9 Powerful Benefits of Kickboxing for Females

9 Powerful Benefits of Kickboxing for Females

Kickboxing for females has become more and more popular in the mainstream with fitness cardio kickboxing programs as well as female professional fighting In this post we list 9 powerful benefits of training kickboxing for females that will provide a strong case for any women to try kickboxing to get in shape or to consider…

6 Fundamental Muay Thai Punches

6 Fundamental Muay Thai Punches

As muay thai is also called the Art of 8 Limbs, punches are a major part of muay thai together with knees, elbows and kicks. Muay thai punches are used to damage opponents, score knockouts and knockdowns, counter opponents techniques and to set up your own techniques. All of the punches found in Western boxing…

How to Implement Weight Training for Martial Arts

How to Implement Weight Training for Martial Arts

Traditionally martial artists have committed very little time to weight training. Martial artists including trainers, fighters and black belts across different martial arts have viewed weight training as producing heavier, slower and less agile bodies. Thus weight training has long been seen as being unsuitable for martial arts. This post is here to dispel that…

Solo Muay Thai Heavy Bag Drills to Boost Your Striking

Solo Muay Thai Heavy Bag Drills to Boost Your Striking

Training solo at home, the heavy bag is probably your most important piece of equipment and having a number of “go to” muay thai heavy bag drills to train is very important. This post will look at 4 different types of muay thai heavy bag drills to develop different aspects of your muay thai and…

Meditation for Martial Arts

Meditation for Martial Arts

Meditation for martial arts has long been considered absolutely crucial in order to develop a true warrior or martial artisit. In this post we will look at meditation for martial arts in history, modern day martial artists and meditation and also discuss the benefits or meditation for martial arts and how to start meditation practice.…

Muay Thai Strength Training to Build Athletic Performance

Muay Thai Strength Training to Build Athletic Performance

Muay thai strength training is one area in which Western and non-Thai experts can be seen as having an advantage over traditional Thai boxing trainers and gyms. Sports science from the West as well as Eastern European experts have made major advances in knowledge of how to increase the strength and conditioning of athletes. Furthermore,…