The ego's in this room. Can you imagine if Saenchai went to a wrestling seminar and got frustrated being taken down, decides he would throw a knee just to let the wrestler know that he is better at something? These guys/girls getting frustrated with being out classed going for double legs and judo throws because they feel inadequate sparring Muay Thai.
the guy doing the take down did this in response to saenchais signature kick. technically his kick is illegal. the takedown i honestly think is legal, its a faster dumb but the second your knee touches the mat its a knockdown lol
@@mastakilla7317 Sure. next time go to a judo or bjj sparring session and start throwing jabs and kicks. If this is your form of sparring and martial etiquette, please don't spar.
@@evanlimcs not being ignorant, I just know I wouldn't mind it since I was sparring for fun, and not going hard. I don't see how he would get mad over the cartwheel kick and retaliate since he blocked it?
A lot of egos with all those pros from American top team except for Kayla Harrison. As soon as they got taken advantage of they shot double leg take downs in a Muay Thai seminar. It was quite embarrassing watching them barely strike in a striking seminar😑 🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽
@@UltraVioletMilk apparently you're dyslexic and didn't see where I said it's a Muay Thai seminar. And no it's not. I've seen plenty of MMA fights where they didn't grapple at all. So stop lying to drive your narrative.
Very true but this is par for the course with MMA fighters when they start getting tuned up by strikers even though it's a striking class. I'm surprised Team Yokkao didn't turn up the power, this usually eliminates that threat.
I understand Kuziutina is an Olympic Judoka, but her striking is freaking embarrassing. And the fact, at the slightest discomfort, she would start grappling with a much smaller girl, instead of trying to improve her kickboxing and gain something from this, was disgraceful.
If it's a muay thai seminar I feel that they should stick to Muay Thai techniques and avoid double leg takedowns etc even in jest. Otherwise the sparring was mostly reasonable, except for Natalia Kuziutina who went crazy. Why even bother if you are just looking for opportunities to clinch and takedown.
i feel like these guys are not understanding the point of sparring these Yokkao athletes. they should be trying things to learn new techniques and patterns from people that don't come from their martial art, instead most of them are trying to win "points". I think that's wasted talent and time.
It’s not,yokkao athletes are people who CAN spar,they use effective striking techniques and obviously they don’t go for the KO,bro It’s literally a spar,not a match
“Just” sparring that most of the larger Americans tried to, for no reason, ramp up in terms of intensity with hard strikes and takedowns in a striking session, only to not be able to completely dominate? I think my original comment made alot of sense. But, to each his/her own. You have your views. We’re just different.
@@bertt1055Both sides are competitive and want to appear dominant. The sparring favors Muay Thai specialists because it's purely striking so obviously the Thais will outclass them, even despite size. One could argue that it's an ego thing on their part to choose larger American opponents so they could appear to be clowning on them, only for MMA fighters to clown on them back by reminding them of the superiority of MMA as a fighting style. Or you could just chill out and stop trying to put people down and just enjoy the video for what it was
This video really highlights Saenchai and his ridiculous reaction speed...top level fighters who are larger, getting frustrated not being able to counter
Natalia Kuziutina's thoughts were: "-I have weak Muay Thai, so I'm going to be knocking people over in a Muay Thai seminar, because my ego is fragile and I don't want to show how limited I am." Pathetic and disrespectful
the bit where, after the leg catch take down, she then stood over her and drew her punch back as if she was going to follow through... no words for how disrespectful that is. She also used the body lock to squeeze the lower back while pushing forward with her upper body, which is pretty dangerous which is why it's actually not allowed in muay thai.
Yes that was completely cringe and douche. That's like me doing a double leg on Manny Pacquiao and feining a cheap knockout punch and acting like I easily beat him.
@@frankcastle10 Sure. next time go to a judo or bjj sparring session and start throwing jabs and kicks. If this is your form of sparring and martial etiquette, please don't spar.
The Americans seemed to be very outmatched. Didn't look like they took it very well either. The YOKKAO team were very concise in their movements. Each with meaning and purpose with no flamboyancy like the Americans. This was clearly a treat to see. The mental and physical focus of the YOKKAO team is exceptional. Excellent!
This was fun to watch but I felt slightly disappointed in how half of the American team was going hard with lacking control while the Yokkao team was chill and controlled.
