Pad work
Training equipment to increase cognitive and athletic attributes and skills for striking.There are essential partner drills needed outside of the heavy bag and sparring that can be progressively improved on with this type of training.Including tactical and technical training in preparation for competition.
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Building Pad work/ Focus mitt progressions ( combination development)
There is a method to progressing into combinations.Here is a sample of a padwork session and how it progresses from a simple combination to some dynamic iterations and Defense.
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Muay Thai Fundamentals White Shorts:1st Stripe/lesson 5 Focus Mitt holding
In this lesson the holder must know how to feed numbered combinations, how to counter with the focus mitt and the technical skill of holding for a partner.
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Boxing Assessment:Introduction to Competition (8 beat bully beat Lesson)
A progressive series of lessons within a training session teaching the 8 beat bully beat.Moving through introduction, warm up, progressive lessons with bag and focus mitt to culminating into cooperative,semi cooperative and competitive sparring.Ending the session with cool down and debrief/summary.
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Muay Thai Pad Work:5 Knee Spree
Using Muay Thai pads to work on the knee spree to allow for accuracy and power.This also avoids injuring your partner when working on a higher intensity of power.
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Advanced Focus Mitt :Counter Striking with Pad
Once strikers have a good defense the pad holder will counter strike them with their pads To prepare them for counter striking in live sparring.
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Advanced Boxing Padwork:Tap Beat
Drilling to move in with a counter to the jab and retreat with a counter fade back hook
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Advanced Boxing Drills: 5 Beat to 8 Beat count
Learning to close distance with long linear movements to short circular movements.