NEW SCHEDULE ABOVE WILL GO IN EFFECT MONDAY, JULY 6TH

This one is a bit of a read, so bare with me.

First of all:  I hope everyone has been well as well can be.

As we prepare for re-opening..  I just want take a little time to update everyone and also to say thank you to everyone that has been keeping up with the gym and myself since all this started happening.

Thank you once again to all friends and members of TBI for your valuable contributions, donations and for keeping your accounts active to support the gym.  Your support has been immense and has kept the gym going since our closing.

As it stands, the situation seems to be constantly evolving, and I have made my peace with the bleakness of it all.  

As long as I can break even and keep the place open for a bit, I think we’ll be able to figure things out.  I want to remain optimistic but life can be a bit heavy sometimes.

We are taking pretty big preventive measures to ensure the health and safety of the coaches and as well as the members.

So that means offering semi-private classes and limiting the amount of people who can join the gym.  Temp checks at the door, reduced class times and limiting the amount of people inside the gym.

We have grid out the gym floor to be able to spread ourselves out comfortably, we have installed air purifiers, exhaust fans as well as given the gym a deep thorough cleaning and disinfection prior to re-opening as well as continue to do so in-between classes.

This has always been the case with us, but understand that everyone’s health and safety is of the utmost importance to us.

I wish it were possible to accommodate everyone’s request for training practices, and I feel what I propose will be a good start and something we can all benefit from.

We ask that you remain in your car or use the outside waiting area while semi-private classes are in session.

In review:

✅.  Masks required for all classes.

✅. Temp check at the door.

✅. We have masks to use free of charge.

✅. Plenty of Hand Sanitizer.

✅. Plenty of wipes too.

✅. Grid mat area to help maintain social distance.

✅. TWO air purifiers to help with cleaning and air circulation.

✅. Constant cleaning of facilities and equipment.

✅. Plenty of TP.

How can you help? Using and maintaining your own equipment helps, as well using your own cleaning supplies if you can sacrifice it, we got you though in case you run out or forget.

Also, I know a lot of us are struggling with isolation. Consider the gym some relief of that and perhaps also reconsider your choices on limiting your exposure in big group settings.

Any little bit helps keeping the staff and members safe and healthy! Thank you everyone that has donated supplies to insure our responsible training.

Re:  Kids and Teens Classes

Hopefully we will be able to re-introduce kids and teen classes in the fall.  We apologies for any inconvenience.     

Re:  Semi- Private Adult Group Classes

I think what will catch many of your attention’s are the ‘Semi-Private’ classes.

In summary:

“Semi-private group training of 4 people socially distanced amongst themselves. Class will consist of Muay Thai training, fitness training, bag work and one on one pad work with Coach Vic.

**Masks**, wraps, boxing gloves required.

There will be 3 groups of 4 people available on a first come first serve basis.  Please be advised that these are 45 minute long classes, with a price of 159/Month and a special 30 day advanced cancellation clause.

I believe this is an EXCELLENT opportunity for those still weary of groups but would like to get some training in.  Please note that we will be following strict social distancing protocols and masks WILL be required.

There is absolutely no partner work in these classes.

Re:  Other Adult Group Classes

Alternatively, we will be offering traditional style partner work classes throughout the week capped at 14 people per class.  

As a way to prevent over booking classes, we have to limit gym membership altogether, and those of you that would like to train Part-Time will need to pick either a MWF or T TH SAT. schedule.

No mixing or matching please.

Members must be comfortable with contact and proximity, yet again, masks will be required.

First come first serve basis.  Remaining gym credit can gladly be used. 

We will begin refund requests in the Fall.

How long will this last?  Who knows.

***Schedule and pricing subject to change.  All sales are final on Monthly memberships.  No transfers or holds allowed.

Re:  Online Training

With the limiting of the gym membership, some of you have been asking how you can help?

I’ve never done well with accepting charity and I believe in working for and earning any amount of money given to me.

So what I’m doing is moving part of the gym to an online subscription platform where you guys, if you feel so inclined, can join the community.

It’s called a ‘patreon’

If you are a patreon subscriber you have access to the back catalog of our online zoom classes, you can request training advice, I can watch your footage and help you out with your technique, or study opponent footage or offer online training, diet advice, shit even like business or coaching consultation.

Basically what I already do in person, will now be offered online all for the sake of keeping the gym open.

We have a few tiers that you can be a part of.  Check it out here:

https://www.patreon.com/thaiboxinginstitute

DAMN COACH, WHAT ELSE?

