BEGINNER CLASS (B1)
Straight Punch
Straight Punch with Advance
Knees
Drill: gives knees non-stop on instructor’s command; vary the duration and rest period; the defender should NOT disengage from the attacker
Knees with Thai clinch
Combination: Advancing left punch/Muay Thai clinch/right knee
Headlock from Behind

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (B1)
Focus Mitts: Left/Right/Sprawl
360 with Counterattacks
Front Kick with Advance from a neutral stance
Reflexive Defense v. Front Kick
Drill: eyes closed; attacker gives verbal signal, then attacks with 360 or advancing front kick; defender opens eyes and makes the appropriate defense; SLOW WORK

ADVANCED CLASS (B1)
Thai Pads 3 rounds of two minutes — include sprawls
Defense v. Reverse Headlock standing (guillotine)
Guillotine
Defense v. Guillotine
Side Control

BEGINNER CLASS (B1)
Fighting Stance & Movement
Left/Right Combination
Drill: start in passive stance; partner pushes; recover to fighting stance and give left/right combo.
Elbow #2
Knees
Choke Front Push
Drill: eyes closed; partner either pushes with the pad or makes choke from the front with a push.

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (B1)
360 with Counterattacks
Drill: attacker makes 360; defender defends and counterattacks, then continues; the attacker covers up, and the defender must find new openings
Advanced Front Kick
Variation: advancing round kick with the ball of the foot
Choke From Behind with a Pull

ADVANCED CLASS (B1)
Jumping Spinning Back Kick
Long Gun Dead Side
Machine Gun Takedown

Beginner (B1)
Straight punch Advance
Straight punch Retreat
Drill: 2ppl/1 Punching Shield
-Striker- Eyes Closed
-Pad Holder- Either get close to or stay at a distance from the striker..
-Give a Verbal Cue
-Striker- Depending on where the pad holder is determine to Advance or Retreat with a punch..
Choke from the front (Quick Review)
Choke from the front with a push
Drill: 2 Groups A/B
As-Are defending
Bs- Are attacking
As- Eyes closed
Bs- Move around the room and attack A’s with Either Choke from the Front or Choke From the front with a push
As- Make a strong and aggressive defense. Reset!
*** A/B Switch Roles

Intermediate (B1)
Focus Mitts- L/R combo
-L/R slip to the Right, followed by Right Punch
Headbutt Forward
Combo- L/R, slip, Right Cross followed by Headbutt forward
Back Kick
Choke From Behind (Quick Review)
Choke from behind with a Pull
Drill: 3ppl/ 1 Defender/ 1 Pad Holder/1 Attacker
-Defender- Non- Stop strong and aggressive strikes on the pad. (be sure to incorporate Headbutts in your strikes)
– Attacker- At any given time attack with either regular Choke from Behind, Choke from behind with a pull or grab a kicking shield and approach defender from behind. Give a verbal Cue..
– Defender- Make the appropriate self defense or execute a back kick on attackers cue.

Advanced (B1)
Thai Pads-Basic Combo and kicks
– Add sprawls- After every sprawl switch fighting stance
Jump Spinning Back Kick
Combo- 2ppl/1 Kicking Shield
– L/Punch, step back Side Kick followed by a Jump Spinning Back Kick
Gun To the side of the Head
Long Gun Dead side
Ground- Triangle From the Guard

Beginning:
straight punch with an advance
straight punch low
inside defense
inside defense low
Drill: change partners, only straight punch to the face, then add in straight punch low. Change partners often to give defenders a chance to work with different people. For safety punchers should punch with a loose fist to the face and a closed fist to the body.

Intermediate:
Defense vs. hook (extended)
defense vs. hook (covered)
Reflexive defense v. front kick
choke from the front against a wall.
Drill: Defender stands with their back to the wall, attacker either throws a hook punch, front kick to the groin, or makes choke from the front against the wall.

Advanced:
full nelson – finger strip
full nelson – throw
full nelson – sweep

Beginner:
Hammerfist forward
Hammerfist down
front kick to the groin, come in for 2 down hammerfists
Round kick
pile of pad drill: all pads get put in the middle of the room, people divide up and go to either side of the room and lay on their bellies. On the instructor "Go" they jump up and scramble to get a pad, hold for either hammerfist forward or round kick. Anyone who doesn't get to a pad, has to make the combatives till instructor calls "time".
choke from behind with a push

Intermediate:
Headbutts - fwd, side, back, up
360 with counterattacks
Choke from behind against the wall
Drill: groups of 3, 1 person with back to the wall, defending against an attacker making 360s. 3rd person is behind the 360 attacker and at any point makes a choke from behind pushing them against the wall. The person defending the 360s will have to quickly get out of the way as the choke attack is made.

