Round 1
I could not see the difference between two of them at this round. They seems have equal ability and skills to fight, I even encourage John was a little bit better than Yod Saen Klai, in terms of defensive techniques such as grab legs and kick blocks. But when things happens, John got down by a very hard punch, which the announcer mentioned that it was a luck for Yod Saen Klai, but I would see different when John is losing control of his defense when tried to grab Yod Saen Klai’s leg, and Yod Saen Klai obviously saw the opportunity.
Round 2
This round is like a clock-wise situation, I don’t know why Youd Saen Klai lost his control as he seem to be able to keep the situation under control. But when he got a big “set” of punch from John, Yod Saen Klai is no longer advantage. Based on my own analysis, Yod Saen Klai seemed to under estimate John’s ability to recover and skills. This may be due to he believe that he will easily overcome John from the punch that took John down in the first round. And when John had realised the situation that he could bring back the advantage, then many sets of punch keep following. The last minute of round 2 is very important for John, he was shot down again with the obvious that he is losing his power, Yod Saen Klai’s opportunity rise again.
Round 3
Round 3 looks better for John, but also to Yod Saen Klai. Seems both of them were a little bit more careful on what is going to take as they know that one of them could be knocked at any time. While John was using this round to relax and he hope to recover and give his full power to the last two round, Yod Saen Klai seemed tried to finish the fight as soon as possible. The situation like this demonstrated that apart from power, good fighters always work on “strategy” throughout the fight.
Round 4
Round 4 was not exciting as expected. I was supposed to see more aggressive and advanced techniques from both of them but it looks they are completely losing power to fight. Especially for Yod Saen Klai. Once he know that he did very good job for the first two round, then it is unnecessary to hurry or put himself too aggressive, which may be giving John opportunity to strike back. While John was also lack of power, but still looked for a chance to make miracle.
Round 5
John had nothing to lose at this round and he actually did very well and impressive. But it seems not good enough to become a winner. Using clinching and short punch were very good strategies for at the end of the match while the fighter know that he is almost lost the power, but Yod Saen Klai was too good. Tried not to join the clinch and keeping away to find opportunity to attack, this strategy had made Yod Saen klai is the top winner of the Contender Asia. The result of the fight proves that perfect fighter still exist, even though is tournament was just a TV show in any perspective, but the fight is the fight and Muay thai fighters are not for the TV shows they are all fighters who want to fight, no matter what’s it that for.
Muay Thai Jumping Knee How To Guide
Learn how to do a flying knee to the head and knock people out.
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This is a very good example demonstration video. The instructor was very elaborate on his instructions so it is very good for learners to learn from. Actually flying knee kick, in my perspective, is not something that very easy to practice and also the chance to use is much more harder. This is because in modern Muay Thai, fighter were taught to use both attacking and defensive technique at the same time and flying knee kick even though it is a very powerful attack but it also has weakness points: easy to escape and when fighter lands, he is very open to get immediate strike.
Here is a How to Guide from Greg Evans. He is the creator of this VDO
How To Master The Thai Kick In Detail
The Thai kick broken down in extreme detail. Learn how to master this kick training at home without a partner.
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As the name of the video. It is very detailed instruction of basic Muay thai kick. I think many of beginners may have problems that their teacher did not give very detail like this when they taking lesson so it is good to learn from this video. Even though there are many formats of Muay Thai kicks and there are also many of correct ways to practice, but this video is a good among them as the instructor also mentioned about the importance of moving hips and using the whole shin to kick as a key element to make your Muay Thai kick powerful.
“The hardest war I ever had” This is what Jaba told us after the fight with David. David was selected by the red team to compete with Jaba for the next elimination fight. I know that this fight is going to be the best fight and memorable match. This because even though I never had chance to see both of them but from roughly estimate their skill, I could say that they probably the best fighters among the rest in their teams.
David actuall did very well during the first two rounds but unfortunately he start to become losing his power and got injury from Jaba’s elbow. But that’s not the big thing for him, the critical points for David’s lost is may be he was thrown down to the floor so many time, almost every time he had clinching.
Even though many people think that this fight is very close and either of them could be the winner. But in Muay Thai, what we call “Roop Muay” which means maintaining the aspect of being ready to fight and not losing power are also important and the fighter who fail to perform this will finally lose the score, and this was unfortunately happened to David.