SHIIIIIEEEETT.  I’m just getting started.  If you still want to train at the gym, pricing is about the same, new members will have to pay an initiation fee now of $99 which includes a school uniform and hand wraps.

Old members will always be allowed to use their credits.  If you refer a friend and they sign up, you still get $25 dollar referral credit.

If you were a member before our closure and want to get some one on one time, Myself, Coach Javi and Coach Miguel are offering private lessons at $120/hr.  Coach Javi is offering a special of two lessons for $150 and ‘MICRO’ sessions of pad holding for $10/3 min round, 3 round Minimum.  Class talk to him if you are interested.

oh yea, we also have a ‘CODE OF CONDUCT’ now.  I mean, we always have had, but now they will be posted and asked to be followed.  Just a little common sense reminder.  Check them out here:

New Merch!

Drawing inspiration from legendary, local punk band ‘Germs’ and recent pandemic events.

Printed on ‘Bella Canvas’ 100% cotton comfortable soft feel unisex t-shirt. 

The front features’Thai Boxing Institute’ inside the Iconic Germs circular teal design, while the back features  ‘Thai Boxing Institute- Mar Vista, CA’.

Our ‘Think Lightly’ Tee has also been restocked.

Sizes available S-XL.

$25 curbside/gym pick up, $30 shipped to your door!

Check out our online shop for more merchandise and gym membership purchases:

https://thaiboxinginstitute.net/shop/

Forms of payment accepted:  CC, PayPal, Amazon Pay, Venmo, Cash, Check and EBT trade ;).

Gracias a todos!

I can’t say this enough, and i have such an eternal gratitude to all the members who kept their membership’s active, all my friends, clients and people from the Muay Thai community that have donated to help with the gym overhead, all the supportive and encouraging words. They mean a lot and I am very grateful of all you.

Thank you guys.  I hope to see you all soon.  Be safe.

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Just want to remind you guys how awesome y’all are.  Entering the sleepy season for fitness and the gym itself, just remember to keep your goals in mind and also that Muay Thai isn’t a trend, but a lifestyle.  Keep living it!

Re:  Merch

Thank you to everyone that pre-order their merch-  the demand was overwhelming and quite frankly unexpected.  As of today (10/15/2018) please allow us another week to start delivering the merch.  Please understand that the sweaters take a bit of time to get stitch hence, the delay, but items should start getting shipped out soon and handed out at the gym.  Thank you all for your patience and never ending support. :]

re:  Halloween Pub Crawl

OCT 27th  MEET AT THE GYM AT 6 PM and we’ll head over to culver city for our 2nd annual MARTIAL ARTS THEMED halloween pub-crawl.  Last year we had a blast and looking to have some more fun this year.  Don’t be a debbie downer and show up in your regular clothes.  have some fun and use your imagination.  Hope to see y’all there!

October Class Curriculum:

10/1-10/6:  Q+A

10/8-10/13:  attacking forward + attacking backwards

10/15-10/20:  attacking from angles

10/22-10/27:  HELLbows :B

10/29-11/3:  drilling week (please bring shin pads to class)

CIAO! xo

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Nothing much to report this month, just grinding it out and appreciating everyone’s support in making this one of the best places to train muay thai in West LA.  Summer will be winding down soon and class sizes should return back to normal 🙂

Re:  Updated Schedule

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updated schedule current as of July 2018, note that Tuesday at 7 pm is now intro to sparring for beginners and the casual enthusiast while advanced sparring will be done during the same time for advance members, competitors and those interested in expanding their skill set or helping out the athletes. #nakmuay #kickboxing #muaythailife #muaythaitraining #thaiboxing #boxing #mixedmartialarts #martialarts #marvista #marinadelrey #culvercity #westla #venice #venicebeach #fitness #martialarts #mma

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Kids Class One Year Anniversary

One year since we had the kids class started and finally we have a stable group of kids training hard.  Looking to have a few of them compete within the year, thank you coach miguel for the hand in training the kids and helping to improve their future with the skills they are learning here training at The Thai Boxing Institute.

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2018 kid’s class. Monday’s and Wednesday’s at 5:00 pm. #muaythai #nakmuay #kickboxing #muaythailife #muaythaitraining #thaiboxing #boxing #mixedmartialarts #martialarts #marvista #marinadelrey #culvercity #westla #venice #venicebeach #fitness #martialarts #mma

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Google Campaign

Hey guys, trying to get some of my google SEO stuff down tighter;  if you have the time maybe leave a little quick review of the gym on our ‘The Thai Boxing Institute’ business page.  All we ask is for your full honestly as we are ALWAYS looking to improve your training experience and helping you reach your goals.

