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THAIBOXING

Muay Thai, translated into English as Thai Boxing, is the national sport of Thailand and is a martial art with origins in the ancient battlefield tactics of the Siamese (or Thai) army.


                                   
          Push up's to develope punching power                                    Sit up's for strong abdominal muscles


The early Muay Thai bouts pitted different companies within the Siamese army against each other with few rules and no weight divisions or time limits.  They became quite popular and eventually were shown in stadia across the country. 
In the early 20th century, time limits, boxing gloves as well as a uniform set of rules were introduced. 
During the latter half of the 20th century Muay Thai was exported to many countries and is now practiced by hundreds of
thousands of people all over the world. 
Muay Thai is known as "King of the Ring" in kickboxing circles.  These fights feature punches, kicks, elbows, knees, standing grappling and head-butts to wear down and knock out their opponent. 

                                          


Thai training methods develop devastating power, speed and
superb cardio-vascular endurance as well as fighting spirit. 
Muay Thai  training as also quite safe thanks to sophisticated
pad training that evolved to keep fighters healthy between fights.
 
Muay Thai has also proven very effective outside the ring and has been embraced enthusiastically by practitioners of a variety
of self-defense, sporting, military and law enforcement activities.




Training your cardio-vascular endurance with the heavy bag


The thai are very small and light in comparrisment to the Europeans and faster too. To compensate the dutch altered the style to fit their body type and to use more force to compensate the lack of speed.
This resulted in a unique and devestating style that made many fighters World Champions.

Great champions like Peter Aerts, Ernesto Hoost, Remy Bonjasky, Sem Schilt  and many, many more. Even today the
Heavyweight divisions are mostly dominated by the dutch. But also in the light and middleweight divisions you can see
more dutch names  than ever before.  Ramon Dekkers, Rob Kaman, Jouri Mes, Perry Ubeda, the list goes on and on.....


                        
         Listen carefully during technique training...                                          ...and try to stay focused.  



                                                                                           
                                                                   The most important part: sparring!