HTBC RY is Helsinki's all-time most successful Thai boxing club. We are the only club in Helsinki investing heavily into women's and men's competing and development. As a result of that, some of the best practitioners in Finland and Europe are training with us, many of whom already have experience in world championships and even gold medals. Of the women currently training in our competition group 3/4 belong to the national Thai boxing team of Finland, and half of the men are competing on an international level. Our club is the only one in Finland that offers Thai boxing training 7 nights a week in 7 different
training groups. With a 6 month training pass when you're training e.g. 3 times a week, the price for one training session comes up to only 2.50€! With a valid training pass you can train in instructor-led courses as often as you want.
If you're interested in participating in the training only as a hobby or to stay in shape, our club also offers you the best selection in town: after the basic course you can move to lady thai or technique group, where the training is geared towards, besides improving your technique, to keep you in shape WITHOUT contact in training.
Welcome to our basic course!
We'll be glad to answer any of your additional questions: antti.naakka(at)muaythai.fi
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Basic course
In the thai boxing basic course you will learn the basci techniques and improve your stamina and conditioning. The course is approx. 8 weeks and is meant for men and women over 13 years of age.
The training includes no sparring nor contact, just technical training with bags and pads. You should wear a tshirt and training pants or shorts, shoes aren't necessary. Bringing your own drinking bottle and a jumping rope is also recommended.
In the basic course it's not necessary to purchase official training gear, but later on you'll benefit from getting bag gloves(?) and mouth guard.
After the basic course you're able continue training 7 nights a week including two morning workouts. Those interested in competing can have their first fight in 6 months after starting their basic course. If you're more into improving your conditioning, you can continue training in one of three different groups.
Technique group
This group includes no sparring nor full contact. The technique group is meant for practitioners, who are not interested in sparring and want to concentrate on mastering the techniques of muay thai and improve their conditioning.
Practitioner group
The training involves sparring, so if you're interested in competing this is a good place to start. The advanced group goes through technical training, training with equipment and sparring. This group is also a good fit for practitioners moving in from another thai boxing club. In training the tempo is lower but the training sessions longer, so it works well to improve your conditioning.
Advanced group
This group is for advanced men and women. In order to join to group you have to have one fight under your belt, and your next fight will be in 1-2 months after joining. The training tempo is high and aims towards competing.
Sparring requires getting the equipment, so this is where you have to get the rest of the gear: mouth guard, groin protection, sparring gloves, shin guards and a helmet.
When joining this group you'll have to obtain the competition license.
Lady Thai
Lady thai is a fitness sport developed specifically for women. You'll burn fat and get in shape. Joining the group require first taking the basic course. The training doesn't pay close attention to using the correct techniques, what counts is high pace and tempo, but still employing thai boxing moves. As an added bonus to a tight body you'll also acquire basic self defense skills.
The training involves no sparring nor contact, but includes a lot of training with bags and pads and conditioning.
Competition group
In this group all our most successful fighters train together with the only professional world thai boxing champion in the capital area, Petri Martinez. The fighters are preparing for national and international level competitions.
In the competition group the tempo can be extremely high, so to train here you'll have to possess the required attributes.
The fighters to join this group are selected by Petri Martinez.
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