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Constraints Led Muay Thai Sparring: Different Questions in Different Rounds
Sparring should solve problems, not rehearse bad habits at higher speed. This session with my veteran client used a constraints-led approach. The lesson ran across 12 rounds. Each pair of rounds had a specific rule. Each rule forced a different answer:close-range control, distance management, disguised entries, ring position, clinch entry, and limited-weapon tactics.

Jamie Clubb
Oct 68 min read


Sixth Lesson MMA Lab Jab to Scramble Resets Through Constraints Led Games
Advanced training should sharpen decisions, not just add more techniques.
The sixth lesson in this block kept that principle at the centre. We worked through 12 rounds of constraints-led games, each one built around a common fight problem. The rules were tight. The feedback was immediate. Students had to solve the problem under pressure, then swap roles and learn the other side.

Jamie Clubb
Oct 29 min read


Muay Thai Personal Training: Building Combinations That Adapt Under Pressure
Muay Thai Personal Training
Combinations fail when they are memorised too neatly. Real opponents do not feed perfect targets. They move, cover, counter, and change the range.
This lesson continued my veteran client’s Muay Thai work in our private one-to-one classes. He has trained with me since 2014, so the aim was not to run him through basic combinations. He already knows how to jab, cross, hook, kick, knee, elbow, cover, and move. The aim was to make his combinations ad

Jamie Clubb
Sep 249 min read


Mid Range Guard Passing Games for Submission Grappling
Tonight my couple clients returned for the first lesson in a new 10-hour course on submission grappling. They have trained with me since 2019 across a wide range of disciplines. The current focus is guard work, split into three ranges.
Tonight we worked on mid-range guard passing.

Jamie Clubb
Sep 218 min read


Questions On The Ecological Dynamics Approach To Teaching
My client teacher from Hostlebro Taekwondo Klub in Denmark continued his remote training with me. We are covering the application of ecological dynamics to his classes, which is being covered in a project set for one of his black belt grades. Last lesson, after a discussion on how to introduce the approach and various ideas for topics to approach, I asked my client to come back with a series of problems for me to answer.

Jamie Clubb
Oct 15, 20253 min read
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