Lesson with Chatchai - Perfecting the Strikes

This is the first 10 minutes of a private shot for nakmuaynation.com - Chatchai was the WBC Flyweight World Champion (1997).
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[@croc244]

the fact that he is wearing a batman shirt makes him so much more badass.

[@BreezyMarim]

This is probably one of my favourite videos to show people at my gym about effective striking. I can't recall how many times I've watched this video myself. His form is flawless.

[@wayneblackman6407]

The beauty of the Thai fighter movements. Constant flow. Heavens, this gentleman is quick.

[@amck72]

I love this video. He`s showing you the boxer`s jab. The foot stepping straight forward a little helps you bring yourself closer to the opponent, keeps you balanced and helps shift your power from your hips to your fist, which then results in it being a `power jab`. I taught my daughter this, now her sparing partners do not want to stand there in front of her. You were off balance in the beginning because a boxer`s stance and way of throwing a punch is different from the traditional Muay Thai stance and throwing punches.

[@agookchild]

its incredibly rare that a former champion becomes coach of the year. Truly 1 in a billion is chatchai.

[@CiaraCarruthers]

I can't get over the quality of your videos! Thank you for representing female fighters, and thank you for such fantastic content. You're clearly a very bright person and manage to explain things really well, and I also love when you laugh in the videos. You're fantastic, thank you!

[@jaredharrison6778]

Yeah Sylvie and Kevin are awesome! I totally bought my wife one of her shirts for inspiration as she learns.

[@VladKhomutov]

So I've watched this video about 3 weeks ago and I've tried most of these little tweaks on the bag and in sparring and I can tell you the amount of extra power combined with effortlessness is very very noticeable. My favourite is the jab though, since your sparring opponents don't expect them to be so powerful lol.

[@8limbsUs]

Very nice! Great to hear the feedback.

[@theredninja2817]

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu - Muay Thai I was looking for someone that would have the right kind of Muay Thai videos to practice for when I get back into Thai boxing training it was so hard to find the right place coming across you and your videos and your training with all these Legends I'm sold on what I need to perfect myself I appreciate you so much for what you're doing I want your stuff everyday every chance I get and practice constantly

[@chimaera1855]

Don't never ever turn the front leg when u punch u ll get counter easily by a low kick. Funny thing is many trainers show that to their students but when they fight or used to fight they never did it.Very bad.

[@joefarrar6528]

@@chimaera1855 Suprisingly not true! :)

[@taugrim]

Agreed, this is SUPER helpful.

[@fionaaruldass]

This is a very inspiring video! It just goes to show that even the "simplest" of moves require so much attention to detail! Can't wait to practice these pivots and shoulder techniques ☺️ thanks for the video!

[@andyduong5587]

Gold right here! Thanks for sharing this stuff! This is exactly how my boxing coach shows how to throw a jab. Those hooks and uppercuts though... beautiful to watch.

[@markheath1580]

fantastic video! Made some corrections to my own boxing. Many thanks. Absolutely love that power generated by changing your feet/stance 👍

[@kickboxingunderground]

I have totally been throwing my front uppercut with my weight on the front foot. I realize how off balance that is. Need to try to engrain this new way you've shown into my muscle memory. I like it!

[@8limbsUs]

The weight transfer has totally changed my Muay Thai, improving almost all my strikes. It's pretty amazing, especially when it clicks.

[@pointparasai_music]

I've only discovered your videos this very week. May I say they are wonderful! I love your attitude toward Muay Thai, your frankness and humility. The best Muay Thai vids I have found yet. I've been training since 1999 (I have so many bad technique habits that your vids are helping me with) and still get my 45 year old arse up at 6am Mon to Fri to go training before work and children take over my day. I love Muay Thai and it's clear that you do too. Respect to you 🙏🏻 !

[@toadysuperfly7981]

Wow GREAT instruction and insight! Thanks for capturing this!

