BJJ Grappler vs Muay Thai Kickboxer | Sparring #023

MUSIC: traditional Muay Thai Boxing fight song called Sarama here are the most important basics you need 
to know for self-defense in a street fight   or if you are a striped out white belt and 
thinking about getting your first MMA fight   hello it's great to see you again I'm gonna use 
some sparring rounds from Tiger Muay Thai in a   self-defense situation staying conscious is your 
number one objective even if you only do Jiu Jitsu   and grappling staying conscious during a street 
fight or self-defense situation is your number   one objective because even the world's best 
Jujitsu Coral belt won't be able to perform   techniques if they are unconscious here's a lesson 
that I learned the hard way so you don't have   to learn it the hard way the first time I ever 
sparred in Muay Thai was in 2018 at the Academy   in Portland Maine I proceeded to get punched 
in the face for the entire round and found a   dark gym corner to face the cold hard truth human 
adults have innate ability to do some things like   run however we do not have the innate ability 
to fight during your first sparring session   your brain will scream tilt me back protect me 
get me the F out of here what are you doing and   your coach is going to yell keep your forehead 
forward and tuck your chin technique tip number one   is distance management you can only get hit if 
you're in the pocket my first time sparring I   got punched in the face repeatedly because I 
was standing in the pocket you either want to   be clinched up really close to them like on them 
in a clinch or outside of the pocket to protect   yourself from getting knocked out before my 
first sparring session I had the knowledge   of don't stand in the pocket but I had yet to 
develop the skill of actually training my body   to know where that was and how to move this is a 
common first skill that beginners learn doing Muay   Thai kickboxing you either want to be way out 
of range so they can't hit you or you want to   be diving and clinching to get them to the Ground 
Force equals mass times acceleration acceleration   needs distance therefore you significantly reduce 
their punching power if you minimize the distance   and clinch just basically hugging them super 
important thing for you to know is fighting   stance and footwork because this you gives you 
the ability to get in and out of the pocket so   you don't get punched in the face repeatedly the 
technique of fighting stance is one foot forward   one back keeping the distance between your feet 
about the length of a stride our human instinct   you're going to have to fight is our instinct 
to turn our head away shield with our back and   run if you are in a sticky situation you want 
to always face it step back with your rear foot   then step back with your front foot and always 
face what's coming at you in fighting like in   life you always want to face what you fear 
most fears in everyday life are imagined and   when you're fighting there's a high possibility 
you're going to get hurt liver shots ducking hurt   In Muay Thai your arms are called your guard 
much like in Jiu Jitsu your legs are called a   guard keeping your hands up and turtling allows you 
to protect your head but trust me taking a kick   to the Head even with a guard sucks it's much 
better to manage your distance so you don't get   kicked in the head in the first place because 
you move out of the way using your footwork here this young lady does a fantastic job of punching through my guard a landing a good one then she apologizes profusely I 
tell her it was great punch I'm not mad at   that it was great technique and great timing 
however I must warn you there are different   types of Muay Thai sparring at different gyms 
the academy with Jay Jack was Rock em sock   him heavy hits and heavy kicks then when I went 
to Boston BJJ, I was new to the gym in Boston   having moved down from Maine and I thought all 
gyms trained the same well I hit a professional   heavyweight MMA fighter uh like I would if we 
were sparring at the Academy and then I got teeped  TEEP (Muay Thai) so hard like he didn't kick the crap out 
of me he kicked the uh uterus lining out of me   having ovaries of Steel I played it off until the 
round ended and excused myself to the bathroom and   was grateful for dark colored shorts it was then 
that I learned that if you amp up the intensity   during sparring there may be consequences 
especially if it's not the vibe at the gym thing for you to know so my two most 
recent Muay Thai coaches came from Sityodtong (Boston Muay Thai Gym) and they both would say TEEP 
and KNEE and OH AYYY and just so you   know that's straight from Thailand after 
she landed a good kick I was like OH AYY   and it made the coach laugh because that is 
legit how they cheer in Thailand beautiful TEEP, TEEP, TEEP, OAYYY, OH AYYY, TEEP, OHAYYYY another super important tip for you to look like a 
fighter is to stay on the balls of your feet this   allows yourself to be very mobile during sparring 
being on the balls of your feet allows you a   spring so you can get in and out very quickly 
I've heard stories of tacks being taped to the   bottom of the heels of Fighters to train them 
through negative reinforcement not ever be on   their heels to always be on the balls of their 
