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Looks like an indian club! I think the idea is similar to light kettlebells, gives you a bit of resistance without too much" On other wrist strengthening techniques, quality of sensible S&C differs wildly in muay thai gyms especially in Thailand, but I have seen something similar to that in Chinese martial arts like Shua Jiao: Because it's a wrestling style, they build up their arms with stone locks which are similar I suppose to kettlebells For less 'martial artsy' ways of training your wrists, the best and probably most direct approach is to use things like grippers and dumbbells. Hammer curls (at any weight) will target your forearms and wrist You also have wrist curls which I'd only recommend doing with a light weight Gennady Golovkin, who's possibly the hardest puncher in any sport p4p likes this: He's got very strong hands (there are videos of him being able to hurt people's hand but squeezing) - and that strength in his wrist bulks up his already strong kinetic chain. As far as I'm aware he's never had a broken hand/wrist compared to some other fighters who always seem to have some sort of hand injury.

Reading a really good essay on how the very National identity of Thailand, a modern conception born out of engagements with the colonial West, was established by creating 4 spiritual centers geographically spread across the country. Read that here: National_Identity_and_the_Geo_Soul_Spiri.pdf National Identity and the Geo-Soul: Spiritually Mapping Siam It traces the logic of the establishment of 4 spiritual centers by the anti-Royalist spirit of Prime Minister Phibunsongkhram, creating a constellation wats that helped define the national borders of the country. Saplings of the original Bodhi Tree of the Buddha's meditation were planted at each of these wats, in the early 1940s. What is interesting to me is that as Phibunsongkhram was carving out a new national identity, it was also in these years that Rajadamnern was being built. And, in these years as well that Phibunsongkhram and magazines celebrating Muay Thai started lauding a new kind of hero, every-men like the much feared Suk. The point being, just as the foundations of the Spiritual conception of a "whole" Thailand was being developed, a people's Muay Thai, along with the first National stadium, also was developed. When people think about what Muay Thai means to the identity of Thailand itself, it was poured into the foundation from the very beginning.

So Ina and I were studying the library session with Kaensak, watching closely and taking notes, marveling at everything he teaches. Then our cat Chichi decided it’s time to give her some attention. But on a serious note: This session for me is another hidden gem in the library. It’s easily comprehensible, Kaensak is brilliantly adding and building up techniques and it’s just so enjoyable watching Sylvie and him train. If you haven’t seen the session, watch it. Now it’s time to try, learn and implement the stuff shown here. Once again thank you Sylvie AND Kevin for doing what you do, preserving the legacy.

So awesome to see this. I love when people share their person experiences of study...and their CATS! too. I agree, it's a seriously underrated session in the Library. There is a framework for an entire fight philosophy in that session.

Lowkicks do not score highly in Muay Thai in Thailand. They, I think, are considered low-hanging fruit, and have maybe a kind of slight stigma to them? Middle kicks on the other hand score very highly, as they are difficult to pull off, involve tracking your opponent's opponent's open side and passing through their check defense, as well as having a higher degree of difficulty in terms of balance. Mid-kicks are really the bread and butter of Thailand Muay Thai, one could say. You need to be able to stop them, and deliver them. (Ha! as I write this I see Sylvie said much of the same.) You see lowkicks used by Kongsamut in the Library, combined with a punching attack that I really liked, good for shorter fighters: #43 Kongsamut Sor. Thanikul - Muay Mat Style (74 min) watch it here And then there is also Burklerk's very cool mixed-stance cut kick which he teaches in his session (a slow motion video of which we shot, below):

Because middle kicks score highly, low kicks don't score much at all unless you do visible damage or are off-balancing your opponent. Rambaa (in the Library) has amazing low kicks. He jumps on them, so they're super nasty and come at a chopping angle. He also stings the inside of the leg, just to annoy the opponent a lot, but it hurts after only one or two. I've had trouble walking after sessions with him for that reason.

Changpuek Kiatsongrit. . I'm a huge low kick fan.