[@Coradinimuay]

Hi, Sylvie! Awesome video. This thai teacher have some of the best boxing form I ever saw from a nak muay. I don't speak thai, nor english is my first language, but from the looks it seems that what he is tryin to teach you is correct weight transfer when punching. Look how his body weight moves in the jab: instead of extending the rear leg and pushing from the back foot (which would throw his weight forward) his weight moves down as his strike goes up/out. Think of how the lever works in a seesaw. In this video when you throw the jab your head goes forward because you're pushing the ground with your rear leg, and thats dangerous because you don't want your head moving against a strike. When he throws his jab he sits on the rear hip, making his head move AWAY from his opponent. His step with the lead foot serves to push back. Similar stuff with the lead hook and lead uppercut. He first loads his lead hip, and then sits back on the rear hip AS he throws the punch. If you watch your rear leg when you throw these two punches you're extending it, even when you pivot the lead foot. Pausing the video at 4:40 gives you the perfect visuals to what I'm trying to say: his head is closer to his rear leg, yours to your lead leg. Now guess which one head is safer and more balanced ;) The pivot of the lead leg is just a tool to facilitate hip movement and weight transfer from lead to rear. Excuse me if I'm being inconvenient or if my english is crap heheh Once again thanks for the video, it was a great watch cheers from Brazil

[@8limbsUs]

You can read all about the session here: 8limbs.us/muay-thai-thailand/private-with-chatchai-sasakul-perfecting-jab-cross-hook-uppercut

[@th3kdu386]

Excelente, meu querido

[@Coradinimuay]

@@th3kdu386 opa! Br na área hehe tá ligado 😁

[@Markblood889]

I cannot tell you how helpful this was

[@fuitbag]

very insightful and interesting haven't seen this anywhere else, I'm definitely going to practice this shadow boxing and training, thank you so much.

[@rs1131]

WOOOOOOOW! Love this. Learned so much, thank you!

[@MojoMoneyMajor]

casually finding so much gold on this channel thank you for this info

[@georgegoodyear9631]

Inspiring stuff! I'll try my best to emulate your insightful advice in the gym tomorrow. Thank you.

[@Explorshon123]

See how relaxed he is with the punch and the "flick" right at the end. What a great trainer to have.

[@KoffeeKev]

Your videos are really helpful.

[@neshawnp]

so many jewel drops...u r a gem!

[@tetiraelian]

Great techniques! I wish he could show you how to throw double or triple hooks and uppercuts using this technique. Keep up with the good work Sylvie.

[@ervinpatague1569]

it's always good to have a 2nd and 3rd person point of view to not just guide but also point out strikes that we think we got down on Pat with the that form as we further are training

[@jogon2485]

mi an u both geekin out when doing the elbow with the kinetic linking awesome🤛

[@VladKhomutov]

that just fixed my uppercuts. can't wait to try this in sparring!

[@deo.strengthspan.project]

Very cool, thanks for sharing!

[@scc6609]

this is good stuff right here actually tried it today during sparring i can really see the difference in range and power my boy was like wtf changed hahah the jabs are so different but he couldnt tell

[@tudobem321]

This is an amazing video . I was an amateur boxer with roughly 60 fights and 3 losses , I’ve been in golden gloves and nationals and my balance is pretty good but after watching this I’m super amazed because I tried this after watching and I feel way more sharp without using nearly as much energy . I’m not competing anymore but I’m helping my friend in a fight camp so and the last two weeks I’ve felt a bit off . One because I’m just getting back into it within the last few months . And Thursday I felt alright but I definitely didn’t feel super stable with the lead uppercut unless it was a short tight one . But wow this video is amazing you can never stop learning the science of fighting Mechanics no no matter the discipline . His weight transfer was so swift and balanced . Thank you for uploading . Going to be doing this all night now and watch it a few more times

[@mikeydo9567]

I like the comment about explaining how to use the mirrors to correct shadow boxing!

[@jimmyr419]

Love your videos. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@JERU79HH]

Awesome video! I have to work on this!!

[@fabian13333]

Great video, thanks

[@tfjzz]

great lesson!

