BEGINNER CLASS (A2)
Round Kick - practice angles chopping down to the leg and up to the ribs
Combo: Right Round Kick/Right Cross (to emphasize recoil of the kick
Knees - emphasize forward knee with a switch of the feet
Choke from Behind with a Push - practice turning both directions

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (A2)
Hook Punch
Uppercut Punch
Combo: Right Uppercut/Left Hook
Defensive Front Kick
Drill: practice Defensive Front Kick with the defender starting on their knees or on their stomachs; they must get up in time to make the kick against an advancing attacker with a pad
Bearhug Behind, Arms Caught
Bearhug - remove arms

ADVANCED CLASS (A2)
Thai Pads 3 rounds of 2 minutes
Gun Front Regular Defense
Gun Front 2-Handed technique
Gun Front while attacker is pushing, slapping, grabbing the defender

BEGINNER (A2)
Palm Heel Strikes
Drill: Groups of 2 (partners should be about same size and hight), Small shield; Non stop Palm Heel Strikes, on instructors signal "GO", striker Fireman or Piggy back carries pad holder to the opposite end of the room and back, and continues with strikes.
Choke from the Front (1-handed)
Choke from the Front with a Push
Choke from the Back with a Push
Drill: Groups of 4-5; 90 seconds, One defender, non stop attacks.

INTERMEDIATE (A2)
Strikes from mount position
Inside Slap Kicks (both sides)
Drill: A/B Drill- Strikes from the mount position on one end, and Inside Slap Kicks on the other.
Reverse Headlock Standing
Ground- Trap and Roll (quick review)
Drill: Groups of 3; defender; Strikes from the mount, 2nd person safely tackles defender off the pad and mounts them, defender; escapes the mount and gets up, 3rd person, then immediately makes Reverse Headlock. Repeat.

ADVANCED (A2)
2 Jumping Front Kicks
Jumping side Kick
Jumping Round Kick
Knife- Defense v. Downward Stab (work both sides, and off angle)
Knife- Defense v. Upward Stab (work both sides, and off angle)
Drill: defender eyes closed, attacker gives a verbal signal- Knife- upward and downward stab, include off hand and off angle.

BEGINNER CLASS (A2)

Straight Punches

Combos 1-4 with knees to tombstone pads (use straight punches instead of hooks for # 3 and 4)

Ground - Back Position, Kick, Get Up

Choke from Behind with a Push

Drill: attacker makes Choke From Behind With A Push; defender defends; at any time during attack, the attacker might say "Down!" The defender must drop down, turn into Ground Fight Position; kick, and get up.

 

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (A2)

Thai Pads: Combos 6 and 7 with round kicks

Defense v. High Round Kicks (2 or 3 points of contact)

Drill: defend high round kick, add 2 counterattacks

Bearhug Behind, Arms Free

Drill: groups of three; one person makes high round kicks; second person defends; third person makes bearhug from behind, arms free, against kicker at any time.

 

ADVANCED CLASS (A2)

Thai Pads: Left Kick/Right/Left Hook OR Right Kick/Left Hook/Right

Thai Pads: Right/Left Hook/Right Kick OR Left Hook/Right/Left Kick

Knife - Kick v. Downward or Upward Stab, left- or right-handed attacker

Drill: kick v. knife, then pick up a shield (pad) to block and counter

Knife - Upward Stab v. Left or Right Handed Attacker

Drill: eyes closed, attacker gives verbal signal; kick or use hand defenses v. upward stab, left or right handed attacker

Beginner (A2)

Movement-Fighting Stance Moving Forward, Left, Right, Back

Punches-Left/Right combination

Round Kick

Drill: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work! 1 minute: Partner A throws 2 punches on pad, does 1 push-up then takes the pad from B. B throws 2 punches and a push-up. A throws 4 punches and 1 push-up, they switch, then 6 punches and 1 push-up, etc. with partners attempting to make as many punches as possible in 1 minute. The partner group that has accumulated the most punches wins. Everyone else does 5 burpees.

Drill: Same as above, but with 1:30 on the clock, replacing punches with 2 round kicks left and 2 round kicks right and 1 sprawl. Number of kicks always increases by 2 each leg.

Choke from the Front with a Push

Drill:

Drill: Diving for the pads: Curved kick shield is centered on the mat with partners facing each other on opposite ends of the room. On instructor's call of "GO!" whoever touches the pad first gets to be holder and holds for non-stop punches until instructor calls "TIME!" OR drops pad and applies Choke from the Front with a Push. Rotate one line to allow for different match-ups, change distance from pad, and/or have them begin prone, or make them bearcrawl to pad, etc.