(while you’re at it maybe copy and paste it over to yelp too 😉 )

THANKS!

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as always- I am super thankful and grateful for all the members who make #tbi the special place that it is, and thankful for the amazing crew of coaches we have here that love teaching and love learning. starting a little google marketing campaign, and if you have something nice to say or anything at all to say please feel free to leave us a review on our google business page. many thanks as always! #nakmuay #kickboxing #muaythailife #muaythaitraining #thaiboxing #boxing #mixedmartialarts #martialarts #marvista #marinadelrey #culvercity #westla #venice #venicebeach #fitness #martialarts #mma

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Re:  Coaches Clinic

Thank you to all who came out to my first business seminar, and to all the members that helped out with organization.  Took a few months of planning this out and it didn’t;t quite meet my expectations, but not everything works out the first time around.  no worries, this isn’t the last of it!  Thanks again for all your continued support!

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first and foremost, i would like to thank @bryandobler and @drjasonpark , tbi members and all participants for contributing their time and effort in the business seminar and coaching clinic, thank you all for believing in this and believing in me. To hear kru bryan talk about his experience and to be so willing to help out was so inspiring and i really wish more people could've heard. This took a tremendous amount of effort and time to pull off and yes it was a little disheartening to hear of so many last minute cancellations but for those who came, that meant so much more to me than anything else. I hope you guys enjoyed it and if anything, if you learn a little tiny bit or even received a little glimmer of inspiration, than my job was done and it was done well. this was my attempt of giving back to the scene, an attempt to educate on the business side of things with my own little touch of punk rock DIY ethics, grassroot movements. I read a post by @hansmolenkamp that ended with the quote: 'don't talk about it, be about it.' . i knew what i'm trying to do is something in the right direction. there was a ton of fear, and i couldve just cancelled it and called it a day, but what kind of leader would i be had I submitted. i'm glad i did this. i learned so much from everyone and with that, i grew and was reminded of why i am doing all this in the first place. I want to share along with this post something i wrote and read out loud to start off the seminar. to future coaches and to current coaches, you might get something out of this too. Thank you to @punchgunk for sponsoring the event with some badass samples, everyone was elated to receive it 🙂 and thank you all again. -xo coach vik #vamosTBI #muaythai #nakmuay#kickboxing #muaythailife#muaythaitraining #thaiboxing #boxing#mixedmartialarts #martialarts #marvista#marinadelrey #culvercity #westla#venice #venicebeach #fitness#martialarts #mma #lookatitclosely

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Important Dates:

8/24-8/28-Coach Vik on vacation

9/1-9/3-Labor Day Weekend

9/22 Beach Class?

August Class Curriculum:

7/30-8/4  Lead side attacking

8/6-8/11:  Power techniques

8/13-8/18:  Catching Kicks

8/20-8/25:  Elbows + Knees

8/27-8/31:  Kicking Combos

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Hi there!  Happy month of July.  Nothing Much to report, make sure you guys are staying hydrated in class as well as being mindful of of your training partners.  Has it gets hotter make sure you guys have extra training clothing as well as towels for you excessive sweaters :), and fret not, we have plenty of loaner towels you guys can borrow.

4th of July

Just a heads up to all members that we will be closed on the 4th of July for Independence Day celebrations.  See you all at the beach!

Re:  Nathan Corbett Seminar

WOW!  what a seminar!  Thank you to all the members and guest that were able to participate in the seminar.  This marks our 3rd seminar for the year.  Who will be next!?

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had the pleasure of hosting @nathancarnagecorbett at TBI for a seminar this past week. As one of the fighters i modeled some of my fighting and teaching from, it was great to hear the musings and anecdotes from the source himself. violent, aggressive, fearless, looking for the KO. incredibly personable and knowledgeable, would suggest any gym owner or coach to have him for a seminar, and any practitioner of fighting sports to participate in one of his seminar if the opportunity arises. thank you everyone for supporting the gym and the seminar and thank you nathan for being a wonderful instructor. #vamosTBI #muaythai #nakmuay #kickboxing #muaythailife #muaythaitraining #thaiboxing #boxing #mixedmartialarts #martialarts #marvista #marinadelrey #culvercity #westla #venice #venicebeach #fitness #martialarts #mma 📷: @victorisaacalvarez

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That’s all!  Short and sweet.  Thank you as always and see ya in the ring 😉

July Class Curriculum:

7/2-7/7:  Parrying Straight Punches

7/9-7/14:  ‘Flying’ Techniques

7/16-7/21:  Coach Vik’s Favorite Techniques

7/23-7/28:  Footwork + Movement

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for the most updated schedule please click the link below:

***Schedule***

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Bonjour mon petite pupperoo’s.  Glad you’re reading this.  We are currently one quarter of a ways in to a couple of long busy month’s with summer just around the corner :O.  Read, take notes and put them into your calendar!

