Tag Archives | Muay Thai

Attack Lines (diary entry)

August 22, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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21.08.19 Tonight’s junior lesson introduced another attack from the two-on-one for stand-up grappling as well as foot sweeps and the senior lesson went over some core material to be covered in Sunday’s Vagabond Warriors Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training. The junior lesson began with agility ladder warm-ups, this time including double leg takedown drills. We followed this with bulling/collar and elbow tie, where we continued our work from the two-on-one. It was important to ensure this […]

Flowing Under Pressure (diary entry)

August 20, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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Knee strike to stomach whilst grappling (b)

19.08.19 Reaching the fifth hour of my client’s first course on Basic Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training it was important to bring in more resistance and to promote more fluidity between techniques. We worked on basic combinations, drawing connections between different techniques and also worked on close range fighting. The lesson began with a warm-up on the agility ladders before we paired off for some punching practice. We built up the 4 punch combination with a […]

Exiting July with a Teep (diary entry)

August 1, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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31.07.19 Wednesday night the nephew and uncle double lesson got underway with lowline takedowns for the junior section and advanced Muay Thai combination work for the senior section. Both classes warmed up on the agility ladders and cones. The senior lesson included some revision on the L-Step and V-step work. We also looked at using other technique suggestions. The junior class also used the cones to set up for a sprawl double-leg takedown combination. Here we addressed the […]

Using the Arms in Muay Thai (diary entry)

July 31, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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muay t29.07.19 My client’s third lesson Basic Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training on Monday dealt with creating a strong connection and defence when throwing basic combinations. We covered teeps and round kicks off either the jab or jab/cross combination. The lesson began with agility ladders, working basic footwork drills, building to more complicated positioning. This was then progressed on the agility cones where we worked the L-Step and the V-Step. We then moved onto the […]

Creating Good Fight Behaviours Early (diary entry)

July 24, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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22.07.19 Monday evening brought my new client up to the second hour of her Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training lesson. We moved onto the focus mitts and I introduced my client to teep counters, low round kick counters and the low round kick. The lesson began with a warm-up on the agility ladders. This was followed by some mirror footwork with an exchange of punches and teeps. The idea with this type of partner warm-up is […]

High Guard Base (diary entry)

July 9, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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06.07.19 I began Saturday with my first client reaching the five and a half hour mark of his course on Stand-up Striking. Last week we worked a lot on Western Boxing with a particular emphasis on the high guard and a transition to what might be considered its polar opposite, the Philly Shell. This lesson we focused on Muay Thai but also brought a mix of guards – peek-a-boo, long guard, helmet guard and Thai peek-a-boo. The high guard […]

Lead Hooks & Round Kicks (diary entry)

June 11, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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10.06.19 Monday night’s private lesson began my client’s new course on stand-up fighting. We will be exploring Muay Thai, Western Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts stand-up range over a 10 hour period. I will be looking to strengthen personal weaknesses in my client’s style, introduce new techniques, tactics and strategies as well as work on such areas as southpaw fighting. After a callisthenic and dynamic stretching warm-up we began with mirror footwork and then isolated head movement before […]

Sparring to Collect Data (diary entry)

June 6, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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05.06.19 Wednesday night saw my junior client finish his long and extended course on Basic Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training. Next week we will begin his Clinch/Stand-up Grappling course. The senior class that follows was largely based on stand-up sparring – Boxing, Muay Thai and MMA. The junior class consisted of 6 x 3 minute rounds of Boxing and Muay Thai. The first two were on the focus mitts and the next four were sparring. We went over […]

12 Rounds (diary entry)

May 24, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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22.05.19 Tonight’s junior and senior lesson saw considerable overlap. Both nephew and uncle cover 12 rounds between them on Muay Thai and Western Boxing. I began the junior lesson with a round of Western Boxing on the focus mitts. This was followed by a round of Muay Thai on the Thai focus mitts. Then we did a round of clinch before we began sparring. This consisted of two rounds of Wester Boxing and two rounds of Muay Thai […]

