lee some of the shit he pulls in the octagon are truly breathtaking

@genious4real funny thing you say that, i´m a wing chun instructor myself and i´ve been very successful on my aplications of this principle at my BJJ and Muay Thai trainning, for a good martial artists sensitivity and hand-eye coordenation must be a regular practice

ya cant help but chuckle at d end of this video just to how ridiculously good silva is! :)

Great example of what productive sparring should be like. Really gives people a chance to work on what they learn, rather than getting banged up and only learning, "keep your hands up".

@Rjpowell808 He took them to focus on hitting the upper body. He is more like Kyokushin with his evasion and down blocking coupled with his mixing of high kicks and low kicks.

its because they known they can ko people with ease so they try to learn from each other, very true.

awsome shit, especially the body shots and stuff towards the end, his kicks are soo damn good, if only he got to throw them at will like in muay thai

@ 1:15 they do the exact same thing lol pretty awesome. they are so smooth. this is how light sparring should be. not a whole lot of power and not bouncing around and seeing who can knock who out first. amazing technique!!!

@ElProfe1910 yeah, especially when the coach says relax and use 20% power and you do that and the guy tries to take your head off

He keeps throwing that Frykland killing elbow

righteous

Damn Anderson is good. I would love to see him fight at a K1 event someday.

As he himself said in the beginning:"Go!Dudes will get shocked now!" (Vai!Os caras vão ficar chocados agora...).

its less reflexes and more awarness, anyone can slip punches if they know when they are coming. It takes along time to train and natural talent to get as good as anderson

@Ruthairat gentle sparring

@jvrdlc They did. Just look for it on RU-vid.

esse anderson silva.. UAHSDAUDSAU ta melhorando com essas tecnicas estilo bruce lee ai auehuea dando uns tapinha na mao

I have seen that clip. They are sparring at a more intense pace. That type of sparring is great too when you got gear and you both know that you are going to go hard.

SILVA IS FUCKING AMAZING !!!

good light sparring, the ideal is to work transitions in sparring and not power, how to go from one tecnic to another, and from time to time a 80-90 % sparring to get use to get hit but not all the time anyway

Feijao is a brilliant Muay Thai fighter, and watching this you can see that Anderson would absolutely dummy him. Anderson's Muay Thai is painfully high level.

@ElProfe1910 Agreed... I wish people would spar like this instead of using 100% of power.... like you said great fighters have great control. In my taekwondo class, we usually spar like this, but we usually use 40% of our power...

I think you thinking about bad gyms where the fighters let their ego get in the way, even if they are not that good.

something nameless was born here...

HOLY SHIT, fucking agreeed mate

andersons style is so sick

anderson silva is my hero.

Even the Gods on Mount Olympus dropped their jaws to the floor!

1:17 is awsome!

@dawadah67 no anderson wont fight him because they are training partners and machida currently holds the title for light heavyweight

WAHOUW

@sharinganWS Not in the case of a rough sport, if you're going 100% in practice you will be banged up the next day so you won't even be able to practice 100% the next day even if you try. This is why you don't spare 100% too often, same goes for football and rugby practicing in general.

ANDERSON SILVA IS THE BOMB!!

@ElProfe1910 hay dude where do you train? me and my friend have been sparring like that for years lol

@SimonLy90 that produced lyoto,jose aldo,the nog bros and dos santos not saying he is responsible for their talent but he could take your average fighter and probably transform them

@ElProfe1910 Control is not having to say your "Sorry". Most fighters are head hunters and just want the KO's. They don't think about there training partners and only care for themselves. (Everyone one should remember hits to the body are x2 better.) Your Kru is absolutely right! "great fighters have great control" Keep up the good work and you wont be finding yourself on the ground in a match wondering how you got knocked out. Keep The Control Man! have a good one.

.... actually MT is the biggest in thailand, it is their national sport, but your headed in the right direction the dutch are renowned for their kickboxing

@ElProfe1910 word.

Anderson's footwork is killer! How i'd love to have his skills!! *sigh*

I've heard Soares say he's undefeated in Muay Thai

Reason I left my old boxing gym. Noobs alternating between hail marys or no movement at all became old very fast.

@stringskippa buakaw is in a small village near bangkok and he only watch tv when he goes to fight abrod they say that he is going to do 63kg

It's ridiculous how good that guy is. Look at those body combos. And this is almost no effort.

anderson kick ass!!!!

crazy one hand block at 1:20

@dapintebajr totally do that. my defense is so good now the heavy swingers and hitters cant do much to me. they get tired and the moment their hands drop i givem a good one-two to make sure they know they suck. haha

this dudes technique is fuckin unreal

Damn

@moraisvendeta Yea but good luck actually finding someone to spar with who can understand that. If you do I'm sure it'll really help in the long run

anderson is the man :D

......their good