The Commitment of turning into a complete Thai Boxer
As a 9 year old I started by training in Wing Chun and then went on until the age of 12. The big thing that I learned in my mind was aggression but also learned a few combative techniques like jam a person mid attack. The ability to strike someone full force and to be able to take a strike oneself are absolutely essential. I had been getting into fights in my elementary school so my mother decided that it would be good for me to start taking my energy out in a more socially acceptable environment. At the age of about 13 I stated training in modified version of traditional Ninjutsu where I learned basic boxing, judo, submissions, weapon fighting as well as elements of other traditional martial arts such as Karate/Tae Kwon Do/Hapkido.
After about a year in a half I started cross training in Aikido, Arnis, and American Kickboxing, which lead me to start think about fighting in a much more strategic, practical, and contextual fashion. What I mean by that is that it allowed to look at fights and fighters as case studies as opposed to the idea or concept, that a lot traditional martial arts tend to ingrain (probably indirectly), that you can successfully execute a string of attacks perfectly on opponent with interruption. I continued this until this until the age of 19 where I switched to training in boxing, BJJ, Capoeira, and Tang Soo Do. I was on and off with the BJJ never really progressing to far and ultimately dropping everything but boxing and eventually picking up Muay thai at the age of 20. Where at 22 i dropped boxing altogether and started focusing on Muay Thai and have been doing it since.
I'm 25 now and training in all of this other martial teaches a lot of practical skills and concepts but at the same time makes your style, with respect to Muay Thai, vulnerable. The project for the next year or so is to avoid doing techniques that are not Muay Thai to condition my body to be purely Muay Thai so than after I have developed a proper sound foundation for Muay Thai I can start getting creative with other techniques from the past. I find that a lot these other techniques and concepts work well in muay thai but not with a poor foundation.
After about a year in a half I started cross training in Aikido, Arnis, and American Kickboxing, which lead me to start think about fighting in a much more strategic, practical, and contextual fashion. What I mean by that is that it allowed to look at fights and fighters as case studies as opposed to the idea or concept, that a lot traditional martial arts tend to ingrain (probably indirectly), that you can successfully execute a string of attacks perfectly on opponent with interruption. I continued this until this until the age of 19 where I switched to training in boxing, BJJ, Capoeira, and Tang Soo Do. I was on and off with the BJJ never really progressing to far and ultimately dropping everything but boxing and eventually picking up Muay thai at the age of 20. Where at 22 i dropped boxing altogether and started focusing on Muay Thai and have been doing it since.
I'm 25 now and training in all of this other martial teaches a lot of practical skills and concepts but at the same time makes your style, with respect to Muay Thai, vulnerable. The project for the next year or so is to avoid doing techniques that are not Muay Thai to condition my body to be purely Muay Thai so than after I have developed a proper sound foundation for Muay Thai I can start getting creative with other techniques from the past. I find that a lot these other techniques and concepts work well in muay thai but not with a poor foundation.
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