Muay Thai/ Thai Boxing/ Thai Kickboxing
WHAT IS MUAY THAI IN A NUTSHELL
Muay Thai is a in a incredible Sport, Fighting style,
and Experience! Thai Boxing or Thai Kickboxing as it’s called by many
Americans is actually called Muay Thai and is the National Sport of
Thailand. Muay Thai was developed in Thailand (formerly known as Siam)
originally as military training for it’s soldiers called “Kabri Krabong”
that used one or two swords, staffs, spears, shields, bows, horseback
riding and other military skills. From a system developed to defend
their country it found it’s way into standard unarmed training for
civilians and the national sport using many of the same movements they
used when carrying weapons. From there it became “Muay Boran” which
took various forms where finally after years of changing and refining
techniques to make them more functional for unarmed fighting and the
ring instead of the battlefield “Muay Boran” the science of nine limbs;
both hands, both elbows, both knees, both feet, and the head butt ,
became “Muay Thai” the science of 8 limbs; Both hands, both elbows, both
knees, and both feet.
What really makes Muay Thai so AMAZING is the
simplicity and straight forward approach to training, which gets people
in great shape, teaches amazing hand-eye coordination, practical self
defense, while developing focus, relieving stress, and helping people
better manage and control it. Muay Thai’s has become one of the single
most well known Martial Arts over the past 2 decades due to it’s
effectiveness in the Ring, Cage, and on the Battlefield for it’s knock
out power, for it’s incredible elbow, knee, and kicking techniques most
forms of boxing and kickboxing leave out. Muay Thai has become HUGE in
Mixed Martial Arts events like the Ultimate Fighting
Championship,
Bellator, Strikeforce, and Pride FC, along with Kickboxing
Organizations, like K-1 who’s top fighters have all trained extensively
in Muay Thai along with being incorporated by our Nations Military at
various levels and by our Special Forces teams especially.
HOW WE TEACH MUAY THAI
Our program at Relentless MMA blends several different styles of Muay Thai to focus on developing Two things
1: A practical and easy to learn defense to attacks, like Elbows, Punches, Knees, Kicks, Tackles, and Grabs
2: How to generate MAXIMUM power on
each technique while still maintaining a strong defense. Which in part
comes down to CARDIO/ENDURANCE. (NO DROPPING YOUR HANDS AND LETTING
LOSE WITH WILD PUNCHES AND HAYMAKERS HERE)
THESE TWO THINGS WILL GET YOU IN INCREDIBLE SHAPE
WHILE HELPING YOU DEVELOP COORDINATION, BODY MECHANICS, FLEXIBILITY, AND
CONDITIONING THAT WILL HELP YOU IN ANY SPORT AND EVERY FACET OF YOUR
PHYSICAL LIFE
We do this by focusing on our Student/Athletes by
teaching, challenging, and encouraging them mentally and physically to
be their best. After our students have learned the fundamentals and
have learned how to protect themselves (ONE OF YOUR TOP FOCUSES) and
learn how to maximize their Movements (Quality over Quantity) we will
add in more advanced moves, counters, setups and strategies to teach
someone how to fight any kind of fighter from the crazy macho drunk guy
at a bar, to the seasoned vet who’s been competing in Muay Thai or MMA
for years. The result is Happy, Confident people who can enjoy a
athletic energetic life free of many of the stresses many experience,
combined with a body that makes them proud.
WHAT AFFECT WILL IT HAVE ON ME/WILL IT GET ME IN SHAPE
Muay Thai will make you feel and look better. Our
workouts are always focused on being fun and
challenging with up beat
instructors that are dedicated to helping you bring out your best and
coaching you to excellence, instead of running you through some boring
erratic “cardio routine”. We challenge everyone to their potential so
that you grow as an individual. We encourage all of our students to
tell their coaches what their goals are mentally and physically so that
we can better challenge them and help them grow. We offer no standard
responses or fixed routine. Every class is tailored to the
practitioners /athletes in it, helping them to work to the next level
with their technique and their body.
Our workouts combine the best exercises for
flexibility, coordination, fat loss, while building muscle and endurance
both aerobically and anaerobically, using traditional Muay Thai
exercises with modern breakthroughs.
WILL I GET A BLACK EYE IF I DO THIS
NO! Safety is our primary concern. Making sure
people are in a safe training environment speeds up the learning
curve. The last thing we want is people stressed out about coming to
class because ‘they’re going to get beaten up to the point where they
are leaving black and blue and are embarrassed to go out in public.
