2010 Peoria Athletic Club Fightcamp

Coaches in attendance were Dean Lessei, Jeremy Harminson, Dave Rogers, and Ryan Blackorby. In addition to a tought workout there was a large amount of information discussed.

Skip rope
Shadowboxing

Dean stressed the importance of respect with traditional Thai hand salutation.

Economical punching warm-up. One partner has a left bag glove and a right focus mitt and the other is vice versa (i.e. right bag glove and left focus mitt). Each partner does one strike for an entire interval and then they switch for a new round.

• One side jabs, one side crosses
• One side lead hooks, one side rear hooks (twist the rear knee to point towards the lead knee, turn the hand over "check the time")
• One side lead uppercut, one side rear upper cut

Knee entries

1. Scoop parry the jab (catch and then flick the punch laterally) followed by the rear knee
2. Double or cross parry the cross (pull the punch laterally and inferiorly) followed by the rear knee
3. Cover the hook, the lead hand grabs the neck on the same side (smothering the punch) followed by the curve knee
4. Outside parry, cross side neck clinch, trap with the opposite hand, rear knee
5. Inside slip on the cross, arm and cross neck clinch, rear knee
6. "Split the middle" parry the cross and follow the arm to wrap the neck and slap your palms together to chinch it in

Knee play "shark tank" keep it light but keep it busy for the "chum" in the tank

Thai pad knee drill

• Plum 3 knees
• Hold pushes forward and feed's an arm
• Switch to side clinch on this side with 3 three knees
• (MMA variation: three inside punches)
• Return to plum with 3 knees
• Repeat side clinches ad nauseum
• To finish, throw to kick range on holder's call

Double arm clinch

• From the plum, overhook one side while the opposite side finds your opponent's shoulder and then traces it down to their elbow
• Feed this arm through to the overhook
• Cinch in both arms with the overhook

Punch-Knee-Kick Range Drill. Each range has a prearranged drilled combination(s). The coach calls out each range while the holder feeds each the drills for that range.

Punch

1. "1 return 3" -- Catch the jab, return jab-cross-hook
2. "2 return 4" -- Catch the jab, cover the cross, return cross-hook-cross-hook
3. "3 return 5" -- Catch the jab, cover the cross, cover the hook, return hook-cross-hook-cross-hook

Knee

1. Long rear knee, long lead knee, clinch 5 skip knees, throw to range

Kick

1. Cover rear kick to lead leg, lead cut kick, rear body kick, hook, cross, two lead kicks
2. Cover rear kick to lead leg, rear knee, rear kick, hook, cross, hook, two rear kicks

Punch kick glove combinations

1. Catch the jab, return jab, catch the jab, jab, cross, lead cut kick, rear body kick
2. Catch the jab, return jab, catch the jab, clip the cross to the sameside lateral line throwing the jab over the cross, rear kick, lead kick
3. Catch the jab, return jab, catch the jab, slip the cross with counter cross the the face, cross side clinch with arm pin, two knees push to kick
4. Catch the jab, return jab, catch the jab, front cover the cross, rear upper cut, lead hook, rear kick (step in the direction of the hook arm to create space for the kick)
5. Take the rear kick on your thigh, return a rear kick to the thigh, leg cover rear kick to lead leg, lead cut kick, rear body kick
6. Take the rear kick on your thigh, return a rear kick to the thigh, tiip to the body as they kick, cross, hook, rear kick
7. Take the rear kick on your thigh, return a rear kick to the thigh, catch the rear kick to the body (step with it), cross side clinch, knee the the underside of the caught leg or the medial surface of the plant leg
8. Take the rear kick on your thigh, return a rear kick to the thigh, cover the head kick, create a "shelf" with the cross hand, hook over the kick and swing through. A variation shown but not practiced was underhooking the kick leg with the cross hand, but then passing it to a safer position overhooked on opposite site

Punch kick Thai pad combinations

1. Jab, cross, lead kick, long rear knee, three skip knees, throw, two rear kicks
2. Catch jab, cover cross, cover hook, cross hand clinch, two lead knees, "garage door" (lift the hook cover hand to duck under the arm), pin the arm to your clinch hand, two lead knees, push and disengage, cross, hook, two rear kicks