BEGINNER CLASS (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 CLASS (C2)

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 (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 attack. Repeat.

ADVANCED CLASS (C2)

Conditioning Drill:

Left/Right/Right Elbow x 10

10 Push Ups

10 Round Kicks (5 each side)

10 Sit up/ Stand up (partner assist)

4 Rounds as fast as possible, then switch with your partner. See which pair can finish first!

 

BEGINNER CLASS (A3)

Straight Punches

Knees

Drill: non-stop striking with punches or knees on pad holder's command

Basic Takedown Defense

Muay Thai Clinch

Drill - work those two positions, including elbows and knees when possible

Choke from Behind

Drill: one group eyes closed, different attackers walk around and make Choke From Behind.

 

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (C3)

Focus Mitts: 1 minute each of the following combinations:

- Combo #3

- Combo #6

- Combo #7

- 4 Straight Punches leading with Left

360 with Counterattack

Outside Defense with Counter v. Right Punch

Defense v. Low Round Kick (shin block)

Defense v. Low Front Kick (redirecting)

Drill: Defend either low kick OR right haymaker. For right punch, use either defend we worked on today.

ADVANCED CLASS (C3)

Cavaliers 1-4

Inside Defense v. Left/Right - Lean Back and Trap (review)

Drill: add cavalier after the Lean Back and Trap, just for the fun of it!

Hip Throw

360 Defense w/counter (review)

Defend Right Haymaker with 360 and counter, then make a Hip Throw

Drill: attacker makes Left/Right OR Right Haymaker and defender responds with techniques above; sometimes attacker resists and the Cavalier or the Hip Throw fails. If the cavalier fails, the defender reacts with right hammer fist, punches, etc; if the Hip Throw fails, the defender turns back quickly and clinches, gives knees etc.

BEGINNER CLASS A3
Elbow #1
Knees
Straight Punches
Front Kick to a Vertical Target
Drill: Distance recognition: Pad holder gives a verbal cue at either close range for Elbow #1, mid-range for straight punches, or long range for Front Kick to a Vertical Target. Striker throws appropriate combative followed up by 2 knees.
Wrist releases--emphasize disengage, make space, and move to a modified fighting stance
360 Defenses
Drill: Non-compliant attacker: Split groups into A's and B's. A's stand with eyes closed. B's are roaming attackers and can apply a wrist grab and walk away after defense is made OR can escalate after initial wrist grab defense by throwing a 360 attack.

INTERMEDIATE CLASS B3
Uppercut Punch--emphasize adjusting the length of the uppercut to distance of the target; a standard close uppercut has palm facing self, if target is further away the pinky rotates out and angle of the arm becomes more obtuse to ensure striker is still making contact with first two knuckles.
Defensive Front Kick
Focus mitts and belly pad; 2 minute rounds, 30 second rest in between
Round 1: Combinations 8, 9, and 10 (cross, lead uppercut, cross--students may turn standard cross into an overhand punch if they are familiar with it)
Round 2: At any time in between calling combinations, mitt holder can take 3 steps back to create space and walk straight into striker. Strike throws a Defensive Front Kick.
Round 3: Without stepping back first, mitt holder can walk into striker and attempt to apply a sloppy clinch. If striker can, they will stop partner's oncoming momentum with a Defensive Front Kick. If they are caught in clinch, they must keep their balance, and attempt to swim/pummel for a better position until mitt holder calls "BREAK!" Mitt holder disengages and holds for an 8.
Hair Grab from the Side; Impending Knee
Drill: Groups of 3. 1 holder with focus mitts and belly pad. 1 striker/defender. 1 attacker. Mitt holder and defender follow directions from Round 3. Attacker can apply Hair Grab from the Side; Impending Knee at any time outside of the clinch. Defender makes defense and returns to pad work.

ADVANCED CLASS B3
Jumping Front Kick
Jumping Round Kick
Drill: 4 minute interval round. Partners alternate all-out sprint combatives every 15 seconds. When instructor calls "SWITCH!" partners must immediately switch pads and other person begins striking.
1st 15 second interval: Hand combatives (switch)
2nd 15 second interval: Jumping Front Kick (switch)
3rd 15 second interval: Jumping Round Kick (switch)
4th 15 second interval: 2 punches and a sprawl (switch)
Repeat 3 times
Knife Defense v Downward Stab
Drill: Dive for the knife. Have partners line up facing each other at the center of the mat with the knife between them. Partners should be equidistant from the knife, with elbows on knees. On instructor's call of "GO!" students attempt to grab the knife. Whoever can get it first gets to be the attacker for Downward Stab and partner must make defense. Play with variations of distance (3 steps away, at opposite ends of the mat) and how they must get there (begin on stomach facing away from knife, bear crawl, army crawl, etc.). Rotate one line at regular intervals to allow for different match-ups.

