Muay Thai

Muay Thai

People learn martial arts because these help them become better persons. We know that the objective in learning martial arts like Muay Thai or the Art of Eight Limbs is not to hurt people. Martial arts are also for personal defense and self-improvement.

Muay Thai History

Muay Thai or Thai Boxing is Thailand’s national sport. Today, there are schools and competitions worldwide that cater to Muay Thai. Muay Thai is more famous nowadays because it reaches mainstream audience due to popularity of MMA or mixed martial arts. UFC’s middleweight champion Anderson Silva makes Muay Thai more renowned because he’s using it effectively to defeat opponents. Like Silva, you can mix Muay Thai with other martial arts like Judo, Taekwondo, Capoeira, and Brazilian Jui-Jitsu.

Muay Thai Techniques

East Coast United will help you master the techniques of Muay Thai. We’ll make you competitive in wear and tear fights. During the training, you’ll learn how to use your eight limbs (hands, elbows, knees, and feet). You’ll master proper hip rotation to block, and throw excellent elbows, punches, and kicks. Other techniques that we’ll help you master in Muay Thai are foot-thrust, neck wrestling, and clinch. We’ll also help you master the six different defense categories in Muay Thai, which are blocking, avoidance, redirection, anticipation, evasion, and disruption.

Muay Thai can be more dangerous than other martial arts because of the Science of Eight Limbs. Through East Coast United, you’ll master how to effectively mix knee strikes, elbows, kicks, and punches as opposed to boxing that uses two points (fists) or four points’ (fists and feet) combat sports like savate and kickboxing.

Muay Thai Conditioning and Training

Engaging in this type of martial arts will help you become physically fit. Some use this as a form of work out to make their body become leaner without the fats. The focus of Muay Thai training is on body conditioning because you need to be tough and fit for the competition. Muay Thai conditioning methods that you’ll undergo at our gym are abdominal exercises, medicine ball exercises, weight resistance exercises, rope jumping, shadowboxing, running, and even weight training.

Our gym is equipped with safety training gears and appropriate equipment. Muay Thai gears will also help you master absorptions and reactions in different attacks from an opponent.

The Benefits of Learning Muay Thai

Muay Thai teaches respect and discipline. A Muay Thai student will also improve his mind’s strength which is vital how a fighter perceives life and combat. Practitioners increase their strength, cardiovascular endurance, speed, and agility. This a perfect work out for those who want to stay fit. Additional benefits are stress relief and self-defense mastery.

Muay Thai Training in Connecticut

East Cost United is a premiere martial arts school located in Fairfield, Connecticut. We also welcome students from other locations like Norwalk, Trumbull, Westport, Weston, and Bridgeport. Besides Muay Thai, we teach other martial arts and competitive sports such as boxing, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We have a wide range of students from kids, teens, to adults and even women. We also teach professional fighters, and people in police and military.

Anybody who wants to become a mixed martial artist can enroll to our training programs. Don’t worry if your schedule is hectic because we do personal and private training. Learn Muay Thai today and become a better fighter and person.