Starting out in Muay Thai?

Question

I'm thinking about starting out in Muay Thai but I will be going back to college in a little over a month. Anyways, I found a place that offers private lessons and seems pretty reputable. Would 4 private lessons give me a basic background in the art? Would this be worth it? Thanks so much.

Answer 1

4 private lesson will give you the idea of Muay Thai.

But 3 months is better for understand the movement, body poster and on the ring technical.

Answer 2

Well, with all things it depends on both you and the teacher. I personally would start private lessons only with a KRU that is a the official term for a full fledge Muay Thai instructor. 4 lessons is not a whole lot however, since they are private you will learn the basic quicker at a much faster rate. I would say that if your a decent learner and the teacher is good you would have a decent but very basic understanding of the movements of beginners Muay Thai. I mean in the very least you would know a lot more than you know now after four good hours training with a KRU. But the crux of the issue of learning anything is correctly practicing. If you don't plan to train more with an instructor when your back at college then your skills will most likely eventually erode. (You may be able to remeber the right way to do a round-house, but whether you can actually do it right over time without instruction & correction is another matter) But I honestly think it will be worth it, because if your anything like me once you do those four you'll be hooked and seek a new teacher once you get to back to college. I hope this helps & I hope you do it!

Answer 3

I've been training muay thai for nearly two years at this point and have fought at the amateur level.  My honest opinion is that with only 4 sessions it might be tough to get the full feel for the art.  My assumption would be that the most you could hope to learn from 4 private lessons (assuming 1 hour apiece) would be basic stance, punch and kick form.  Perhaps, if you were a quick learner you could get into some fundamentals of combinations and clinching, but that would be rudimentary at best.  At the end of the day though it'll depend on what you are expecting to get out of it.  If your goal is to learn some basics to perform at school for some exercise, then this might put you on the right path.  However, if your desire is to eventually get into the sport and actually fight, I would heavily suggest waiting until you can take more classes.  This way, when you go back to school you're not training in bad habits which could be more detrimental than having no training at all.

Answer 4

Ya gotta start somewhere.

Everything starts from the first step.

The main thing is, you must have the discipline, desire and respect, and concentration.  

1 lesson would seem too much for those with no desire, drive and respect for what you're learning..  

15 lessons would not be enough for those who lack serious concentration and discipline.

Therefore, make the best of your lessons, and you would not waste you sifu or your own time.

Back to the question, I think it takes years to learn the art and be good at it, but a couple of months would probably zone you in on the basics of the art.

Good luck.

Answer 5

No it's more of an understanding of it's culture! Watch all these episodes!

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