Franklin Martial Art's Muay Thai program is a safe, adult-oriented class (ages 15+), for those who wish to add Muay Thai techniques to their tool box.  The classes focus on skills such as punching, kicking, elbows, knees, footwork, conditioning, mit work, heavy bag and clintching drills, as well as some sparring at the end of class, which is optional.

Agility, Speed, Endurance & Strength

Muay Thai a different type of exercise that has many benefits. The Muay Thai workout uses the whole body especially the hips and core.  It will help increase agility, speed, cardiovascular endurance, and strength. It also has the added benefits that it will help with self-defense and stress relief. The Muay Thai workout is also great conditioning for other activities or sports.  Our program is catered towards adults and mature teens.

Benefits: -Improve agility -Develop speed -Gain cardio endurance -Improve/build reflexes -Improve Balance -Increase strength

What to expect in Muay Thai Class

Warm Up/Conditioning

Muay Thai heavily focuses on muscle conditioning and cardio.  At least one quarter of the class will be cardio and conditioning.  These are a few examples of the exercises practiced:

-Jumping Jacks

-Jogging

-Squats

-Lunges

-Push Ups

-Abdominals

Classes are always different.  At FMA Muay Thai we make an effort to keep cycling through different drills, skills and exercises to keep the classes fun and exciting.  Depending on the class, we may also work on the following:

The words Muay Thai translates into Thai Boxing, and is referred to as the "Art of Eight Limbs" because it makes use of punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes, thus using eight "points of contact", as opposed to "two points" (fists) in boxing and "four points" (hands and feet) used in sport-oriented martial arts.  

Muay Thai, the national sport of Thailand, is a martial art with origins in the ancient battlefield tactics of the Siamese (or Thai) army.  It evolved from Krabi-Krabong, literally sword and baton, the hand-to-hand tactics of the Thai army.  The early Muay Thai bouts pitted different companies within the Siamese army against each other with few rules and no weight divisions or time limits.  They became quite popular and eventually were shown in stadiums across the country.  In the early 20th century, time limits, boxing gloves as well as a uniform set of rules were introduced.  During the latter half of the 20th century Muay Thai was exported to many countries and is now practiced by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world.

Muay Thai features punches, kicks, elbows, knees and standing grappling to wear down and knock out their opponent.  Thai training methods develop devastating power, speed and superb cardio-vascular endurance as well as fighting spirit.  Muay Thai  training is also quite safe thanks to sophisticated pad training that evolved to keep fighters healthy between fights.  Muay Thai has also proven very effective outside the ring and has been embraced enthusiastically by practitioners of a variety of self-defense, sporting, military and law enforcement activities.