[@ianirvingthorsonc]

So informative ❤love it

[@riveraf5053]

great video more videos like this great stuff!!

[@SebastianHay]

amazing stuff

[@jaredharrison6778]

His hands are so gorgeous. Just floating and hitting HARD!!

[@leandrorep4248]

Muito bom...exelente vídeo não entendo a língua , mas o bom de lutar e ser um guerreiro é que também temos a linguagem corporal..very good!!!

[@user-vj4eb9xu4n]

at the beginning i thought it's chatchai paiseetong lol keep up the good work Sylvie

[@nasri]

Watched the video. Got up and tried it. Mind blown.

[@brianscraper7433]

I love seeing this, Sylvie! One of my early boxing coaches taught me to turn and pivot on my feet when throwing punches similar to what he's showing here. When I got into Kickboxing/Thai Boxing, I was told not to do that b/c an over-rotation will leave you open to counters (leg kicks, takedowns in mma, etc). But I've always thought an abbreviated, short turning motion is still essential to punching with good mechanics and balance. I've learned a lot of different ways to throw a punch and try to incorporate the best of them all, but I'm glad to see Thai "traditional" coaches are just as diverse in their approaches to striking mechanics as everyone else in the West seem to be! The same feeling I had when I watched your recent sessions with a hip rotation for a knee strike. A Kyokushin instructor taught me that knee. When I trained in Thailand, they said it is incorrect b/c you'll catch an elbow on the inside of your thigh from your opponent's guard. But there you are with a reputable Thai telling you to throw that knee! There are so many ways of skinning this cat.

[@8limbsUs]

There is incredible variety of technique in Thailand, no "one way". Not only are there schools of thought and lineages of ways of doing things, but a person's Muay Thai is developed through fighting 100s of fights, and developing their own approach, tested in the ring. It's very common in a gym to be told that a particular technique is wrong for some sort of reason, but then to be told that it is right by someone else for another reason. A big part of it is the kind of fighter you are, and what you are trying to accomplish with certain techniques.

[@RocheBrazil]

Beautiful

[@xXxVinBenzinxXx]

Thank you for your videos. Very helpfull. Greets from Switzerland 😊

[@raymondbloodwurst7098]

footwork is everything

[@MrBoobob77]

love it! 👍

[@SM57]

His kicks are great.

[@Bagheera_88]

what a trainer!!! Thanks for sharing Sylvie Can you upload something like this about kicks an knees? I'd love it Thanks a lot for sharing your videos :)

[@8limbsUs]

Everything depends on who I can get for a Nak Muay Nation feature. These are all time greats and I really only ask them: Show me your technique. There isn't much control. But...I did have this session with the greatest knee fighter of all time, Dieselnoi: 8limbs.us/muay-thai-thailand/dieselnoi-instruction-muay-thai-knee-greatness

[@Bagheera_88]

wow! i'm gonna read it soon! Nice tip, i'm working to increase my control

[@Leonardo-du8tk]

His striking is beautiful

[@Saie75]

Hey Sylvie, Your videos are great, I really appreciate you documenting this and sharing it with us. I have a question about the strategy here though: I've been taught that this emphasised pivot exposes the sciatic nerve when you jab. Is this exposure worth it for the power?

[@8limbsUs]

I've heard this said many times, mostly by westerners, but also one Thai trainer told me as well. Truthfully I've never seen that taken advantage of in real fights. This kind of jab is closing distance very hard, it does not seem easy to kick that leg at that distance, which is pretty much right up on the opponent. But yes, every attack has holes, and if you encounter a fighter with the ability to take that away, you adjust. The point feels very theoretical.

[@Saie75]

+Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu - Muay Thai Great, thanks so much for the reply.

[@balinesematrempit8917]

Thankyou🙏🙏🇮🇩

[@ismardux8167]

Vc tirou muitas dúvidas ok

[@douglaspittmanjr.6691]

I'm gonna keep watching. I started back shadow boxing and working on knee strikes.