Intermediate (A2)

Inside Slap Kick

Outside Slap Kick

Focus mitts

Round 1: Combinations 1-4

Round 2: Combinations 1-4 + mitt holder can hold either focus mitt in position for a hook, Striker throws Inside Slap Kick or Outside Slap Kick

Inside Defense v. Left/Right

Defense v. High Round Kick (2 and 3 points)

Defense v. High Round Kick (covering)

Drill: 5 for 5: A can attack B with Left/Right combination OR High Round Kick. B defends and counters with 3-4 combatives. Partners switch roles every 5 attacks.

Advanced (A2)

Scissor Front Kick

2 Jumping Front Kicks

Jumping Side Kick

Drill: Karate Kid Competition: Stack 2-3 curved kick shields at the center of the room. Have students attempt a Jumping Side Kick over the pads without knocking any over. Every student who successfully clears the stack has to try with another pad added to increase the height. Winner clears the most pads. If most of the students have trouble at the early on, you can change/add the competition to distance and have students attempt to Jumping Side Kick over pads lined up next to each other.

Knife – defense v. upward stab

Advanced Gun – from front, assailant using off hand

Drill: A/B Drill including Knife – defense v. upward stab and Advanced Gun – from front, assailant using off hand.

BEGINNER CLASS (A2)
Fighting Stance
Movement in Fighting Stance – Left, Right, Forward, Backward
Review Technical Stand-up
Ground – Side Position
Ground – Side Kick
Drill: Zombie drill. 1 kick shield holder, 1 striker. Striker starts in side position on the ground in front of pad holder. Striker’s 1^st side kick to pad holder starts the drill. Striker’s goal is to create enough space to execute a technical standup into fighting position and move away. Pad holder continuously move forward towards striker. Note: pad holders should adjust the level of difficulty to help train their partner for success. Every pad holder should start as a slow zombie and build up to fast zombies as their striker has success in creating enough space to stand up.

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (A2)
Focus Mitts: Combos 1-4 for 2 minutes
Focus Mitts: Combos 6-9 for 2 minutes
Review Choke from Front with Push
Bearhug Behind, Arms Caught
Drill: eyes closed, either Choke Front Push or Bearhug Behind, Arms Caught

ADVANCED CLASS (A2)
Thai Pads: 3 rounds of 3 minutes – 1^st round all combos end with 1 round kick. 2^nd round, 2 kicks. 3^rd round 3 kicks.
Side Kick Review
Plucking/Row Defense v. Medium Side Kick
Redirecting Defense v. High Side Kick
Light Sparring: try to include side kicks into your sparring rounds

BEGINNER CLASS (A2)

Palm Strikes

Inside Defenses

Drill: Introduce the concept of shelling up

Drill: using Inside Defense, defend 4 palm strikes, then shell up against further palm strikes and move away.

Knees --- use both Framing Position and Muay Thai Clinch (plum)

Drill: using Inside Defense, defend 4 palm strikes, ten shell up against further palm strikes, close distance for control and give knees

Headlock from Behind

Drill: in groups of three; do the drill as above, but at any time the third person can attack the PUNCHER with Headlock From Behind

 

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (A2)

Focus Mitts: 2 rounds of 2 minutes

Inside Defenses with Counter Attacks (v. left, v. right with 2 counters, v. right with 1 counter)

Back Fall Break

Ground - Side Control

Ground - Hip Escape from Side Control (either pull guard or kick away)

Drill: attacker makes Left or Right Punch, defender practices defenses and counters; at any time, attacker can say "Down!"; defender makes Fall Break; attacker jumps into Side Control; defender does Hip Escape, kicks off, and gets back up.

 

ADVANCED CLASS (A2)

Sparring Drills: Partner A makes low round kick (left or right), defender checks and makes two counters; switch after 2 minutes

Sparring Drill: Partner A makes any punch (left or right), defender blocks and makes two counters; switch after 2 minutes

Sparring: 2 minute rounds

Knife Forward Slash

Knife Back Slash

BEGINNER CLASS (A2)
Palm Heel Strikes
Drill: Groups of 2 (partners should be about same size and hight), Small shield; Non stop Palm Heel Strikes, on instructors signal "GO", striker Fireman or Piggy back carries pad holder to the opposite end of the room and back, and continues with strikes.
Choke from the Front (1-handed)
Choke from the Front with a Push
Choke from the Back with a Push
Drill: Groups of 4-5; 90 seconds, One defender, non stop attacks.

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (A2)
Strikes from mount position
Inside Slap Kicks (both sides)
Drill: A/B Drill- Strikes from the mount position on one end, and Inside Slap Kicks on the other.
Reverse Headlock Standing
Ground- Trap and Roll (quick review)
Drill: Groups of 3; defender; Strikes from the mount, 2nd person safely tackles defender off the pad and mounts them, defender; escapes the mount and gets up, 3rd person, then immediately makes Reverse Headlock. Repeat.

