Beginner rant
Just venting btw.
I am a beginner on muay Thai, have been training for 3 months only once a week in a family orientated gym which has pretty much people that have never done any martial arts and people that have some knowledge.
Prior to this I did 4 months of point kickboxing so I am struggling to adapt to the muay Thai stile, since I am used to be jumping around and moving non stop.
The problem is that I started sparring recently, most guys are great sparring partners, but there is this guy who everyone complains about, a 6'2 guy of easily 200 pounds that does not know anything about etiquette and just throws everything super hard with 0 control. He has a horrible technique and instead of focusing on improving and going with the flow, he just throws hard.
Well I was unlucky enough to be alone with him today, so even though the trainer was great at trying to make him control his punches and kicks, he ended up swinging like crazy as usual and got quite a beating.
For the reference I am 5'9 and 155 pounds so it was almost impossible for me to even touch him because once I got to close the distance he was just punching like crazy.
Just a rant as I said, I will get better and learn but I feel like I did not gain anything from this session other than a burst lip and sore ribs.
Posted May 6, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC