BlackBeauty

Thanks John G

Great link - thanks very much! We also don't train the side-kick very much, but I would use it if I had missed a round-kick and had slightly 'over-turned' and was now standing in more of a side-stance... In MT, you wanna make sure you are always in a square stance or you'll be going down!

'....Competitor of the Month' at the Blitz National All Styles website. At the time of writing, I had fought in one more tournament (last Sunday) - had 4 rounds (against karate, taekwondo and muay thai). Won 2 and lost 2.

Excerpt from: http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/mt/kk3.html One of our gym's favorite "tricks" is what we refer to as the "submarine kick", and other gyms refer to as a "cut kick". The proper way to block a low roundhouse kick is to raise you leg and block with the knee/shin. The idea is to sucker your opponent into raising the leg block, then bringing the kick underneath the raised leg to strike the support leg. To set this up, you can throw 1 or 2 roundkicks to the outside or your opponents thigh so that they will automatically raise the leg to defend when they see you bringing the next kick. Step more deeply and get down low so that your kicking leg passes under their block (or strikes near their blocking foot and pushes through) to their support leg. You should try to use your leg to "scoop" them off of their feet. You can also use your swing arm to help them by pushing them across your kicking leg. If done correctly, your opponent will perform a lovely cartwheel in the air, landing on their head.

Go to another physician or specialist who is willing to spend some time diagnosing and discussing your injury with you. That's what you pay them for! I have been to 3 or 4 different practicitioners for my knees. If I had only listened to the first one and not seeked further advice, I'd be worse off today....

We spent around $4,000AUD on a home gym instead.

Was thinking of getting a stand for a punching bag since I have nowhere to bolt one around my house and I'm renting.... Anyone have any experiences with these stands? I understand you have to put a couple of 20kg weights on the pegs to stabilise it, but how effective is one of these for incorporating footwork too? After all, I don't want to run into the stand but I would prefer to be able to move all around the bag, as you would an opponent....?

Yes, dynamic stretching should be done before your work outs, and static stretching after your workouts...

Mine is: Monday: Running, Weights Tuesday: Running, Shadow boxing Wednesday: Muay Thai Thursday: Yoga, Weights, Footwork, Shadow boxing Friday: Running Saturday: Muay Thai Sunday: Running, Shadown boxing

Thanks for linking all the stretching info in one place!

Sounds like a run-of-the-mill thai kick. That is, there is *no* pivot, and it cuts down into their quads or calves.

daryl - check out Thomash Kurz excellent articles on this topic on FightingArts.com

great stuff tom! i go to MT training 3 times a week (just began 3-4 monthsago). i also study part-time (double degree in IT and business), work full-time and also have a weight-loss schedule (30kgs in 20 months) and am a muso too....so I'm sure you'll be able to fit another session in! What I'm missing as well is a punching bag at home....just got nowhere to hang it and don't have a good level spot for a bag stand...

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thanks for the tips iolair - i'm going to give that a try.