Thanks!

Re:  Seminar

What an amazing and successful event it was, thank you all members and guest for participating.  The knowledge and insight gained from the seminar was invaluable and well worth the effort of putting it together.  We are in talks of having a former heavy weight champion come to TBI in june for an elbow seminar.

I was able to get a half hour private lesson with Liam too..  Felt good working out with world class talent.

Our Youtube Channel

Did you guys know we have a regularly updated youtube channel?  Updated usually on every Monday, Wed. and Friday.  There are short tutorials on material covered in class, an in-depth analysis of the round kick (with more coming soon) and random stuff done at the Thai Boxing Institute.  Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/thaiboxinginstitute

Coach Rukiza Joins TBI

I’m very happy to announce Coach Rukiza joins the coaching team at the Thai Boxing Institute.  Coach Rukiza has an impress training resume and i’m honored and flattered that he decided to join the community.  He is doing a month trial assisting Coach Miguel in his beginners Muay Thai Class on Wednesday in order learn the feel of the gym.  From there we shall decide if he wants to stay and in what direction he would like to participate in.  Please take advantage of his knowledge and wisdom and don’t be afraid to say and work out with him, he is a sweet and gentle person.  That you Coach Rukiza!

I am born and raised in Switzerland. I practiced Kung Fu Lung Tao Kung Fu from 1993 to 2003 with Master Quintana Wong then started Muaythai in 2004 at Muaythai Promotionswith Master Phon Martdee in Perth Western Australia for a full year. Then at my return in Switzerland I always practice Muaythai ever since mainly with the Chiangmai Muaythai Geneva. I also went a couple of time in thailand in our partner club Keawsamrit gymin Bangkok. I also trained at Sasiprapa gymand Koh Samui Super Pro Gym.

I am also a professional Muaythai referee WPMF and K1 referee since 2011.

Six Year/Year One Anniversary Party

After two years of not celebrating our anniversary, we are finally celebrating, our official 6 year anniversary, as well as our one year anniversary at our new location.

we will be doing a CINCO DE MAYO theme party with a taco guy, drinks (non-acholohic and alcoholic), muay thai exhibitions and demostration and raffle give aways.

We will also be doing a fundraiser for our fight team to help us cover cost from our tournament participation in arizona for the USMTO as well as our participation at the 2018 TBA classics in des moines, iowa. totally optional and any little bit counts!

Facebook Invite (people still use facebook!?)

https://www.facebook.com/events/940651836095481/

Re:  Thai New Year

Meet at the gym at 9 am for car pool/metro/ride sharing!

The 13th Annual Thai New Year Songkran Festival 2018 will be held in Thai Town on Sunday , April 22 , 2018 from 8 – 8 PM. It’s Free , no ticket required.

Six big city blocks located on Hollywood Blvd between Western Ave and Normandie Ave. This is one of the largest Festivals in the Los Angeles area.

Lots of Thai Food : Fabulous Thai Curry, Khao Soi, Pad Thai, Tom Kha, Som Tum, Thai BBQ, Mango-Sweet Rice, Fresh Thai Coconut and lots more.

Sidewalk Cafe’s from many Participating Thai Town Restaurants.

SINGHA BEER GARDEN with Live Jazz Music.

STAGE ENTERTAINMENT : Beauty Pageant,Folk Dance, Live Jazz Music, Hill-Tribal Costume Show, Muay Thai Face-off, Thai Cooking Demonstration, Fruit Carving Demonstration, Ice Sculpture Demonstration , Lei Making Demonstration, Thai Wedding Ceremony

Parking : Street Parking or Paid Parking nearby. Rideshares and Metro Redline Train are highly recommended

Upcoming schedule changes to the gym

We start a new schedule in May (should be posted up later this week) .  Nothing Bad, all good!  It will be a ‘staggered’ schedule in regards to the levels.  For example:  MWF 6 pm will still be General Muay Thai Class (all levels)  but Tues Thurs at 6 pm will be Beginners muay the class.  Get it?  No?  ok ok, There are still gonna be a ‘Beginners class’ on monday night but it will be a ‘Foundations’ Class where the emphasis will be on technique practice and repetition, minimal pad holding but will cover the ‘Pad Holding’ technique.  This will be a great opportunity for all members to brush up on their basic techniques whether it’s punching, kicking, elbow, kneeing or pad holding.

