In this issue of FaMA Weekly we welcome Kru Yo as our next Muay Thai Guest Instructor, thank everyone for attending our Ladies Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) Open Mat, share some kids martial arts pictures from Campllify Singapore and an article on how to improve your flexibility for martial arts.
NEWS
Kru Yo has arrived at FaMA!
Please join us for some of the best Muay Thai training in the world with Guest Instructor, Kru Yo Lamnammoon Sor Sumalee.
With over 200 career Muay Thai fights, Kru Yo, is a 4x Lumpinee Champion and is FaMA's next Muay Thai Guest Instructor.
Stay tuned for more details on how you can train with one of the greatest Muay Thai fighters and trainers of all time.
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Ladies BJJ Open Mat
What a great turnout for our Ladies BJJ Open Mat today. Thank you everyone for attending and we're so glad to see the ladies BJJ community continue to grow and thrive here in Singapore.
Camplify Singapore
FaMA has recently been working with Camplify Singapore teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and Muay Thai over the past few weeks at Overseas Family School.
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Improve Your Flexibility for Martial Arts with These 4 Easy Steps
If you have been training in martial arts for a period of time, you will probably have encountered certain training partners with certain peculiar - and even annoying - physical attributes - such as remarkable flexibility.
Genetic advantage? Sometimes, that is the case. A former background in other sports such as yoga, gymnastics, or dance, can also play a part.
Annoying as it seems, you know that in some way, good flexibility can be helpful in overcoming certain movements in your martial arts practice. However, you are currently as flexible as a wooden board. Does this mean you are doomed to your fate forever?
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UPCOMING COMPETITIONS
Dumau Kids Singapore International Finals - 17 August - Singapore
Dumau Singapore International Finals - 18 August - Singapore
If you're interested in competing, please speak to Professor Robyn.
Please note that during competitions we do not cancel our BJJ classes and they will still be taught by one of our Black Belt Professors.
FaMA - Fitness and Martial Arts Established in 2016, FaMA is a world-class martial arts training facility located in the heart of the Central Business District in Singapore. Walking distance from the Clarke Quay MRT station, FaMA’s main goal is to help people improve their lives through martial arts regardless of age or athletic capability. Each program is led by experts in their respective fields. Whether it is weight loss, a fun workout, camaraderie, competition training, or just to break a sweat, FaMA has something for everyone.
Muay Thai
Muay Thai, or The Art of Eight Limbs, is a martial art developed in Thailand thousands of years ago to help the Kingdom protect itself against invaders. Using the human body as a weapon, Muay Thai practitioners are well-versed in punching, elbowing, kicking, kneeing, and clinching with their opponents. What was once only used for self-defence and protection of the Kingdom, Muay Thai has grown to become one of the most popular sports not only in Thailand but in the world. Muay Thai is known to provide a complete total-body workout that will help build lean muscle, core strength, and help with weight loss. At FaMA, Muay Thai classes are taught daily by Tanaphong Khunhankaew, or better known as Kru Ping, and Kru Jerel Louie.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, or BJJ as it is commonly known around the world, is a self-defence martial art that enables a smaller, weaker person to protect themselves against a much larger attacker using leverage and pressure. Formed from Kodokan Judo in Japan, Jiu Jitsu found its way to Brazil in the 1910s through Mitsuyo Maeda, a Japanese judoka and no-holds-barred prize fighter. During his time in Brazil, Maeda accepted a young Carlos Gracie as his student. Carlos would later pass on his knowledge to his brothers, most notably Helio Gracie - the father of modern Brazilian Jiujitsu. The Gracie family would go on to spread BJJ through The Gracie Challenge and eventually the creation of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Today, BJJ has grown to be more than just an effective unarmed fighting system. It helps young children deal with bullies and adults live a healthy lifestyle. BJJ classes are offered daily at FaMA under the tutelage of Black Belts Zoro Moreira, Robyn Goudy and Thiago Gaspary.
FaMA Fit
An all-in-one fitness class suitable for everyone, FaMA Fit incorporates moves from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Boxing and Kickboxing together with functional training to help develop flexibility, mobility, strength, balance, and stamina. For beginners who are just starting out, the FaMA Fit Fundamentals class is an entry-level program that will work the entire body. FaMA Fit and FaMA Fit Fundamentals classes are run by professional athlete Coach Kirstie Gannaway.
Kids Martial Arts
Our Kids Martial Arts classes offer a choice of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and/or Muay Thai programmes which have been specially designed for Children of all skills levels. Several studies have suggested that Children who participate in a sport experience positive development in their self-esteem and confidence, which supports our belief that the skills Children learn through our Martial Arts programmes here in Singapore will benefit them beyond their time in the academy.