Category Archives: Muay Thai

Practicing Mixed Martial Arts: How It Boosts Your Confidence

Muay Thai
Practicing mixed martial arts (MMA) pushes your body to its limits, getting you physically fit while teaching you to defend yourself if ever necessary. It's a complete mind and body workout whose wide range of advantages can be enjoyed by adults and children, men and women alike. Though primarily associated with fitness and self-defence, MMA can also boost your confidence and help you overcome life's challenges. 4 Ways in Which Mixed Martial Arts Builds Confidence Boosting confidence is Read more [...]

5 Strength & Conditioning Tips for Better Boxing

Boxing, Muay Thai
If you’ve ever watched boxers fight, you know how fast and explosive their movements are. They punch with incredible force and evade punches, often over several rounds. That's why their training combines endurance and resistance exercises, to ensure they have the strength and conditioning they need to win. Whether you’re taking boxing classes to become a professional boxer or just get in shape, the fitness fundamentals remain the same. To improve strength, you should lift weights; for Read more [...]

Here’s Why 2020 Is the Year You Need to Start Muay Thai

Muay Thai
It’s more than a thousand years old and is practiced all over the world by people of all ages. Muay Thai, a.k.a. Thai boxing, is a combat sport that originates in Thailand. Asian Geographic refers to it as ‘The Art of Eight Limbs’. Image Source - https://bit.ly/2u9V2Kl Known for its efficiency paired with raw simplicity, it’s a strike-based sport that uses punches, elbows, kicks and knees with various clinching techniques. You may feel overwhelmed when you think about how intense Read more [...]

6 Tips for Muay Thai Beginners

Muay Thai
Muay Thai is rapidly turning into one of the world’s most popular martial arts. It was originally an obscure type of kickboxing from Thailand. (There, it is their national form of combat.) It has many life-changing benefits and has become a cultural phenomenon in the West. This blog post aims to give those starting out some basic information before their first class in order to fire them up. Read further to find out what you need to know. A Quick Guide to Muay Thai for Beginners Choose Read more [...]

Different Types of Muay Thai Kicks You Need to Know

Muay Thai
Muay Thai involves the use of your shins, elbows, and knees as weapons. Powerful kicks play a major role in your performance as good kickers are at an advantage. In today’s post, we’ll take a look at some of the types of kicks that you need to know as a Muay Thai fighter. Push Kick Also known as Teep Kick, this type of kick is basically a long range straight foot-thrust. A push kick is a powerful weapon to target the opponent’s solar plexus, hips, abs, and even the face. It helps to set Read more [...]