[@orangeiceice12]

this shit is legendary. his form!

[@anathamon]

Great

[@maxpayne6919]

i just found you.. i am here late.. but still lucky :D

[@brownsey1]

Ha, I have been naturally pivoting my left leg with my left jabs.

[@hichamnad9107]

Respect...usshhh!!!

[@ArrogantBaSStard]

I feel relieved that planting the back foot helps with my balance and stability. I am new to training and trainer says to pivot back foot which makes me feel off balance and unnatural. I thought it was because I am new to this.

[@Lin-uo5cw]

May I know the brand of the focus mitts Chatchai use in your another video"keys to striking"???

[@JnkyrdGod]

All techniques have uses. Pivot jab vs. stepping jab. Pivot jab - no power but defensive/offensive repositioning opportunity. Kind of like stiff arm or glove blind to move off, but usually your step is predictable. Lead hook counter imminent if you start that jab in range of it. Works great with a hook instead of a straight, or instead of just a simple step off the left, make it a switch step + rear straight off a drop step. Straight step with jab offers forward momentum and optimal transfer for that forward momentum into strikes following that path. Also, I'm no veteran of pro Muay Thai/boxing, nor even a trainer/instructor. Just a simple practitioner. I welcome correction that KZbin comments invite

[@MrPineappleKetchup]

+JnkyrdGod Why would pivot on a jab though?

[@JnkyrdGod]

+MrPineappleKetchup on the back step retreating from a charging opponent, a step out and a pivot will change your direction, the jab keeps distance and sets up a responding attack.

[@TopChef190]

+MrPineappleKetchup it's a safer way of creating angles.

[@thomasdivito6221]

This is a very straight boxing approach, beautifully executed. Many muay thai instructors tend not to teach boxing like that, and instead, teach not to step on your jab, and not rotate your front foot on hooks/uppercut in the middle of combinations, thus creating an opening for sweeps. But I think, it depends. What is your thoughts on that?

[@8limbsUs]

I've not met Thai instructors who teach the way you're describing. Do you mean outside of Thailand?

[@thomasdivito6221]

​@@8limbsUs Yes, outside of Thailand. I'm from France, and in muay thai or kick boxing approach, I feel instructors deviate a lot from straight boxing approach. Some of them teach to step on jab, other don't. Some step with the foot straight, not angled as shown by Chatchai. Many twist front foot only, for exemple, if the front hook is the last strike of a combination. Probably flaws. Thanks a lot for your library. This is pure gold to me.

[@622PSS]

I have long been puzzled about that! Pivoting my left foot with the heel all up when throwing a jab/left hook/left uppercut usually generates more power, in my practice. But it seems to be favorable to 'one-off' strikes more. When it comes to combos e.g. 2-3-2, 2-3-rear kick, etc., it is really challenging in terms of balance and speed. It just sounds not so practical.

[@tr3ndkiller]

I used to naturally do that but then I stopped after I was told that it’s better to step out to the left to avoid keeping my head in the same position as before I threw the jab, in case I get countered. I’m so confused now lol

[@kde439]

He is on balance, hip & shoulder in connection with each other. his knees are bent more than yours, that enhances the balance. Far too many people don't bend their legs enough. The bent leg is also a safer leg. You can knock someone hard with a jab if it comes from the hip, if its foot & hip with shoulder you can knock them out. Watch some of the old western boxers, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey & Rocky Marciano.

[@jasonvoorhees5640]

marciano? lmao

[@hioxd]

According to coach Barry Robinson the step in jab should be an option not a habit

[@hinawachainsaw7820]

I noticed his lead knee doesn't "buckle" when he steps in with the jab. I think that's the thing that lets him return faster to the original position and adds power to his jab...it's like his lead leg is a wall where his body weight crashes like a car and his fist is the driver...I don't know if I made any sense 😂

[@undercover5489]

That's actually the hardest part of this striking.. The little stopping from the lead foot with every shot.. Needs lot of practice to get that exact timing.