This is also going to be an attempt to stream line the new member process so that the coaches can divide their attention evenly amongst all members rather than having to focus on teaching the trial members the basics.

This is also a great way for the trial/new members to already have the skill set necessary as well as to have the confidence to participate in the larger group classes.  a win/win!

The immature martial art is a source of great injury- Unknown

What about the old timers..  ahh yes, salty old timers.  you already got your advanced sparring and clinching classes!

WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

I have a few ideas, still trying to figure out the rest of the schedule.  I’m perhaps leaning towards a all level sparring (no knees and elbows) class with drills which would be a great introduction to getting more people to spar, as well as a Strength and Conditioning class.  There’s only so much of me to go around. :[

On that note

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it's not anger, it's passion.. i want you all to succeed. thank you for your patience and putting up with me. 😔#sorrynotsorry #muaythaimemes #muaythai #tbi #thethaiboxinginstitute #thaiboxing #martialarts #mma #boxing #fitness #workout #fighting #gym #life #marvista #santamonica #venice #venicebeach #culvercity #palms #westla #losangeles #instadaily #art #fun

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Thank you all for everything and for all your patience.  I’m only human, please understand that i care quite a bit about everyone and your progress at the gym and sometimes that comes out in a manner that you guys aren’t familiar with.

IT’S CALLED PASSION, GET USED TO IT!

:B

Re:  Fight Team

Wait, what happened to it?  we still keeping track, we still doing the damn thing.  two weeks left before the fighters and half the coaches leave to Arizona for the US open muay thai tourney.  These are gonna be the hardest two weeks so please lend a hand.  Everyone has been doing good on their behalf and i appreciate all the help.  Thank you dearly!

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second: sign up spots still available to help out the tbi team heading over to the @usmuaythaiopen in arizona next month. next week we move to our second period of training so the extra help will definitely be needed. Thank you to all the members who have lended a hand so far. As of now my biggest concern is lee getting in some work because he is at a different schedule. Please talk to me or ask lee himself about scheduling details. Thanks guys! #muaythai #tbi #thethaiboxinginstitute #thaiboxing #martialarts #mma #boxing #fitness #workout #fighting #gym #life #marvista #santamonica #venice #venicebeach #culvercity #palms #westla #losangeles #instadaily #art #fun

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Fuck, ok.  I think that’s it!  Till next month!

xo

Important Dates

April 22nd Thai New Year Festival (Hollywood Songkran)

April 26th-29 USMTO Arizona muay thai tournament

May 5th  6th year anniversary party

May 27th Triumphant Muay Thai in Oakland

June 2nd First Beach Class

June 12th Elbow Seminar (maybe)

April Curriculum:

4/2-4/7  Pseudo Conditional Interval Training

4/9-4/14 Push Kicks, set ups, and attacks.

4/16-4/21 Fight Camp

4/23-4/28 Freestyle week

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Re:  Seminar

We are a week away, prices have gone up for non-members but TBI members can still get entry for the seminar at the original price of $100.  Please note that i’m just trying to break even so understand the hefty price tag on this seminar.  Well worth it since we have an international and well accomplished muay thai champion as well a world recognized mental coach, fight commentator and practitioner.  The amount of knowledge that’s gonna be shared in one night definitely justifies the price of entry.  Anyways– we have a little under 10 spots left.  Don’t wait till the last minute!  Please note that the gym will be closed on that night due to the private event.  Members, if you have an issue with that please contact me directly.  Thank you all for the support and understanding.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 14th 2018 at 6:00 pm.

Re:  Fight team trials and sign ups

Alrighty, we have a sign up board ready for you guys that want to step up.  We have three people fighting and some of them training at different hours and days so logistical coordination is a MUST in order avoid wasting time and effort.

We are on a weekly schedule with it being updated every week with the dates and days of the week as long as all the different roles needed (all found in the upper left hand corner under the legend).

