Khun Kru, or instructor, Genelle Gaudinez leads a class of students in a group warm-up before the students practice with pads in pairs. Gaudinez demands a high level of discipline and respect in her ...

Muay Thai training can have a profound impact on your physical fitness. It is a highly explosive and dynamic striking art that requires and develops athletic ability. The training regimen can consist ...

Welcome back to my online diary documenting my very amateur experience training in Muay Thai. If you missed the first entry on Bloody Elbow, read it here. One year ago, I started down an exciting path ...

Muay Thai, or the "art of eight limbs," is characterized by the combined rapid movements of the fists, elbows, shins, and knees. There was no shortage of that in instructor James Leger's Muay Thai ...

Muay Thai is a martial art that focuses on powerful strikes, close-quarters combat (also called clinch work), and conditioning. A martial art is a system of combat that comes from a specific culture.

How you discovered muay Thai: I've always worked out, usually just with weights, but I was looking for something that was a bit more intensive and fun. ... I fell in love with the sport the first time ...

To the untrained eye, a Muay Thai fight — or Thai boxing — looks like a brutal martial art where opponents pummel each other with jabs, kicks, elbows and knees. So why are so many women signing up for ...