Pad Work: the hardest part of Muay Thai training and the closest you can get to the actual fighting without sparring. The Trainer wears a set of kick pads, a stomach pad and shin guards which allows you to attack him as if he were an opponent.
It is very tough training and draws on your aerobic fitness like few other sports training regimes will. Pad work will develop your footwork, the co ordination between hands and feet, the sense of where you are and distance to the target.
Toughness as well as tactics can both be worked on when training on the pads. Most students find this to be the best part of the training though also the hardest!
