Muay Thai Kickboxing (Getting Started)

jpduk

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Hi all,

I am interested in starting to learn muay thai mainly to improve my general fitness and will get some self defence out of it aswell., I have found a local gym that I can go to.


My only concern is I am not a fighter, if somebody was to throw a punch at me I would flinch and put my hands in the way, I take it this is a natural thing to do for a first time novice & hopefully with training & practice the flinching thing would go away ??


Thanks for your help
 

Tony Dismukes

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Hi all,

I am interested in starting to learn muay thai mainly to improve my general fitness and will get some self defence out of it aswell., I have found a local gym that I can go to.


My only concern is I am not a fighter, if somebody was to throw a punch at me I would flinch and put my hands in the way, I take it this is a natural thing to do for a first time novice & hopefully with training & practice the flinching thing would go away ??


Thanks for your help

Yep. Perfectly natural and it will improve with time and practice.
 

wild thunder02

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The more you train the less of an problem it is. Give it a couple months and you should be fine.
 

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You have to callous your body in any martial art but Muay Thai can be a bit tougher than most because of the heavy striking emphasis. The shins are the hardest part. You wont be doing any hard sparring until your skill level reaches a certain point but when you do you will be comfortable
 

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