BEGINNER CLASS (B2)
Straight Punches
Front Kick
360
Advanced Technique: Knife Upward Stab (no disarm, just defend, counter, and control)
Drill: eyes closed; attacker pushes with pad and holds for punches or kicks OR gives a verbal threat and attacks with knife

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (D2)
Bobbing and Weaving
Hook Punch
Focus mitts: Combo #3/duck right hook/Left Hook/Right Cross
Focus mitts: Combo #2/duck left hook/Right Cross/Left Hook
Advanced Technique: Gun to the Side of the Head

ADVANCED CLASS (D2)
Thai Pads: 3 rounds of 3 minutes, including sprawls; during the 1 minute break, do 10 push ups and 10 squats
Gun from the Side, Front of Arm (work both sides)
Gun from the Front, Pushing into Stomach

Beginner (B2)

Palm heel strikes

Knees

Drill: Flurries of Palm Heel Strikes or Knees on Instructors command

360

Advanced Technique: Knife- Downward Stab

Drill: Defender eyes closed; attacker gives a verbal signal, makes either 360,  downward stab or bumps defender with a pad and holds for strikes.

 

Intermediate (D2)

Bobbing/Weaving/Slipping

Focus Mitts- Jab/Jab/slip to the right/ cross/Hook/ Cross

Inside Defense v. Left Punch

Inside Defense v. Right Punch 2 Counters

Ground- Trap and Roll

Drill: Groups of 3; defender starts from the ground with attacker mounting them, defender must trap and roll and get up, then defend against straight punches from the second attacker. (attacker on top must make it difficult but not impossible for the defender)

 

Advanced (D2)

Axe Kick

Combo- Axe Kick, power right Cross

Sweep with Heel Kick

Knife- Kick from distance

Knife- Downward Stab

Knife- Upward stab

Beginner (B1)
Straight Punch with Advance
Straight Punch with Retreat
Drill: pad holder starts at punching range, moves deliberately forward or back; puncher must react with an advance or retreating punch
Front Kick
Headlock from Behind
Drill: pad holder moves around the room, offering targets for front kick, or straight punch with advanced; at the same time assign 2-3 attackers to move around, giving headlock from behind to the strikers at random

Intermediate (D1)
Muay Thai Pads
Round 1- Cross, Hook, 2 Right Round Kicks, Right Knee
Round 2- Cross, Hook, Cross, 2 Left Round Kicks, Left Knee
Round 3- Put the two combos together (Cross, Hook, 2 Right Round Kicks, Right Knee,
Cross, Hook, Cross, 2 Left Round Kicks, Left Knee)
Choke from Behind with a pull
Drill: Basic combos on pads, Choke from behind with a pull

Advanced (D1)
2 Back Kicks with a switch
Drill: Groups of 3, Large Shield, Focus Mitts; Combinations on focus mitts, 3rd person walks towards striker from behind with a large shield, gives a verbal signal, striker; 2 Back Kicks with a Switch.
Advanced Gun- under chin, in mouth, grabbing hair etc.
Advanced Gun- from Kneeling Position
Dril: Punching or Kicking, gun under chin, or gunman from distance orders defender to kneel, then approaches; defender must make the gun defense from a Kneeling position

BEGINNER CLASS (B1)
Palm Strikes
Hammerfist Forward
Drill: Belt Drill using palm strikes and hammerfist forward
Elbows 4-7
Choke from the Side
Drill: eyes closed, choke from either side

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (D1)
Light Sparring class (hands only)
Defense v. Hook Punch
Defense v. Uppercut Punch
Review Inside Defenses
Sparring Drill: 1 attack, 1 defend, combinations of two or three punches
Sparring: slow fighting, 2 minute rounds, 30 second rest, switch partners each round

ADVANCED CLASS (D1)
Thai Pads: basic combos w/round kick, emphasize high kicks
Scissor Front Kick
Knife Upward Stab
Knife Upward Stab Off Angle
Drill: groups of 3; one "attacker" distracts the defender from the front; second attack makes an upward stab from either side. For simplicity, the attacker should use his right hand only; defender defends and controls the attacker. NOTE, when the attacker comes from the defender's right side, the defender will probably use the Off Angle defense. In this case, the defender might turn his back to the first attacker. He MUST reposition himself quickly to avoid staying in the middle.

