I recently signed up with Warriors of Faith in their Muay Thai classes and man what a feeling! The adrenalin rush that you get from hitting a punch bag and/or shield is indescribable, not to mention a great workout. Tonight was my fourth class and I can already see a difference from my punching to my starting stance. I must admit it feels very strange at first to have your fists close to your face all the time, but it does get easier. If you are stuck in a rut like I was, the key is to find something that you enjoy doing. I really miss running, but you do not need a gym membership to run. You can simply hit the road, it is definitely much more challenging in Winter though… Just get out there. The most difficult thing to do is to get off the couch. Get uncomfortable, change gear, open the front door and go outside. You are already there once you have made the decision to change gear.
Go check out Warriors of Faith’s website and feel free to join a class. First class is for free. I can almost guarantee that you will be hooked after just one class.
http://www.wfma.co.za/
Muay Thai (Thai: มวยไทย, RTGS: Muai Thai, IPA: [mūɛj tʰāj]) is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Burma and muay Lao from Laos.[1][2][3][4]
The word muay derives from the Sanskrit mavya which means "to bind together". Muay thai is referred to as the "Art of Eight Limbs" or the "Science 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 other more regulated combat sports, such as kickboxing and savate.[5] A practitioner of muay thai is known as a nak muay. Western practitioners are sometimes called nak muay farang, meaning "foreign boxer."[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muay_Thai
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