Equipment and Gear – Civilized Savage

February 6, 2022

What Equipment do you need for Muay Thai?

Muay Thai is a phenomenal combat sport, it would be the martial art that I would consider my main discipline of study. A sport that is so simple to learn and so infinitely complex to master, if you’re new and just starting your Muay Thai journey, than this list of equipment will help guide you towards what you need. Boxing...

Equipment and Gear/Muay Thai/Training equipment

January 30, 2022

Building A Home Training Space

Sometimes, its hard to make it to the gym, sometimes, we CANT go to the gym, like with the last Covid 19 lockdown. My own home personal gym was my saviour during lockdown, allowing me to continue training relatively uninterrupted and now lockdowns over, if i dont make it to the gym for whatever reason, my home training space gives...

Equipment and Gear/Home Gym/Training equipment

April 6, 2021

What equipment do you need for Boxing?

So you’ve done your research, decided what you wanted to train and you decided upon Boxing, what do you need? what do you buy? what is essential and what is just a bit extra, a bit nice to have but non-essential? well I have a treat for you, I have collected together a nice numbered list of what you need...

Boxing/Equipment and Gear/Martial arts/Training equipment

March 30, 2021

What is a Gi?

So what is a Gi? Many different types of martial arts around the world have traditional clothing, Chinese wushu has those big floaty Mc Hammer trousers, Sumo has its mawashi otherwise known as a big disgusting diaper, wrestling has its singlets and Kendo has its big scary dress that makes you look like no face from Spirited Away. See they’re...

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/Equipment and Gear/Martial arts/Mixed Martial Arts/Training equipment

August 17, 2020

Can you teach yourself martial arts?

The current pandemic has kept us all locked away in our homes, unable to go to the gym, the cinema or even our work places. So it comes as no surprise that no martial arts gyms have been open for months now, some unfortunate places wont open again, with many martial arts gyms having a very narrow turnover just simply...

Home Gym/Martial arts

August 10, 2020

Conditioning your Shins

Kicks are one of your most valuable tools in Muay Thai, they give you the ability to rain devastating blows on your opponent, BUT, the part of the leg that you use to kick, the shin, is actually quite a sensitive part of your body and can be hurt if not prepared properly. Many times iv’e clashed shins with someone...

Equipment and Gear/Fitness/Home Gym/Mixed Martial Arts/Muay Thai/Strength and Conditioning

June 22, 2020

Training while in Lockdown

Training solo can be complex for even the most accomplished martial artist and within the current pandemic our gyms, our dojos and our training spaces have all been closed, quality training has been hard to come by if not impossible. Talking of training solo is also quite taboo within the martial arts community ‘you want to train alone? are you...

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