Coach/Kru Dave
Coach/Kru Gina
San Diego Muay Thai Kickboxing Gym: Pacific Beach, Clairemont, La Jolla
About Muay Thai:
Muay Thai aka Thai Boxing aka Thai Kickboxing is known as "The Science of Eight Limbs" as the hands, shins, elbows, and knees are all used extensively in this cardio intensive hard martial art.
When utilized properly, the Muay Thai philosophy goes, "A 100 pound woman can knock out a 200 pound man with proper Muay Thai technique"! Our modern Muay Thai at American Boxing is this strong!
Your Muay Thai Teachers:
Kru Gina Reyes from The Muay Thai Reality Show "FIGHT GIRLS" teaches Kickboxing and Beginner Muay Thai Classes. Gina also has a team of female Muay Thai fighters. Her team, "The HIVE" meets twice a week in the pursuit of competition goals.
4X Muay Thai Kickboxing Champion and Current IKF Muay Thai World Champion Coach Dave Nielsen is your other teacher. Coach or Kru Dave, teachers kickboxing and works with beginner, intermediate and advanced Muay Thai students daily. Coach Dave's Team, "Team Relentless" is highly active in the Pro-AM Muay Thai scene.
We think we have San Diego Muay Thai training pretty well covered for the ladies and fellas!
Note: Muay Thai is often misspelled: muy thai, mooe tai and mai thai.
Beginner-Intermediate Muay Thai Training can include:
- A FREE Initial Lesson
- Warmup and Cardio Conditioning
- Calisthenics
- Thai Jump Rope
- Abdominal and Core Work (ie: Thai Situps)
- Shadow Boxing (Muay Thai combinations we use and techniques passed down by our World Champion teachers)
- Thai Banana Bag Training
- Leg Kick Shield Drills
- Pear Bag Clinch and Knee Training
- Focus mitts
- Thai Pads
- Partner Drills
- Drill Sparring
Thai Kickboxing techniques learned:
- Stomp Jab
- Straight Right and Overhand Right
- Long Left and Right Hooks
- Short Left and Right Hooks
- Left and Right Uppercuts
- Upward Elbows
- Cross Elbows
- Circular Elbows
- Downward Elbows
- Basic Clinch Work
- Cut Kick (leg, rib and head)
- Chop kick (leg, rib and head)
- Front and Rear Push-kicks (Teep)
- Muay Thai Wall Defense
- Check and Cross-Check
- Parry and Catch Techniques
- Long Knees
- Swing Knees and MUCH more!
Learning the defense to each strike will be part of this curriculum as well. As fitness, endurance and technique improve, more techniques, drills and conditioning are added and you advance from Thai Kickboxing training to full Muay Thai!
Intermediate-Advanced: Muay Thai
- Advanced Muay Thai Clinch
- Throws and Sweeps
- Spinning Elbows
- Advanced combinations
- Elbow Defensive
- Counter Striking
- Light Free Sparring and more.
Thai Pads, Focus mitts and kick shields are heavily used in each Muay Thai training session to push your aerobic and anaerobic threshold and to hone technique. Thai Boxing ring strategies and ring tactics used by your Muay Thai Champion trainers taught to them by their Muay Thai Champion trainers will be passed on to you here when you are ready.
Note: It should be each students desire to advance in their Thai Boxing. At American Boxing we use a colored pra jaed (Muay Thai Ceremonial arm bands) as a measure of promotion in skill and rank. Our particular style of Muay Thai is called Sen Muay Thai and a rank will be given to each student based on a curriculum established by Kru Dave Nielsen. His witness of your skills and at certain levels, testing will determine your pra jaed level. There are no additional fees for ranking or testing.
It is important to understand that in each phase, the student will be given opportunity to work with those below and above their skill, to teach and be taught. At a point, the student will receive a certification from Kru Dave Nielsen and Kru Gina signifying a competency in Muay Thai Kickboxing that will be recognized throughout the World!
Muay Thai Instructors and Asst. Instructors
Thomas Wall