Understanding the Complexity of the Clinch A knee from the clinch seems simple, right? But it becomes a different story when someone is trying to stand tall, jam the hip, fight the grip, and turn out all at once. That was the theme of tonight’s private lesson. My Muay Thai client put in a tremendous effort. They could knee a pad and replicate the shape. However, the real question was whether they could find the knee when the other person was solving the opposite problem. This

Tonight's lesson's focus was on adapting. This particular client has been consistently training with me since 2014. His lessons are 1.5 hours in length. We decided to train within different ranges with specific weapons together rather than pitting these against one another. Next lesson will take the latter approach. The order of the rounds was structured so that we regularly switched from different ranges rather than following a more linear path of adding on extra weapons. Fo

Tonight my client of over 11 years went back to some more constraints-led sparring to enhance his Muay Thai. Our previous lessons have mainly been holistic in nature with the emphasis being more on strategies and tactics. Now it was time to see how he had improved in when isolating the various ranges and weapons in Muay Thai.

Two men spar in Muay Thai boxing gear over giant dice. Text: "ROLE THE DICE," "MUAY THAI PERSONAL TRAINING," "READ THE BLOG."