intermediate muaythai
take it to the next level ...
Intermediate muaythai is a the place for those who have developed a foundation in Basic Muaythai and want to progress a bit further. Not everybody in this class will actually fight but everyone is trained to do so.
Focus on defence
After warm up and shadow, various defence drills form the first half of the class. Most of the drills are random attacks so you won’t know what’s coming. They are done fast but light power so you will develop reactions without risking injury. If you are consistent you will learn to read and react. The goal is eventually no matter whether the person in front of you trains MuayThai, kickboxing, boxing, Taekwondo e.t.c you will be confident to read their attacks and then dodge/block /catch and counter attack.
Attack skills
Next we practice attack skills on bags and pads. There is a lot of technique to learn and we make sure that you know all of the ways of putting punches, kicks ,knees and elbows together in combinations. You will also learn advanced boxing techniques , and develop good single strikes so that you can KO with one shot with your hand or leg. This comes through consistently smashing the bags and pads until your body becomes a weapon.
clinching
Clinching is a fundamental part of MuayThai, it is a form of stand up grappling which involves controlling your opponent for knee strikes and defending against their knees. It also involves subtle sweeps and take downs which score high in MuayThai and are very useful in MMA. The Thai clinch is an art in itself and many fights are won or lost in the clinch. At MMA dojo we have broken the basic clinch training into stages to make it easier to learn.
beyond style mixed martial art
At the most advanced level we don’t limit ourselves to MuayThai. We regard ourselves as mixed martial artists and if a technique is useful then we will adopt it and add it into our arsenal. We care about what works not about what is tradition. We evolve.
progression
Those who pass the intermediate training can join the fight team. This will require developing good striking attack and defence and good clinching ability.
