28/09/2023
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ!
As I continue to play catch-up after being away last month, I have been planning on updating the evening class structure.
The way we structure the classes is very different to the majority of Muay Thai gyms and when I first designed it over 15years ago, it took a lot of thought and planning, even though on the outside it looks simple now, but itโs time for a changeโฆ
Essentially our raw beginners donโt really hold pads for each other but get one-on-one padwork, which I feel is the best way to kick-start their journey in the sport.
We then continue this PT style throughout the team, so everyone gets solid coaching. This requires the seniors to give a lot back and at times where the fight team might be AWOL after events, injury/illness it has often asked too much from them.
The other downsides are that it drastically limits our capacity and keeps us to a rigid session plan as everyone expects to get their padwork rounds.
Effectively, we will still centre sessions around the same padwork system, but it will be one giant mixed session from 6:10pm and with some next-level planning and multitasking, I can give the sessions more scope to go off plan and importantly not ask too much from the seniors who keep our system running!
We will effectively have 4 groups overlapping, working together and with different things happening at the same time.
It sounds chaotic, but really itโs just what weโve always done, but more structured and leaves more time for me to go off plan or take technical deep dives!
The groups and times are as follows:
1๏ธโฃ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ญ (๐ก๐ฒ๐)
New members just getting to grips with striking and arenโt really ready to hold pads and pass on the basics to anyone else.
โฐ ๐ฒ:๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฝ๐บ.
(๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ)
2๏ธโฃ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ
Acquired a decent level of striking and can help hold pads for a new person and check them on basic technique.
โฐ ๐ฒ:๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ:๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ.
(๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ)
3๏ธโฃ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ
Solid striking and could give one of the fighters a workout on the pads even if they couldnโt teach them anything.
โฐ ๐ณ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด:๐ฏ๐ฌ-๐ต๐ฝ๐บ.
(๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ:๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐-๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น-๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐๐บ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ.)
4๏ธโฃ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ - Training alongside the fight team, these members train Mon-Fri as they do the heavy lifting in the gym. Every member should be able to hold pads for our fighters.
โฐ ๐ณ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด:๐ฏ๐ฌ-๐ต๐ฝ๐บ.
(๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ:๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น/๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.)
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐: ๐ฒ:๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ - ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐. ๐ณ๐ฝ๐บ - ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
(You can come to either class! But protective equipment and gumshield is an obvious requirement for sparring.)
If youโre unsure what group you fall in to, or if you have any issues with class times let me know.
Iโm confident that this will be a great adjustment to the schedule and will be best for the gym and will will allow the team to evolve another level.
