27.08.14
The tenth and final lesson in CCMA’s foundation course in Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training brought everything further back to the self-defence line. Techniques learnt for a stand-up, primarily striking sport were put into their most challenging predicaments. We took the whole matter into grappling range and also onto the ground within the context of self-defence.
The lesson began with a warm-up on the Thai focus mitts, confirming all the areas covered in previous lessons relating to the sport of Muay Thai – footwork, punching, elbows, knees, kicks and clinching. The gloves then came off and we looked at pre-emptive striking, adapting the various tools and tactics to suit the situation. The dynamic changed from to-and-fro fighting to uninterrupted forward pressure off a natural interview stance. Then we revised anti-grappling and covering.
We then moved more onto the clinch range utilizing takedowns taken from the Thai clinch as well as strangles, biting, headbutting, gouging and small joint manipulation. This was then taken to the ground where multiple attack situations were covered, including using the knee pin. Dropping knees and elbows from symmetrical ground fighting positions were adapted from stand-up knee and elbow strikes. We then moved onto a pressure test, pitting adapted Thai Boxing methods against a grappler from the clinch position. The lesson finished with work on the heavy bag and a debrief on the course.
My client has chosen a grappling programme to continue his cross-training experience.
Muay Thai as Self-Defence
Photograph from "Mordred's Victory and Other Martial Mutterings", my new book to be released on 20th September, by Charlotte Von Bulow-Quirk.
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