On April 13th The Real Contact Fight Team went down to MD Thaiboxing for a seminar with Ajarn Chai, president of the Thaiboxing Association.  The seminar consisted of a plethora of Muay Thaiboxing and Boxing material presented by Ajarn.  As always we were amazed by Ajarn’s blazing speed and infallible timing.  Thank you Ajarn for such a wonderful seminar.  Your knowledge is indispensable and has taken us a long way competitively.  Congratulations to Bob & Mike on their Level III Instructorship under Ajarn Chai!

 ~ Kru Ryan Gruhn & the RCFT

Here is a clip from Greg Nelson’s Clinch DVD that show several of the counters to clinch that we have been working over the past few weeks. Greg is one crafty individual with a lot to offer, if you have a chance consider purchasing his clinch DVD which shows a lot of the similar clinch material and counters as Ajarn Chai has shown all of us.

First off here is a clip of Greg Nelson from the Eric Paulson Camp 2005 doing the combinations we have been working for the past few weeks.  I first saw Greg do similar combos back about five years ago and they have a ton of validity so we will continue to use them. Here they are:

Secondly, here is the Scott Smith / Pete Sell fight which shows what we have been simulating with flash knockouts.  You need to make sure you keep the lead hand up when throwing the cross so this doesn’t happen:

This eBook has been floating around the internet for quite some time now and has a good run down of the history of Muay Thai.

Muay Thai eBook
(Right Click, Save As)

 Gruhn

Congrats to Tom Hyde for passing his Assistant Instructor / Level I Muay Thai Test on December 20th 2007! The test consisted of a thorough demonstration of boxing and muay thai technique along with the Ram Muay (Ceremony) and two rounds of kicking (60 kicks & 35 knees). Thanks to everyone from the Real Contact Fight Team for helping out with the test!

Keep It Up Tom!
~ Kru Gruhn

Congrats to Trygve “Karper” for passing his Assistant Instructor / Level I Muay Thai Test on December 18th 2007! The test consisted of a thorough demonstration of boxing and muay thai technique along with the Ram Muay (Ceremony) and two rounds of kicking (60 kicks & 35 knees). Thanks to everyone from the Real Contact Fight Team for helping out with the test!

Way To Go Karper!
~ Kru Gruhn

Congrats to Alex Brown for passing his Assistant Instructor / Level I Muay Thai Test on December 13th 2007! The test consisted of a thorough demonstration of boxing and muay thai technique along with the Ram Muay (Ceremony) and two rounds of kicking (60 kicks & 35 knees). Thanks to everyone from the Real Contact Fight Team for helping out with the test!

Awesome Job Alex!
~ Kru Gruhn

Here is a another PDF download I made a while back that I decided to post for download. It points out the basics of the Muay Thai “Kick” stance. Please remember that this is a basic foundation and that things can and will change depending on “situations change variables.”

Click on the image to open the PDF version!

Enjoy!
Ryan Gruhn