Can anyone give me an example ? (MT classes)

[kh_s]

Can anyone demonstrate or tell me, or private message me what an MT class is like. What I mean is like, a decent class, lets say your class. Tell me what you guys do, your routine and stuff. Erm for beginner I mean. And maybe for advance if you do advanced.

So what I am asking is sorta like this:

"My MT class is something like this:

3 rounds of skip rope
crunches
v-ups
pushups
Pad work for this amount of.... etc. etc.
etc.
etc.
etc.
And that is beginner"

[skilzkid]

I just got back from our beginner class, so I'll put it down while it's fresh:

Warm-up:
-Running with Variaions on running (cross legs, skipping, quick switch directions, backwards, etc)
-Lunges/Squats
-More running, drop for 1 pushup/situp when instrutor claps focus mits, then 2 pushups situps, then 3, 4, etc up to 10.
-5 minutes skip rope
-Stretch
-2 rounds shadowboxing (2 minutes hands only, 2 minutes legs only, 2 minutes everything)
-Exhaustion Drill - 10 Hooks, followed by 1 right kick, 2 right kicks, 3 right kicks up to 10, followed by same thing with left kicks
-Technique - Parry jab/cross, cover and ride 2 hooks, counter with cross-hook-cross, right teep, right kick
-Endurance round - Jab-Cross-Double right kick-double left kick

This class rated about a 7 out of 10 on a hard beginner class scale at our school (hard classes replace the technique round with more exhaustion, plus 10 pushups for being flat footed or dropping your hands.

[kh_s]

okay

the kicks that you said, what type of kicks exactly do you mean by "right kick" ? i`m kinda curious, sry if I ask too many questions

[skilzkid]

The general right kick/left kick refers to the thai version of what most other arts call a turning kick or roundhouse kick...it is hit with the lower shin instead of the instep and there is no "flicking" of the lower leg.

[PentjackSilat]

My class is 2 hours long.

The first hour is technique. This is the portion where you learn the technical aspects of Muay Thai. We Len Chiun (Partner Drills)
for this portion of the class.

Usually I pick one thing and expand on it, and show you different ways to use it in different situations.

Yesterdays class was based on countering the Foot Jab (other arts might call a Foot Jab a Front Snap Kick...but there are major differences between a Front Snap Kick and a Thai Foot Jab, but you've got the idea).

For the first hour I showed 3 different ways to counter the Foot Jab (the class before I had showed 5 different ways to could use the Foot Jab).

Person A would Foot Jab Person B
Person B would elbow the inside of Person A's shin bone with their lead elbow, causing Person A to miss and a little bit of pain.
Person B would then !IMMEDIATELY! hit Person A with a Right Cross followed with a Right Kick to the thigh that just landed.

This goes on for anywhere from 2-10 minutes, and then it's time for the other side to practice.

Next I showed 2 other counters.

The second hour of class is Conditioning/Sparring.

Yesterday we warned up with 100 right kicks and 100 left kicks.
I am a firm believer that "Repetition is the Mother of Skill."

One time I was weighing in for one of my fights, and there was a poster on the wall. It said:

"I do not fear the man who knows 10,000 things.
I fear the man who knows 1 thing...
And has practiced that 1 thing 10,000 times."

That is the main theory I try to teach my students.

After the warmup, I put on the Thai Pads and got in the ring with each student one-by-one. All they were to do was to kick the pads. Any side they wished to kick. However, they had to defend against the Foot Jabs I was going to throw at them full power. In other words, they now needed to apply what they were taught.

Theory/Application

That is how I teach my classes. You need to know in your head what your doing and why your doing it...and then you need to do it.

Hope this helps.