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It seems like Yodkhunpon is training the same old way he always does. Just without elbows. Slow punches, all power, too much pausing and resetting (hands falling down, adjusting shorts ala lumpini) between combos. If he varied the power with each strike for a specific purpose instead of putting 100% into each one, he would have a better defense IMO.
This is also where the concept of pre-set combos comes in and helps. Muay Thai pad holding is a visual-reaction type of pad holding where if the target is open you hit it, boxing and kickboxing pad holding fosters combos and a go to set of default "moves" to go to open up your opponent then drive in with combinations. Traditional MT pad holding- searching and waiting for openings then blasting, Kickboxing padholding- Making openings and continuing the combination to completion.
The muay thai rhythm tends to be of course in tune with the music. Step-step strike, step-step-strike, and the goal is to break your opponents rhythm by throwing in the odd strike that is out of step. In glory and international there is no rhythm or music. Punches and kicks come in flurries, potshots, moving back, moving sideways, not to mention the inside boxing game where uppercuts and hooks to the body and head replace the elbows and knees of muay thai.
He has massive power, but without setups, footwork, quick reactions and varied power it will be hard for him to land one of them against your typical boxing-centric western fighter. He needs to jump on the bag and work on throwing punches in bunches, not worrying about power, without pausing to rest.
Buakaw eventually got a boxing coach in the middle of his K-1 career and it really helped break his Muay Thai habits, it aided him to the point where he was winning a few of the punching exchanges against the likes of souwer and Masato. His competent boxing rendered the new no-clinch rule at the time (which was actually targeted towards sem schilt, not buakaw) meaningless.
It also helps that he is extremely athletic.
This is also where the concept of pre-set combos comes in and helps. Muay Thai pad holding is a visual-reaction type of pad holding where if the target is open you hit it, boxing and kickboxing pad holding fosters combos and a go to set of default "moves" to go to open up your opponent then drive in with combinations. Traditional MT pad holding- searching and waiting for openings then blasting, Kickboxing padholding- Making openings and continuing the combination to completion.
The muay thai rhythm tends to be of course in tune with the music. Step-step strike, step-step-strike, and the goal is to break your opponents rhythm by throwing in the odd strike that is out of step. In glory and international there is no rhythm or music. Punches and kicks come in flurries, potshots, moving back, moving sideways, not to mention the inside boxing game where uppercuts and hooks to the body and head replace the elbows and knees of muay thai.
He has massive power, but without setups, footwork, quick reactions and varied power it will be hard for him to land one of them against your typical boxing-centric western fighter. He needs to jump on the bag and work on throwing punches in bunches, not worrying about power, without pausing to rest.
Buakaw eventually got a boxing coach in the middle of his K-1 career and it really helped break his Muay Thai habits, it aided him to the point where he was winning a few of the punching exchanges against the likes of souwer and Masato. His competent boxing rendered the new no-clinch rule at the time (which was actually targeted towards sem schilt, not buakaw) meaningless.
It also helps that he is extremely athletic.
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