I tried Muay Thai for a month...just to write THIS
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- I trained at a Muay Thai gym in Chiang Mai just so I could write this. Huge thank you to Wildcat Muay Thai Gym for the incredible experience: / wildcatmuaythai
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This is so cool!! I’ve been doing Muay Thai for three weeks now. Being a 5’3 girl with no martial arts experience whatsoever and too afraid to even hurt a fly, it was really tough. I used to go to every session with anxiety but I never came back home disappointed or upset. It’s getting easier every day. I really want to push myself further, not only physically but mentally. Thanks for they video, you’re really inspiring!
Keep it up!!
That's awesome 👌
Hey how is Muay Thai going?
@@alanismarie5916 nice. I just fell sick so I had to skip a bit but I feel like I’m becoming more confident. The only problem is that I still have this psychological barrier on punching people, like I’m afraid to do full force on them even if this force is little. That’s exactly why I want to keep going, to tear down that barrier
did you lose weight?
I really like what Mel commits to, to create the stories she creates. Learning martial arts to understand it more for your story is a true commitment. Keep up the good work Mel and I can’t wait to see how this story comes out!!
Mel, you are so inspiring. As an aspiring writer, you are definitely the one of the people online that inspire and motivate me (and others). I hope you have a great rest of the week!
I love muay thai, been doing it for the past couple years+helping coach at my gym. Recently started messing around with writing about a week ago which led me to your channel, so seeing this was such a cool intersection/coincidence for me given the timing. I hope you stick with it, I'll take this video as a sign to start writing more.
Crazy coincidence! Good luck with all of your projects :)
As someone who was just trying to find some muay thai fights and found your video instead. This is very impressive and I actually really enjoyed this! Not alot of people would go out of there way to do this. Its very smart of you to seek real world experience to boost your writing
Edit: After watching more of your videos I just had to subscribe and I'm also going to be reading your book as well.... And well shit, I'm not the brightest 23 year old boy. But you're even starting to inspire me to start writing. So well done, keep the videos comin!
You literally just made my day
@@MelTorrefranca Well shucks, im glad to hear that ☺️ I'm gonna sleep well knowing that I managed to give a lil something back. Cheers!
This is so dope! As both a writer and someone fairly experienced in Muay Thai (started in high school, I'm 31 now) I love your commitment to research! I've always enjoyed when stories include fighting as a culture and craft that extends beyond just the fight, and when they ground the scenes with body focused sensations (like on days I feel tight, or when my left kick is weirdly better than my right). Really excited to check out your books, keep it up!!!
You're just the most awesome person I have ever known. You try so hard at things. I mean, I love your energy and passion for things you love.
I'm in love with the concept, editing and the overall presentation of this video.❤️✨
As a writer, i've always wanted to have different kinds of experience to help me write about it and i am so happy to see you do that Mel. You truly are an inspiration, 🥺. This trilogy is going to be amazing ❤
What! My heart just exploded. This is so cool to watch you in action. I can’t wait to get my hands on this book but I’m also glad I didn’t sign up to beta read because I don’t want to have to think about it that critically. 😆 I can already tell it’s going to be incredible!
This is so brilliant! Experiencing what your characters go through in the book is an excellent way to write the story. Imagine writing something you have no knowledge of! I'm so glad that you made this decision to experience something and gain knowledge of it and apply it to your book.
i discovered your channel a few days ago from the music to listen to while reading video. i just ended up subscribing and watching a bunch of your videos AND i just ordered your book called ‘Capsule’ off of amazon, it comes in the mail tomorrow and I AM SO EXCITED to start reading it!!
Thank you for being here
Amazing video! It’s obvious you put so much hard work into this! Thank you!
As a beginner in martial arts, I absolutely LOVED this video! I love your editing style and seeing your train muay thai was super cool (it's something I'd like to try some day...right now I do BJJ). I don't know a whole lot about your Belladonna series but now I am very intrigued. :D
AHHHH MEL!! I'm so excited about this video series!! This was awesome and I can't wait to see what you come up with next!
Mel! This is so cool! So proud of you for taking on such a challenge! Can’t wait to hear more about this journey!
