Training For Your First Muay Thai Fight
TIPS & TRAINING STRATEGIES FOR YOUR FIRST MUAY THAI FIGHT
By Sean Fagan
You’ve been training for a while and getting steadily better all the time. You’re handling yourself alright in sparring, even against the more experienced guys. It’s time to actually put all those hard-earned skills to the test.
So what do you do now?
How do you prepare yourself to step into a ring with somebody who has trained for months, if not years, with the specific goal of kicking your ass?
The answer is really quite simple:
DO WHAT YOUR COACH TELLS YOU!
If you train at a decent gym, chances are your coach has trained dozens if not hundreds of fighters for competition. All you have to do is listen to what he (or she) says. Every coach has his or her own way of doing things, but most of us follow a pretty standard formula. After all, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
A general rule of thumb is at least 20 hours training per week, or in other words 3.5 –...
