Training martial arts remotely can feel challenging when it comes to mastering complex techniques like the Thai rear leg round kick and the switch kick. In my sixth remote online martial arts training session with my teacher client in Ireland’s Drum Martial Arts and Fitness, we focused on refining these two powerful kicks and combining them smoothly. This post shares insights from that session, practical tips, and how you can improve these kicks in your own remote training.

Kickboxing and Muay Thai are dynamic martial arts that rely heavily on precise striking techniques. One of the most effective strikes in these disciplines is the low round kick. In my recent remote online martial arts personal training session with a client from Drum Martial Arts and Fitness in Galway, we focused on breaking down this technique to its essentials. This post shares insights from that lesson, explaining how to master the low round kick and how remote training ca

Saturday morning’s two-hour remote martial arts teacher training saw Hinnerup Karate in Denmark return. Having covered boxing over their past two two-hour lessons online, they decided to switch to kickboxing. This is all part of me helping train their instructors and senior students to better teach a kickboxing program that will be integrated into their practical karate syllabus. We discussed that the best way to teach this was to train the basics of boxing and then integrate

Training footwork is one of the most challenging aspects of martial arts, especially when teaching remotely. Footwork requires precise movement, timing, and spatial awareness, which can be difficult to convey through a screen. Recently, I worked with the head instructor of Drum Martial Arts and Fitness in Galway, Ireland, focusing on improving his footwork using boxing as a model. Boxing offers some of the most refined footwork techniques among combat sports, and the L-step i