[Training With A Wrist Injury | Muay Thai]

 

This video from sylvie might help :D

 

I dislocated my shoulder a few weeks ago, funny thing is I'll be going to Thailand in a month as well... See you there Sylvie!

Haven't trained in three weeks..im worried about clinching again as well...oh well

 

Yodmati works on your kicks? Orthodox? Jab jab teep XD Best of luck

 

Thanks for the video! Yeah I think I'll start slow and focus on my kicks while my wrist is healing! Best of luck to you too!

 

I had a broken hand for a while and it was pretty painful to clinch, but I did two things to minimize the issue: 1) I clinched with gloves on to keep the wrist more stable and so my hand didn't get banged while I was trying to move it around elbows and arms and stuff; 2) I reversed my dominant side - my right hand/wrist was the problem so I didn't use that hand to grip but instead used that arm to pin the neck or arm or as the "long arm" in the long clinch, gripping with my other side. So all the grip work and strength was coming from the left and my right arm was more of a bar.

I know that's not super clear if you aren't very familiar with clinch, but the advice is: figure out what you can do with your wrist and do that. Stuff that you can't do, don't do that.

Also, I turned all right crosses into right elbows in both padwork and bagwork. My trainer got used to it really quickly and we stayed that way for a few months until I healed up. Once it was strong enough to punch on I devoted myself to Sifu's bare-fist training method.

 

Hey Sylvie, thanks for the reply! I'll try to clinch with gloves (if Thais don't have a problem with it), as it sounds a really good method to keeping safe the wrist! I'll also try to grip with my other hand and leave my right hand to pin as you said, which will also help me to develop a more complete clinch game :)! 

I've been using elbows instead of right crosses as I read in one of your posts and it have worked great, so also thanks for that! 

[Training With A Wrist Injury | Muay Thai]

Hello!

So I injured my right wrist 3 weeks ago and it hasn't gotten better yet, I've been putting ice, heat and massaging it and it still hurts. I went to the doctor and he told I got Synovitis, which is an inflamation of the wrist articulation.

The thing is I'm leaving to Thailand in 1 month and it would suck to not be able to do much because of the injury, like sparring or clinch. So my question is headed to Sylvie, what did you do with sparring & clinch sessions when you broke your hand in Thailand?? I'm more complicated by the clinch, as I don't think I'll be able to do it with just 1 arm :(

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

[Advice for choosing a gym for going long term]

Yes, I have stayed several months and I love it. The training is hard - a typical day starts at 6am with a hilly 10-12km run usually followed by sparring then bag work and often high rep kicks and/or some clinching, depending on who has a fight coming up. Afternoons sessions begin at 3pm with a short run then skipping, pad rounds, bag work and a lot of clinching. Both sessions go for around 2.5 to 3 hours each and also involve the usual pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups and 100s of knees and teeps etc on the bag, all of which is supervised by the trainers. Foreigners and Thais are very integrated.

It is a great gym for people who want to focus totally on Muay Thai without any distractions.

It looks great for what I'm looking for, a gym with good training, fight opportunities and lot of clinching! I really appreciate the help of everyone here :) I'll contact the gym to know further information!

[Advice for choosing a gym for going long term]

Indeed, Kem Gym has excellent clinch training, including for larger guys. Kem and a couple of the other Thai guys fight at around 68-70kgs plus there is a heavy trainer (85kg+) who is retired but clinches daily with the fighters (Thai and foreign). They don't sponsor but they do offer plenty of fight opportunities and they take good care.

 

Have you been there?? If so, how was the typical routine at the gym? I'm really interested in going there for some months! 

[Advice for choosing a gym for going long term]

You have some good gyms there, but as to the above I can't imagine that it would be easy to become a sponsored fighter in a non-tourist area. If you are going for a year though, perhaps it is best to try a few gyms, spend 2 weeks at each and see how they feel, see how receptive they are to you.

An interesting alternative is perhaps the new Pumpangmuang gym in Lampang. We haven't a clue about the training there, as it was just being set up, but it is very connected, and as it seems like they are trying to develop a fight team up there, and may be open to sponsoring a fighter with less experience (a unique situation).

 

Yeah that's true! I'll check each one for 2 weeks and see how I feel! I'll check the post about Pumpangmuang Gym, thanks! 

 

Lamnamoon seems to have good clinching and I've seen two of their foreign fighters on Max; they have solid technique. I have no idea if they sponsor fighters or not.  Khem has a gym in Khorat (Khao Yai area) which has very good clinch training. I don't know if they have larger fighters though and no idea if they sponsor.

I don't think it will be easy to find a gym that will sponsor you that is a small, non-tourist area gym. It's possible that after a number of months training at a smaller, out of the way gym you could discuss it with the owner/manager, if that's something you're able to do.

 

I'll ask some of the foreigners at Lamnamoon to get more information about the gym! But it is true that it will be hard finding a small gym that offers what I'm looking for...I think I'll be better off finding a gym in a touristic area where I can get more chances on being sponsored! Thanks a lot for the help :)

[Advice for choosing a gym for going long term]

Hello! I'm a 21 year old fighter who is just starting my pro career, I've had 2 pro fights and 10 amateur fights.

I'll be going to Thailand on August for 1 year but hoping to stay more by being sponsored by a gym and fighting for them. I have already been on Thailand twice (3 months & 1,5 month) on great gyms but now I really want to inmerse myself in a gym where I'll be getting really good training and fight opportunities, as my past experiences I've been getting good training but neglected some aspects of Muay Thai, like clinching, which is something I really like. It doesn't matter the location of the gym I'm at as long as I'm fighting constantly and getting good training.

Also, I'm 6'2 (1,85m) and weigh about 80kg (fight at 72 - 70kg), so that's a thing to consider while choosing a gym, as not many gyms have thai people around my fight weight to train with!

I've been searching for a while now and these are the gyms that seems good for to start at:
- Sitsongpeenong Gym Bangkok: Good fight opportunities, they have high level Thais around my fight weight to train with and their training structure looks really good but I don't like that they separate Thais and foreigners and I don't think they sponsor foreigners.

- Lamnamoon Muay Thai: Good fight opportunities, I know they have Thais and foreigners around my fight weight, and for what I've read and heard their training structure looks like a traditional thai gym.

- Sitmonchai Gym: Already been here, they offer great fight opportunities and training, have Thais around my fight weight to train with, but the thing I didn't like is that I didn't clinch much while I was there!

Does anyone know any information about those gyms or recommend me another one for what I'm looking for? Would it be better to choose a gym in a more touristic area for what I'm after?
Any information will be greatly appreciated!