BEGINNER CLASS (A3)
Warm Up: Shoulder Tag
Palm Heel Strike
Knees (Regular and Round)
Rounds: Basic Palm Heel combinations 1-4 with knee strikes
360 Defense
Choke from Behind
Drill: A/B drill. Group A attacks, Group B defends. Defenders stand in passive stance with eyes shut. Group A either chokes from behind or jostles defenders from the front before throwing an outside looping attack. Safety Note: Defender’s eye must open BEFORE winding up for the strike.

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (C3)
Defensive Back Kick with a Spin
Focus Mitts & Belly Pads: Free work focus mitt combinations, when pad holder calls for “Kick!” striker throws defensive back kick with a spin.
Ground – side mount position and strikes
Ground – side mount to full mount
Ground – arm lock from side (Americana)
Drill: King of the Hill. Select 1 person to be “King of the hill” for every 5 people in class. Kings start on their back. Challengers start in side mount. Both count down (3, 2, 1, GO!). Challenger’s goal is to either get to full mount or submit King with arm lock from side. King’s goal is to either get to get to half guard, full guard, or sweep challenger. Winner stays as King and a new challenger begins the drill again. Note: New challenger should get the drill started as soon as possible and not let the current King have much rest.

ADVANCED CLASS (C3)
Focus mitts/Thai Pads from opposite stance
Axe Kick
Review Headlock from the side
Headlock from the side, spinning inward
Headlock from the side, neck break
Drill: Roving attacker. Select 1 out of every 10 students in class to be the roving attacker. The reminder of the class free works on focus mitts. Roving attacker randomly attack strikers only with either regular headlock from the side, headlock from the side (spinning inward), or headlock from the side (neck break). Strikers must defend appropriately, finish the fight and continue with pad work.

BEGINNER CLASS (A3)

Straight Punches

Elbows 1-3

Combo: Left/Right/Right Elbow

Groin Kick

Choke from the Front (2 hands)

Drill: eyes closed; the attacker makes Choke OR pushes with pad and holds for the punch combination OR pushes and holds the pad for a groin kick.

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (C3)

Outside Defenses 1-5

Defense v. Low Round Kick (absorbing)

Defense v. Low Front Kick (redirecting)

Drill: one attack/one defend, low kicks

Drill: groups of 3; one attack/one defend low kicks; at any time, second attacker gives a verbal signal and makes a straight punch from the side; defender makes an outside defense, counters, then returns to defend against the first attacker

ADVANCED CLASS (C3)

Thai Pads Combos 6 & 7, emphasize high round kicks

Sliding Defense v. High Round Kick

Gun from the Side, Front of Arm

Drill: make the gun defense, emphasize attacker reacting and fighting; defender must control and give counters with knees and head butts until making the disarm

BEGINNER CLASS (A2)

Movement

Drill: Follow the Leader with footwork

Straight Punches: Left/Right/Right

Round Kick (emphasize forward leg with step or switch feet)

Combination: Left/Right/Right/Left Round Kick

Choke Front Push

Choke Front Push Against Wall

 

INTERMEDIATE CLASS  (C2)
Drill: A/B Drill
Ground- Guard Reversal
Ground- Elbow escape (Quick Review)
Flow Drill: Guard Reversal to Elbow Knee Escape- Groups of 2; start from mount, elbow to knee escape, guard reversal, now the person on the bottom does the same series of moves. Repeat!
Reverse Headlock Standing
Drill: Groups of 3; defender; Strikes from the mount, 2nd person safely tackles defender off the pad, mounts, defender; makes elbow escape and transitions to guard, from there makes guard reversal, stands up, 3rd person then immediately attacks with Reverse Headlock, defender makes a strong defense and Resets.

 

ADVANCED CLASS (C2)

Warm up with Level 1,2 & 3 techniques
2 Front Kicks with a Switch
2 Straight knees with a Switch
Knife – off angle upward stab (live and dead side)
Knife – off angle downward stab (live and dead side)
Drill: Groups of 4-5; one defender, 10 Burpees, 30 seconds non-stop strikes any Level 1, 2 & 3, plus Knife.

BEGINNER CLASS (A2)

Knees- First singles, then doubles, then triples; focus on thai clinch to hold

Round Kick

Combo- Round Kick/Knee with the same leg

Inside Defense

Headlock from Behind

Drill: Thai Clinch, non-stop knees, defend headlock from behind and then continue with knees.

