Here are 8 simple and effective muay thai drills for beginners that can be trained solo, on the heavy bag or without any equipment. These muay thai drills for beginners are also used and trained by professional fighters in their day to day training. These muay thai drills are especially selected for beginners to put…
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The Importance of Muay Thai Bag Work
Muay thai bag work is one of the most essential elements of training to improve your technique, accuracy, timing, power and endurance. All with just a heavy bag, you are able to improve in so many areas of muay thai with focused solo training using only a heavy bag. There is a reason nak muay…
Learn Boxing at Home – 9 Easy Steps to get Started
Boxing is one of the most suitable martial arts or fighting systems to learn from home due to the progress that can be made with solo training – if you have credible and clear instruction. In comparison to grappling based martial arts such as BJJ and Judo where partner work is absolutely crucial to each…
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…
What Are the Benefits of Training Martial Arts?
Guest post by Kaden Smith from Smart MMA We train martial arts for various reasons. Some people go into it for the thrill; some for the amazing skills they’ve seen on their televisions. For some it’s all about discipline and cultivating a philosophy capable of seeing them through the difficult challenges of life. And then,…
The Push Kick in Muay Thai & Martial Arts
The push kick or ‘teep’ as it is known in Thai is a simple, effective and important technique in muay thai. If you have seen the movie 300 you have seen this kick in it’s full glory. King Leonidas uses this kick to literally kill the Persian Emissary. Of all the techniques available to Leonidas…
Dominate the Muay Thai Clinch
The muay thai clinch is probably the most distinct and unique aspect of the ‘Art of 8 limbs’. In fact there probably no other striking dominant combat sport that places so much emphasis on the clinch. “Sister” arts to muay thai such as Lethwei and Khun Khmer from Myanmar and Cambodia respectively also actively use…
Muay Thai Heavy Bag Training Tips
Here are 6 essential muay thai heavy bag training tips that will be sure to take your heavy bag training to the next level. 1. Warm Up Thoroughly A proper warm up will boost your strength, focus, and flexibility before you start working the heavy bag. On my YouTube channel I put up a video…
Learn MMA Online – 4 Foundations of MMA to Learn Online
Here at Fiji Muay Thai the focus is on learning martial arts, especially muay thai and striking online and how to train at home. So then what are the best available resources to learn MMA online? How can you go about learning MMA online at training at home solo or with your training partners? These…
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…