@@bubsenseijebe2993 bro its on unmatted ground, and just because saenchai didnt show it doesnt mean he wasnt hurt by it. To me it didnt seem like he accepted the guys "apology" he just walked away, so no he did not like it at all. Using techniques that could very easily hurt someone thats not prepared for them (because they were not agreed upon beforehand) is extremely irresponsible and shows poor judgement.
This is awesome to watch. I started Muay Thai a couple weeks ago and I sparred hard as a beginner which wasn’t proper sparring etiquette. I’m learning now that sparring is more about practicing technique. lm loving this channel!
@@whatilearnttoday5295 Nah, I remember a video where someone specifically went to spar her and she said it just looks hard and she pulls the punches or something. Jeff Chan says he does the same thing. I simply don’t mind, ain’t no girl about to make me whine about hitting too hard in sparring. 😂
@@imeaniguess.6963it's a heavyweight guy from another gym. He's taller by about 6 or more inches and outweighs her by at least 80lbs, maybe 100. She sparred him as if he's a punching bag with legs. Idk if both of them agreed to ramp up intensity just for that one spar but he sure looked like he was going to take it nonetheless.
Muay Thai Seminar. Why is there wrestling here? :D If you want to wrestle without breaking Muay Thai rules, try clinch. If you feel insecure with a master in sparr, don't show off, just walk away. You're here to get the most out of your sparring experience. To learn from the masters. It's a unique, great experience that many people envy. Love you, Yokkao.
their all masters though, everyone shown sparring is a pro fighter in some kind of martial arts, I am not defending the takedowns but it could be out of muscle memory possibly
Having lived in Thailand, I would never trade places with ANY of their MT fighters - most come from incredible poverty in the provinces and very few ever earn a fraction of the millions of baht that changes hands ringside (it's illegal but no-one seems to care). That said, their discipline and pain tolerance are superhuman - pound for pound, the Thais are outstanding,
The judoka was a joke lmao what's the point of sparring with the Yokkao team if you're just going in to tie up and take them down? Literally no attempt to even try to strike with Duang. The other dudes did takedowns for fun but obviously focused on their striking at least.
Yokkao Team went to easy on these MMA guys attempting to grapple. :). I train MT at a predominantly MMA gym and the MMA guys always go for the shoot once they start getting uncomfortable on the feet even though it's during the MT class. Usually turning up the kick power to near full and adding knees prevents them from doing it again. :)
I also feel if MT fighters actually learned a bit of takedown defense Your egos wouldn’t show so much either, everyone talking about the takedowns literally all of the yakkao team was throwing heat at the Americans and almost all the Americans were being respectful The Thai fighters took advantage of that Saenchai and Duangdawnoi both especially Duang yet all of ATT were respectful if you can blast kicks as hard as you want then you should be able to keep yourself on your feet if you want to do so🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️Etiquette is a two way street
@@BooGaLouBae Thai fighters were going at 50% at best so of course you can get taken down if your kicks are not respected.On top of that these were Thai Boxers, not MMA's thus making it even less challenging for them. The problem is that MMA fighters need to follow the trend the elite striking that the most of the top fighters are now achieving, especially those that have been training in Thailand and I'm sure the gym invited Team Yokkao there for that specific reason. What a waste of time if all they were going to do is fall back on grappling when they should be upping their striking game. If I'm sparring a MMA fighter during a kickboxing specific class and they try to take me down I simply starting marking knees and kicking at 80% until they are dissuaded and get the message.
@@maxrey4055 Seminars are just glorified meet and greets, been to one and the while I learned stuff it didn't exactly "up" my striking game. Sparring is where it's at and most pro mma fighters trying to improve their striking should just straight up go to Thailand and stay there for a few months. Also funny how you make it sound like the MMA guys were straight up putting these thai fighters in chokeholds. The dudes simply did takedowns as a joke can't say the same for that girl judoka tho.
@@annuchi1947 I’ve been to three different seminars. Liam Harrison x 2 and Damion Alamos and by no means with these just meet and greets. Everyone who attended was there to learn and I would assume that since you didn’t get anything out of it, you’re probably not strictly Muay Thai. And by the way, Judaka girl had a game face on.
You think the Yokkao Team will say "oh this guy or girl is good, come with us"? Well, they won't, so stop trying to prove yourself to them because its very disrespectful. They are legends, come on.
