Starting sparring can feel overwhelming, especially for someone who has trained for over a year but never stepped into a sparring session. On Sunday, I began a focused, four-day intensive course with a new client visiting from New York City. This course, running from December 21st to 24th, consists of four private, two-hour lessons designed to introduce sparring through engaging, game-based drills. The goal for this Muay Thai Personal Training course was to build confidence

This afternoon's class focused on isolating footwork training, specifically the shift step.

03.09.2025 My 1.5 hour client focused on using and handling the long-guard in Muay Thai and we also did some hamstring strength training. Next week I am booked to teach a special two-hour session to my friends from Hinnerup Karate in Denmark who are visiting my gym as part of their training tour. I have been asked to address the long-guard and therefore, saw this to be a perfect time to work with my longest running client and solve the problem. We sparred for 10 x 10-min

Hour seven of my client’s Mixed Martial Arts course is the second hour back since his full recovery from a motorcycle accident. Having restricted grappling last week to Greco-Roman holds, this week we were able to extend it to grappling holds above and below the waist. Therefore, our sparring focused on developing a hybrid sport of Boxing and Freestyle Wrestling.

My new client came to the end of his 10-hour course. We went through the material with a series of sparring rounds designed to confirm what