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Muay Thai Movement (diary entry)

June 21, 2023 | Diary / Training Notes [ssba]

21.06.2023 The tenth and final hour of my client’s third course on Muay Thai brought us onto the all-important topic of movement. We covered eight directional footwork patterns and applied to them attacking from the outside, countering the teep and using them in the clinch. Training was covered through drilling, focus mitt work, Thai pad work and sparring. Combinations covered: Jab, cross, pivot, low switch-kick Cross, pivot, lead hook, round kick to the body Both of the above combined into […]

Continuing the Angle (diary entry)

February 1, 2023 | Diary / Training Notes [ssba]

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31.01.2023 My teaching consultancy for Athena School of Karate continued today with a look at the footwork sequence pattern’s application to Kickboxing and Muay Thai. My client was keen to take a stricter Muay Thai approach. Therefore, the baiting forward and backward footwork became shorter and the circling was tighter. A switch body-kick/rear outside leg kick were chained to the right cross and instead of throwing a left hook after circling with a triple we used another switch kick to the […]

Southpaw: Stepping Offline, Side Teep & the Back Kick (diary entry)

January 18, 2023 | Uncategorized [ssba]

17.01.2023 Hour six of my client’s Muay Thai course introduced the back-kick. After our usual warm-up, we moved onto a couple of southpaw combinations working the strategy for moving to the outside. Often this maneuver has to be covered in the same way as moving to an opponent’s power side position. We used a lead teep to set up a rear straight left. The rear straight left is coordinated with the step that puts the fighter onto the outside, angling […]

Improving Speed & Timing (diary entry)

September 11, 2022 | Diary / Training Notes [ssba]

10.09.2022 I was booked to teach a one-off private lesson for a client, focusing on boxing and kickboxing. His mandate was to help him improve engaging. We looked at footwork to better improve timing and speed as well as maintaining a strong guard defence. My client suffers from a few medical conditions limit him in certain ways. We worked together to get around these restrictions. After some muscle activation exercises, we got into some ladder drills in better improve coordination […]

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