Kickboxing: Fitness and Competition

American Kickboxing and Muay Thai are fun and challenging styles of martial arts.  Both are effective fighting and self-defense styles as well as excellent for fitness.

Kickboxing for Fitness

Kickboxing and other Martial Arts fitness programs have become quite popular.

We teach a kickboxing program at TMAC designed to meet the fitness needs of competitive athletes but is still flexible enough to provide a stimulating workout for all ages and ability levels.

Our fitness program includes proper training in technique through various exercises designed to be fun and interesting. Fitness enthusiasts train alongside fighters so you know that you are learning “the real deal!”

Kickboxing for Athletes

Kickboxing is a challenging competitive sport. Our program is designed to meet the needs of amateur fighters as well as the fitness enthusiast.

The athletic program teaches fighting techniques through drills and sparring. Additional training is recommended of anyone interested in training as a fighter including strength and endurance training.

The fighter has a variety of local and nearby amateur venues for fighting experience. With experience, professional opportunities are also available to the kickboxer.

Muay Thai (Thai Boxing)

Translated into English as Thai Boxing this is the national sport of Thailand and is a martial art with origins in the ancient battlefield tactics of the Siamese (or Thai) army. It evolved from Krabi-Krabong, literally sword and baton, the hand-to-hand tactics of the Thai army. The early Muay Thai bouts pitted different companies within the Siamese army against each other with few rules and no weight divisions or time limits. They became quite popular and eventually were shown in stadia across the country. In the early 20th century, time limits, boxing gloves as well as a uniform set of rules were introduced. During the latter half of the 20th century Muay Thai was exported to many countries and is now practiced by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world.

Muay Thai is known as "King of the Ring" in kickboxing circles. These fights feature punches, kicks, elbows, knees, standing grappling and head-butts to wear down and knock out their opponent. Thai training methods develop devastating power, speed and superb cardio-vascular endurance as well as fighting spirit. Muay Thai training is also quite safe thanks to sophisticated pad training that evolved to keep fighters healthy between fights. Muay Thai has also proven very effective outside the ring and has been embraced enthusiastically by practitioners of a variety of self-defense, sporting, military and law enforcement activities.

American Kickboxing

Kickboxing started in the United States during the 1970's when American karate practitioners became frustrated with strict controls on martial arts competitions that didn't allow full contact kicks and punches.

Many questions were raised when the sport began about the high risk of injury. As a result, safety rules were improved and protective clothing was added.

As this is a relatively new sport there are no long-term traditions. The sport has undergone changes and been refined during the last two decades. Competitors use sparring, kicks, punches, kick blocks, and shadow boxing that is learned and applied under professional instruction.