Comments on: Muay Thai Documentary

By: pranayama

pranayama — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:22:15 +0000

Nice documentary :))

By: Gusnark aka Sandjora

Gusnark aka Sandjora — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:50:53 +0000

The Ending with title fight in Lumpinee was great. Nice and very watchable documentary.

By: natb19

natb19 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:45:32 +0000

I did actually do this a bit when I did some training at Naga Gym on Koh Samet last xmas.

They had two different sized ‘weights’ – cement blocks cast in plastic bottles, with rope coming out of them. Some guys put behind their necks, others (myself included) grabbed the rope by the teeth. My neck (and teeth) ache just thinking about it!

By: horc00

horc00 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:17:16 +0000

i personally have never seen the “bite strap attached to weight” thingy

but it’s shown in the movie Beautiful boxer so i’m quite sure these training methods are legit and practised.

By: Stack

Stack — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:24:39 +0000

Stack you seriously have never seen any Thai’s bite a strap attached to a weight and do neck lifts?
The point is frank that I have seen it and often whereas Hardy claims that doesn’t happen any more.

By: scorchedearth

scorchedearth — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:06:14 +0000

Excellent documentary. Thank you.

By: MuayThaiMex

MuayThaiMex — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:42:00 +0000

Thanks Mai. can’t wait to visit MT heaven (aka Lumpini)..

By: sudan

sudan — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:08:20 +0000

Great post!!! I love this site!

By: LorKoteKote

LorKoteKote — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:15:47 +0000

Good Post!!! Love watching the old B&W footage. salaam

By: Nathan Wade Willet

Nathan Wade Willet — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:13:29 +0000

Everyone has those moments when they learn something by being wrong.

Every camp I’ve been too still uses the skip rope through a 10-20kilo weight for the neck and jaw. Even in many non-thai camps, some use the head harness for wrestling or wrestling bridges.

I believe it’s much more functional if you stand while doing this, you never sit while in the ring.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:06:34 +0000

Stack you seriously have never seen any Thai’s bite a strap attached to a weight and do neck lifts?

By: natb19

natb19 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:12:10 +0000

Yeh, sorry Stack have to agree with GKfromMTA there. Hardy Stockman was one of the first westerners to really get inside muay thai, old and new, he new his stuff.

Loved the old school footage very cool… not often you get to see the really old bouts, interesting to compare their style then to now.