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Long slow endurance runs, besides the definite mental capacity it takes to do those sort of runs, also help with your body's utilization of the aerobic systems. I know usually when you're in a fight it's a ton of explosive anaerobic work, that's what all the sprints and HIIT helps with. That sort of power. The aerobic part comes in between combos or between rounds. Essentially the stronger aerobic system you have, the faster you'll be able to recover from the explosive work. My cardio absolutely sucks, so I'm actually working on trying to build up to longer runs and work on the mental training to do them, since I get horribly bored and want to quit as soon as possible.
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Unrelated - but once when I was in a shopping mall here I saw Cris Cyborg. At the time I was only just getting into the whole MMA thing so I did a double-take after about 5 seconds and turned around but by then she had disappeared into the crowd. I spent the next half hour wondering if it was actually her. Instagram confirmed it. Damn. But I don't know enough about Cyborg or Rousey to really say I have a personal opinion on them. To add on to the testosterone thing- I believe that the two-sex system is also inadequate to encompass all of human physiology as well. There are fascinating cases where there are men (XY chromosomes and all) who are born without funcitoning androgen receptors, and go on to develop and spend most of their lives as female. In this case, what would be the appropriate way to consider such a person who decides to become an athelete? There is also variations of mild to severe of this symdrome. There is the term 'intersex' to describe everyone in between that barely covers everything. As for belief that Sylvie mentioned about females being inferior to males- it makes me incredibly sad but I agree that this makes up a big part of the uproar behind Rousey fighting man or a male transgender athelete deciding to fight women. I remember reading somewhere a study, I have no idea where, but it said something along the lines that in terms of just pure physical strength- women are just as capable as achieving the same strength capacity as men given the correct training regimes (I think it was with lifting specifically). Reading this actually surprised me at first, because also still unconsciously react with the belief that men are stronger/superior in athelticism than women. Even with evidence this is a hard mentality to shift.
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http://www.muay-thai-guy.com/muay-thai-styles.html Just saw this post by Sean Fagan, thought it would be a nice addition to the thread.
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From what I have learned, though there are some structural differences in between male and female skeletons, there still is a large amount of individual variation. There are certainly cases where certain men have a wider angle pelvis shape similar to women, and vice versa since there are women who have issues giving birth due to a narrow pelvis structure. Bone density is also something that has also a strong environmental influence, with bones seeing harder use building up density. This is the case with shin conditioning in Muay Thai. To make distinctions based on this wouldbe quite unfair I think. But in general when it comes to trying to make distinctions and boundaries physiologically for sports, its a very muddy area.
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I actually stick my gloves out to air dry daily. I tend to give my hand wraps a good wash once a week or so....it seems to keep from a ton of stink building up. Otherwise....hairdryer maybe?
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I've definitely heard of all those seminars that Yokkao has been holding with Saenchai. I'm kind of surprised that there are so many of these promotions that seem to focus exclusively on the whole "Western vs. Thai fighter" dynamic or mythology (is that the correct word?). I can definitely see why it would appeal to Thai audiences since its often the case the Thai fighter probably has a huge amount of experience in comparison ot the Western fighter, though I would like to hear whether others find it just as entertaining. Personally I would just prefer to see an exciting match-up, Thai vs. Thai or otherwise rather than a heavily unbalanced fight. I've heard of Muay Thai Angels, though I was a bit skeptical at first since they seem to put a lot of emphasis on how 'pretty' the fighters are supposed to be. As for the others....I know there are a bunch but I can't keep track of all the different rule sets they seem to use.
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I just have 1 pair of gloves, they're 10oz Twins gloves. I love them personally, the brand itself just happens to be one of the most common I see here. Before when I did boxing I had 14oz Everlast gloves which were incredibly flimsy.
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Just to build off on the conversation about the Thai "wai"- most people don't actually realize there are different levels of wai-ing that indicate varying levels of respect depending on the depth of the bow and the hand position you use. The higher your hands are in relation to your body- ie. against your face vs. down at your chest, indicates greater levels of respect and/or worship. The highest level of wai-ing, where your hands are right at the top of your head tend to be reserved for occasions such as religious ceremonies. I think its wonderful when people want to learn as much about the culture as possible and want to sort of be authentic, but it can be easy to unintentionally offend people by missing all the nuances.