I feel the only takedown that was necessary to the fullest was the 1st guy after getting that Saenchai signature🤣 even that playing field, baby! Haha. I love Saenchai
Some of this is honestly hard to watch. I get that maybe these Americans have not trained in Thailand so maybe they don't know Thai sparring etiquette, but they are all going way too hard. @ 7:40 the blonde guy starts sparring, instantly goes for the takedown, then loads up a punch ready to hit her while she's on the ground..... Common bro show some respect
Yeah a lot of ego with that blonde woman, especially knowing she's an Olympic judoka. It's like, congratulations, you proved you can out grapple a Thai fighter from a weight class below you who's not trying to grapple.
@@ravifonseca8She’s probably just taking some pressure off herself in case she doesn’t perform, or lowering her guard. It doesn’t mean she’s about to be soft, they all are sparring relatively hard here.
She saw the huge egos in the room from Saenchai and other fellow (sorry) sparring with them and they went for MMA takedowns in a bloody Muay Thai seminar against nak muays. Kayla Harrison's judo throw honestly has the potential to KO her. Can't blame her for saying that, but Kayla is a humble champion and smart also, so just stuck to striking like you're supposed to for basic respect and intelligence without ego.
@@imeaniguess.6963 I don't know. But just like I Said, she ALWAYS does this, whether the spar you see in this video, whether in another video with lesser experienced practitioners and people who go mostly technical. And not everyone went as hard as her. Case in particular, saenchai as usual, who manages always to escalate accordingly to the flow and also de-escalate.
Love the way, most of these fighter were rather playful.. Fighters are a different breed, most people you shoot a double leg on them and take them to the floor they are out, winded and afraid.. A fighter laughs at it and praises you for it.
This was hard to watch. Inflated ego and lack of respect American stereotype checks out. Kayla Harrison was literally the only one that showed humility and actually showed keenness to learn and improve by properly engaging.
I agree with these opinions. But sorry, the name "TOP Team" seams not very self reflected. Size don`t matters. There are a kind of fitness boxing class with MMA attitude.
Blondie was such a good Humoured and chilled sparring partner. That is how we all should sparr and just have fun. Very nice! Not sad to behold at all. Go Girls!
I like light sparring but there has become a massive fad on the internet about attacking all sparring and acting like it is all violent and out of line, I dislike this fad much more than actual hard sparring.
@@farkinarkin5099 I quite commonly see it in our gym and probably MMA gyms in general when a kick is caught you turn your knee and roll, like rolling is the natural reaction after you're trained a bit and are in a situation where you're falling and using legs for base isn't an option.
christ guys the takedowns were a joke, and even saenchai was laughing. he even did a youtube short gag where he got taken down multiple times as a funny followup. i get that some people take sparring him too seriously and try to hurt him, but some of yall are white knighting the goat way too hard. the guy has taken punishment much worse than a random joke takedown.
Erm - by this logic, let’s all start punching and kicking during judo sparring. Sparring etiquette needs to be observed for many reasons. In this video, it’s simply ego tripping.
Kuziutina wanted a real fight. Not saying takedowns and grappling aren't good, but fight standing and be ready for Duangdanoi. Natalia clearly wasn't ready for that love tap and smirk she got after her lower leg attempt.
I think that was professional sparring, nobody got hurt... and each of them displayed their abilities.... some of them went too hard... but probably the takedowns was something spected ... evene the tThai girl can be heard laughing... at the last takedown.... some heated emotions but two elite schools...
Is it just me or pink short girl always do hard spar. Of course you should sometimes but pity for those who came to learn especially beginner (not talking about this vid cuz none of em are) end up not having a lot of chance to practise what they learn during seminar
She hard spar with those who're beyond a certain level. There were some vids recently where she went totally light against total beginners who just started MT.
Don't know what that lady in black was doing at 6:00. Keeps throwing her upper body in first after getting kicked several times. She was pretty much scared the rest of the fight and throwing punches and kicks out of her range because she doesn't want to get kicked again.
Finally, another man of culture. I thought I was the only one noticing the finer details in this video. Her name is Duang LookAtMe.. something, but what's in a name 🤔
why are a lot of MMA fighters who spar muay thai so spazzy and have barely any technique? 7:38 for example, homies throwing jumping kicks but cant even move without crossing his feet, resorts to take downs instead of actually clinching.
I always call her Duang LookAtMe... because her last name is looong and complex. She is a rising star and the most beautiful MT Pro to have ever existed. Her sister is just as beautiful 😍
The efficiency of movement from the Thais is awesome. No energy wasted.
