Help with a college paper

[youremean]

1. How long have you been in the martial arts and what is your rank (no disrepect intended fellow Senseis!)

 

2 years

 

2nd degree red (red with a black stripe), but it's really just so they can devide you up into classes. There's no standard ranking system in Muay Thai

 

2. What style or styles do you practice?

 

Muay Thai, but our curriculum also has a little Jiu-Jitsu.

 

3. Does your style include forms, katas or some other simmilar exercise which involves preset routines of movements?

 

I don't understand exactly what you mean. We have some combinations (eg. lead kick - cross - hook - rear kick) , if that's what you mean.

 

4. If yes give a short 1 to 5 word explanation (IE Kata, short sets, puching drills etc)

 

I guess it's a punching drill.

 

5. If no, give a brief description of a typical class.

 

I'll do this one anyways.

 

Before class, we stretch-out on the mat. Then, we do a warm-up, such as jogging or footwork. Sometimes, after that, we do more stretching with the instructors. Then we work on one or two "self defense" techniques, which is things such as getting out of a certain kind of choke, or headlock, or bearhug, etc. After that, the instructors demonstrate a striking technique (punches, kicks, elbows, and knees), and then we practice it, usually holding pads for our partners, while the instructors walk around and help people out on their form. After that, sometimes (it depends on how much time we have left in class), we finish with time-sparring or push-ups or sit-ups.

 

6. Does your training include repetitive drills?

 

Yes, we practice new techniques in repetitive drills, then we put the technique into a combination and repeatedly practice those.

 

7. If yes, has your teacher ever explained why repetitive drilling is done? and if so, give a brief description.

 

Because, "Practice makes habit."