Adults · 16+

Muay Thai

Striking, pads and conditioning. The fastest fitness in the building and the easiest place to start if you have never trained — you work at your own pace from the first round.

A member driving a knee into a kick shield during Muay Thai pad work at Mentality Jiu Jitsu
New to Muay Thai? See the weekly timetable for class times, or read what to expect as a first-time beginner. Your first three classes are free.
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On the mats

Pads, drills,
then rounds

A class moves from bag work and technique to pads to partner work. Sparring is there for the people who want it, when they’re ready — light, controlled, and always with a partner who’s looking after you.

Bag work — finding your range and rhythm
Pad rounds — kicks and knees into a partner’s pads
Hands on the pads — jab, cross, hook, repeat
Partner drills — gloves on, slow and controlled
Defence drills — block, catch, fire back
Sparring for those who want it — never on day one

Inside a Muay Thai class

One holds,
one strikes, swap

Most of the class is partner work. One of you holds the pads, the other throws, then you swap. You learn by feel — where to stand, how to turn the hip, how a clean kick actually lands — at whatever pace suits you. Nobody is thrown into sparring on day one.

Two members working a partner drill in a Muay Thai class while others train and laugh behind them
Partner drills — footwork, range and plenty of laughs
A member throwing a push kick into a kick shield held by her partner
Teeps on the shield — technique first, power follows

Coached, not just run

Watch it,
then throw it

Every technique starts with Zac. He breaks it down in front of the group — the stance, the turn of the hip, where the shin lands — then you take it to the pads while he works the room, fixing feet and hands as you go. Same fundamentals whether it’s your first class or your hundredth.

Coach Zac O'Brien demonstrating a round kick on the pads while the class watches
Zac shows it on the pads first
A member throwing a kick into pads held by his training partner
Then it’s your turn to throw it
Coach Zac O'Brien demonstrating a high kick while talking the class through it
Coached through every round

When you’re ready

Where it
can take you

Some members train for fitness and never spar. Others want to find out what they’re made of. Sparring is always optional — but when you’re ready, this is where the pads and drills lead.

Shin guards, gloves and a coach watching every round.

Start with 3 free classes
Sparring round — always optional, never on day one

Muay Thai

Your coach

Zac O'Brien, Muay Thai coach at Mentality Jiu Jitsu

Zac O'Brien

3 free classesNo card, no contract

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