Muay Thai Training Facilities.

Hey guys! It's Marcus here! Since This is going to be the last post I am going to share with you all where are the different places to train for Muay Thai.

There are many different Gyms in the world to train. But since I live in Singapore, I will be sharing about the different gyms in Singapore.

First is Hilltop THE GYM.
Hilltop THE GYM is located at 20 Havelock Road Singapore 059765‎


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HillTop THE GYM consist of one Master, one Chef MuayThai Intructor and 4 other Intructors. This Gym has courses on MuayThai.

For more information please visit http://www.hilltopthegym.com/index.php/about-us

The next Gym is Fight G or Fight Generation

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Fight G or Fight Generation's Gym is located at 41 N Canal Rd Singapore 059297


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Unlike HillTop THE GYM, Fight G has many different types of Martial Arts you are able to learn, there is boxing, mix martial arts, judo, brazillian jiu-jitsu and of course Muay Thai. There are 6 intructors in This Gym.

For more information please visit http://fightg.com/

Hope you like this post! Well this is the last post guys. Hope you have enjoy the journey you have spent with me! Thank you and Goodbye :)

Muay Thai "8 points of contact"

Hello all! It's Marcus again hope you have enjoyed the past few post i have share with you all. And again today I will be sharing about the last 2 "points of contact" in Muay thai the legs, or rather, kicking known as "Te" in the Thai Language.


The kicking in Muay thai usually needs the full body rotation.


Below is the different kicking techniques that I am going to share, followed by their Thai romanization.



Straight Kick(Te trong)
Roundhouse Kick(Te tat)
Diagonal Kick(Te chiang)
Half-Shin, Half-Knee kick(Te khrueng khaeng khureng khao)
Spinning Heel Kick(Te klap lang)
Down Roundhouse Kick(Te kot)
Axe Heel Kick(Te khao)
Jump Kick(Kradot te)
Step-Up Kick(Khayeop te)


The kicking in muay Thai can be very deadly as when a person is trained hard enough he can even break a banana tree with his bare legs. Below is a video on breaking a banana tree using pure leg kicking and of course years of shin conditioning.

I DO NOW OWN ANYTHING IN THIS VIDEO! IT IS JUST AN ADAPTATION FROM YOUTUBE!!                                                                                        The next video is a video on kicking techniques.

I Hope you enjoy this post hope you will tune in again! The next post is on Muay Thai self training and training under supervision! Don't you want to know how to self train? There is no trick by the way! Thanks for reading and comment below! See you again!

Muay Thai "8points of contact"

Hey guys! It's Marcus again hope you have been enjoying my previous and my friends posts. Thank you for your time and support. The previous post i shared was about the first "2 points of contact" the fists. Today I am going to share about 4 more "points of contact", the elbow and knee.

First I am going to share about the elbow which is known as "Ti sok" in the Thai language.

The different elbow technique are as follows similarly to the previous post I will also share the Thai romanization.

Elbow Slash(Sok ti)
Horizontal Elbow(Sok tat)
Uppercut Elbow(Sok ngat)
Forward Elbow Thrust(Sok phung)
Reverse Horizontal Elbow(Sok wiang klap)          
Spinning Elbow(Sok klap)
Elbow Chop(Sok sap)
Double Elbow(Sok klap khu)
Mid-air Elbow Strike(Kradot sok)
Adapted from:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muay_Thai


Next is the 2 other "points of contact" the knee, "Ti khao" in the Thai language.

The knee techniques are as follows. I'll also provide the Thai romanization.

Straight Knee Strike(Khao trong)
Diagonal Knee Strike(Khao chiang)
Curving Knee Strike(Khao khong)
Horizontal Knee Strike(Khao tat)
Knee Slap(Khao top)
Knee Bomb(Khao yao)
Flying Knee(Khao loi)
Step-up Knee Strike(Khao yiap)
Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muay_Thai

Here are 2 videos. One on elbow techniques and the other on knee techniques I hope you enjoy them.

I DO NOT OWN THIS VIDEO AND I DO NOT TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR THIS VIDEO. IT IS ONLY AN ADAPTTAION. Thank you for reading my post! Hope you enjoyed the videos. Tune in again soon. Please comment on this post down below. See you again.

Muay Thai "8points of contact"

Hey Guys! It's Marcus Lee again. In the last post i have shared about the different weight classes in Muay Thai and i said in the previous post that I am going to share more about the "8 points of contact" and so for the next few post, I will be sharing about the "8 points of contact". Muay Thai adapts a fighting stance of putting your feet should width apart and putting your arms up before executing any technique.

In this post I am going to share about the first 2 points of contact which are the Fists, punching or rather in Thai Chok.

Formal Muay Thai techniques are divided into two groups: mae mai or major techniques and luk mai or minor techniques. Muay thai is often a fighting art of attrition, where opponents exchange blows with one another. Almost all techniques in Muay Thai uses the entire body movement, rotating the hip with each kick, punch, elbow and block.

The different techniques in Muay Thai are as follows and i will be telling you the Thai romanization.

Jab(Mat neung)
Cross(Mat trong)
Hook(Mat wiang san)
Swing(Mat wiang yao)
Spinning Backfist(Mat wiang klup)
Uppercut(Mat soei/Mat soi dao)
Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muay_Thai

Thank you for reading this post. I hope you have gained some information about the "8 points of contact". I will be sharing about the next 2 points of contact in the next post. Thank you and see you again.

Introduction to Muay Thai

Introduction to Muay Thai.
Hey guys, I'm Marcus Lee From Ngee Ann Polytechnic currently studying in Diploma in Information Technology . Within the next few weeks, the duration of this project, I will be sharing with you more about Muay Thai.

Muay Thai is a form of martial art which originated from the Kingdom of Thailand mroe than 2000 years ago. Other than calling it Muay Thai it is also popularly known as "thai boxing" all around the world. Muay Thai is the art of fighting without any use of weapon.

In this form of martial art it is trained to be aware of the weak and the fatal points of the opponent’s body. By using the fist, leg, knee and elbow, thus using eight “points of contact”. A fighter can easily defeat the other in less time if he has good knowledge of his weak positions. I will be sharing more information about the "eight points of contact" in the near future.

Muay Thai Weight Classes.
There are many different weight classes in Muay Thai. By referring to the information below, which class do you fall in?

Category	Weight (up to)
Super Heavyweight	209 lb+ (95 kg+)
Heavyweight	190 lb+ (86 kg+)
Cruiserweight	190 lb (86 kg)
Light Heavyweight	175 lb (79 kg)
Super Middleweight	168 lb (76 kg)
Middleweight	160 lb (73 kg)
Junior Middleweight	154 lb (70 kg)
Welterweight	147 lb (67 kg)
Junior Welterweight	140 lb (64 kg)
Lightweight	135 lb (61 kg)
Junior Lightweight	130 lb (59 kg)
Featherweight	126 lb (57 kg)
Junior Featherweight	122 lb (55 kg)
Bantamweight	118 lb (54 kg)
Junior Bantamweight	115 lb (52 kg)
Flyweight	112 lb (51 kg)
Junior Flyweight	108 lb (49 kg)
Mini Flyweight	105 lb (48 kg)

Adapted from http://muaythai.sg/muay_thai_weight_categories.

Found your Weight class?
Well that concludes my first blogpost. I will be updating this Muay Thai part of the blog in the near future. Thank you for reading and please tune in again soon.