You know what’s fascinating about asking world champions for their best advice for Muay Thai?
They see through the noise and cut to the chase.You may expect a ONE Championship double champ like Regian Eersel to talk about secret training methods or advanced fighting tactics.
Instead, he shared something simpler – and far more powerful.
One of the most dangerous strikers on the planet, standing there telling me his biggest regret wasn't about training harder or learning more techniques...
It was about being too damn stubborn to listen to his coaches.“I was really hard-headed, I didn't listen at all,” he told me.
When his trainers told him to punch more in sparring, he'd think, “Nah, I don't like doing the punch now. I'm gonna kick more.”
Sound familiar?
KEY MOMENTS
Follow along using these quick timestamps:
00:00 Regretting Not Listening More!
00:10 Young & Hard-Headed
00:28 Coaches Saw It Coming
00:49 Having Eyes On Your Sparring
01:21 Exploiting a 3rd Person Perspective
Further notes and resources at https://heatrick.com/2025/05/30/regian-eersel-didnt-listen-to-best-advice/
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