Jokes on you, I’ve been training my whole life to fight against the impending alien invasion.

Wow! The best pad holding video I've ever seen! What you say makes a ton of sense. You really know your stuff!

For the tae kwa, or right shin kicks, the holder's left leg is deep back behind him/her and the right leg is closest to the striker if he/she is kicking with their right. A perpendicular stance for the holder to striker. Angle the pads so the top two inner tips of the pads are touching and the bottoms of the pads are 'wide" not square so the kicking surface is quite wide....That's how its done in Thailand by traditional and top gyms....

This guy should be a movie star

Very good explanation, thanks for.

A massive thank you Marcus

Very clear and insightful instruction on the fundamentals of holding the pads. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

Amazing video, super in detailed and very easy to follow. Good show mate.

This is an excellent breakdown

Great video. Thank you so much!

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing.

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

This was such a great video thank you

Good advice, real concise.

wow been holding the pads for hooks wrong. yes i'm one of those. thank you for this video. best pad holding video I've seen!

Thanks guys. Awesome job

Excellent explanation, thank you!

excellent clear and concise video well done! (: thank you

great pad holding video, thanks for the tips

Awesome video! Awesome trainer!

Excelent. A very complete video about how to hold those Muay Thai Pads. I’m interested in get them. Thanks for the tips.

Great explanations of techniques, thank you

Great video! Everything covered, so nice! Thank you

Good stuff Thanks for explaining

Very good instruction! I was holding for uppercuts a bit off.

Thank you very much. With this video I now know how to do a good training with my friends

awesome video. very helpful. thank you.

Very helpful. Thanks fella!

So much appreciate thanks coach yr the best 🤝

splendid work thanks

marvelous instructions

Great explaination of How to hold pads. 👍

Thank you so much for this video. I could tell something was off when I’m holding my pads and now I feel like you corrected everything for me

Great tutorial

Thank you so much I benefited from you

Great tips, thanks

Very good tutorial, thank you 👍👍👍

Very important video well done

great video!

thanks dude really helped me

Been the best pad vid ive seen thus far. Thai pads are alot harder to get used to compared to boxing ones but i like the vaired application of the thai. Cheers mate appriciate it :)

Thank u it's so so so clean ur explantion 👍👍👍

excellent tutorial.. I learned a lot ...

Saludos desde México profesor... Muy buen video!!

thank you. amazing

Thank you!

Literally the best one ever,

Spot on!

Great Video! To the point, yet detailed instruction. Thanks so much for sharing. BTW, I like the Alien analogy :)

Great Stuff!!!!

Solid info

this was perfect

Thanks, helpful.

great vid!!

This is a great demonstration of how to use the pads explained perfectly and efficiently!! Thank you for your work 💪🏼

I wasn't expecting CM Punk to make KZfaq videos

Awesome, very informative video! One question, would kicking with running shoes on destroy the material of the thai pads?

Super helpful as I've gotten inconsistent direction on holding pads from my gym. Thank you!

Thanks! Always had the feeling there must be a better way to hold for body shots! Gonna have to try that variation for uppercuts/elbows also.

Awesome ❤🥊

This is the best video I've seen so far for holding thai pads. I really, really hate how people hold pads too far out or slam the pads hard on another person's leg, messing up their range. Thank you for making this!

Good one sir

Cheers! Great vid. Can’t wait for the alien defense sequel

ty you😎

Nice!

Padrão parabéns

Helpful thanks. So basically no difference with hook and elbow holds?

Thanks

Спасибо!

Commenting to boost the algorithm.

Thnks sir

Thanks m8

thx

Great tutorial, gonna try remember this next session! Kicking and punching the pads is a helluvalot easier then holding them.

1.66k subscribers? Come on guys let's get this number up!

Good

Hi. good video. please What is the trademark of you small pads???? thanks.

Are the rev gear pads you are using any good? I was considering buying a set.

Waiting for the "Alien Defence Video"!!! :D

My arms hurt is that Normal or is the person I'm training with kicking too hard? My legs, back and butt hurt from the low kick too.

4:40 jajajajaa awesome

I started training this year and the one thing I’ve noticed is the lack of capable pad holding, everyone learns how to hit them properly but not many learn how to hold them

Cool hair

Omg, I’ve been holding the pad for a hook the wrong way. I’m gonna have to show my gym mates.

Exactly how I hold the pads. I hate it when people hold pads far from their body for body kicks or extend the pads out to hit your fist instead of staying back and letting the puncher reach out to the pads. One note for the person kicking is that they should always aim for the lower part of the pads to avoid injuring the pad holder's elbow because of excessive leverage or missing the top of the pads and kicking the holder in the head. I've had one idiot miss the pads and kick me in the head and he was an amateur fighter. Luckily he didn't kick that hard and I barely hurt. Only thing I do different is I like to use the same holding technique you use for front kicks and knees for body shot punches. It's a much more solid target closer to the body and it's a better angle for the body shot. The way this guy is holding for the body shot punch makes the pads almost horizontal and it should be closer to vertical. The closer to the body the more realistic the target. Also if I'm working with a skilled fighter whose accuracy I trust, I like to hold closer to my face for punches. More dangerous for the holder but it's a much more realistic target if it's closer to the actual head.

Does it matter if the straps on the pad point to the outside or inside?

How do you like those micro pads?

I've sprained my wrist sooo many times with the pad man whacking the pad as resistance to my hook. Drives me mad. It's ok with the boxing mitts I suppose but with thai pads it just causes injuries, or does me anyway. Hate it.

so how do i tell my couch hes doing it wrong

I have a big problem when holding the pads. And the problem is that I have some big bruises on my forearms. I don't know what I'm doing wrong when holding them. Should I tell them to not punch so hard? I don't want to be that person, but it really hurts and I don't like to go around with those bruises. 😞 I should really like some tips to stop getting bruises because of the pads.

Im ready for the Underground Kumite Championship

u get a like for aliens

Marcus Kowal you kinda look like Tom Hardy, or Tom Hardy looks like you i dont know :D

Oh you think you know what aliens look like Marcus?! DO you!? There's no prepping for that matey. And my closest bet would be BJJ for offense/defense cos they gna be robots so you gotta dismantle them

so we just gonna act like he didn't bark at 3:01

Pity it's not in French

The low kick holding technique is totally wrong.

Not gonna lie the way you hold those pads for low kicks is ridiculous. If you hold a single pad for someone who has actual power you are going to hurt yourself and its not stable enough. Also, put those pads together for round kicks don't flair them out.

student's kicking form is pathetic.

Thanks