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Tom Yum · 07-28-2003, 12:29 PM

The first 2-3 months of most MT programs will be about developing good basic techniques and solid conditioning.

The instructor will introduce you to fighting stance, throwing proper punches and kicks and teaching a few basic combinations, how to move and basic defense.

At first the conditioning might include stretching, jump rope, running (before or after class), calisthenics (pushups, pull ups, bar dips, squats without weights, jumping and ab work). The goal is usually to build strength and stamina using your own body weight.

Depending on the school/program from there you might focus on fitness and self-defense, while others might focus on competition fighting. If your focus is on fitness and self-defense you won't have to spar or worry about head trauma. You will work on putting together multiple kick-punch combinations for keeping the distance on an attacker. You might focus on learning muay thai's elbow and knee strikes from close range fighting. Doing these drills repetitively and quickly will challenge your fitness level better than Tae bo, plus you will learn how to hit hard and fast at several ranges, while making yourself hard to hit - they don't teach you that in Tae bo either

People who train to fight do pretty much the same program at about the same timeline, but they do extra conditioning to prepare the body for contact and they spar other fighters to work on live distancing, timing and strategy.

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Tom Yum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here and there. Posts: 11,303 Groans: 0 Groaned at 2 Times in 2 Posts	The first 2-3 months of most MT programs will be about developing good basic techniques and solid conditioning. The instructor will introduce you to fighting stance, throwing proper punches and kicks and teaching a few basic combinations, how to move and basic defense. At first the conditioning might include stretching, jump rope, running (before or after class), calisthenics (pushups, pull ups, bar dips, squats without weights, jumping and ab work). The goal is usually to build strength and stamina using your own body weight. Depending on the school/program from there you might focus on fitness and self-defense, while others might focus on competition fighting. If your focus is on fitness and self-defense you won't have to spar or worry about head trauma. You will work on putting together multiple kick-punch combinations for keeping the distance on an attacker. You might focus on learning muay thai's elbow and knee strikes from close range fighting. Doing these drills repetitively and quickly will challenge your fitness level better than Tae bo, plus you will learn how to hit hard and fast at several ranges, while making yourself hard to hit - they don't teach you that in Tae bo either People who train to fight do pretty much the same program at about the same timeline, but they do extra conditioning to prepare the body for contact and they spar other fighters to work on live distancing, timing and strategy. __________________ Love it, leave it or fix it.