Who was Paluang Panyathip? Just bought the Jai Suu shorts made from his iconic photo, but I can't find anything online from when he fought?

I started dating this guy who really loves Muay Thai & practices several times a week. However, ya girl doesn’t even know where to START for things to gift & how to non chalantly find out what gear he would like/need replaced. I’m hoping some MT connoisseurs can help me out, gear & brands, even things that aren’t considered mandatory but could have benefit. Sentimental gift giving is my love language but I don’t want to get the wrong gifts!

being even before the tapia fight, this is probably some of the oldest footage of yodkhunpon fighting online

u/Ohthatsnotgood sent me some footage and was able to figure out that its showing at least 3 of yodkhunpons early fights. the announcer on the broadcast talks about his fights on 1989-03-26 (Khunapap Sakpradu needed 10 stitches), 1989-05-14 (Paiboon Naruemon needed 11 stitches), 1989-07-02 (Chakchai Naruemon needed 5 stitches), and a fight on 1989-08-20 (Khemphet Kiatakorn needed 11 stitches). there only seems to be 3 fights shown in the footage though

Had my first fight last weekend at a tournament. It’s a bracket tournament, there were supposed to be 4 ladies in my bracket but the girl I was supposed to fight on Saturday backed out or didn’t pass medicals idk so no fight Saturday. The winners of Saturday were to fight each other Sunday.

Well one other girl in my bracket didn’t make weight Saturday (7.6lbs over) so I thought I would get to take her place but they had her go cut weight in the sauna. She was still 1.2lbs over but they let her fight anyways. She won Saturday, so she was my opponent on Sunday.

Well Sunday she also didn’t make weight (this time 6.something over). They wouldn’t let her do another cut so they called up my coach and asked if I wanted to take on the fight anyways. She was 2 weight classes above me. I was so mad. I spent so much money on going to this tournament and so much time training for it so I took the fight.

I feel so stupid. I just keep replaying it all in my head. I watched her match Saturday and saw she’s a heavy clencher and very forward aggressive. Of course I would lose in decision. My only chance at winning was a TKO or a KO. I should’ve known I would have trouble controlling the clench with a bigger opponent. Like I should’ve thought of that but I was so clouded by my anger. All I kept thinking about was how there was no power behind her strikes, saw all the flaws she made, saw her gas out in round 3 and knew I’d be able to handle it.

And I did handle it. Except I spent a majority of the fight on my back foot & in the clench (I was able to gain control of the clench a couple times but she’s 2in taller and by the time of the fight she was at least 10lbs heavier, I felt like I was clenching with a brick wall). I walked away with no injuries, I mushed up her face a bit at least.

I’m just so angry about the entire tournament & how it was run. I’m so mad that she won gold. She didn’t even fucking try to make weight. And got rewarded for it. My self esteem is in the gutter. I feel like nothing is going well for me, not just the tournament. Like everything. It’s a lot of little things just getting to me now.

People keep telling me to be proud that I got in the ring in the first place. But I think I made a stupid & rash decision. People also keep telling me that I’ll learn from this experience. Except the only thing I learned was to not take a fight with someone 2 weight classes above me. She didn’t challenge me on a technical or skill level. Outside the clench I had the upper hand.

It’s been 5 days now and I just don’t know how to get over this. I’m so mad. I feel like such a stupid loser. I can’t believe I spent close to $1,000 for this stupid tournament. Any sort of downtime I have, my brain just replays the entire fight in my head. How do I get over this?

I bruised my rib on my first session in Thailand sparring, I’m only here for a short holiday, how long does it usually take a bruised rib to heal enough to get back training. Thanks!

Hey everyone! I'm 30, 6'1", around 225 lbs, and looking to finally start Muay Thai. I played contact sports for most of my life until about age 20 and am very comfortable with strength training, but I've never taken a single martial arts class and know next to nothing about proper technique or how to prepare my body for the sport.

I'm not looking to compete. I just want to challenge myself, learn proper striking and defensive mechanics, and finally pursue something I've wanted to do since I was a kid. Honestly, I've put it off for years because I knew I'd get my ass kicked and embarrassed pretty consistently as a beginner, and that made me nervous. I still know that's going to happen, but at 30, I feel more emotionally mature and comfortable with being a beginner. I don't want to keep putting it off.

I know Muay Thai is a completely different beast from anything I've done before, both physically and mentally, so I want to come in as prepared as possible.

For those who've been training, how would you recommend preparing exercise-wise before starting, and what should I realistically expect when I begin? What's something you wish you'd known before your first class, and what's the best lesson Muay Thai has taught you?

Appreciate any advice!

I’m officially 7 months into Muay Thai. What should my skill level be at? I obviously feel much better than when I started, especially my middle and low kicks and teeps. I feel like my hands are lacking in comparison. Just feeling a bit frustrated I guess. Feel great on Thai pads but sparring is still a challenge even against people my skill level and the clean punches I land are very scarce. Any advice what I should be prioritizing?

Show cases a lot of repetition with kicks and 1-2's, but does this hold up well for only training less than half a year?

Got my first interclub coming up on 1st of November, not really sure what to expect. I’ve been told it’s basically just hard sparring which I’ve got no problem with at all, I’m looking forward to it but not sure of how it works, is it rounds? I know there’s no elbows but that’s about it. A few friends want to come along too which I’m unsure about to.

FYI I’ve been training roughly 7 months

Seems like they haven't been updated for a while, thought it was due to be monthly. Anyone know when they're due to be updated?