Muay Thai

Muay Thai is an excellent way to build strength and muscle. You’ll get fit, stronger, faster. As your cardio gets better you will increase your energy as well boost your coordination and balance. Stretching and muscle building improves range of motion. Starting slow and increasing your range of motion as you kick will  improve with  each class. Consistency in class will improve oxygen flow known to reduce cortisol levels, or the stress hormone in the body. Sleep will improve as well. Surround yourself with people who will assist you in taking your training up a notch, improving your life without the “tough guy atmosphere”. You don’t have to keep up with the younger guy standing next to you, just work on improving yourself. 

Muay Thai in Thailand, is known as “King of the Ring” in kickboxing circles. These fights feature punches, kicks, elbows, knees, standing grappling and head-butts to wear down and knock out their opponent. Thai training methods develop devastating power, speed and superb cardio-vascular endurance as well as fighting spirit. Muay Thai training is also quite safe thanks to pad training that evolved to keep fighters healthy between fights. A banana tree was once used by Thai boxers to condition and desensitize the striking surfaces of the shin, instep, knee and elbow. Despite the power of the kicks, the elbow accounts for a high number of knockouts in bouts.

There are no forms in Muay Thai nor is there any pulling of techniques before impact. Using pads and focus mitts and no-nonsense training methods, kicks, punches, knees and elbows are practiced full power and without holding back. Thai Boxing has also proven very effective outside the ring and has been embraced by practitioners of a variety of self-defense systems, military, and law enforcement personnel.

We are the only school in town that has certified trainers, with the Thai Boxing Association, with over 40 years in mixed martial arts with Kru LaVonne and Kru Ted.

Training in Thai Boxing includes the following elements:

• Physical Conditioning
• Shadow Boxing
• Heavy Bag Practice
• Thai Pad and Focus Mitt Training
• Sparring