Kicking Back & Escaping the Mount (diary entry)

May 17, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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15.05.19 Wednesday’s second two lessons consisted of junior Muay Thai and Senior Submission Grappling. The former lesson involved working a lot on piecing the game together, reviewing Western Boxing from the previous course and merging aspects from the different disciplines. The second lesson focused entirely on escaping the mount position. We began the junior lesson an exercise for drilling faster returns and recoveries from kicks. The exercise is performed very lightly with the two training partners taking and […]

Going Dutch? Mixing Western Boxing with Muay Thai (diary entry)

May 14, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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11.05.19 Saturday’s second private lesson was the last hour of my two junior client’s Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training saw a full revision of elbow strikes then moved into a review of the course, a call back to the Western Boxing course and then a final round of blending Western Boxing with Muay Thai. We warmed up with some line-work focused entirely on all the basic elbow strikes. This began with some attribute training that linked […]

Elbows Strike! (diary entry)

May 8, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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04.05.19 Saturday morning’s second lesson saw the penultimate session for this junior course in Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training. We worked on tightening up all combinations, improving defence and then going through all elbow strikes. Our warm-up consisted of a series of building up exercises. We began with mirror footwork, both of my clients getting distancing and angling-off right. Then I introduced simple tools for creating distance such as the long guard and the teep. Next […]

Muay Thai Sparring (diary entry)

May 1, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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27.09.19 My second lesson on Saturday completed the eighth hour of my two junior client’s course in Basic Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training. We focused on sparring and better combination work. The lesson began with a callisthenic warm up and then moved onto a series of rounds on the focus mitts. After looking at specific areas for improvement off both clients we moved onto their first experience sparring in Muay Thai. This consisted of 6 x […]

Student Empowerment in Muay Thai (diary entry)

April 15, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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13.04.19 Saturday morning saw my two junior clients pass the six hour point of their basic course in Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training. We did some coaching training in the form of pad-work order to better maintain skills outside of class and so I could also observe the training from another perspective. I also introduced another sweep and the horizontal knee strike. We began with a series of callisthenic exercises and dynamic stretching. Then we moved […]

8 Rounds of Muay Thai (diary entry)

April 10, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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09.04.19 Tuesday night completed my client’s Basic Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training course. We worked through all areas covered during the course and used the round format in order to confirm all the material. After a warmup of dynamic stretching and callisthenics, we trained for six rounds on the Thai focus mitts and two rounds of sparring. Round 1 – footwork, basic guard, 1-4 punch/kick combinations, teep setups and basic checking Round 2 – All of the above […]

Half Way Point in the Muay Thai Basic Course (diary entry)

April 8, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes

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06.04.19 Saturday morning brought my two junior clients up to the five hour point of their course on Basic Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training. We worked on combining stand-up striking and clinch into combinations. I brought in the round knees at the clinch range and also taught tactics for breaking the clinch and following up. The lesson started with the usual set of dynamic stretching and callisthenic exercises. We then did some mirror footwork and technique […]

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Attack Lines (diary entry)
21.08.19 Tonight’s junior lesson introduced another attack from the two-on-one for stand-up grappling as well as foot… Continue Reading
The Kimura Grip & Completing the Pins (diary entry)
20.08.19 My client reached the fourth hour of his Basic Course on Submission Grappling for Martial Arts… Continue Reading
Flowing Under Pressure (diary entry)
19.08.19 Reaching the fifth hour of my client’s first course on Basic Muay Thai for Martial Arts… Continue Reading
More Fighting the Reverse Side (diary entry)
15.08.19 Thursday began my client’s new course on sparring development. We will still be following progress from… Continue Reading
Beyond the Southpaw (diary entry)
14.08.19 My regular Wednesday client had a special extended lesson tonight, where we focused more on switch-hitting.… Continue Reading
Transition, Position, Submission (diary entry)
13.08.19 The third hour of my client’s course on Basic Submission Grappling moved us onto submissions from… Continue Reading