As for being tired quickly, there is nothing you probably were doing that could prepare you for the type of effort required to go a round or two in a fight. Once you get a feel for the rhythm of the fight in your art, do some high intensity cardio intervals to match that, or even mix in stuff like pushing a weighted sled in repeated bursts and then jumping rope and then swinging kettlebells and then sprinting and then doing push ups...and on and on. Don't just do all of your cardio on a machine. You need to build up your ability to handle cardio bursts and anaerobic conditions, not the ability to keep your heart rate moderately elevated for a period of time. Heck, swimming is a great activity to build anaerobic capacity. Time yourself doing some sprint laps and then follow up by trying to keep a good pace for 20 laps or so to really build up that anaerobic capacity. Build those activities in the pool into sets and track your progress.
Hope one or more of the ideas here helped. The most important factor for success in the arts is just putting in work, so keep going to class and trying your best.
You actually expected to master techniques in your first class. This is arrogance at it's finest. What makes you think you are so special that you don't have to work at things like the rest of us? Suck it up and get back into training and keep at it until you can do just like the rest of us.
If it was quick and came in a bottle everybody would be able to do it but it doesn't so only those who train hard will achieve.
Continue training, it takes time to develop all of these things, there is no quick fix.
Its very unusual that you sparred your first time around. Normally this is something that begins after the students have gained enough skills to begin because at the moment you are a person who knows nothing fighting a person who has trained. This has nothing to do with confidence or skill building.
After I had a serious injury I herd mt was a great way to build condition so I started i sport class which was low contact worked a lot of the tech of mt. Its sorta blassfammy to do mt for any thing but competing it helps if your condition is not there because if your heart rate is up because of bad condition its harder to think right when sparing and effects the way you learn negatively.
On days you aren't practicing Muay Thai, work out other areas of your body. Cardio training like jogging and swimming. When you've gotten downtime (too tired to work out) read about the martial art and watch other practitioners. Now is a WONDERFUL time to be a martial artist -- thanks to YouTube.
best advice: bite down on your mouth guard and go in. it's like learning to ride a motorcycle, you gotta fall to learn.
So today i had my first class of muay thai, well...I sucked a bit. I had problem with following things:
-my punches were very weak
-had trouble mastering the technique
-became tired really quickly
Finally I had to spar vs someone, he only kicked me once in the stomach and i couldnt continue after that anymore.
How can i improve thiese points quickly? Any other advice is welcome, because i am very noob :)
Thank you
