Training Drills on Pads (Part 1) Basic Thai Pad Training. In our class we always warm up with basic attacks on the Thai pads. We start off with shin kicks, knees, and then push kicks. • Good practice of human body mechanics. • Learning synchronized breathing. • Good development of power. • Good development of form. • Pad holder learns how to defend against attacks. 1. Left shin kick x5 2. Right shin kick x5 3. Left knees x5 4. Right knees x5 5. Left push kick x5 6. Right push kick x5

Training Drills on Pads (part 2) Advanced Thai Pad Training. After the basic drills on the Thai pads, we can also advance onto more advanced Thai pad training.  These drills can range from combos, reaction training, and a drill that is the library of Thai moves called Thai numbers.  Thai numbers utilizes all the basic attacks of Muay Thai into one solid drill.   · A source of Cardio work outs. · Good for developing speed and technique. · Good practice for conditioning the human body. · Good development of human body reaction time.   1.      Thai pad combos. 2.      Reaction. 3.      Thai numbers. 4.      Ladders.

Training Drills on Combos   Combo Drills   These drills are designed to take the Thai pads out of the training equation.  If one trains to much with Thai pads, one will start to develop the habit of kicking a pad rather than an opponent. Combo training is an exchange of combos that two partners will execute when the other partner has finished.  Each practitioner should be wearing sparring gear.  Sparring gear includes: Ø    Groin protector. Ø    Mouth piece. Ø    Gloves. Ø    Shin guards. Ø    Hand wraps (optional). Ø    Ankle brace (optional).    Teaches how to be calm during a fight. Conditions the body. Teaches how to guard against attacks. Trains the student in attacking another human target.   Combo drills. Exchange. Body Conditioning. Counters. Revenge.

Training Drills on Clenching Thai Clenching. The Thai clench is one of the most popular traits of Muay Thai.  These drills are designed to teach the student how to handle them selves during a clenching situation.  The Clench position will emphasize on the use of elbows, knees, and trips. · Good source of cardio. · Learn how to get into a clench position. · Learn how to be calm in a clench position. · Learning  the mechanics of the human body. Executing the clench position. Positioning opponent in a clench position. Attacking in clench position. Guarding in clench position. Escaping clench position.

Training Drills on Sparring Sparring After all the other drills are done properly and the students seem comfortable with what was taught so far, the sparring drill is the next step. Sparring is used to collaborate what has been learned in the previous drills and apply it during a real confrontation. Sparring gear includes: Ø      Groin protector. Ø      Mouth piece. Ø      Gloves. Ø      Shin guards. Ø      Hand wraps (optional). Ø      Ankle brace (optional). · Body conditioning. · Great source of cardio. · Helps trains the body to be calm during a fight. 1:1 two minute rounds.  Note: After each round rotate opponents to avoid getting used to a certain opponents technique.

Training Circuit   When there are enough students (about 8 bodies or so) a training circuit can be formed.  A training circuit includes different posts.  One set of students will start off with holding the training gear while the other set of students’ works on their drills.  When all students have completed their rounds by going to all stations and completing all drills, the gear holding students swap out so they can work on their set of drills.   Training Circuit Stations: Ø      Head kick station (Thai pads) Ø      Reactionary station (Thai pads) Ø      Elbows station (Thai pads) Ø      Hand numbers (Thai pads or focus mitts) Ø      Kicking numbers (Thai pads) Ø      Thai Clinch work (body or belly pad/protector or Thai pads) Ø      Combination numbers (Thai pads)

Meditation Meditation done in lotus posture.   Meditation is an important fundamental in any martial art or even in life.  There are many methods of meditation and it is something that is not easily taught from a web site.  It is highly advised to consult a teacher that is experienced in the area of meditation in order to get its full benefits.  There are documentation downloads that has various styles of meditation but remember there is no one ultimate style. · Quite the mind. · Connect to the human body.