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From my experience at least its usually a surprise for people who come to visit Thailand how heavily Thai food is based on animal products. Not to say that its incredibly difficult, but when it comes to street food most of it usually consists of pork/beef/chicken mixed in. There are other dishes that are more or less vegetarian like som tum, but they usually have things like dried shrimps mixed in. I think it shouldn't be difficul though for you to ask ...the approximate thai term for vegetarian food is "jae" or "ah-han jae". The one thing I can imagine you would have a difficult time with is fish sauce. Its made from the liquid from fermented anchovies and is used in place of salt in almost everything you would buy ready to eat. Otherwise the easiest options would probably be just cooking your own food.
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maybethestars replied to Gavin's topic in Open Topics - men and women - General Muay Thai Discussion and News
Thanks Gavin! I'll also look towards makinga specific goal like you have/what Micc is doing. By the way Micc I'm also going to start following your blog :D I'm curious about this too... -
So recently I've been scouring the interwebs trying to find videos of the most recent Lion Fight, and some thoughts popped in my head. Lion Fight seems to be a relatively well-established, popular and respected Muay Thai Organization. To my knowledge, its the only one devoted exclusively to Muay Thai in the US, and its one I enjoy watching. Out of curiosity, what do you guys think of other Muay Thai organizations such as Thai Fight and MAX Muay Thai? It seems Thailand is trying hard to promote the popularity of Muay Thai to the rest of the world with these promotions, though the one timeI tried to watch MAX Muay Thai I found that I could just not get myself to sit through them for some reason.
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maybethestars replied to Gavin's topic in Open Topics - men and women - General Muay Thai Discussion and News
Hey Gavin, I just wanted to say that reading your updates on here has inspired me to start my own training log to keep track of my progress. Your goal is awesome and I have no doubts that you will make leaps and bounds in progress achieving it. -
Thanks for the insight Sylvie, I heard about the "femur" Muay Thai fighters vs. the more aggressive fighters from your blog post, but I had no idea there were so many different aspects!! I think I'm going to go take a look at each of the fighters you've mentioned here to see if I can sort of scope out what each style means in practice...
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A few years ago when I was in a boxing gym I had to spar with some guys who would basically try as hard as possible to give you a whack, even when our instructor was telling everyone to go at 20% power for example. Originally I just kept telling them to tone it down, until eventually I took it up with the instructor that I wasn't exactly comfortable. He just told me to whack them back. I think this is an obvious example of how it shouldn't be approached. I'm also curious how others approach these people
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Congratulations on your installation Dana/threeoaks! It looks awesome from the stills, I wish I could see the installation in person. Its so amazing that you've taken Muay Thai and opened it to the world like this.
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This is an awesome thread idea!! Congratulations Michelle, Micc and threeoaks on your personal accomplishments! :D Something I just wanted to acknowledge for myself is that I've noticed some small improvement on my footwork. Just the simple act of resetting and stepping back after every kick rather than dropping my leg or losing balance and shuffling is starting to become more fluid and easier.
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Just out of curiosity, what are some archetypal styles that you guys have seen in fighters? Outside of MT in striking sports I've heard of terms like "out-fighter" that I'm not entirely familiar with along with the more obvious "boxer" and etc.
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This is the program I follow daily: http://phraktured.net/molding-mobility.html Most of the movements have links to videos that show the exact sort of movement they're looking for. I've added on top of this some of my own mobility movements, though I think it provides a good basic structure. There is actually one more movement I incorporate that I find incredibly helpful for my hips, but I'm having trouble finding the exact video. I'll post it again here once I find it.
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Hey there, I also have issues with my right hip, though its specific to the front of my hip around the groin area. I injured it about 2 years ago and now it acts up periodically. What I've found that helps me a lot is that I try to do joint mobility daily- I think its similar to dynamic stretching though I do it outside of my workouts every morning. Since I've started I've had less pain in general and it no longer bothers me in my sleep. Just basic stuff really- hip rotations, leg roations, etc.