 

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (C2)

Thai Pads, build to a combination of: Right Cross/Left Hook/ Right Round Kick/ Left Hook/Right Uppercut/ Switch Round Kick

Inside Defense v. Left/Right

Defense v. High Round Kick (2 & 3 Points)

Bearhug Behind Arms Free

Drill: Striker non- stop combinations on thai pads, defend Bearhug Behind Arms Free and continue with working the pads

 

ADVANCED CLASS (C2)

General Strikes to a large kicking shield

Drill: pile of pads in the middle of the room; students must crawl get a pad; if they don’t get a pad they are striking non-stop until the drill resets (make it tiring!)

Sweep with Heel Kick

Long Gun from Behind touching (both sides)

Gun from Behind (touching)- Looking over left shoulder

 

Beginner Class (A3)
Warm Up: Shoulder Tag (switch partners randomly every 30 seconds). After 2 minutes, drill becomes shoulder and knee tag.
Front Kick (Groin)
Knees
Combo: Front Kick/Knee (Same Leg) – work both sides
360 Defense
Choke from Behind
Drill: Group of 3. First person attacks second with single haymaker strikes. Second person defends using 360s. Third person randomly attacks first person with choke from behind between haymaker attacks. First person defends against choke from behind before returning to throwing haymakers at second person.

Intermediate Class (C3)
Hook Punch
Heel Kick
Focus Mitt Drill: Strikers start in passive stance, eyes closed. Pad holder approaches from left or right side, and calls any combination 1-4. Striker opens eyes, delivers heel kick to focus mitt and follows up immediately with combination called by pad holder.
Bearhug Front (lifting)
Bearhug Behind (lifting)
Drill: A/B drill. Group A stands in passive stance with eyes shut. Group B randomly attacks from the front or rear with bearhug (lifting) or verbally gets defenders attention and holds a focus mitt for a heel kick. Defender responds appropriately, finishes the fight with combatives and returns to passive stance.

Advanced Class (C3)
Jumping Round Kick
Thai Pad Drill: Free work combinations. All combinations must end with a jumping round kick.
Gun from the Side (front of arm)
Gun from Front (pushing into stomach)
Drill: Roaming attacker (Groups of 5). 1 person is selected to be an attacker, the remainder break off into pairs. Free work on thai pads (must include some jumping round kicks). Attackers roam about the room and randomly attack strikers only with gun from the side in front of the arm or gun from front pushing into the stomach. Striker’s defend, finish the fight, and return to pad work. 5 rounds so everyone has a chance to serve as attacker.

BEGINNER (C3)
Elbows 1-3
Combo: L/R Straight + R Elbow 1
Knees w/ Clinch
Combo: L/R Straight + R Elbow + Clinch/Knees
Advanced: Gun from Behind (touching)

INTERMEDIATE (C3)
Hook Punch
Bas Combos 1-4
Defense vs. Round Kick Absorb & Shin Block

DRILL:
Groups of 2, A/B. Gloves on, used as focus mitts. A sends Bas 4 + RHK. B defends kick, then sends combo.

Bearhug Behind (Lifting)

ADVANCED (C3)
W/U DRILL: Advanced Shoulder Tag
Rnd 1: One for One 360 attack/defend only
Rnd 2: One for One 360 attack/defend + counter
Rnd 3: One for One 360 attack/defend + counter + finish
Hip Throw
Cavaliers 1-4
Knife Downward Stab
Hollywood Attack: Downward Stab + Defense + Hip Throw + Control/Takeaway

Final Drill:
Groups 3, padholder, defender, attacker w/ knife. All out strikes to pad. Attacker cues, defender faces, knife attack to takedown. Back on pad.

BEGINNER CLASS (A3)

Straight Punches

Front Kick, Vertical Target

Drill: groups of 3; one pad holder at one end of the room holds for straight punches; pad holder at other ends holds for front kick vertical target: instructors calls out which side; third person sprints there and strikes

Combination: Right Front Kick Vertical Target/Right Knee

Combination: Left Front Kick Vertical Target/Left Knee

Choke from Behind

 

INTERMEDIATE CLASS (C3)

Back Kick

Defensive Back Kick with a Spin

Combo: Defense Back Kick with a Spin/Left Knee

 

ADVANCED CLASS (C3)

Simple Takedown

Combinations Using Gloves Not Focus Mitts: Partner calls out combination 1-4; striker makes combination, then shoots in with Simple Takedown; go back and forth

Gun from the Side in Front of Arm (work both sides)

Gun from the Front, Pushing Into Stomach