BEGINNER CLASS (B1)
Straight Punches
Advancing Straight Punch
Combo: Left/Right/move back/Advancing Left/Right
Round Kick
Headlock from Behind
Drill: groups of three; pad holder moves around, holding for straight punches or round kick; defender makes the appropriate strike: at any time the third person can make headlock from behind

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (D1)
Hook Punches - work different ranges from very close to extended
Defense v. Hook (extended) - add counters
Defense v. Hook (covering) - add counters
Focus Mitts: Right/cover v. right cross/Right/Left Hook/Right
Inside Defense v. Left with counterattack
Inside Defense v. Right with counterattack (2 punches)
Inside Defense v. Right with counterattack (1 punch)
Drill: Defend straight punches or hook punches, make counters when possible

ADVANCED CLASS (D1)
SPARRING DAY
After Warm up, absorption drills: punches and kicks to body and legs, back and forth, 5-6 strikes each
Review Defenses v. Punches
Review Defense v. low kicks
Sparring: 5 rounds of 90 seconds each round
Review Defense v. medium to high kicks
Sparring: 5 rounds of 90 seconds each, include high kicks

BEGINNER CLASS (B1)
Knees
Drill: knees driving your partner across the room
Elbows 1-3
Choke from Behind with a Push
Drill: eyes closed; attacker can hold a pad for elbows#2 or #3, or hold for knees to the front, or make Choke from Behind with a Push.

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (D1)
360 with Counterattacks
Back Kick
Choke from Behind with a Pull
Drill: defender stands with eyes closed; attacker comes from behind with anyone of these three attacks: 1) holding a pad for a back kick; 2) making a 360 attack with left hand only; 3) choke from behind with a pull. For attacks 31 and #2, the attacker gives a verbal signal. The defender looks over his right shoulder and makes the appropriate response.
NOTE: we ask the defender to look over his right shoulder, and for the attacker to use a left-handed 360, for simplicity's sake. This avoids issues of defending on the dead side. If you want your students to deal with dead side defenses, you can eliminate this details.

ADVANCED CLASS (D1)
Thai Pads: Combos 6 & 7 with knees
Overhand Right Punch
Combo: Left/Overhand Right/Left knee
Combo: Overhand Right/Left Uppercut/Overhand Right/Left Knee
Gun from Behind, Hugging Technique
Gun from the Side, close arm being held (difficult situations)

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Beginner (B1)

Palm Strikes

Drill: Eyes closed, passive stance, pad holder shoves the defender from the front lightly' defender must open eyes and make Palm heel strikes until pad holder calls "Time!"

Headlock from behind (work both sides)

Line Drill: 5-6 ppl per line; 1st person on line is defending, everyone else is attacking, Headlock from behind (either side). Rotate defenders.

 

Intermediate (D1)

Basic Combatives

Drill: Monkey in the Middle- groups of 3, one person in the middle; strikes one pad until hit with the other pad; turn with appropriate strikes and engage that pad. 60 seconds each person

Ground- Choke from the side

Ground- Headlock side Forward

Drill: Defender on their back eyes closed, attacker; Choke from the side, Headlock side Forward

 

Advanced (D1)

Light Sparring

- Round 1- Hands only- one defender, one attacker, movement, block, bob and weave. (no counters) switch!

- Round 2- same as above- Add kicks

- Round 3- Add counters

Ground- Leg Triangle from the Guard

Ground- Guillotine

 

Beginner (B1)

Punches- Straight

Drill- Punches/Sprint/Push ups

Elbow 4-7

Choke from the side

Drill: Groups of 3; non stop punches, defend choke from the side

 

Intermediate (D1)

Basic Punching and Kicking to large shield

Drill: "in" and "out" on instructors command, practicing distance continuum (kicks, punches, then elbows and knee, etc)

360 Defense with counters

Reflexive Defense v. Front kick

Choke Front Against Wall

Drill: eyes closed, attacker gives a verbal signal and makes 360, front kick (reflexive defense) or Choke Front against the Wall, defender makes the appropriate defense and continues with counters until attacker calls time.

 

Advanced (D1)

Focus Mitts- 3 Rounds of 2 minutes- Non stop combinations - 30 Sec rest.

Overhand Right

Combo- R- Uppercut, L-Hook, Right overhand

One Arm Shoulder Throw

Stick- Overhead defense

Stick- Baseball bat defense

Drill: Defense v. Stick- overhead and baseball bat swing, if possible include One Arm Shoulder throw in the defense.

 

BEGINNER CLASS (B1)
Straight Punches
Hammerfist to the Side
Drill: defender stands with eyes closed; attacker strikes/pushes with pad; defender opens eyes and makes an immediate counterattack, then follows up very aggressively.
Front Kick to the Groin
Knees
Combo: Front Kick/Knee
Drill: same drill as above, include groin kick/knee as a counterattack

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (D1)
Hook Punch
Combo: Right Cross/Left Hook
Drill: eyes closed; attacker hits defender on the head with one focus mitt; defender immediately makes right cross/left hook combination aggressively!
Ground: Elbow Escape from Full Mount
Barricade Drill: defender start out making Elbow Escape from Full Mount, then stands up and pushes through a wall of pad holders (note: safety is important!) and gets to a pad to strike; the pad holder yells "time!" and the defender must turn and go BACK through the barricade again to strike another pad.

ADVANCED CLASS (D1)
General Warm Up with Combatives
Drill: Barricade Drill - push through a wall of pads (safely!) then strike a target until the pad holder calls time.
Knife Downward Stab
Drill: eyes closed; attacker makes several stabs from any angle (lightly but quickly); the defender must react, turn and try to control the knife as soon as possible.