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Yooooo, we start fight camp next week for the @usmuaythaiopen and we have a sign up board ready for you guys that want to step up. We have three people fighting and some of them training at different hours and days so logistical coordination is a MUST in order avoid wasting time and effort. We are on a weekly schedule with it being updated every week with the dates and days of the week as long as all the different roles needed (all found in the upper left hand corner under the legend). technically this is fight team sign up, read the blog for more info. Thanks guys! #muaythai #tbi #thethaiboxinginstitute #thaiboxing #martialarts #mma #boxing #fitness #workout #fighting #gym #life #marvista #santamonica #venice #venicebeach #culvercity #palms #westla #losangeles #instadaily #art #fun

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If you are wondering about the fight team, last months post has quite a bit information about it, but let me summarize it again for those of you groaning about opening up another browser tab:

The reasoning behind establishing a fight team serves many purposes.  Within the fight team there will be many roles such as:  The Fighters (duh), Pad holders, Sparring Partners, Drilling Partners, Clinching Partners and Misc. Training Partners (Strength Training, Running, Fitness etc.)

Technically, you don’t HAVE to fight, i would prefer that you did but i won’t push the issue.

So, if you are interested in joining the fight team, these next two and half months will be a sort of test run.

Logistically this will be tough for Both Coach Vik (myself) and Coach Miguel since we handle the bulk of the fighter trainings along with running the classes.  In order to alleviate some of these pressures and as well as the stresses our bodies take from training and holding for the fighters we will be delegating some of the training to potential members of the fight team.

The main, main things i’m looking for is structure, organization, and most importantly commitment.

I can’t stress commitment enough.

Commitment(Structure+Organization)=Success

Success is the product of all these things that meld together.  Success is something i believe we should all strive for and i personally as a coach wouldn’t settle for less, in myself or in those that want to train under me.

We will have a schedule as well as a sign up for all the different positions that we will need help with.  I already have some people on deck but of course the more help we can get the easier things will be for everyone.

I understand that most of us lead very busy lives.  Naturally, living in LA, we all work long hard hours and suffer burn out from the grind.  That’s understandable.

So, in regards to commitment, if you decide to try out, and sign up, you will be held accountable for your role and will be called out and most likely excused from the fight team participation for excessive ‘Bailing Out’.

That is why we will have a schedule as well as sign ups, everything will be marked, and all information will be recorded.  No confusions.  No excuses.

So, please heed my warning.  I hate to be so stern with all these request but i just want to make the message crystal fucking clear.

‘If i have the time i’ll come and help out.’  NO.

‘I will commit, make the time, and adjust my schedule’  YES.

Everyone’s time is important.  Time is something that is finite, and something we can never get back, please respect everyone’s time and don’t consider yours more important than others.  Capiche?

OK.  with that out of the way, the final two things i will say in regards to fight team requirements are that i will most likely need some sort of six month commitment for potential candidates.  Either a 3x a week or unlimited contract.  or prepaid tuition.  So in lieu of paying for fight team training, i’m just asking you to commit to something so that i know you won’t just bail in the middle of everything.  See how cool i am?  I’m asking you to pay LESS?!  what kind of business model is that?  I’m a dummy right?

oh and equipment needed aside from the obvious (headgear, elbow pads, kneepads, protective equipment etc) will be a heart rate monitor.

Benefits?  fuck.  where do i begin?  Sponsorships, coaching Insight from myself, the practice of training people, fighter and athlete management and development.  Your training and fight IQ will dramatically increase with all the extra training.  participation in fight team only events, training classes, sparring field trips.  yada yada yada…

You get the point?

Does this sound like something that is interesting to you?  Then maybe talk to me and sign up!

Ok, i believe that’s it.  Many thanks!

Glory Kickboxing in LA (technically long beach, but close enough)

you guys down or nah?  Let’s plan for it.

Re:  Thai new year

The 13th Annual Thai New Year Songkran Festival 2018 will be held in Thai Town on Sunday , April 22 , 2018 from 8 – 8 PM. It’s Free , no ticket required.

Six big city blocks located on Hollywood Blvd between Western Ave and Normandie Ave. This is one of the largest Festivals in the Los Angeles area.

Lots of Thai Food : Fabulous Thai Curry, Khao Soi, Pad Thai, Tom Kha, Som Tum, Thai BBQ, Mango-Sweet Rice, Fresh Thai Coconut and lots more.

Sidewalk Cafe’s from many Participating Thai Town Restaurants.

SINGHA BEER GARDEN with Live Jazz Music.

