Muay Thai

About Muay Thai

Muay Thai aka Thai Boxing aka Thai Kickboxing is known as “The Science of Eight Limbs” as the hands, shins, elbows, and knees are all used extensively in this cardio intensive hard martial art.

When utilized properly, the Muay Thai philosophy goes, “A 100 pound woman can knock out a 200 pound man with proper Muay Thai technique”! That is American Boxing Muay Thai!

Your Muay Thai Teachers

Coach Gina Reyes from The Muay Thai Reality Show “FIGHT GIRLS” teaches beginner to advanced Womens Muay Thai Kickboxing Classes. Gina also has a team of female Muay Thai fighters. Her team, “The HIVE” meets twice a week in the pursuit of advanced striking and competition goals.

5X Muay Thai Champion and IKF Muay Thai World Champion Coach Dave Nielsen is your head instructor. Coach or Kru Dave, teachers his approach to Muay Thai Kickboxing and works with beginner, intermediate and advanced Muay Thai students daily. Team American Boxing is highly active in the United States Muay Thai scene from California to New York.

Coach Gijs (pronounced Hise) Brat is a Dutch Muay Thai fighter from the Netherlands with more than 30 Professional Muay Thai and K-1 fights. Gijs was an instructor and fighter out of Vos Gym, one of the best Muay Thai MMA schools in the Netherlands, producing notable fighters such as PRIDE FC fighter and K-1 fighters Ernesto Hoost, Lucia Rijker, Remy Bonjasky, Gilbert Yvel and Paul Daley!

Assistant Coach Jose Antonio Flores. With more than 5 years of Thai Boxing experience, 3 of which have been spent with Kru Dave, Jose has competed in some of the largest Muay Thai events in California and Las Vegas. Jose teaches beginner to intermediate Muay Thai to morning students at American Boxing. His classes are extremely popular!

Assistant Coach and Team Captain Shea “High Octane” Ealey began his Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu with Coach/Kru Dave in 2006, Shea has taken the Muay Thai and Grappling worlds by storm with a 9-2-1 Muay Thai record , a 12-2-0 Grappling record and 3-0 Pankration Record, making the most experienced fighters seem more like beginners rather than experienced martial artists. The only thing bigger and better than his skill and amazing conditioning is his humility, we do the bragging for him Midwest humble, kind and giving, Shea most accurately represents the skill and attitude bread at American Boxing. Shea is available for private training and helps with classes on occasion.

We are Champions made by Champions, making Champions… We think we have San Diego Muay Thai training pretty well covered for the ladies and fellas!

Printable Schedule

Thai Kickboxing techniques learned

Learning the defense to each strike will be part of this curriculum as well. As fitness, endurance and technique improve, more techniques, drills and conditioning are added and you advance from Thai Kickboxing training to full Muay Thai!"

Stomp Jab
Straight Right and Overhand Right
Long Left and Right Hooks
Short Left and Right Hooks
Left and Right Uppercuts
Upward Elbows
Cross Elbows
Circular Elbows
Downward Elbows
Basic Clinch Work
Cut Kick (leg, rib and head)
Chop kick (leg, rib and head)
Front and Rear Push-kicks (Teep)
Muay Thai Wall Defense
Check and Cross-Check
Parry and Catch Techniques
Long Knees
Swing Knees and MUCH more!

Beginner-Intermediate Muay Thai Training can include

A FREE Initial Lesson
Warmup and Cardio Conditioning
Calisthenics
Thai Jump Rope
Abdominal and Core Work (ie: Thai Situps)
Shadow Boxing (Muay Thai combinations we have developed as well as techniques passed to us by our World Champion teachers)
Thai Banana Bag Training
Leg Kick Shield Drills
Pear Bag Clinch and Knee Training
Focus mitts
Thai Pads
Partner Drills
Drill Sparring

Intermediate-Advanced: Muay Thai

Advanced Muay Thai Clinch
Throws and Sweeps
Spinning Elbows
Advanced combinations
Elbow Defensive
Counter Striking
Light Free Sparring and more.

Thai Pads, Focus mitts and kick shields are heavily used in each Muay Thai training session to push your aerobic and anaerobic threshold and to hone technique. Thai Boxing ring strategies and ring tactics used by your Muay Thai Champion trainers taught to them by their Muay Thai Champion trainers will be passed on to you here when you are ready.

Note: It should be each students desire to advance in their Thai Boxing. At American Boxing we use a colored pra jaed (Muay Thai Ceremonial armbands) as a measure of promotion in skill and rank. Our particular style of Muay Thai is called Sen Muay Thai and a rank will be given to each student based on a curriculum established by Kru Dave Nielsen. His witness of your skills and at certain levels, testing will determine your pra jaed level. There are no additional fees for ranking or testing.

It is important to understand that in each phase, the student will be given opportunity to work with those below and above their skill, to teach and be taught. At a point, the student will receive a certification from Kru Dave Nielsen and Kru Gina signifying a competency in Muay Thai Kickboxing that will be recognized throughout the World!