[@chenzenzo]

His immediately puts his lead foot under himself.

[@CybertroninfiniteOfficial]

I still don't get the pivot part

[@righthook5425]

I like this video, but I really can't belive that people in Muay Thai don't know this.I don't want to be an asshole, but this is very basic, in a first year or two in boxing you are learning this to perfection. He explains very well tho.

[@GKJusticar55]

Wait..is this the trainer from the movie A Prayer Before Dawn?

[@NeverSpeak6]

No, that is Somrak Khamsing, who is incredible as well. Check out the Muay Thai Scholar video(s) on him

[@user-nb4lq5vb1m]

พี่หนึ่ง ฉัตรชัยพี่ชายของ ยอดแสนไกล แฟร์แทคใช่ไหมครับ

[@timm285]

I heard that Thai boxers don’t jab like this because of the fear of being kicked in that leg while it is turned and planted to jab harder. Any thoughts?

[@jasonvoorhees5640]

This dude was a boxing champ bruh. He fought Pacman.

[@tree-1224]

หนึงธรณี🤐👌

[@lapincheriatota]

ill say dont do this for the uppercut or the hook if you dont step out .. getting caught with anything will throw you incredibly out of balance... sincerily check the position on 8:05, get in that position and ask somebody to push you from the side.. you are going to fall.. ask a training partner to hit you with a hook or a kick and see for yourself... steping to the side is the take away so your hook/uppercut comes from the middle of your position.. there is no back/forward weight in those punches your weight is distributed between the two

[@lookstheory2.0]

Do you speak Thai now Sylvie ?

[@done9989]

น่ารักนะเรา😁😀😇

[@el_Riky]

5:29 that was fucking beautiful

[@basbousamandarine3697]

Awesome video, but can you please bring the instructor entire body into frame. He's using the planted feet and ankles for power, but only see his ankle for a few shots and for most of the video from his waist down, you can't see anything. Thanks for sharing an amazing video still.

[@8limbsUs]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Perhaps you'll find the article that goes with this video useful: 8limbs.us/muay-thai-thailand/private-with-chatchai-sasakul-perfecting-jab-cross-hook-uppercut - it has several GIFs to slow down and emphasize his footwork. It takes a while to load though because of those GIFs.

[@basbousamandarine3697]

Oh great, it took so much to load i kind of brushed it aside. You def deserve more subs though, in this video alone we get some insight on why thai's seem such immovable object when it's thai's vs kickboxers (or none muay thai practitioners), turned out to be small movements with balance. Cheers, and thanks again.

[@manfrombritain6816]

when you look at these high level fighters, everything is in unison from the floor to the hands. mike tyson is in my opinion one of the most perfect examples. meanwhile with me its like 8 different parts trying to sync up and failing haha

[@Sobieskicharge]

2:17

[@comosediceesoo681]

But like who taught you that I mean that's pretty much boxing 101 I was taught that if punch with my right hand you gotta pivot with your right foot and you don't necessarily have to step in with your jab or twist the hips because the power comes from the shoulder snap.remember that traditionally speaking the jab is not meant to go with power but to feel range

[@timm285]

Boxers jab like this.

[@denmyos]

I can't really hear when you are talking together, but are you speaking thai to him.? How long did it take for you to learn thai.?

[@8limbsUs]

yes, we are speaking Thai. Still learning, but have been converstional for about a year. It helps that there's not as much English in my gym.

[@denmyos]

+Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu - Muay Thai I'm moving to Thailand with my wife within a couple of years. My wife goes to school here in Denmark and has pickup the Danish extremely well. my biggest fear of moving to Thailand is the language. I have been to Thailand about 6 times and still have not pick any of the language up. except for the common greetings.

[@8limbsUs]

+denmyos if you end up somewhere rural language might be tricky. Most cities have quite a lot of English. I learned basic communication, plus reading and writing in the first year with some tutoring. You'll get it :)

[@denmyos]

+Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu - Muay Thai thanks, ☺ i Hope your right. have you and your family any plans on moving back to US.