Well, can't beat guys who are doing it since they are 5 years old lmao
Ouey!!! Oueyy!🔥🔥
@@tagadaki U actually can if u really put all your time and effort into it.
The ego's in this room. Can you imagine if Saenchai went to a wrestling seminar and got frustrated being taken down, decides he would throw a knee just to let the wrestler know that he is better at something? These guys/girls getting frustrated with being out classed going for double legs and judo throws because they feel inadequate sparring Muay Thai.
the guy doing the take down did this in response to saenchais signature kick. technically his kick is illegal.
the takedown i honestly think is legal, its a faster dumb
but the second your knee touches the mat its a knockdown lol
Western fighters have an ego problem
cry more, they were playful takedowns not much more, thai fighters take down in clinches all tthe ime too
@@mastakilla7317 Sure. next time go to a judo or bjj sparring session and start throwing jabs and kicks. If this is your form of sparring and martial etiquette, please don't spar.
Going to a muay thai seminar and showcasing your takedown skills out of frustration is uncalled for. it speaks a lot about that inflated ego.
agree. Imagining doing judo and then suddenly punching a dude because you couldn't take him down.
I think its just all good fun, no need to take it so seriously.
@@Garrythecatman Don’t be ignorant as well
@@evanlimcs not being ignorant, I just know I wouldn't mind it since I was sparring for fun, and not going hard. I don't see how he would get mad over the cartwheel kick and retaliate since he blocked it?
@@Garrythecatman Cartwheel kick are allowed in muay thai matches. Take down dosent.
Again, this is a muay thai seminar.
A lot of egos with all those pros from American top team except for Kayla Harrison. As soon as they got taken advantage of they shot double leg take downs in a Muay Thai seminar. It was quite embarrassing watching them barely strike in a striking seminar😑 🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽
MMA is 99% about takesdowns
@@UltraVioletMilk apparently you're dyslexic and didn't see where I said it's a Muay Thai seminar. And no it's not. I've seen plenty of MMA fights where they didn't grapple at all. So stop lying to drive your narrative.
99% about taking down your pants @@UltraVioletMilk
@UltraVioletMilk but its NOT MMA seminar it's Muay Thai!
Very true but this is par for the course with MMA fighters when they start getting tuned up by strikers even though it's a striking class. I'm surprised Team Yokkao didn't turn up the power, this usually eliminates that threat.
I understand Kuziutina is an Olympic Judoka, but her striking is freaking embarrassing. And the fact, at the slightest discomfort, she would start grappling with a much smaller girl, instead of trying to improve her kickboxing and gain something from this, was disgraceful.
If it's a muay thai seminar I feel that they should stick to Muay Thai techniques and avoid double leg takedowns etc even in jest. Otherwise the sparring was mostly reasonable, except for Natalia Kuziutina who went crazy. Why even bother if you are just looking for opportunities to clinch and takedown.
Double leg were totally fine I think. It was just for joking and lighten the atmosphere
the ego of the mma fighters
I know they're trying to have fun but i cringe every time
Agreed. It's disrespectful and makes them look ridiculous.
Natalia? Funny name for a bloke.
i feel like these guys are not understanding the point of sparring these Yokkao athletes. they should be trying things to learn new techniques and patterns from people that don't come from their martial art, instead most of them are trying to win "points". I think that's wasted talent and time.
It’s not,yokkao athletes are people who CAN spar,they use effective striking techniques and obviously they don’t go for the KO,bro It’s literally a spar,not a match
Considering the size differences, the Yokkao team completely outclassed the Americans.
Considering that the "Americans" are MMA fighters your comment makes no sense
@@NAKMEEZYconsidering, it's just sparring too
@@PostTenebras-lux_ exactly!
“Just” sparring that most of the larger Americans tried to, for no reason, ramp up in terms of intensity with hard strikes and takedowns in a striking session, only to not be able to completely dominate? I think my original comment made alot of sense. But, to each his/her own. You have your views. We’re just different.
@@bertt1055Both sides are competitive and want to appear dominant. The sparring favors Muay Thai specialists because it's purely striking so obviously the Thais will outclass them, even despite size. One could argue that it's an ego thing on their part to choose larger American opponents so they could appear to be clowning on them, only for MMA fighters to clown on them back by reminding them of the superiority of MMA as a fighting style. Or you could just chill out and stop trying to put people down and just enjoy the video for what it was
This video really highlights Saenchai and his ridiculous reaction speed...top level fighters who are larger, getting frustrated not being able to counter
Top level is still under god level brother😁🙏🏽
His reaction time is just insane, the ease with which he catches kicks...
