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Return of the Dice: More Randomised Rounds in Thai Boxing Personal Training

19.11.2025

Two men practising Muay Thai clash with one shin-checking the other's kick against a background of a giant 20-sided dice in space. Text reads "RETURN OF THE DICE: MORE RANDOMISED ROUNDS IN THAI BOXING PERSONAL TRAINING".
We continued our randomised Muay Thai specific sparring with a 20-sided dice

My client returned back to the dice method in his Thai Boxing Personal Training lesson. Being a long-term client of mine, he trains for 1.5 hours each time and we have the opportunity to delve into deeper challenges.


These dice roll lessons involve using an electronic die or dice rolling app. Each number that can be rolled corresponds with an objective the individual needs to achieve during their round of sparring. Each 3-minute round is full Thai rules, but only the designated technique or conditions connected to the rolled number can score. The first session was a single die with just six different randomised objectives. The next time we used two and so on. For this lesson, we had a 20-sided electronic dice. This means the objectives can be even more specific, taking advantage of the many tools a nak muay's disposal.


These were the 20 objectives I wrote with the lesson with their corresponding number:


  1. Jabs

  2. Crosses

  3. Hooks

  4. Uppercuts

  5. Horizontal and slashing elbows

  6. All point of elbow strikes (downward, backward, spear etc.)

  7. Straight knees

  8. Curve knees

  9. Horizontal knees

  10. Teeps

  11. Round kicks to the body and head

  12. Round kicks to the legs

  13. Legal takedowns

  14. Counters

  15. Techniques in the clinch

  16. Spinning techniques

  17. Leg catches

  18. Jumping techniques

  19. Only combinations

  20. Techniques after an opponent is cornered


We trained them over 12 x 3-minute rounds.


The lesson finished with a return to some Nordic curl training to help safeguard against hamstring injuries:


3 x 10 reps bent hip Nordic hamstring curl

3 x 10 reps negative Nordic curls

2 x 10 reps partial Nordic curls

2 x 10 reps pulsing Nordic curls


Our target is to achieve the full Nordic curl.


We then warmed down with our usual set of dynamic, PNF and static stretching.



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