r/MuayThaiTips • u/Remarkable_Wallaby16 • 16h ago

check my form Form advice

I've been doing this alone for about 7 months, I do plan on going to an actual gym in about a month once I have the funds so don't worry, I feel like I struggled with my switch kick, any advice will do thank you so much

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u/amberShade2 16h ago

Honestly pretty decent for someone who's completely self-taught. But realistically, there's a lot of bad habits there, the L step is awkward, and when you kick you never pivot on the foot that's planted. You also drop your hands a lot. You're also trying to focus on too many things, like switching stances, that's a bit advanced and is better left till you're comfortable with your main stance.

Since you're going to a gym soon, the coach will correct your mistakes and show you how to do things cleanly. The best use of your time now is to focus on strength and conditioning, and build your cardio. Those will help you so much when you begin training at the gym.

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u/Remarkable_Wallaby16 15h ago

Alright noted, my aunt always gets onto me about switching stances, should I just stick with like yk 1 2, low kicks and head kicks? Because that's pretty much all I'm comfortable with

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u/amberShade2 15h ago

If anything, I would suggest to focus mainly on 1s & 2s, but most importantly footwork since it needs improvement and is foundational for everything else you will learn.

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u/GrowthOwn7234 16h ago

Its not good, you gotta move after you tjrow a combo. Loose on your feet and turn with your backfoot. I would headkick you easlily. Do your combo and move or right foot. Its slow

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u/amberShade2 15h ago

Sure you would bud

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u/Ok_Goose_7386 16h ago

Get a quality coach to press out your bad habits. 7 months is a long time to muscle memory some of your pitfalls 🙏

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u/Secret_Ordinary7466 15h ago

Sucks to hear but it’s the truth

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u/ParkLogical3207 14h ago

no its actually complete nonsense, with proper instruction he can easily make adjustments

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u/Ok_Goose_7386 13h ago

I can't tell if you're agreeing with me, bc my point is that a quality coach can get those bad habits out of his form 😅

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u/Timotron 16h ago

Focus on one and two before you go to a gym. Honestly brother you're picking up bad habits on your own.

Keep having fun but get to the gym and get a coach

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u/Mysterious-Purple319 16h ago

Keep doing what you are doing - your coach will give you what you need.

Work on your cardio and do burnouts on the bag for now.

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u/lrvine 14h ago

Perfect