[@waveknock]

Great, but I guess the big problem with this technique is that you lose reach. When you turn your front foot, your weight goes to the back foot and, hence, you get further from your opponent. On the other hand if you keep your front foot planted, the opposite happens and you lose balance and power. So maybe this is good for short distances only. Just guessing...

[@jotrachsel]

someone accidentally disliked

[@dismemberingcarcass]

Isnt this same jab technique as Jack Dempsey used?

[@8limbsUs]

dismemberingcarcass Dempsey kind of step/fell forward, like if you stepped off a curb. Chatchai is teaching to step out and kind of angle your foot in.

[@adrianjagmag]

Drop step for left. A la Dempsey.

[@ervinpatague1569]

its sometimes becomes habitual to stray away from proper form.

[@Brandon-ob9rg]

This is Samart 2?

[@8limbsUs]

Brandon Tran No, Chatchai Sasakul

[@ronalddang]

you’d think all these Thai legends look like your average old Asian dad, until you try and mess with them and then you proceed to get wrecked. Lmao..

[@__LSP]

it’s like shane fazen from fightips and another so-called channel, world class boxing said punch with ur feet! when you throw ur jab with ur lead foot you are going to take out teeth of your opponent

[@KARLDOOM]

Didn't he fought pacquiao..?

[@8limbsUs]

Yes, he lost his WBC world championship belt to Pacquiao boxrec.com/boxer/4088

[@KARLDOOM]

Yes that was him i remember that fight.. he outboxed pac in that fight hes got really good balance on his feet

[@8limbsUs]

I'm training with him every day this month. Check out one of our 90 minute sessions kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGnOe39qfq6focU

[@robfolle82]

his not a trainer...his is THE TRAINER

[@chimaera1855]

Don't turn ur front leg in muay thai or u will eat a counter low kick.

[@8limbsUs]

This is something of a widely repeated myth I wish would stop spreading. First of low kicks below the knee are probably the lowest scoring strike in all of Muay Thai in Thailand. If someone wants to trade low kicks for hooks to the head and body, that's probably not going to end well. Key is to be close enough, and with everything, having the right timing, and getting your opponent on the back foot (no low kicks then). Not saying that it can't be a problem, but it's not the problem that people make it out to be.

[@miyataichiro9135]

ไปขายเต้าฮวยดีกว่า

[@roberttallafer2299]

This kind of stepping is more karate.

[@CarlosSanchez-my7zg]

All martial arts have some kind of similarity. The ones that work, anyway

[@hundgrand8327]

My new teacher teaches without pivoting feet just hips I've never had anyone teach me like this . I think his style of Muay Thai isn't completely traditional. Have you had a teacher like this

[@8limbsUs]

@Hund Grand There are many styles of Muay Thai striking, even among traditional forms. Chatchai though was not a Muay Thai fighter, he was a WBC world champion boxer (dethroned by Manny Pacquiao). He also knows what he is doing, awarded Coach of the Year in Thailand. You can read about him here: 8limbs.us/muay-thai-thailand/private-with-chatchai-sasakul-perfecting-jab-cross-hook-uppercut - As to what is traditional, some of his strikes are very close to Muay Boran strikes I've seen demonstrated, surprisingly so. There isn't just one traditional style.

[@CrosShame]

How does it feel to move your hips with and without pivoting on feet? Pivoting on feet in my nooby opinion lets you generate more power, and you can move your hip more freely. But meybe without pivot the punch is faster for some people or is harder to see for my opponent? Or does it look like the unbalanced stance, like shown on video? You can talk about this with your coach, just ask him why is he teaching this way. If you think hes someone that strives to imporve himself talk it out, meybe give im link to this video :) And at the end i want to thank @Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu - Muay Thai for uploading such interesting videos. I found this channel only last week and find the videos very informative. Greetings :)

[@didierdepardieur4470]

These techniques are very basic. You make it awkward because your legs are too far apart.

[@riveraf5053]

great video more videos like this great stuff!!