feet luckily I've I've never had that happen   Muay Thai training is a phenomenal workout and 
great fitness conditioning so before these rounds we   did running jumping skipping we did six rounds 
with push-ups in between then we did heavy bag   work and Pad work and then finally ended with the 
classic sit-ups that you'll see in Muay Thai so   forgive me if my form doesn't look great here 
during the pad work at the end of the day but   one of the best quotes ever told to me was from 
a female Muay Thai and MMA fighter she said your   last round sparring will look like your second 
round in a fight and that is so true so never be   afraid of looking like hot garbage and putting it 
on the internet and never be afraid of those last   rounds yeah you might get beat yeah you're gonna 
look like crap you're gonna feel like you're   not doing great but those are the championship 
rounds and those are the rounds that really matter we're gonna get all you know touchy feely um it 
was my dream when I first started I started Jiu   Jitsu in 2016 and then two years later I started 
Muay Thai with a secret dream of getting my first   MMA fight and since that day one walking into the 
gym I always wanted to train at Tiger Muay Thai in   Thailand but I knew it was a waste to go there 
like day one I wanted to develop enough skill to   be able to go there and enjoy the experience when 
the coaches pointed me out of the group and said   she's a fighter and then started play sparring 
with me and swept me I was like on the ground   thinking this is a dream come true I've always 
wanted to be swept by a high level Muay Thai   Fighter in Thailand at Tiger Muay Thai it's just 
an honor to train with people that have such high   skill I mean it takes so much dedication to get 
to that level I'm here to tell you that you too   can do it you can be a fighter you can walk with 
confidence of knowing you can defend yourself you   can develop any skill that calls out to you you 
can do and be anything at any stage in your life   um yeah you know you can spend years developing 
your skill take an 18-hour flight to Thailand   and get beat up by 135 pound Muay Thai fighter too. 
all right so here's a really good round to   watch if you are a beginner here before we 
even started sparring she told me that she   was afraid to spar with me because the coaches 
told her that I was a fighter I told her that   we could just do technical sparring and all 
the movements are in order for to make her   feel better and this is very important to find 
a partner that knows how to do this as well if   you're trying to enter into Muay Thai because 
the barrier to entry is extremely painful if you're   at a gym that goes very hard and doesn't do 
technical sparring but basically what you   want to do is you want to find a partner where 
you can have exchanges and the exchanges are a   conversation so one person does a combination 
the other person blocks the last strike of that   combination and then returns with their own 
combination and this is done depending on the   skill level it could be at a very slow rate which 
is very useful because then it trains your body   to have that subconscious reaction and to learn 
both the combinations and the technical skill   and technique of blocking and returning 
which is like the next level of improving   so lift up your leg use your shin to block a 
kick and then return with a punch for example another example of a block return is parrying 
a strike and returning off that parried strike   obviously when you've mastered 
this then everything can go a   little faster because it's like 
Bam Bam block bam block return   block return so you can block kick and 
return you can block a strike and return when you first start and after 
you've gotten good at you know   you have a few combinations that are 
realistic like a jab cross low kick multiple Jabs like one one one your one is your jab, two is your cross and then Hook is three   usually it's like one two 
low kick one two switch kick so the basic combinations that you want to 
practice especially during Shadow Boxing   are those realistic combinations so 
for example your jab is your one so   jab jab jab because sometimes just 
doing three Jabs in a row you can   get through a guard then you go jab cross 
if your cross is your right hand that's a   two then you go jab cross with your right 
hand and then low kick with your left leg another key technique is setting up your 
kicks with your punches and your punches   with your kicks so here I go for a low kick 
and then punch here's another block return here's another block return 
and a classic one one two the kick I'm about to do is called a TEEP and you 
do it when they're closing distance and they're   getting too close that's the perfect time 
to pull out a Teep the next combination is   jab cross hook low kick another great 
technique for you to do if you're a   beginner in sparring is just low kicking their 
front leg like I just did it's a very low risk   move and that front leg is usually there a 
lot more often than any of the other kicks   if you land a lot of kicks it's like chopping 
down a tree and pretty soon it's immobilized   Nate Diaz did that to Conor McGregor 
and yeah that that sheit hurts and we end around with some push-ups 
again uh Muay Thai is a great workout it was great spending time with you thank 
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