The Bad Company Style of Muay Thai with Richard Smith

Richard Smith is the founder, owner and head instructor of the world famous Yokkao sponsored super gym Bad Company in Leeds, UK.  In this, his most in-depth instructional series to date, he goes through step by step, a whole manner of amazing coaching content, knowledge and drills he personally likes to utilise regularly with the world class fighters he trains - Avoiding the Clinch, Muay Thai Feints, Drawing and Countering Kicks, Boxing Rhythm Drills, Fighting Strategies and Effective Low Kicks.

The Bad Company Style of Muay Thai with Richard Smith

Richard Smith is not only a multiple times British, European and Commonwealth Champion and internationally renowned coach, he is also the founder, owner and head instructor of the world famous Yokkao sponsored super gym Bad Company in Leeds.

After founding Bad Company in 1992, he has gone onto produce world champion after world champion, with elite fighters such as Liam Harrison, Jordan Watson, Lisa Houghton-Smith, Richard Cadden, Andy Howson and many more having found their home here.  

Hugely respected by both fighters and coaches, his approach to Muay Thai and unique training methods are sought after all over the world  

He is one of the most popular instructors featured on the Warrior Collective Youtube Channel having received over 70,000 views across the instructionals he has kindly contributed to the resource.  

Here, for the first time, he has filmed what is by far his most in-depth volume of work to date

The Bad Company Style of Muay Thai with Richard Smith

In it, he goes through step by step, a whole manner of amazing coaching content, knowledge and drills he personally likes to utilise regularly with the world class fighters he trains - Avoiding the Clinch, Muay Thai Feints, Drawing and Countering Kicks, Boxing Rhythm Drills, Fighting Strategies and Effective Low Kicks.  

This video includes:

• Avoiding the Clinch. Effective ways in which to avoid being clinched by an aggressive opponent
• Clinch Breaking. Different ways to break the clinch and escape back to striking
• Bad Company Sweeps. A look at how to do some of Bad Company gym's favourite sweeps
• Muay Thai specific Feints. A framework of feints specifically to use when sparring or competing in Muay Thai
• Drawing the Kick. How to draw the kick from your opponent when fighting
• Countering the Kick. Multiple ways to counter the kick once it has been drawn from your opponent in a fight
• Boxing Concepts. Looking at how simple changes to Boxing can greatly increase their effectiveness in Muay Thai
• Rhythm Drills. Using constant changes of rhythm to open up your opponent with punches
• Orthodox Vs Southpaw. Breaking down the strategies needed to succeed against either a same side or opposite stance opponent
• Fighting Tactics. Drills to use when having to deal with aggressive fighters, defensive fighters or when facing a reach advantage or deficit i.e. Tall vs Short
• Evasion. An understanding of how constant angling and movement needs to become intuitive when facing high level opponents
• Effective Low Kicks. Different ways in which to utilise leg kicks to the lead and rear leg
• And more….

Below is an extract from the series.  This clip is from Video 1 – Avoiding the Clinch