Tiger Muay Thai Review
Training - Tiger Muay Thai and MMA
Intermediate
Intermediate class has fewer students than in Beginners, which is great, and focuses more on Muay Thai and less on Cardio. Not that you don’t sweat like a Bombay money lender during the intermediate session, however in Intermediate you get more bag work and shadowboxing as opposed to the copious amounts of running you do in Beginners.
I really enjoyed Intermediate class and was happy it was lead by fantastic head coach, Pud, as he was very friendly and spoke excellent English.
The lesson:
You start off with a run and then stretch work. Afterwards, you do about 10 minutes of shadowboxing in front of the full length mirror.
Pud then explains a few new techniques which you practice out till perfection with a partner whilst the trainers watch and correct you.
Afterwards, class is sent to accomplish 3 sets of each of the following:
1. Bag work - freestyle on the bags
2. Pad work with trainers - 1 on 1 pad work with a trainer. This is amazing to perfect your Muay Thai, and is similar to what you get in private lessons
I had one trainer which I really didn’t like. I don’t remember his name but he's the chubby looking trainer you see on TMT's website video. I disliked him because he kept making a face every time a drop of my sweat hit him and then dramatically wiped it off. When doing pad work, you can't help but drip all over the trainers, as you are soaked in sweat… so I found it kinda weird he wasn’t used to it. He was also disappointing as he didn’t give me much of a workout, and I felt I gave out a lot less kicks and punches than I had done with any other instructor. Even so, I only had him once, so maybe he was just having a bad day…
3. Ring work (either technique or clinching)
There is light sparring done 3 times a week.
Class then goes on to do about 15 minutes of a supervised bag work session, in which we are told specific blows to execute on the bag.
What better way to finish off than with 100 push ups and 200 sit ups and then finally, stretch work
I thoroughly enjoyed Intermediate. The trainers were great and the lesson was built out brilliantly so that you aren't doing the same thing for too long and learning new things as well.
Some bag work during Intermediate Class