Omy gosh this is so cool! I feel like ur editing just keeps getting better and better!
This video is so inspiring Mel! You improved so much in your muay Thai. It's my favorite video so far. Looking forward to reading your new books. I read Leaving Wishville and it was awesome
I found your video looking up Muay Thai content. I've been doing this stuff for a while now, and I always enjoy seeing a brand new student jump in. It was really interesting to see your progression from zero, and I'll be sure to use your experience as insights on how to approach and teach new students under me.
Now I see you're a writer of dark fiction. Very cool indeed. I'll be sure to check out your work.
I hope you continue on the Muay Thai journey, as it's really unlike anything else. You might find that as your body becomes hard and your bones densify, your mind sharper and more predatory, your spirit becomes not only more powerful, but elevated and often kinder and more compassionate.
Aw I'm so glad to hear that, and thank you for the support :) Yes, I'm still doing Muay Thai at the moment. I have another martial arts video coming on June 8 that I'm so excited about!
This girl is amazing, I stumbled upon her cause I was looking for book writing advice and.. I love her. YOU DESERVE TO BE A POPULAR UA-camR
I FRICKIN LOVE THE ENDING AHHH
This was a really cool idea to see in action. I stumbled onto this video but as a writer myself seeing someone jump all the way into an expletive to add depth to their writing was really dope. Also the video was paced well too. Nice work
Mel thanks for this vid. I feel like I'm watching a movie/short flim. Love how u connected with your characters💖
The ending of the video gave me goosebumps and I don't know why.
I'm a teenage girl who's been doing muay thai for a few years and ur dedication to ur writing is very impressive! Keep up the good work :)
Stumbled across this video. Absolute fair play to you throwing yourself into this! All the best
I just got goosebumps at the end. I really watch it more than 2 times .
Was watching muay thai stretches and came across this video. Your video is really well made. 😊
the editing is amazinggggg
Happy to see the commitment to your craft, I hope you continue your martial arts journey as well, the benefits to mind and body are numerous and worth it!
Thank you! I have another martial arts video coming on Wednesday ;)
@@MelTorrefranca looking forward to it! I pray that this message finds you well!
I love how this video is structured oml, your dedication and persistence is really admirable! Your videos are always so engaging I swear-
I just read memory minefield and it's amazing it's unexplainable how amazing it is I loved it's really worth reading your books are the best and I really like your channel growth I'm a very old subscriber your my fav author mel.
Keep up the good work ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thank you!
Wow I really like the editing style of yours ✨😇
Yeah! I made it in the vid!
awesome job!!
An impressive video, I’m really excited to read the trilogy when it is released!
YAY MEL POSTED
I loveeee the editing in this!! Very cool vid 🕴🏻🫶🏻
Thanks!
The ending was everything
Wow, this video is so incredible Mel! You put so much effort into everything you do and it inspires me on a great level! You have a lot of talent and are doing so much at such a young age, and I know you're going to go even farther in life. I also had so much fun being a beta reader and participating, and I'm excited to see the draft continue to improve until it's published! Thank you for giving me the opportunity!
Thank you for being a part of this!
@@MelTorrefranca Of course!
been following your channel for productivity and writing and was pleasantly surprised to see you doing martial arts!!! super cool to see
LOVE LOVE LOVE! You’re an inspiration!
You are wonderful, it's an honor to be a subscriber to your chanel
I’m so proud of you!! Keep up the good work.
Mel’s videos are next level y’all 😌🖐
This is cool! Muay Thai is train so hard🇹🇭
46K CONGRATS MEL!!
Hope you continue to train. 🙏
Am Thai and my english skill is not very well but the thing is I'm feel great when you learn my culter martial art {yeah amd it's very simillar to another contry } and As a writer I relly like how you doing your best for the information that you need for write That's incredible God bless you
You can be proud of yourself! Well done.
when they started kicking you out of frustration, like a sibling. That reminds me of that toddler trying break the board with his kick but kept failing to understand what the instructor is saying, he even jumped on the board, and just kept doing aah! ahh! hayeeeahhhh!! XD. This Video was funny yet motivating. Thanks..
