Showing posts with label combat conditioning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label combat conditioning. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 December 2010

Community Fitness Program 2011

Get in shape in the new year.

We are in the process of launching the Community Fitness Program (CFP-2011) in feb 2011 right after the CNY holidays.

Loads of fun filled activities in small group with qualified trainers.

Kick boxing
Weights Training
Pilates & Core training
Sports enhancement programs.

Email berdytan@singnet.com.sg to sign up today.

Programs will be made available island-wide at the following locations:

Ang Mo Kio
5 Bishan Street 14
Singapore 579783

Bedok
5 Bedok North Street 2
Singapore 469645

Bt Batok
810 Bukit Gombak West Ave 5
Singapore 659081

Choa Chu Kang
1 Choa Chu Kang Street 53
Singapore 689236

Clementi
518 Clementi Ave 3
Singapore 129907

Delta
900 Tiong Bahru Road
Singapore 158790

Hougang
93 Hougang Avenue 4
Singapore 538832

Jurong East
21 Jurong East Street 31
Singapore 609517

Jurong West
20 Jurong West Street 93
Singapore 648965

Tampines
495 Tampines Ave 5
Singapore 529649

Woodlands
495 Woodlands Centre
No 1 Woodlands Street 13
Singapore 738597

Yio Chu Kang
200 Ang Mo Kio Ave 9
Singapore 569770

Yishun
101 Yishun Avenue 1
Singapore 769130

Thursday, 1 January 2009

Physical conditioning for Muay Thai.

Like most competitive full contact fighting sports, Muay Thai has a heavy focus on body conditioning. Muay Thai is specifically designed to promote the level of fitness and toughness required for ring competition.Training regimens include many staples of combat sport conditioning such as running, shadowboxing, rope jumping, resistance training, medicine ball exercises and agility training.Training that is specific to a Muay Thai fighter includes training with coaches on Thai pads, focus mitts, heavy bag, and sparring.

The daily training includes many rounds (3-5 minute periods broken up by a short rest, often 1-2 minutes) of these various methods of practice.Thai pad training is a cornerstone of Muay Thai conditioning which involves practicing punches, kicks, knees, and elbow strikes with a trainer wearing thick pads which cover the forearms and hands. These special pads are used to absorb the impact of the fighter’s strikes and allow the fighter to react to the attacks of the pad holder.

The trainer will often also wear a belly pad around the abdominal area so that the fighter can attack with straight kicks or knees to the body at anytime during the round.Focus mitts are specific to training a fighter’s hand speed, punch combinations, timing, punching power, punching speed, defense, and counter-punching and may also be used to practice elbow strikes.Heavy bag training is a conditioning and power exercise that reinforces the techniques practiced on the pads. Sparring is a means to test technique, skills, range, strategy, and timing against a partner.

Sparring is often a light to medium contact exercise because competitive fighters on a full schedule are not advised to risk injury by sparring hard.Specific tactics and strategies can be trained with sparring including in close fighting, clinching and kneeing only, cutting off the ring, or using reach and distance to keep an aggressive fighter away.

To find out more about Muay Thai training, contact Fight Works Asia at +65 62858792.

www.fightworksasia.com.sg

ALBERT@FIGHTWORKSASIA.COM.SG