Sylvie's Technique Vlog #20 - Jang-wa, Rhythm and Timing (Patreon)

Published:

2020-09-26 09:01:03

Imported:

2021-08

Content

This technique vlog is a bit different in that it's more a concept than a direct technique, but it's an elementary concept that affects every technique you will ever use. Jang-wa is rhythm and timing. There's the technique of throwing a cross, but then there's jang-wa, which is what allows you to land it. There's the technique for a powerful elbow, but you need jang-wa to throw it when the opponent is open or at a time that it doesn't let you get knocked out by your own opening in that moment.

It's very difficult to train jang-wa because you first have to understand what it is. Once you understand it, and more importantly feel it for yourself, then you train with it all the time and almost can't ever train anything without it anymore. Think of dancers who hit the beat, versus dancers who can hit the beat and improvise to their own rhythm, seemingly changing speeds but never "losing the beat." That's a fighter with jang-wa.

Coincidentally, I shot this technique vlog and then a few weeks later worked with Eagle Kyowa, a 2x WBC World Champion who spent almost the entire session emphasizing the importance of jang-wa and demonstrating how to train it on the bag, in shadow, in sparring, on the pads, etc - watch it here. It's so, so important. Elements you have to control for yourself are looseness, relaxation, having tension in the right areas of your body to serve a particular purpose rather than allowing yourself to be tight and tense and stiff - that just slows you down. Put on music, literally just dance with the bag for a while and then add some punches in. Dance in space and feel where your kicks can go. Watch your favorite fighters and pay attention to the music they're dancing to, so to speak. See when they kick, not just how they kick. Each person has their own jang-wa; find yours. Build yours.

a few more Patreon Muay Thai Library sessions that build ideas around Jang-wa:

#19 Attachai Fairtex - Timing and IQ (72 min) watch it here

2x Lumpinee Champion Attachai Fairtex is one of the great femeu fighters of Thailand. Namsaknoi, himself an elite femeu fighter of legendary status called him his most difficult fight as he just was too hard to read. This is a window into that quality, and how to build it.

#34 Samart Payakaroon - Balance, Balance, Balance! (81 min) watch it here

Atop the tower of Muay Thai legends probably stands Samart. 3x Fighter of the Year, 4x Lumpinee Champion and WBC World Boxing Champion, no fighter more brilliantly showed what femeu fighting could do. In this session he shows the foundations of how to build true balance, the ultimate key to his fighting style.

#76 Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn 4 - How to Fight Tall (69 min) watch it here

There several sessions with the King of Knees in the Muay Thai Library, this is the fourth, but this is the first one where he gets the chance to teach a tall, long fighter like he was. If you are a tall fighter this is the session you don't want to miss. He is arguably the GOAT, an in this session he unfolds his entire fighting system of knee fighting pressure and distance control.

If you enjoyed this technique vlog check out my other Patron-only technique vlogs:

#19 Training Ruup & Composure (13 min)

#18 Closing the Door in Long Guar (11 min)

#17 Static Block for Balance (9 min)

#16 The Diamond Guard (20 min)

#15 Mental Gym, Beginning to Advanced Visualization (19 min)

#14 Getting the Right Hand In (13 min)

#13 Rising on Techniques (6 min)

#12 Control of the Kick (6 min)

#11 Body Position First (11 min)

#10 All About How I Recover (12 min)

#9 Creating Power and Distance At Close Range (9 min)