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Beginners Muay Thai Course — Manchester

Build Confidence. Learn the Basics. Join the Community.

4-week beginners summer camp — for complete beginners

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We’re finally back

It’s back!

This is one of our most popular beginner courses, and it’s finally back. We’ve run it before at GFIT in Manchester with genuinely great feedback from the women who’ve done it — and now there’s a new four-week summer camp starting for anyone who’s been waiting for the right time to join.

If you’ve never trained before, this is built for you. If you tried once and didn’t stick with it, this is a good place to start again.

Next Beginner Course August dates
Aug 6 Aug 8 Aug 13 Aug 15 Aug 20 Aug 22 Aug 27 Aug 29
Thursday 6:00pm to 7:00pm Saturday 10:00am to 11:00am GFIT 57 Leestone Road, Manchester M22 4RB £149 for the 4-week course
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Course Structure

Session 1

Getting started

Key focus: punches roundhouse blocking teep
  • Warm up and circuits
  • Hand wrapping
  • Punches
  • Roundhouse kicks
  • Technique drills and bag work
  • Core exercises and stretching
Session 2

Blocking and knees

Key focus: blocking teep knees shadow boxing
  • Warm up and circuits
  • Introduction to shadow boxing
  • Introduction to knee pad work
  • General bag work
  • Blocking and teep
  • Core exercises and stretching
Session 3

Low kicks and hooks

Key focus: low kicks bag work pivot hooks
  • Warm up and circuits
  • Technical drills
  • Low kick drills
  • Pivot hook drills
  • General bag work
  • Core exercises and stretching
Session 4

Elbows and defense

Key focus: elbows defense drills
  • Warm up and circuits
  • Elbows pad work
  • General bag work
  • Partner work such as jab cross and teeps plus core work
  • Defense drills parry
  • Core exercises and stretching
Session 5

Uppercuts and defense

Key focus: uppercuts kicking defense
  • Warm up and circuits
  • Uppercuts pad work
  • Shadow sparring
  • General bag work
  • Kicking defense and technical drills
  • Core exercises and stretching
Session 6

Body boxing and drills

Key focus: technical body boxing and drills
  • Warm up and circuits
  • Technical pad work
  • Body boxing and shadow sparring
  • Bag blast and drills
  • Core exercises and stretching
Session 7

Power and flow

Key focus: superwoman drills
  • Warm up and circuits
  • Shadow boxing and pad work
  • Kicking drills such as power kicks and superman
  • Core exercises and stretching
Session 8

Introduction to clinching

Key focus: introduction to clinching
  • Warm up and circuits
  • Introduction to clinch
  • Shadow sparring
  • Bag work and blast
  • Knees and kicking drills
  • Sweeps and jumps
  • Core exercises and stretching

Every coach brings their own strengths and teaching style, so parts of the course structure may vary slightly depending on who’s leading the session. These adjustments are made to ensure you get the most out of your training.

Meet Your Coach

Coach Gabbie — Gabbie leads the Manchester Beginners Course at GFIT.

“I started Muay Thai when I was 8 and I turned pro when I was 14, fighting in the UK and Europe. My mum passed away when I was 12 which made me more determined to continue Muay Thai as it was an outlet for me. I stopped when I was 19 to go travelling then came home and opened GFIT gym. Since then I have been running ladies only Muay Thai classes. I now have a daughter called Amaya and would love to be able to teach her Muay Thai as it is an all round amazing form of fitness, builds discipline & self defence and can give a lot of women a focus in tough times.”

Who It’s For?

This course is for:

  • Complete beginners who have never trained in Muay Thai or any combat sport before.

  • Women who want a women’s-only training environment — every session on this course is run just for women, coaches included.

  • Anyone who’s heard good things about this course and has been waiting for it to come back round.

You don’t need to be fit, flexible, or coordinated to start. You just need to be willing to show up.

Why Join?

Clarity and confidence

No guesswork and no intimidation. You get step by step guidance that makes the basics feel simple and doable.

Community

Train with women who are also starting out. No egos only encouragement and a friendly team feel.

Expert coaching

Coaches who know how to support beginners and explain technique clearly so you progress with confidence.

Real progress

From your first jab to your first clinch drills you will see clear gains week by week.

Inner and outer strength

Build fitness and technique along with the self belief that comes from showing up and learning something new.

Got questions? We’ve got you.

Frequently asked questions

Here are the answers to the things people ask us most.

No. This course is built for complete beginners, and plenty of women who’ve done it before had never trained at all.

The course sessions are — every session on this course, coaches included, is women’s only. GFIT itself is a general gym rather than an exclusively women’s space, but this course runs as a women’s-only environment throughout.

Yes — this is one of our most successful beginner courses, and it’s returning to Manchester because of how well it’s gone in the past.

Gloves (8–12oz) and hand wraps — cloth wraps are preferable — plus water and comfortable workout clothes. Comment “Venum” on any of our Instagram posts and we’ll DM you a discount code to get kitted out before the course starts.

All 8 sessions across the 4-week course, coaching from Gabbie and the GFIT team, and use of pads and bags at GFIT.

£149 for the full 4-week course (8 sessions).

This course is designed as a first step, not a one-off. Once you finish your four weeks, we’ll let you know the best way to keep training at GFIT — you’ll already know the basics, the space, and some of the women you’ve trained alongside.

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