STAGE ENTERTAINMENT : Beauty Pageant,Folk Dance, Live Jazz Music, Hill-Tribal Costume Show, Muay Thai Face-off, Thai Cooking Demonstration, Fruit Carving Demonstration, Ice Sculpture Demonstration , Lei Making Demonstration, Thai Wedding Ceremony

Parking : Street Parking or Paid Parking nearby. Rideshares and Metro Redline Train are highly recommended

 

Important dates:

March 14th Vinny Shoreman and Liam Harrison Seminar.  6pm-9pm

March 31st Glory Kickboxing

April 22nd Thai New Year Festival (Hollywood Songkran)

April 26th-29 USMTO Arizona muay thai tournament

May 12th  6th year anniversary party

March Curriculum:

3/5-3/10  Elbows (All 7 elbows + pressure and attack with knees)

3/12-3/17  Movement and Evasion

3/19-3/24  The Hierarchy of Defense

3/26-3/31  Catching Kicks

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Happy new year y’all!  Back to it again, first new year in the new location and already got a lot of big plans coming up for the gym.  As always, much love and respect, let’s make this year another memorable one!

A word from Coach Vik:

to say 2017 was a test and trial of my will may be an understatement, but always leading by example and showing what it means to be unbreakable. much love to everyone and your support throughout the last 12 months. from the monetary to the intangible, your kindness will never be forgotten. Onwards and upwards, au revoir 2017! #muaythai #tbi #thethaiboxinginstitute #thaiboxing #martialarts #mma #boxing #fitness #fighting #marvista #santamonica #venice #venicebeach #culvercity #palms #westla

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New Merch:

New march should be in this week.  The ‘Minimalist’ Tees have been restocked in black with white font as well as white with black font.

Also hoodies are back in!  All black with a white font.  As always, 20 bucks for Tees and 40 for hoodies.  Buy yours now before we sell out!

The Legend of Jennie Continues:

Yet again our resident fighter Jeannie embarks on another fight camp onward to her 5 fight.  Burbank Marriott, Saturday Feb 3rd.  We got a lotta of things planned for this year and as always any support will be needed.  Pad holding, sparring, motivation and being a human punching bag are some of the few things we’re looking for.  If you are reading this and are interest in fighting, please reach out and let me (coach vik) know.  Thank you guys!!

Seminar?

There has been an opportunity for us to host another seminar, check it out:

From http://www.vinnyshoreman.com:

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I’ve been a mindcoach since 2007 that consisting of NLP practitioner,Master practitioner,Timeline therapy practitioner and Master practitioner.

• Hypnosis practitioner and Masters
• Advanced language practitioner
• Gambling and self confidence issues
• Smoking, drug and food addiction
• Dealing with anxiety in life and competition, depression & phobias

my Moto is “Less than 100% support is sabotage” meaning I give my all to the client and client gives their all to the changes too!!

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What about the other guy?  Liam Harrison?  Who?  Surely you must be joking!

https://youtu.be/TwjzuMO8gRU

[dt_quote type=”blockquote” font_size=”big” animation=”none” background=”plain”]Liam “The Hitman” Harrison (born 5 October 1985) is an English light welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer currently fighting out of Bad Company (when based in the UK) and trains at Jitti Gym in Bangkok (when fighting in Thailand). He is a 8x time world champion in both kickboxing and Muay Thai, which includes holding the prestigious W.M.C. belt.[/dt_quote]

Ok, here’s the catch.  Thing is the seminar is pretty costly BUT i believe it would be ultra beneficial to both practitioners and fighters alike.  So, what i’m going to propose, which is something I’m gonna start doing a little more often is prepay.  Seminar cost would be 100 for a 3 hours seminar at the gym, on a weekday night.  Gym would be closed for classes as well, but i think this would be a great seminar to host.

If we could get 15 people to prepay, then we will book it.  I’d like to hear what people have to say so i’ll be making announcements in class the upcoming weeks.

2018?

Some ideas that have been tossed around.  A few of the guys will be doing a guys only camping trip in March and i ask maybe if the girls consider doing something similar with whoever wants to participate.  Why not a Co-ed trip?  well because i think the two different groups should do something separate to bond.

Give it some though y’all?

‘Wait, but what about a Co-Ed trip, or why can’t girls go, that’s sexist!’

So, before you jump to any conclusions the other announcement would be to plan a gym trip to Thailand at the end of the year,  maybe 2-3 weeks in december once gym activity slows down.  How badass would that be?!  Train and tour thailand.  Finally i get to say yes to the inundating question of ‘HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO THAILAND?’