Advanced:
Punch one direction, kick another
Gun from the front
gun from the front 2 handed technique

BEGINNER CLASS (B1)
Straight Punch
Straight Punch In Advance
Straight Punch Low
Headlock from Behind
Drill: groups of 3; one pad holder calls out straight punch high or low; puncher must make the appropriate punch; at any time, the third person can make Headlock from Behind

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (B1)
Straight Punch - practice rear hand from opposite stance
Side Kick with and without advance
Drill: Side Kick to either side, follow up with straight punch (OR hammefist/straight punch combo) and continue with counters
Choke Front Against Wall

ADVANCED CLASS (B1)
Jumping Spinning Back Kick
Long Gun Front - Live Side
Long Gun Front - Dead Side

Beginner (A3)

Front Kick (Groin)

Knee Strikes (regular and round)

Drill: 2ppl/1 Kicking shield

· Striker- Start with non-stop string and aggressive Front kicks (Groin)

· Instructor- yell “Go”

· Striker- Sprint to the opposite end of the room, 10 squats and sprint back, get back on the pad with strong and aggressive knees

· Repeat

360 Defense

Choke from Front (2 handed)

Drill: Groups of 4 or 5/1 Kicking shield

· 1 defender, 2-3 attackers, 1 pad holder

· Defender- start with non- stop strikes on the pad

· Attackers- non- stop attacks (Front choke, side choke and choke from behind)

· Pad Holder- bump the defender at any given time during this drill

· Defender- Make the appropriate defenseStrong and aggressive defense

Intermediate (A3)

Focus Mitts- Basic combos (Opposite Stance)

Defensive Front Kick

Defensive front kick followed by L/R punch and a Right Elbow strike

360° Defense with combatives

Outside Defense 1-5

Knife Up ward Stab

Drill: 2ppl

· Defender- Eyes closed

· Attacker- Attack with any level 1 technique and Up ward stab.

o After every successful defense, take a step back and attack with a Right Cross

· Defender- Make the correct defense (Strong and Aggressive), stay engaged and defend against the Right Cross.

· Reset

Arm Bar From the guard

Advanced (A3)

Thai Pads- South Paw

· Jab, Cross, Hook, Back Leg Round Kick

· Cross, Hook, Cross, Switch Kick, Sprawl come up knee

· Put it together

· 1 Round- Power shots-

o Pad Holders- call out One technique at a time,

o Strikers-Double on the technique- Make it STRONG!

Machine Gun Take down

General Def v. Medium to High Round Kick

Stick- Over Head defense

Stick- Left Handed Attacker

Beginner (A3)

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

Front Kick to a vertical target

Front Kick to a vertical target followed by Left and Right punches

Choke from Behind

Choke from the side

Ground- Back Position

Ground- Getting up

Drill

3ppl/1 punching shield

Defender- Start from back position on ground

· Get up correctly and attack the pad

Attacker- Attack the striker with choke from behind or Choke from the side

Defender- Fast and aggressive defense

Reset

Intermediate (A3)

Focus Mitts- Hook Punch

· Upper cut punch

Combo:

· Left Upper Cut, Left Hook, Right Cross

· Right Upper Cut, Right Cross, Left Hook

· Put it together!

Defense v. Low Front Kick (Redirect)

Outside Defense v. Right Punch

Bear Hug front Arms Free (Neck Leverage)

Drill: 2ppl

· Defender Eyes Closed

· Attacker- Give verbal Cue then attack with either a Low Front Kick, Right Punch or Bear Hug

Advance (A3)

Thai Pads- Basic Combos- includes, Kicks, Knees, Elbows

· Double up on the last technique of every combo

2 Front kicks with a switch

Spinning Heel Kick

Flow Drill: Fighting stance

· L-Round Kick, Right Spinning Heel Kick, R-Round Kick, L-Hook Kick

One Arm Shoulder Throw

Sliding Defense v. Spinning Heel Kick

Stopping Defense v. Spinning Heel Kick

Stick Over Head

Stick Left Handed

Beginning:
palm heel strikes
Level Practice - Pad holder start standing, instructor calls "down", pad holder goes to knees, "down" pad holder to their back, "down" striker gets on their back, pad holder gets in the mount.
Knees
Basic takedown defense
spinning on the center line
headlock from behind
Drill: groups of 3, defender gives knees (uses takedown defense when attacker comes in) 2nd attacker comes in from behind and makes headlock from behind.

Intermediate:
bearhug from the front, leverage on the neck
bearhug from behind, leverage on the finger
drill: Dark ally drill - have everyone close their eyes, go around and tap a few people on the shoulders, they are attackers. When you say go, everyone opens their eyes and wanders around the room, attackers attack. This means that because no one knows who else is an attacker, that attackers might get attacked. Once all attackers have been exposed, reset and pick new people.

Advanced:
Review all low kick defenses
Review all high round kick defenses
General def v. medium to high kicks
sliding def v. high round kicks
Drill: leg sparring

Beginner:
straight punches
elbow #1
L/R, elbow #1
Round kick
L/R, roundkick, elbow #1
Headlock from behind

Intermediate:
Focus mitts
slipping punches
R cross, slip left, R cross, move
Bear hugs arms caught - front, behind
bear hugs arms free - front, behind

Advanced:
stick day
overhead stick
baseball bat
dead side
close eyes and identify which attack is coming, when in doubt do overhead stick