Natalia Kuziutina's thoughts were:
"-I have weak Muay Thai, so I'm going to be knocking people over in a Muay Thai seminar, because my ego is fragile and I don't want to show how limited I am."
Pathetic and disrespectful
the bit where, after the leg catch take down, she then stood over her and drew her punch back as if she was going to follow through... no words for how disrespectful that is. She also used the body lock to squeeze the lower back while pushing forward with her upper body, which is pretty dangerous which is why it's actually not allowed in muay thai.
Yes that was completely cringe and douche. That's like me doing a double leg on Manny Pacquiao and feining a cheap knockout punch and acting like I easily beat him.
THE LEGEND at its best. I wish more of these videos of Saenchai in action.
Legend has it, gray shirt is still in the locker room, throwing feints...
he was good tho
@@GamingLeguan he has good movement, but sparring with 8 oz gloves vs 16 is just poor taste especially that guy is 225 lbs+
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gosh. Kuzy had something to prove huh? Insecure much?
Save the tears here 🏺 buddy
@@frankcastle10 Sure. next time go to a judo or bjj sparring session and start throwing jabs and kicks. If this is your form of sparring and martial etiquette, please don't spar.
The ego on these guys going for takedowns in muay thai sparring
that proves Thai guys are better strikers
@@andrewrex9041we needed proof? Come on now
@@andrewrex9041it also proves att are better wrestlers
@@XnovalityThis guy has an inferiority complex against Thai fighters. See his comment history 😂😂 sad
@@Xnovality 🤡🤣
The Americans seemed to be very outmatched. Didn't look like they took it very well either.
The YOKKAO team were very concise in their movements.
Each with meaning and purpose with no flamboyancy like the Americans.
This was clearly a treat to see. The mental and physical focus of the YOKKAO team is exceptional. Excellent!
This was fun to watch but I felt slightly disappointed in how half of the American team was going hard with lacking control while the Yokkao team was chill and controlled.
That guy who tackled Sanchai should’ve known better.
100 what an idiot. It's MT not MMA training. He was throwing stiff one twos also
saenchai not offended neither should we
@@bubsenseijebe2993 bro its on unmatted ground, and just because saenchai didnt show it doesnt mean he wasnt hurt by it.
To me it didnt seem like he accepted the guys "apology" he just walked away, so no he did not like it at all.
Using techniques that could very easily hurt someone thats not prepared for them (because they were not agreed upon beforehand) is extremely irresponsible and shows poor judgement.
Why are they incorporating takedowns against Muay Thai fighters. Lame, can’t believe it
This is awesome to watch. I started Muay Thai a couple weeks ago and I sparred hard as a beginner which wasn’t proper sparring etiquette. I’m learning now that sparring is more about practicing technique. lm loving this channel!
5:58 As soon as I heard,”Don’t kill me”, I had to check for the haters. 😂
She has to spar so much harder than Saenchai just to keep up with the everyone trying to prove themselves.
@@whatilearnttoday5295 Nah, I remember a video where someone specifically went to spar her and she said it just looks hard and she pulls the punches or something. Jeff Chan says he does the same thing. I simply don’t mind, ain’t no girl about to make me whine about hitting too hard in sparring. 😂
@@imeaniguess.6963it's a heavyweight guy from another gym. He's taller by about 6 or more inches and outweighs her by at least 80lbs, maybe 100. She sparred him as if he's a punching bag with legs. Idk if both of them agreed to ramp up intensity just for that one spar but he sure looked like he was going to take it nonetheless.
Muay Thai Seminar.
Why is there wrestling here? :D
If you want to wrestle without breaking Muay Thai rules, try clinch.
If you feel insecure with a master in sparr, don't show off, just walk away. You're here to get the most out of your sparring experience. To learn from the masters. It's a unique, great experience that many people envy.
Love you, Yokkao.
their all masters though, everyone shown sparring is a pro fighter in some kind of martial arts, I am not defending the takedowns but it could be out of muscle memory possibly
@@Tokio_Tsu No its not out of muscle memory. Pro fighters know how to isolate their techniques for training.
No take downs without mats...common courtesy. These guys are on tour for gods sake. No need to risk injury.
