Day 2 Sport 2: Muay Thai



 Muay Thai

The second sport that i have selected for this blog will be Muay Thai, this is also known as Thai boxing and is a stand-up striking combat sport from Thailand that utilizes various sweeps and clinching techniques.

I attend classes twice a week, this allows me to practice and hone my skills whilst being watched by trained coaches. On other days where i do not attend, i either practice on a punch bag in my garage or take my pads and gloves to the gym and practice a variety of different combinations.


Today's Session 

Today was a full day of training, starting with a class at Griphouse Glasgow. 





The session started off with some warm-up exercises: push-ups, lunges, burpees, and all different types of dynamic stretches that got every part of our bodies warmed up and ready for the workout with minimal chance of injury. We then paired up for some partner drills after the warm-up. One wore gloves and the other a pair of pads. We practiced various movements and combinations; today's class was about basic boxing movements like jabs, crosses, and hooks, then kicks to our partner's bodies. These were done for roughly 20 minutes each before switching out with partners to do the same. This manner took up the rest of our morning class.


Afternoon Practice

I returned home and went to my garage, where I have a hanging punch bag and a spare pair of gloves. The objective now was to perfect the morning techniques. Once satisfied - or at least feeling ready - with those skills, I proceeded to refine selected movements in need of more practice: in todays case several elbow strikes and knee techniques.



Evening Light Session



I wrapped up the day at the gym with my training partner. We'd had a tough session of training that morning, so we chose to take it somewhat easy. This means hitting pads very lightly and focusing more on perfecting technique over the power of a strike. At the end of our training, we lightly spar to see how our moves work against an opponent and how to effectively counter those.





That concludes Day 2 and Sport 2 of the Sideline Scoop!






















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