Muay Thai / Kickboxing
At PFA we offer Lethbridge's only certified Muay Thai / Kickboxing program. Muay Thai / Kickboxing is regarded as the prestigious national sport of Thailand. Due to the popularity of our Muay Thai / Kick- boxing classes, we offer large variety of classes to accommodate you individual needs and interests. These group classes include: beginner, intermediate, advanced, competitive and mixed level classes in the evening and daytime. For those who prefer to learn individually or in small groups we offer private lessons in Muay Thai / Kickboxing.
Whether you're planning on getting into the best shape of your life, want a non-traditional workout, or are interested in competing in Muay Thai and Kickboxing the training you will receive at PFA will give you the best workout available. Our workouts offer everything from serious muscle toning, increased endurance, increased power and strength. Mauy Thai / Kickboxing will get you where you want to be, both physically and mentally. In addition to the intense, full-body workout, you will also increase your speed and co- ordination while learning a valuable skill that can be applied to real life situations.
The exercises and activities of the classes include:
Cardiovascular Workout: Muay Thai / kickboxing focuses heavily on good cardio workouts, which includes both aerobic and anaerobic activities. Jogging is a mainstay of our warm up, but you will also find we incorporate a variety of exercises into the workout as well.
Shadowboxing: Shaowdowboxing is excellent for balance, cardiovascular conditioning, and fine-tuning techniques. The moves used in shadowboxing are the same moves used in bag work, pad work, and in the ring. Being able to practice these moves against imaginary opponents or in the mirror is crucial to developing skills and technique. You have the opportunity to set up defensive and offensive techniques while "examining" your own strengths and weaknesses.
Bag Work: There is nothing like a good heavy bag workout to build and tone muscles, increase endurance, and relieve stress. Working against a heavy bag give resistance to your contact, making your body stronger. When you unload on the heavy bags, the harder you push yourself the better the workout you will have.
Muay Thai / Kickboxing involves the full use of the body; bag work includes techniques such as punches, elbows, knees, and kicks. Different combinations of these basic moves makes the classes challenging and fun.
Pad Work: Doing Thai pad work is the closest you can come to simulating fighting without actually having to get in there and worry about competing. Pad holders use focus mitts, thai pads and leg kick pads to simulate both defensive and offensive techniques used with an opponent. you learn how to engage in full contact without the stress of injury and competing. You learn how to correctly use offensive techniques, defensive maneuvers, and counters in a fast full contact manner on an opponent. Pad work also teaches timing, distancing, weight transference, balance, and mental toughness under simulated combative situations. Ab/Trunk/Back Workout: Tight abdominal muscles are a natural result of Muay Thai / Kickboxing workouts, as are a strong back and over all strengthening of the trunk. Bag work and pad work also contribute to a strong core. During every scheduled class, you will find extensive core exercises from standard crunches to medicine ball workouts. the emphasis on a strong core will result in a stronger overall body.
Sparring: Sparring is a great workout, but it is not for everyone. Although it is not a required part of all of our Muay Thai / kickboxing classes, we do provide sparring classes once a week besides the sparring that takes place in our competitive and advanced classes. Protective gear is required and students can choose "light contact" to harder contact for fighters. Sparring allows you to fully use all the skills being developed through shadowboxing, bag work, and pad work. the mental aspect of getting hit and hitting back is crucial to understanding the heart of Muay Thai / Kickboxing.
Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), is also referred to as "No Holds Barred", has been made popular by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Pride Fight Championship. MMA is a competition in which two combatants face off with very limited rules. Punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, chokes, arm bars, leg locks and other submission holds are allowed. This class provides the training for MMA competition or for those who want a realist training environment.
MMA has become a very popular sport taking the world by storm. The sport has become the wave of the future combining "striking arts" with grappling and submission arts. Our MMA classes combines the best of the martial arts and you will learn a wide range of skills from Muay Thai and Boxing to Wrestling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Our instructors have traveled the globe in search of the most up to date training method and learned them from the best. this has made it possible for you to learn a wide range of skills and techniques that will make you the ultimate martial artist.
Sports Conditioning
PFA is renowned for its Sports Conditioning program, having trained both amateur and professional athletes. Some of those athletes include members of Canada's Junior and National Hockey and Kickboxing teams, as well as the National Hockey League and the Western Hockey League. Our instructors have trained all over the world with the top sports science trainers and learned the most cutting edge in sports science techniques in order to make you a better athlete.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Through years of training the Brazilians have developed a simple yet evolved approach to self defense, sport grappling and mixed martial arts. The strategies used in this class include a variety of takedowns, throws, holds, chokes, and locks. You will practice these skills and techniques with specialized training methods that allow smaller individuals to cultivate the techniques and skills necessary to control and defeat a larger foe.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu sessions are included in our MMA classes and are usually broken up into the following: Warm Up Session: 15-30 minutes, that consists of cardiovascular training, strength training, and stretching. Technique Session: Technical training and specialized drills to help each student hone their technical knowledge and physical attributes.
Pad Work: Includes both defensive and offensive techniques. If you don't have a partner we'll put you on a heavy bag. Each class we will workout various techniques and skills while conditioning your body.
Partner Training: Several rounds of grappling. Sparring provides students with the real life experience needed to apply their skills against a resisting opponent.
Kicks 4 Kids
Our kicks 4 Kids program is something new and exciting for children ages 7 to 13. The program is a great way for your child to improve their fitness, gain self esteem, increase focus, and self confidence while having fun and learning new skills. Your child will learn the basics of Muay Thai/Kickboxing, learn to punch, kick knees, and elbows properly of a heavy bag or Thai pads. The class is taught under the safe environment of a certified and experienced instructor. Click HERE for more information!
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