Very cool! I'll have to check out your book.
ur pretty cool lol. edits lowkey funny too... specifically the swollen throat edit
Thank you that was a joy to watch , when it comes to any techinques like the jump push learn with your opposite side first to create a much stronger neural plasticity pattern " in short the mind and body connection "
Then learning with your dominate side will be five times more easier.
Even this message is a few months late good luck on your final goals 🙂
Thanks for the tips!
that's so awesome i do muay thay in Brazil it's an awesome sport hope u like it a lot.
Beautiful Video Editing 🔥🔥
I was waiting for this video 💫😗
Man you're like a method writer. Good stuff 🤙
Just a while ago, I learned that to be better in giving the image of what you want to convey in writing is to know it yourself. how it feels, how you experienced it, etc.
then I saw you actually go out of your way to know it yourself "how".
Yes the first week or two I get sore muscle, cardio is the most important, you need to have good cardio to learn more and to keep going, then skills and techniques will come along.
this was amazing !! keep going !!
Being a beta reader for this book is just absolutely amazing, all of the people there have really good suggestions that make so much sense. I myself am very happy and surprised with the way Mel can write and make the story just feel very real. She’s a true storyteller. I can confirm that you all are going to love Belladonna once it’s here.
You're so inspiring, I'm thinking of writing my own book and I'm 10!
This is really cool. I was just checking out boxing and muay thai fights and your vid showed up. I'm not your target audience but it was an interesting watch.
Joy looks like she has never experienced a moment of joy in her life.
This is such a cool video!
Love Muay Thai and great editing and production thats a sub from me
As a fellow writer who does a sport very similar to Muay Thai, this was so much fun to watch you learn and improve!!
Have u done any sparring yet?? :P
So inspiring this video, really !
3:59 WOAH, NICE HIGH KICK
(YOU GOT REALLY GOOD)
This was a nice video. Keep it up
I really liked this video :)
I like your idea video amazing 👏 😉 good job.
Is great that you get to feel what your "characters" are going through but if you want realistic fight scenes then its better to watch some muay thai fights theres tons in youtube.
My suggestion to learn the jump teep is dont move forward when starting out. Start with the basics just the stationary teep and work from there.
That's pretty cool!
4:13 I'm sorry but this entire sequence had me laughing 😭
Mel casually boxing is not something you see everyday.
I will be in Thailand this summer. I will also train muay thai
I love doing Muay Thai, but I don’t skip rope. The only thing I have issues doing. Other than that I love Muay Thai very great martial arts to learn.
Respect
you should buy an click counter, so you can keep count how many kicks you swing. then condition yourself only an minutes rest in between as official bout will give you twice as much rest period in between bouts. after 60 seconds you should have recovered 30% of your total strength. so you wanna train for that quick burst KO rather than have it go to an decision.
4:27 kicked her butt looooool 🤣🤣🤣
Today I start my first sesión I’m a little nervous I’m 44 years old and I want to get in shape and become more healthy ❤
Congratulations on getting started!! I’m still doing Muay Thai today and it’s definitely improved my everyday mood and health 10x. I hope you love it too!
omg how funny, im also researching muay thai for a story im writing 😂
edit: lol Nuk is funny
Maybe I should also start writing again.
Not going to lie you still got a lot to go even for a beginner that is things they show kids
I'm 17 and I'm writing a book too. Got any advice?
Damn you uploaded on my birthday
Damn she actually seems to have a talent for mauy thai
Cool video
Come train at the gym I train at 🙂. The JiuJitsu there is much much much better than the Muay Thai classes, so I train on my own or with partners. We need more nerdy, “boring” people there 🤓🥰
Well next you should tried krabi krabong a thai sword.
Is that piano piece at the end of the video your composition?
Which is the best martial arts.
You'll be loosely based on the character by the end of the story 😅
Looks like a fun way to write a story and give it context.
oh look who uploded a video today
Don't you like to make a new playlist? Like um for workout
i finished watching, but i dont know what i suppose to learn from this. A beginner experience in Muay Thai?
Nice.