ORIGIN MUAY THAI

Muay Thai Kickboxing

Ferndale Area’s Muay Thai HQ!
Muay Thai is one of the fastest-growing combat sports in the world, and one of Metro Detroit’s most popular methods of kickboxing for fitness and self defense. With expert coaching and a diverse team of friendly everyday folks, our weekly Muay Thai sessions are great for all experience levels.

Muay Thai, known also as Thai Boxing or “The Art of 8 Limbs,” is the national sport of Thailand. It is a truly comprehensive Kickboxing method that utilizes kicks, punches, knees, elbows, and clinch. All over the world, Muay Thai fighters (or “Nak Muay”) are known as “Kings of the Ring.”

Our program, Origin Muay Thai, has been specifically developed with beginners in mind. Though Origin has a competition team, our focus is on helping everyday people access and excel in the empowering and exciting sport and martial art of Muay Thai.

  • Muay Thai Technique

    Tue 6pm-7pm
    Thr 6pm-7pm
    ALL LEVELS

    Learn all of the exciting techniques and tactics that make Muay Thai so loved the world over. These sessions combine guided shadow boxing exercises, partner drills for skill development, footwork and defense exercises, all at a pace that is suitable for all experience levels. These sessions are where your Muay Thai skills are truly developed and honed, and where the exciting world of Thai Boxing truly opens up.

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  • Muay Thai Padwork

    Mon 6pm-7pm
    Fri 6pm-7pm
    ALL LEVELS

    These action-packed sessions begin with dynamic warm up exercises for strength, conditioning, and improved mobility, followed by basic partner exercises for increased comprehension of Muay Thai. The bulk of these sessions are partnered rounds of hitting pads, where each rounds offers a unique kickboxing combination and set of tactics. Great for fitness and stress relief, and a core part of full comprehensive Muay Thai training.

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  • Muay Thai Fundamentals

    Sat 11am-12pm
    ALL LEVELS

    Every Saturday we offer a Muay Thai Fundamentals session that focuses on one topic (for example, Kicking) or one technique (for example, the Jab punch). Students of all experience levels meet to drill down on a single topic, getting a high volume of reps and digging into the nuance and body mechanics that make it work. Perfect for beginners, and designed for all experience levels who understand that old boxing adage: “Fundamentals Win Fights!”

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Sparring & Clinch

Do We Spar and Clinch?

After every hour-long weeknight Muay Thai session, Origin Muay Thai offers upwards of 30 minutes of additional, optional training in Len Chern style sparring and Muay Thai Clinch Fighting. With the exception of our competitors and high-level practitioners, Sparring and Clinch are never required.

Len Chern is a traditional sparring method from Thailand that focuses on technical prowess, creative offense, superior timing, and the love of training, rather than on hard impact or victory. This is our preferred style. Origin Muay Thai’s sparring philosophy revolves around the Thai expression “Sabai-Sabai,” meaning generally to relax, don’t stress, and go with the flow.”

Clinch Fighting is a core aspect of Muay Thai. Fighters engage in a kind of standing grappling the includes controlling the opponent’s limbs, head, or body, and initiating strikes with major tools like knees, elbows, and sweeps. Clinch is exciting and very practical for sport and self defense.

What’s the Vibe?

  • All are welcomed! Beginners and experienced practitioners, no matter your lifestyle or background, have a home at Boombox

  • Our staff and team is comprised of every day Metro Detroiters coming together to learn and grow

  • Learn these empowering life skills in a safe space and with a great community

Schedule

Mondays @ 6PM
Tuesdays @ 6PM
Thursdays @ 6PM
Fridays @ 6PM
Saturdays @11AM

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