The Thai Rhythm Drill muay thai /mūaj.tʰāj/ noun 1. a combat sport of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. The Thai Rhythm Drill is great drill that teaches you how to combine the punches and kicks, and develops good hip dynamics. Using your hips correctly is essential if you want to...

The Stepping Jab Drill jab /dʒab/ verb 1. a quick, sharp blow, especially with the fist. The Jab is arguable the most important punch in striking sports. In this video, you’ll learn how to use the jab to control distance or create angles. Controlling the distance and creating angles are essential skills for every martial...

Kick This Summer Off With A Bang   Whether you want to lose weight, build muscle, learn self defence or just get out of the house and do something good for yourself, our Kickstart Programme will help! We’ve put together an 8 Week Adult Programme to encourage people like you to get into martial arts...

High Intensity Training or Slow, Steady State Cardio: Kickboxing The growth of CrossFit as a form of exercise in popular culture reflects a new fitness craze: high intensity interval training, or HIIT. If you’ve hit the gym in recent months you might recognise the acronym: right now, it’s the biggest fad in fitness. There’s no...

Kickboxing for Fun and Fitness: Cardio that isn’t miserable. One of the reasons that so many people fall off the fitness wagon is because motivation, for most people, is not a renewable resource. In general, motivation spikes when someone starts a workout regimen, and then slowly tapers off as the workout becomes stale. This is...

Losing Like A Champion: The Art Of Turning Defeat Into Victory Recently, I was fortunate enough to spend five weeks living, training, and competing in California. During those weeks I learned about success and failure. I went from wining a World Championship without having a single point scored against me to losing my first fight...

Elite KTX Curriculum | Jump Kicks & Head Movement | November 2014 Week 1 – Jump Front Kick and Slips Warm Up and review of Essential Curriculum (15 min) Jump kick (5min) – Jump Front Kick Set Ups (5 min) – Rear Round Kick – Lead Jump Front Kick (see it in action: Lyoto Machida...

Introduction to Sparring Seminar | 9th August 2014 Sparring is one of the most enjoyable aspects of martial arts training. However, many people do not understand how to spar effectively and safely. They wrongly think sparring is the same as fighting. This could not be further from truth. We define sparring as the “technical application...

Mastering Muay Thai Seminar | Part One On Saturday 28th June 2014 Masters Academy Plymouth will be holding a Muay Thai Kickboxing seminar. The seminar will be taught by SWFC Champion Louis Aitken, who has just returned from a seven month trip to Thailand. This seminar will introduce the basic concepts of Muay Thai Kickboxing...

Front Kick Catches and Follow Ups Part of this month’s Elite Muay Thai curriculum is kick catches and follow ups. The classes will cover catches against the Front Kick, Round Kick, and Side Kicks. Here is a video showing 6 Front Kick catches and follow ups, some of which will be covered in our Elite...