Other than that, we have perhaps road trips to tournaments out of the state, IFMA world championships in Cancun, and more in gym events to tell y’all about in person.

Here’s to the new year!  CHEERS!

Additional Note:

I’ll be going on vacation Feb 8th-11th.  Please look out after each other and the gym while i’m away.  Thanks guys!

Jan Curriculum:

1/2-1/6:  Left Kick

1/8-1/13:  Basic Defense

1/15-1/20:  A dissection of Straight Punching

1/22-1/27:  Power Shots

1/29-2/3:  Fight Camp

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November News:

Howdy Y’all!  What an eventful Oct.  Came and went but hopefully all the memories will stay with us forever.  Short little recap with end of the year news up ahead.  Check it out!

Re:  Oct 7th Fights

On Saturday Oct 7th we had to TBI gals fighting on WCK’s Cali Muay Thai ‘PROVING GROUNDS 2’.  First with Erin making her Muay Thai debut TKO’ing her opponent in the 2nd round and Jeannie later fighting in her 4th fight also TKO’ing her opponent in the 2nd round and improving her record to 3-1.  Great night for TBi and as always am very thankful for everyone’s effort in performing, training, helping each other out and supporting the girls as well as the local muay thai scene.  Til the next one!

Re:  Halloween Pub Crawl

Thank you everyone that showed up and made the effort of dressing up for our pub crawl.  4 bars hit without too many hitches to our plans.  Maybe we’ll do it again next year??  Thanks y’all!

New Coaches, New Classes:

As of Nov 7th, I (Coach Vik) Will no longer be teaching Beginners Muay Thai tuesdays at 7 pm, rather our very own Bill will be taking over as he is now being promoted as Coach.  With about 5 years of muay thai experience with 3 of those being with tbi, I am excited (and saddened) to see the class under Coach Bill’s guidance.  In lieu of not teaching that class, we will now be adding an advance Clinch class tuesday at 7 pm.  The Clinch class will cover all aspects of the clinch; clinch specific warm ups, drills, techniques, live sparring and theory will be covered.  This class is a MUST for those interested in fighting.

Chok Dee and Khup Khun Khup to Coach Bill!

Curriculum:

10/30-11/4 Head Movement

11/6-11/11 Kick Feints

11/13-11/18 Parrying Techniques

11/20-11/21 Open Gym

11/27-12/2 Spinning Shit

Dates of importance:

11/22-11/24-Thanksgiving Holiday gym closure

Dec 9th 5th annual AYCE road to soul KBBQ holiday party and barcade hangz

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November News:

Howdy Y’all!  What an eventful Oct.  Came and went but hopefully all the memories will stay with us forever.  Short little recap with end of the year news up ahead.  Check it out!

Re:  Oct 7th Fights

On Saturday Oct 7th we had to TBI gals fighting on WCK’s Cali Muay Thai ‘PROVING GROUNDS 2’.  First with Erin making her Muay Thai debut TKO’ing her opponent in the 2nd round and Jeannie later fighting in her 4th fight also TKO’ing her opponent in the 2nd round and improving her record to 3-1.  Great night for TBi and as always am very thankful for everyone’s effort in performing, training, helping each other out and supporting the girls as well as the local muay thai scene.  Til the next one!

Re:  Halloween Pub Crawl

Thank you everyone that showed up and made the effort of dressing up for our pub crawl.  4 bars hit without too many hitches to our plans.  Maybe we’ll do it again next year??  Thanks y’all!

New Coaches, New Classes:

As of Nov 7th, I (Coach Vik) Will no longer be teaching Beginners Muay Thai tuesdays at 7 pm, rather our very own Bill will be taking over as he is now being promoted as Coach.  With about 5 years of muay thai experience with 3 of those being with tbi, I am excited (and saddened) to see the class under Coach Bill’s guidance.  In lieu of not teaching that class, we will now be adding an advance Clinch class tuesday at 7 pm.  The Clinch class will cover all aspects of the clinch; clinch specific warm ups, drills, techniques, live sparring and theory will be covered.  This class is a MUST for those interested in fighting.

Chok Dee and Khup Khun Khup to Coach Bill!

Curriculum:

10/30-11/4 Head Movement

11/6-11/11 Kick Feints

11/13-11/18 Parrying Techniques

11/20-11/21 Open Gym

11/27-12/2 Spinning Shit

Dates of importance:

11/22-11/24-Thanksgiving Holiday gym closure

Dec 9th 5th annual AYCE road to soul KBBQ holiday party and barcade hangz

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