Common Mistakes Boxers Make When Learning Kickboxing/Muay Thai

The transition from any martial arts to another will always have some complications. You have to break habits you've formed that might have been proper but no longer work.
Today I take you through 6 areas of struggle I've continually notice boxers have when they start learning kickboxing or muay thai.

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[GabrielVargaOfficial]

These pointers are not only relevant to boxers but also other styles like karate or Taekwondo.
The hardest thing for me to learn was the narrow stance and chin down (karate to kickboxing).

[Kuroiraven]

Weird that you put this video up after I went through it yesterday, and it is just as you say, I practice box and wrestling, am trying to learn kickboxing to fill the gaps but, since I'm short, I've always had a lower stance for getting in the pocket and grapple if necessary but, in kickboxing, it is frightening to eat a knee and, I also feel that using the shoulder slide is going to get me kicked in the stomach, anyway thanks for the vid man, these have worked wonders

[seekmeme]

You've been a content machine lately

[bruce]

Hey gabriel something I feel doesnt get talked about enough is footwork SPEED how to fight fighters with fast footwork and how to increase your footwork speed. There is 2 video ideas that would be nice to hear your thoughts on

[punchpunchpass]

I asked you to tell us how boxer should fight in kickboxing few weeks ago so I believed it's for me 😜
I have a tall et tight stance.
My problem is more about don't be ripped off by knees at half distance when I throw power shots

[faniskiriazis]

Gabriel this was a very educational video.. oh man, try to write a book or an encyclopedia about all of your instructions (no kidding)!!!

[brunosebastiancontreras]

Best kickboxing and striking channel ever

[ignacionietoizquierdo]

One important issue I see all the time about the transition from boxing to kick boxing or muay thai is reassessment of angles. Because of the stance adjustments required to allow you to kick optimally, practitioners feel very uncomfortable and slow while trying to kick from angles they're accustomed to. So they end being conservative and relying on their pure boxing with addition of eventual low kicks.

[whoknows]

I transitioned from Boxing to Kickboxing after 2, 5 years.
Problems my trainer pointed out back then:
- too wide stance (to have more punching power, bc you dont worry about lowkicks).
Honestly just catching lowkicks made me change that by myself.
- Sometimes dipping to low when boxing to the body. Too dangerous catching a knee.
- I struggled to implement mixing kicks into my punching combos

So basically what Gabe said in this video.

[laughtermaster]

Gabriel is the best! Love this channel! So many things I ponder about but nobody else makes videos on these things. Thanks buddy. Keep em coming. 😃

[bigfoot_john]

You couldn't have timed this much better for me, thanks!

[erickbarajas]

Damn this really help a lot I’m a boxer transitioning into MuayThai/kickboxing

[faetoon]

Could you please make a similar video about the mistakes kickboxers do when they transition to MMA?

[raynerben]

Any videos on important head movement for KB/ MT? tq

[SonOftheBattleCry]

How to deal with a kickboxer that moves around a lot or throws a lot of feints

[aleksbanev]

Can you please make a video on how you prioritise sleeping over other things.

[MyCommentsRMaturelol]

Huh, the first thing I ever learned was a long stance with 70 percent of my weight back, from TKD. Switching to boxing and trying to stay even after drilling weight shifts for years is tough.

[Chris-myke]

Great advice, as a former boxing practitioner just starting Muay Thai, I was suffering from these problems shown in the video . I also like how Gabriel explains the differences between slipping . Thank you Gabriel .

[akira_samurai]

My favourite is muay thai but i would love to go back to karate and blend the styles a bit

[ZisisPethanis]

I had a lot harder time going from Muay Thai to kick Boxing, than Muay Thai to boxing. Boxing is so different from MT, that I had no problem learning from a "blank slate". But I had a lot of difficulties with KB, because I had to stop my self from reacting with some techniques while the set up felt very close to what I was used to.