Muay Thai Kickboxing
Muay Thai is gaining popularity in Canada and it’s about time! It’s considered the National Sport of Thailand; it is also the single most devastating and complete striking style in the world. Conditioning is essential for Muay Thai training, and in both beginner and advanced classes you will experience what is possibly the most intense and enjoyable workout of your life. Every class you’ll work on new things; hitting the thai pads and focus mitts, learning new combinations, mastering your technique. Once you feel comfortable enough, you can test yourself against other students in light sparring drills and in the ring. All of this is done in a safe and sportsmanlike manner that will leave you pumped and excited for your next class.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Imagine a smaller person being able to overcome a larger attacker with ease, without the use of weapons, strikes, or kicks. Welcome to the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art that focuses on ground grappling. It encompasses effective foot work, clinch fighting, take-downs, throws, escapes, ground control, chokes and joint locks. Use of leverage and balance is taught so that a smaller individual will be able to overcome a larger attacker in a real life confrontation without having to punch or kick. Traditional jiu-jitsu uniforms are worn and a belt system is used for grading. Learning BJJ will enable you to deal with someone who is punching or kicking you, taking you down, and what to do once you are on the ground.
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) blends the best of striking, wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. At Dynamic Mixed Martial Arts Academy, the MMA class incorporates the three phases of fighting: striking, clinch work and ground work. Muay Thai will be practiced for the striking (stand up) phase, free style/Greco wrestling will be practiced for the clinch work (take-down) phase and BJJ will be practiced for the ground phase. Each phase of mixed martial arts will be practiced individually and in combination, as well as the transitions between phases e.g. flowing into submission while striking. You will find that the mixed martial arts classes will work your conditioning greatly due to the striking portion. Your muscles will also be worked during take-downs as explosive muscle contractions will occur. Submission attempts will work your muscles in a static way as the muscles contract during clinch work and while maintaining position on the ground. Instruction of MMA is very technical in its approach.
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- New trainees need an environment rich in supportive and like-minded people. Without them, the psychological and physiological weight of their training will break their resolve. But, once aligned with brothers and sisters in iron, there’s nothing they can’t accomplish.
- Experienced trainees must learn that only the most critical and challenging individuals will push them beyond their barriers. Surrounding yourself with groupies and undiscriminating ego strokers will only lead to stagnation
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