Lafayette Strong Martial Arts

04/08/2026

As a coach, when your newer students start trying new techniques they’ve learned (usually from you) and they land, celebrate with them. High five’em, Tell them strong work, and keep going at their pace (or juuussssttttt above it). Dont make them pay for doing what you’ve taught them to do and make them into personal bashing toys. Build confidence in your students and fighters don’t tear them down when they try something new on you, you taught them to do it!!

04/04/2026

I made the trip to the Wat today to see the monks and have our gym, mongkons, pra jaids, Phuang Malai’s, personal mongkon and prajaids, Grant Miller’s mongkon and prajaids, along with my ollllllddddddd school prajaid and Love’s collar to be blessed by the Buddhist monks.

They prayed for us to show courage and no fear in the face of our advisories, many showings of good skill, and to win championships.

One monk was a reformed Thai boxer from Thailand with over 35 fights.

03/27/2026

May 1-3, Louisiana Shreveport regional TBA style tournament, empty brackets close on friday. Louisiana gyms you’re letting us down. Sign up or they probably won’t come back. Even if you’re scared. Sign up. If your gym says it has a Muay Thai program and you’re not attending, you’re doing a solid disservice to the sport in our great state louisiana and its embrassing. Show up, compete, get better, grow the sport. If you’re that scared about losing, you’re in the wrong sport. If you are a coach and you’re not encouraging your studnets to attend, you probably need to be rethinking if you have an actual “muay thai” program. Don’t hate me for being the one to tell you that.

03/08/2026

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If you’ve ever heard someone say they’re “fighting in a smoker” and weren’t sure what that meant, you’re not alone. The term sounds intense, but in Muay Thai, a smoker is actually one of the safest and most controlled ways to experience competition.A smoker is an exhibition fight. It is ...

03/08/2026

If ur gym says it has a Muay Thai program and its local to lafayette, you’re doing your students a massive disservice by not attending exhibitions events like SMTDI #14 this weekend on the 14th. Whether it be just for experience or to prepare for a fight or the TBA’s themselves… not attending puts your students at an immediate disadvantage. Your students need this, they need the experience, they need the cardio, they need the pressure, they need to know what it feels like to be in there more than once in a day, they need to hear your voice over a crowd, they need it to not count on their records while they figure it out, they need to FEEL it. It’s your job to make this happen for them.

03/02/2026

If your team is planning on attending the TBA’s May 1-3 2026—— HERE IN LOUISIANA!!!!!

MAKE SURE THEY COME TO THE SOUTHERN MUAY THAI DEVELOPMENT EVENT #14!!!!!!!!!

WE mimic the TBA Rules set to a T!!!

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03/02/2026

TRADITIONAL Muay Thai right here in LAFAYETTE!!

03/02/2026

Sign up and check the sign up sheet!!

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03/02/2026

Check out this post about our exhibition bouts!!

Out next event is March 14th. SIGN UP NOW!!

If you’ve ever heard someone say they’re “fighting in a smoker” and weren’t sure what that meant, you’re not alone. The term sounds intense, but in Muay Thai, a smoker is actually one of the safest and most controlled ways to experience competition.A smoker is an exhibition fight. It is ...

02/26/2026

We are having a party for Whittney today. It’s her last day with us before she embarks on her next journey!!

There will be the best treats this town has to offer and a slideshow of all of Whittneys time at the gym.

Please come stop by. Even if you aren’t planning on training and say goodbye to Whittney and thank her for all her hard work and dedication to the gym and all of you guys and the kiddos!!!

Parents please bring the kiddos in to say goodbye to coach whittney!!!!

02/24/2026

Hey everyone PRO TIP VIDEOS ARE BACK!!!

We start the series off with “what is open mat?”

Check it out and make sure you’re in here training with us!!

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