Having lived in Thailand, I would never trade places with ANY of their MT fighters - most come from incredible poverty in the provinces and very few ever earn a fraction of the millions of baht that changes hands ringside (it's illegal but no-one seems to care). That said, their discipline and pain tolerance are superhuman - pound for pound, the Thais are outstanding,
The judoka was a joke lmao what's the point of sparring with the Yokkao team if you're just going in to tie up and take them down? Literally no attempt to even try to strike with Duang. The other dudes did takedowns for fun but obviously focused on their striking at least.
That's Kayla Harris, she's known to have an ego.
Spar Muay Thai or spar MMA.
@@justinmaxwell5866That’s Natalia Kuziutina. Kayla was the one before her who was really light….
It was a long time coming for Duang 👍🏻👍🏻
Idk why anyones doing takedowns on them , can they at least prevent takedowns on the goat 😅
glad everyone else sees the same thing... kinda upsetting sometimes, jus fuel for the fire...
Always a treat to watch the master playing ❤
Yokkao Team went to easy on these MMA guys attempting to grapple. :). I train MT at a predominantly MMA gym and the MMA guys always go for the shoot once they start getting uncomfortable on the feet even though it's during the MT class. Usually turning up the kick power to near full and adding knees prevents them from doing it again. :)
Correct they do. However, it is their MO, if getting beaten in one area move to the other....
I also feel if MT fighters actually learned a bit of takedown defense Your egos wouldn’t show so much either, everyone talking about the takedowns literally all of the yakkao team was throwing heat at the Americans and almost all the Americans were being respectful
The Thai fighters took advantage of that Saenchai and Duangdawnoi both especially Duang yet all of ATT were respectful if you can blast kicks as hard as you want then you should be able to keep yourself on your feet if you want to do so🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️Etiquette is a two way street
@@BooGaLouBae Thai fighters were going at 50% at best so of course you can get taken down if your kicks are not respected.On top of that these were Thai Boxers, not MMA's thus making it even less challenging for them. The problem is that MMA fighters need to follow the trend the elite striking that the most of the top fighters are now achieving, especially those that have been training in Thailand and I'm sure the gym invited Team Yokkao there for that specific reason. What a waste of time if all they were going to do is fall back on grappling when they should be upping their striking game.
If I'm sparring a MMA fighter during a kickboxing specific class and they try to take me down I simply starting marking knees and kicking at 80% until they are dissuaded and get the message.
@@maxrey4055 Seminars are just glorified meet and greets, been to one and the while I learned stuff it didn't exactly "up" my striking game. Sparring is where it's at and most pro mma fighters trying to improve their striking should just straight up go to Thailand and stay there for a few months. Also funny how you make it sound like the MMA guys were straight up putting these thai fighters in chokeholds. The dudes simply did takedowns as a joke can't say the same for that girl judoka tho.
@@annuchi1947 I’ve been to three different seminars. Liam Harrison x 2 and Damion Alamos and by no means with these just meet and greets. Everyone who attended was there to learn and I would assume that since you didn’t get anything out of it, you’re probably not strictly Muay Thai. And by the way, Judaka girl had a game face on.
Old man Saenchai going all those rds messing around and didn't even start gassing out.He's still good!
You think the Yokkao Team will say "oh this guy or girl is good, come with us"? Well, they won't, so stop trying to prove yourself to them because its very disrespectful. They are legends, come on.
I feel the only takedown that was necessary to the fullest was the 1st guy after getting that Saenchai signature🤣 even that playing field, baby! Haha. I love Saenchai
Some of this is honestly hard to watch. I get that maybe these Americans have not trained in Thailand so maybe they don't know Thai sparring etiquette, but they are all going way too hard. @ 7:40 the blonde guy starts sparring, instantly goes for the takedown, then loads up a punch ready to hit her while she's on the ground..... Common bro show some respect
That's Natalia Kuziutina. I don't understand why she was sparring like that. She treated it like MMA sparring. She's like a smaller female Ivan Drago.
Yeah a lot of ego with that blonde woman, especially knowing she's an Olympic judoka. It's like, congratulations, you proved you can out grapple a Thai fighter from a weight class below you who's not trying to grapple.
I could be wrong, but my sense is that many women often spar harder than they should.
@@alanh7247 You are not wrong
@@alanh7247 Women tend to get flustered more when getting hit and act on their emotions.