However, this was a really great fight and I could say that it will be difficult to see this kind of fight again in the Contender Asia, apart from if they were perform by Thai fighters.
I actually got the name of the gym by visiting some video in Youtube and find this name appear in the video. The gym located in NY, USA where is the country that Muay Thai is so popular. Rather than offering courses that only focus in Muay Thai, the gym also offers other types of fitness activities such as Yoga, Kali and so on.
However, their Muay Thai class seems to work when I had a look at the list of instructor who had very long experience in Muay Thai fight. The gym also offer kid’s class. Overall appearance of the gym’s facilities looks very good. Apart form Muay Thai class, the gym also constantly organise Muay Thai matches which representing there are also opportunities for students to perform a real professional fights.
I would really recommend this video if you have a chance to buy this collection or look from other source. Regardless to where they are being offered. What I like to most is the, clear and accurate explanation as well as demonstration Muay Thai practice, which will be really useful for beginners who just want to get familiar with theory of Muay Thai first before start practicing. Unfortunately that I could not find the complete set in Youtube but if start to look for from eBay, there may be the series being sold somewhere.
It’s very difficult for promoters to offer “authentic” Muay Thai outside of Thailand, particularly in the United States. Most jurisdictions heavily regulate their combat sports, and there is a constant uphill battle with the local boxing and athletic commissions when it comes to the use of knees and elbows in the ring.
The state of Virginia, for example, has taken a rather progressive approach, in not only allowing full-rule Muay Thai matches to occur, but actually embracing the rules. They have set up training workshops with a leading local sanctioning organization for training on how to properly officiate these fights and keep them safe for the participants.
In order to ensure the states continued support, promoters and sanctioning bodies have found the need to adopt a few practices that aren’t quite “full Thai rules”. Notably, amateurs wearing safety gear in the ring. Headgear, shinguards, and elbow pads are the norm. Some targets which are considered “fair game” in authentic Muay Thai are not permitted, such as the spine and back of the head. Also, rules regarding holding and hitting tend to be modified as well.
After the blue tem lost its member, Alan, it’s seems that everything for them completely worse. No more motivation left for them as when the lost of Alan make thing clear that they are losing more member than the red team. David also could do nothing more as because he seems to be very lack of motivation for him self too. However, I have to admit that Alan is too weak and he is noboday for Soran to fight. Just like Yodsaenklai said that they are too far away (too different in terms of fighting skills). However, when the next challenge comes, the game, again looks like the organiser want to make more challenge again about their power and teamwork. But this time, it is very obvious that the blue team just seems completely forget about the fail that has passed on to them and start to fight again. The teamwork of the blue team is mush better and also almost win the game when David drags the cart and runs ahead to John, but finally, David’s and his team lost again and this makes him and blue team feel even worst.
I don’t know Anthony before, I actually don’t even ever heard about him. But after I watch his video review, I thought that how can I missed such a great fighter. The name “The Assassin” is deserved to him. I think that he is very skillful in both Muay Thai and MMA. What I can see about his capability is full of power and speed. Muay Thai training kicks and powerful punches are the most unique characteristics of Anthony. I also see that when he use Muay Thai skills to overcome his opponents in MMA, this demonstrate very good implementation of Muay Thai arts to other kind of martial arts.
During many fights, when there are 10 seconds left in a round, the timekeeper signals by knocking the hammer on the table so that everyone is aware that the bell is about to ring. Depending on the fighter, there are a variety of actions that one may take….
Some fighters like to “turn it on”, and finish the round very strongly to make an impression on the judges, either to “seal” the round, or to “steal” it. When they are trying to “seal” the round, they are often already in the lead and merely want to finish the round with an exclamation point, so as to leave no doubt. If they are trying to “steal” it, its because the round is close or they are behind, and hope that this final flurry of activity will sway the judges because the officials often place more importance on what they witnessed in the closing minute of the round.
However, some fighters are content to just finish the round. Sometimes the fighter is comfortable with where they perceive they stand on the scorecards. Sometimes a fighter is winded or hurt and merely wants to survive until the bell. Whatever the case, one should never relax their guard until the bell has rung and the referee has waved both fighters to their respective corners.
In this particular instance, when that 10-second warning sounded, and if the one of the fighters is relaxed, assuming they could just hold on until the bell. This was a critical mistake as his opponent exploded, they may get attacked and never saw coming for a knockout with 1 second left in the round.