ADVANCED CLASS (A2)
2 Jumping Front Kicks
Jumping side Kick
Jumping Round Kick
Knife- Defense v. Downward Stab (work both sides, and off angle)
Knife- Defense v. Upward Stab (work both sides, and off angle)
Drill: defender eyes closed, attacker gives a verbal signal- Knife- upward and downward stab, include off hand and off angle.

Beginner (A2)
Front Kick- Groin
Round Kick- work both sides
Horse Shoe Drill
Straight Punch Low
Inside defense v. Straight Punch Low
Choke from the Front with a Push
Drill: Choke from Front with a Push, after the initial defense, attacker, takes a back and attacks with a straight punch Low.

Intermediate (A2)
Focus Mitts- Flow Pattern
Part I- L-Hook, L-Hook, R-Cross
Part II- R-Uppercut, R-Cross, L-Hook, R-Cross
1-1 Minute Round- Put Part I & II together in a relatively fast, non stop continuos pattern.
Outside Slap Kick
Bearhug Behind Arms Caught
Bearhug Behind Arms Free
Bearhug Front and Behind (remove arms)
Drill: Groups of 4-5; 1 min. Non stop aggressive Bearhug attacks

Advanced (A2)
Scissor Front Kick
Scissor Round Kick
Drill: 3 Rounds
L/R Combination, R-Elbow strike x 10
Scissor Front Kick (5x each side)
Scissor Round Kick (5x each side)
10 Jump squats
Advanced Gun- from front assailant using off hand
Advanced Gun- from kneeling position
Drill: Defender with their eyes closed, attacker makes gun threat from front using off hand, or orders defender to get on their knees and makes gun threat from kneeling position.

BEGINNER CLASS (A2)
Elbow 4 & 5
Turn and face drill: 1 striker, 1 tombstone pad holder. Striker stands in passive stance with eyes shut. Pad holder jars them with the tombstone and holds for either elbow 4 or 5. Striker looks to identify threat, delivers appropriate elbow then turns and faces pad holder to follow up with several strikes as quickly as possible.
Headlock from Behind
Drill: Repeat drill from above. Pad holders may now opt to use headlock from behind as well. Once complete, pad holders should go and attack someone else

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (A2)
Outside slap kick
Bearhug from Behind Arms Caught
Bearhug from Behing Arms Free
Drill: Group of 3. 1 pad holder, 1 striker, and 1 attacker. Pad holder holds for outside slap kicks. Striker delivers appropriate kick as quickly as possible. Attacker randomly bearhugs striker from behind (arms caught or free). Striker defends, finishes with combatives and then returns to drilling slap kicks. Note: Attacker should feel free to sometimes trap one arm and leave the other free. Safety note: Tombstone pads or kick paddles are best, focus mitts can be used but kicker should not deliver full power.

ADVANCED CLASS (A2)
Review 360 defense with counters
Knife – defense vs. back slash
Knife – defense vs. forward slash
Knife – left handed attacker (forward & backward slash)
Drill: Group of 3. 1 focus mitt holder, 1 striker, 1 attacker. Striker and focus mitt holder free work on pads. Attacker randomly approaches striker from the side/behind and starts slashing forward and backward constantly. Striker must defend as quickly as possible and follow-up with combatives to neutralize attacker before returning to pad work. Attackers should attack someone different each time switching to left handed attacks at random. Note: It is not necessary for strikers to perform “textbook” disarm 100% of the time in order for the threat to be deemed neutralized. Throwing a volume of strikes while maintaining control of the knife wielding arm is sufficient.

BEGINNER CLASS (A2)

Palm Strikes

Round Kick - practice with both legs

Combo #1: left punch/right round kick

Combo #2: left/right/left round kick

Choke From the Front (1 hand)

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (A2)

Thai Pads - 3 rounds of 3 minutes

Ground - foot grab; stripping

Ground - foot grab spinning inward

Ground - foot grab spinning outward

Ground - hip escape from side control

Drill: defender starts on ground; attacker grabs foot; defender tries to make foot grab defenses; if he fails, the attacker pulls leg to the side and takes side control; defender makes hip escape

ADVANCED CLASS (A2)

Ground - def. v. full mount, wrists pinned (snow angel)

Knife Downward Stab (v. left and right handed attacker); react from a kneeling position.

Gun Front from a Kneeling Position

Drill: groups of three; defender defends against full mount, wrists pinned; as he is getting up, he must defend against gun or knife