"Don't kill me" ... proceeds to light up her opponent with stiff teep kicks 😂
ikr??' She always does this. And you can see in her face that she entered the game on state.
She's brilliant and I like it that she is tough. You guys are all making Gen Z comments. Basically your all pansies
@@ravifonseca8She’s probably just taking some pressure off herself in case she doesn’t perform, or lowering her guard. It doesn’t mean she’s about to be soft, they all are sparring relatively hard here.
She saw the huge egos in the room from Saenchai and other fellow (sorry) sparring with them and they went for MMA takedowns in a bloody Muay Thai seminar against nak muays. Kayla Harrison's judo throw honestly has the potential to KO her. Can't blame her for saying that, but Kayla is a humble champion and smart also, so just stuck to striking like you're supposed to for basic respect and intelligence without ego.
@@imeaniguess.6963 I don't know. But just like I Said, she ALWAYS does this, whether the spar you see in this video, whether in another video with lesser experienced practitioners and people who go mostly technical.
And not everyone went as hard as her. Case in particular, saenchai as usual, who manages always to escalate accordingly to the flow and also de-escalate.
Losing the stand up so they do a take down pfft 👎🏼
Love the way, most of these fighter were rather playful..
Fighters are a different breed, most people you shoot a double leg on them and take them to the floor they are out, winded and afraid.. A fighter laughs at it and praises you for it.
Girls always spar so hard with eachother, I remember at my muay thai school they'd always be covered in bruises and injuries from sparring.
10:00 Saenchai shouted "body" and then tried to take his head off; that's so dirty 😂
That's mind game
This was hard to watch. Inflated ego and lack of respect American stereotype checks out. Kayla Harrison was literally the only one that showed humility and actually showed keenness to learn and improve by properly engaging.
Very disappointing and disrespectful display from ATT
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@@unknownentity8256 what part don’t you understand?
Who is ATT?
@@Jack-ok1vw What was disrespectful?
@@xakushonx8798 American Top Team
Short hair girl trying to prove something? She was going all out wtf
to be fair the thai fighter was going hard on her teammate before trying to prove a point so that may have factored in
I agree with these opinions. But sorry, the name "TOP Team" seams not very self reflected. Size don`t matters. There are a kind of fitness boxing class with MMA attitude.
Why they keep going for takedowns in standup sparring? lol We get it you do MMA, ego sparring for sure lol
Kayla threw that very hard left at Duang right at the start. After that, Duang totally outclassed Kayla…
Kayla take too much steroids
Nice push kick for the one in pink. Add a question mark kick to her arsenal then you have some problems for people
I was wondering wtf was going on with the takedowns when I thought it was MT exhib
my thoughts exactly
"Don't kill me", then straight proceed to kill mode.
''Don't kill meee'' means = I'm gonna give it to you
the lady with pink shorts is fierce and charming at the same time
Borys super sparing z Saenchai 💪💪
The last fighter in the video is Borys Mańkowski, a professional fighter fighting in the KSW federation. :)
muay thai is best
seanchai is best
tkd flutter leg kick I learned from hard2hurt
Great! Saenchai hands look better! or was this filmed before his fight?
that shot hair girl pissing me off
Blondie was such a good Humoured and chilled sparring partner. That is how we all should sparr and just have fun. Very nice! Not sad to behold at all. Go Girls!
yeah and the judoka guy was so annoying
Why were men sparring with women? @@santiagooarg6990
Doing take downs to try and show off. Good for them that the are going easy on the mma fighter's
Awesome!
First guy gets the point.
This guy Saenchai... WOW!
I like light sparring but there has become a massive fad on the internet about attacking all sparring and acting like it is all violent and out of line, I dislike this fad much more than actual hard sparring.
When you come to Netherlands land of Rico Ramon Ernesto Holzken .. they love Muy Tai bro no ego
What?😅
the push kicks were giving Kayla Harrison fits
fun to watch
What is it on 7:40 ? Nor woman nor man
That's Sage Northcutt
Roided egotistical lesbian
You can relate
Seriously though...her name is Natalia and I'm sure her birth name was Nathan.
Was hoping for thiago to hop in and spar
att was good a while back but they should re name it to american bellator team
Very cool
@10:50 This guy is old enough to know moving around that much will wear you out. Economy of motion!
