As a discipline, Muay Thai is becoming increasingly more popular among celebrities looking for a new way to train and MMA fighters trying to get an edge. As part of an active lifestyle, Muay Thai can contribute to body-toning, defining and weight loss. The many physical benefits of Muay Thai are important, but they aren’t […]
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How Can Muay Thai Be an Outlet for Stress?
Have you ever walked home alone late at night, and couldn’t help but look behind you constantly? Have you ever jumped at shadows, thinking they were something much more sinister? What if they were? What would you do? If you’re drawing a blank, don’t worry. Self-defense methods aren’t second nature — they have to be […]
How to Use Muay Thai Moves to Stop an Assault
No one ever wants to imagine being the victim of a physical assault. Yet, if it happens to you, having an understanding of a few basic martial arts moves can be a valuable way to fight back. Many combat sports, such as kickboxing and boxing, train followers to fight. However, many of them only engage a […]
How Muay Thai Training Helps You Become a Better Person
ACSM’s annual survey of worldwide fitness trends for 2016 showed a decline in the interests of exercise programs to combat childhood obesity. This is alarming when one considers that overweight children are largely doomed to a lifetime of struggling with low self-esteem, depression and serious health risks. If you or your children are overweight and […]
Training Smart for Martial Arts
The warm air of the Philippines is much more forgiving and I had almost forgot what if felt to “get hurt” but the rigors of training whether here or in the tropics are always real and we must always be aware of the conditions of our bodies before we take to all of our tasks. […]
Look what yoga did to me
Yoga did this to me The sweat that dripped into my eyes caused my vision to blur, and all around me all I could see were the colors of my surroundings. Nothing was clear, and the silence that hung in the air only added to the dream like feel as I lay motionless on my […]