Muay Thai Stance And Defense Explained

[@optination6969]

Finally a good mt defense video

[@stefankeeney8462]

Bro thank you so much haha. I try I try 😅

[@FamedRadius]

Nice video man you did a good job explaining it!

[@stefankeeney8462]

Thanks. Stay tuned for more ! 💪🏻

[@callmesupreme1533]

Thanks for sharing 💪🏽🔥

[@stefankeeney8462]

No problem! Hope you liked it

[@callmesupreme1533]

@@stefankeeney8462 yes it was helpful , I’ve been trying to work on the main two martial arts I love and get better at them

[@stefankeeney8462]

Yeah it can be tough learning multiple martial arts at the same time, so understanding the major differences is great so you can make those little adjustments depending on what you’re working on. I use to always fight out of a boxing stance when I did Muay Thai and I just felt I was sort of giving people my head and also eating leg kicks since I was so front leg heavy. Getting more narrow like this all of the sudden it was so easy to block the kicks

[@callmesupreme1533]

@ really ? And when I’m doing Thai I find myself still in a boxing stance they say be more square so I try to be they said it helps avoid leg kicks

[@stefankeeney8462]

@ yeah and also there’s a time and place for everything. Like typically you stand on the outside in that traditional stance, but when you step in with the jab and elongate your stance now it’s time to rip shots and not “worry” about the feet being so square. Ramon dekkers is a great guy to watch for this kind of thing because he’d play the “Thai” point outside fighting game, but when he’d step in an throw left hooks you can see he was in a Long stance where his lead foot is pointed inward. So it’s important to know how to defend like I show here but know you don’t have to be in that stance the ENTIRE time. Any coach that says that is just being a bit of a traditionalist 😂

[@JustSomeGuy69420]

Do you have any thoughts on takedown defense skills in MMA? Things like countering single/double legs, and denying the opponent the tie-ups they need to do upper body throws?

[@stefankeeney8462]

So I’ve never fought MMA but I’ve wrestled in high school and have sparred MMA/Shoot-boxing style rounds with at the time active amateur MMA fighters. For takedowns that are attempted from neutral position your are going to want a good sprawl and also have the ability to hit a sprawl mid combination since guys WILL be looking to level change and shoot under your punches, even if it’s just to close the distance and get an under hook on you. As far as then trying to clinch you up you really are going to want to get good at pummeling , whizzing and defending that under hook, while learning how to base out and make yourself much harder to move around because when a guy can move your feet that’s when he can take you down off of that forced step. So practice punching then sprawling on something like an exercise ball, or just get good at wrestling as a stand alone martial art before incorporating it into MMA training or self defense training. Another thing to also consider is a narrow Muay Thai stance is not good against wrestling which is why nobody uses it in MMA. For MMA you want to stand a bit bladed and a bit wide so you are a very unmovable structure right from the start Hope that helps 💪🏻👍🏻🔥

[@JustSomeGuy69420]

@@stefankeeney8462 Totally forgot about the exercise ball thing. Might have to find mine again! thanks for writing that up for me.

[@stefankeeney8462]

@@JustSomeGuy69420 yeah you can sprawl all the way to the ground but it’s not too necessary because your goal is to drop your hips and remove their ability to get to your legs. So the exercise ball can represent the neigh or a guy shooting a low double or single. But overall I’d say doing grappling rounds from the feet. Then restarting soon as a guy gets a takedown and repeating is the best way to start. Then eventually just straight up shoot box while wearing boxing gloves OR the poofy MMA gloves. Theres really no simulation like the real thing

[@joachimcoonan6255]

You are lifting too high on your leg checks. Just had to point that out.

[@stefankeeney8462]

i know what you mean I should have explained in the video you check both low kicks AND middle kicks. So some of These checks are demonstrating checking both. But yeah when you check low kicks you don’t have to check that high at all. Good eye