Despite our somewhat “Brutish” name we are focused on safety. You will
hear two chant’s in class regularly. Coach will yell out “Brain Damage”
class yells out “BAD”, coach yells out “Dentist” class yells out
“EXPENSIVE”. We don’t train to knock each other out, we train to be our
best, and to help those around us be their best because then they will
be more inclined to help us become the person we want to be at the end
of the day. We encourage mutual respect between people in our gym
because without them our own personal goals get farther and farther
away. We are ALWAYS “TEAM” focused. Together Everyone Achieves More!
WILL I HAVE TO SPAR
NO ONE AT THE GYM IS FORCED TO SPAR! We do offer and
encourage sparring for people who have reached a certain level of
proficiency with their defense. We focus A LOT more on defense then
other gyms that let people just go swinging on each other. We
understand that in a real fight when you hit someone their going to try
to hit you back even harder so we might as well prepare for that so it
doesn’t catch us by surprise and lead to brain damage which we’ve all
decided is “BAD”. The majority of the sparring for Muay Thai will be
done only with necessary protective equipment, between two people who
understand how to control their power and tempo, and under the
supervision of one of the coaches to further ensure things don’t get out
of hand. Our number one focus is learning and we are Relentless in
that pursuit, hence our name Relentless MMA
WILL I HAVE TO COMPETE
NO, NO ONE HAS TO COMPETE UNLESS THEY WANT TO! All of
the coaches at our gym
have competed in Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,
Wrestling, Submission Wrestling, and MMA and they have enjoyed it but
we know it’s not for everyone. It’s a huge commitment in time to
properly prepare and we understand some people have responsibilities
that don’t make competing in a Thai fight or MMA fight feasible because
they have crazy work schedule, prior injuries, family and life
commitments that don’t afford them the time some people have. We do
however help those people who can’t compete but want the fun, challenge
and growth of training for competition hit their peak for what time they
can invest whether it be by sparring with their competitive teammates
or helping them train by drilling with them, and sometimes just doing
their conditioning and weight loss circuits with them. We believe in
TEAM, Together Everyone Achieves More. I myself have benefited greatly
by my teammates helping me prepare for many fights and competitions, and
have also helped out my teammates by training with them or doing
conditioning with them to help them stay focused and their spirits up.
It’s a GREAT feeling either way, and when people are ready I encourage
it. If you do decide to want to compete tell you coach your goal, and
we’ll begin getting you ready mentally, and physically, and find you a
fight at whatever level your interested whether it be locally,
nationally, internationally, or pro.
WHO ARE THE COACHES
Your coaches will be Coach Dave Carter and Mikey
Custodio who have spent a culmative 30+ years practicing and coaching
Muay Thai to men, women, and children, who’ve used it for exercise,
personal development, self defense, and competition. They’re biggest
influence is Brahm Ajarn Surachai “Chai” Sirisute who founded the Thai
Boxing Association of America in 1968. We also coach the Crazy Monkey
system of Boxing and Muay Thai developed by Rodney King of south Africa
(no relation to the one beaten in LA) along with Savate Thai Cross
training aka STX as developed by Eric Paulson.
Coach carter is also a former World Kickboxing
Association Super Heavyweight Muay Thai champion, with still a few Muay
Thai fights left in him.
If this sounds like what you’re looking for and you’d like to sign up for FREE CLASSES then contact us at
In our Muay Thai class we work being able to
throw punches, kicks, knees and elbows, while at the same time being
able to defend the same. In our Free Style Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and
Submission Wrestling classes we focus on how to perform throws, sweeps,
takedowns, "GET HOME SAFELY." that's
it, we believe once someone tries to stop you from going home to your
family and loved ones then they are a threat. We teach everyone to
first try to "Verbally Deescalate" or talk your way out, after that,
walk away, if those two methods don't work then.... Well then they
shouldn't have tried to stop you from going home. If you use a Muay
Thai kick with a Judo foot sweep to get home then thats fine. If you
just start screaming at a attacker and throw things at them till they
leave you alone that's fine. If you have to poke someone in the eye and
run a mile, climb a fence, and break a car window to set off a alarm to
get home safely then that's fine too. We also understand things some
martial arts or fighting systems don't is that "Situation Dictates Response",
sometimes the situation is you might be carrying groceries so you can't
do a series of punches and kicks, the situation might be, you're 40-60
years old and can't do a head kick, or as some styles suggest kick a
weapon out of someones hand. We try to stick to simple principals,
using our minds, abilities, and environment to give us the highest
chance of success in everything we do. When it comes to self defense we
want our students to be empowered with knowledge and skills that at
some point may save their life if they do find themselves in a horrible
situation but if they don't we want them to feel comfortable, and
confident in a variety of situations, along with the knowledge to know
when trouble is coming.
