Having no kickboxing experience, I checked into Sinbi Muay Thai, Phuket on week 7/8 of my South-East Asia holiday. After 7 weeks of eating a LOT of food and drinking a LOT of beer, I was not in the best shape! However after day 1 I was back in the game.
Muay thai kickboxing is one of the most lethal martial art forms... every part of your body is a target and you can elbow people in the head, kick them in the shins, it's a pretty aggressive sport! However I was there for more fitness goals, so attended 2 sessions a day of 2.5 hours.
Sessions start with skipping gfor 10 mins (and you're training around 33 degrees celsius weather, so sweating up a storm!), stretching, technique work, pad work in the ring (with one of the awesome trainers), bag work, kicking, punching, situps, pushups, etc. It sounds intense but I loved it! I was only there for a week, but there were loads of people who were staying for 3 weeks up to 12 months.
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