The blond girl was embarrassing. She would have deverved a proper lesson and get her ass kicked. Poor actitude from that American team
There’s always that one person that does too much during sparring and I don’t even have to say who it was without yall knowing who I’m talking about
The first guy with green gloves move well
7:53 takedown and roll-away ... Impressive!
Mae-Mawari-Ukemi is impressive? Ok, first thing you learn in Judo 🤣
@@unknownentity8256 Impressive because you do not see it often in contests or sparring.
@@farkinarkin5099 I quite commonly see it in our gym and probably MMA gyms in general when a kick is caught you turn your knee and roll, like rolling is the natural reaction after you're trained a bit and are in a situation where you're falling and using legs for base isn't an option.
@@unknownentity8256 Me thinks we are talking about/seeing two different things ...
Moving forward a lot in this clip. A lot less reactive than some other days.
comments are disturbing. remind me to just drive past American Top Team when trying to find a gym to train at?
the last fighter in the video is Borys Mańkowski
3:04 dont do him like that xD
These Yokkao 's oppennents are very aggressive for sparring no ? It's embarassing...
that punch feint when shes on the ground.. embarassing af
christ guys the takedowns were a joke, and even saenchai was laughing. he even did a youtube short gag where he got taken down multiple times as a funny followup. i get that some people take sparring him too seriously and try to hurt him, but some of yall are white knighting the goat way too hard. the guy has taken punishment much worse than a random joke takedown.
I agree. The lads were just having a bit of fun, but that second blonde woman was not!!
Erm - by this logic, let’s all start punching and kicking during judo sparring.
Sparring etiquette needs to be observed for many reasons. In this video, it’s simply ego tripping.
@@Mystictravellaz I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GUY
The girls sparring harder than the men.
Kuziutina wanted a real fight. Not saying takedowns and grappling aren't good, but fight standing and be ready for Duangdanoi. Natalia clearly wasn't ready for that love tap and smirk she got after her lower leg attempt.
7:51 VAI, XUXA! kkkkkkkkkk rachei
I think that was professional sparring, nobody got hurt... and each of them displayed their abilities....
some of them went too hard... but probably the takedowns was something spected ...
evene the tThai girl can be heard laughing... at the last takedown....
some heated emotions but two elite schools...
Is it just me or pink short girl always do hard spar. Of course you should sometimes but pity for those who came to learn especially beginner (not talking about this vid cuz none of em are) end up not having a lot of chance to practise what they learn during seminar
She hard spar with those who're beyond a certain level. There were some vids recently where she went totally light against total beginners who just started MT.
Just a typical Thai who thinks this is *their* sport and they must display dominance
The thai girl is so cute. I was worried the whole time: "Please dont hit that beautiful face!"
I wonder why Saenchai never teeps in these sparring tour sessions
Didnt even notice that good take
mt is the best. love the takedown. lol'd
Wow is that first dude is a tool. Going way too hard. Cringe worthy. Then he shoots a double. Gross ego and immaturity.
Last guy was cool 😂
I see what type of fighter Kyla is going to get destroyed against
small pertinent remark when the boxers had no option with a fist he threw people to the ground too bad it was the time to learn
I know Kayla could’ve murdered her easily but that girl is slick on her feet. Shout out to em both.
Borys💪
imagine using a takedown on a LEGEND because he had some fun, lame ego from the American dude
oooi
how about - "ha do ken"?
Blonde dude is really intense what should he do better next ?
He should fight as a he and not a she. I always wonder if Natalia is really a dude.
the first guy is with zero sparring ettiquette.!
so why no mouth guards?
Don't know what that lady in black was doing at 6:00. Keeps throwing her upper body in first after getting kicked several times. She was pretty much scared the rest of the fight and throwing punches and kicks out of her range because she doesn't want to get kicked again.
The girl in pink is gorgeous
Finally, another man of culture. I thought I was the only one noticing the finer details in this video. Her name is Duang LookAtMe.. something, but what's in a name 🤔
why are a lot of MMA fighters who spar muay thai so spazzy and have barely any technique? 7:38 for example, homies throwing jumping kicks but cant even move without crossing his feet, resorts to take downs instead of actually clinching.
Homie is actually a home girl...I know right?!
bro the kuz chick was fighting for her life.
Does anyone know the name of the Thai girl in pink shorts 6:30 ?
Ives cateather
I always call her Duang LookAtMe... because her last name is looong and complex. She is a rising star and the most beautiful MT Pro to have ever existed. Her sister is just as beautiful 😍
Her sister is rodtangs wife