The fantastic DVD of WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP THAI-BOXING from the Octagon, Sheffield is now available. It is a brilliant, "broadcast quality" DVD featuring nearly all of Wicker Camp's top fighters.
8 full on action bouts including Christian Di Paolo's elbow stoppage against the Belarussian, Daniel Hudson's knee to the head KO against Attila Nagy from Hungary, Mehdi's unbelievable head kick KO against Gaz Cooper from Manchester, Thomas's stoppage of the very tough Lithuanian and many more !!!
Order you copy now, price only £10, from Wicker Camp, Unit 14 Clarence Works, Effingham Road, Sheffield. S4 7YS. South Yorkshire. ( please make cheques payable to M.W.Mullaney ).
ALSO -Last years DVD of World Championship Thai-Boxing at the Octagon, is still available to buy. This disc features 11 quality bouts, including many KO's and is now selling at the knockdown price of only £5 !!!
YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
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Do you teach at Wicker Camp or have you ever studied Muay Boran, the ancient martial art as opposed to Muay Thai the 'ring' fighting art?
Muay Boran is a very old Martial Art on which MuayThai is based. It is military by its very nature as taught to the ancient Siamese Warriors. Colonel Amnat of the Royal Thai Army,gave me several very interesting lessons in this ancient form. He refers to it as "Lerdit" ( or Lerdrit is proper pronunciation,I think ),and says that MuayBoran or Muay Khard Cheurk is originally from Cambodia(?) Don't know how true this is and don't profess to be a big expert in this particular field. The "old style" I was taught is very dangerous, using many different ways of attacking an opponent.Many punches,kicks,knees & elbows show their origins in Muay Khard Cheurk. open handed strikes, pressure points,gouging, head-butting, how to break limbs, how to kill (and even spitting)! He teaches Thai soldiers this stuff and it can be very effective.Most Thai trainers know "old style" MuayThai but will not teach to Farang unless they know you very well. Many techniques you see in the ring today have their origins in Muay Boran(or Muay Khard Cheurk as I prefer to call it).I teach the stuff I learned in my classes, but generally as part of the complete art we know as MuayThai and rarely teach the deadly stuff. Mick.
Hi Arjarn Mick - Undoubtedly, Wicker Camp is a fantastic fighter’s camp – probably the best in the UK, as is evident from the number of champions that have been produced at Sheffield Thai Boxing over the years. Something that is great to see is that many of the top fighters (retired and current) teach at the gym, and teach really well e.g. your post about Pete McCormick - http://wickercamp.blogspot.com/2007/05/senior-kru-pete-mccormick.html
However, I had always believed that a good fighter does not necessarily make a good instructor; the qualities required to be a good fighter differ to those required to be a good teacher. I’ve read this in a Muay Thai text and also heard from other martial artists. So, I was interested to know whether Wicker Camp teach fighters the ‘art’ of teaching? Do people ever come up through the ranks as teachers but not as fighters? Do you hold instructors classes which differ in content/objectives to fighters classes?
All the best. Riaz.
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