Thai Boxing Classes
Thai boxing classes in Philadelphia, taught properly.
Your first 2 weeks are free. All you buy today is your gear kit — $99 (gloves + hand wraps), yours to keep no matter what. Then $49/wk.
The short answer
Thai boxing and Muay Thai are the same sport — Muay Thai is the Thai name for it. Logic runs Muay Thai classes in Philadelphia at 1360 N American St in Fishtown, led by Edwin Capetillo. Beginner classes require no experience and no sparring. Your first 2 weeks are free; the only thing you buy is a $99 gear kit (gloves and hand wraps) that is yours to keep.
What you actually get
- Beginner classes with no sparring requirement. You learn to hit pads and bags long before anyone hits back.
- Real Muay Thai technique — hands, elbows, knees, kicks, and clinch — not a cardio class wearing Muay Thai's name.
- Coaching led by Edwin Capetillo, supported by a coaching staff with a decade of experience on the floor.
- Your own gloves and hand wraps, sized to you and yours to keep whether you stay or not.
- Conditioning that happens as a side effect of learning the sport, not as a substitute for it.
- Free private parking on site at 1360 N American St.
What it costs
Real numbers. No "contact us for pricing".
First 2 weeks of classes
Full membership access to every beginner Muay Thai class.
Free
Gear kit — one time
Gloves and hand wraps, sized to you and yours to keep.
$99
Membership after that
Billed every 4 weeks ($196) on a 12-month membership.
$49/wk
Sign-up or mat fees
There are none.
$0
Cancel free anytime in your first 14 days — one tap in the Wodify app. After that, 60 days' notice to cancel.
Thai boxing and Muay Thai are the same thing
If you searched for thai boxing classes, you are looking for Muay Thai. Muay Thai is Thailand's national sport and the name used inside the sport worldwide; thai boxing is the English description that stuck. It is often called the art of eight limbs, because unlike boxing or kickboxing you strike with eight points of contact: two fists, two elbows, two knees, two shins. That is what makes it the most complete stand-up striking system in combat sports, and it is what we teach.
What a beginner class looks like
You wrap your hands, then warm up with movement and footwork. A coach teaches one or two techniques — usually starting with stance, guard, and the jab-cross before anything else — and you drill them on pads and bags with a partner. Nobody is hitting you. Sparring in Muay Thai is earned, controlled, and optional, and it is not part of a beginner's first weeks. The people who get hurt in striking gyms are the ones thrown into sparring early. We do not do that.
Thai boxing vs boxing vs kickboxing
Boxing is hands only — the sharpest hand technique and head movement of the three, and the narrowest toolkit. Kickboxing adds kicks but generally excludes elbows and clinch work. Muay Thai includes hands, elbows, knees, kicks, and the clinch, which is the standing grappling exchange that decides most Muay Thai fights. It is the broadest of the three and the most useful base if you may later want to cross into MMA.
Who these classes are for
Adults who want to learn to actually strike, get in serious condition doing it, and have no interest in being thrown to the wolves in week one. We take beginners seriously and we also take experienced strikers seriously — there are people in the room preparing to compete. Both belong. What we do not run is a fitness kickboxing class with no technical content.
When these classes run
Weekday evenings
Muay Thai — all levels with beginner instruction
The standard starting point for new students
Weekday mornings
Morning Muay Thai
For people who train before work
Saturday morning
Weekend Muay Thai
Easiest class to start with if evenings are hard
Questions people actually ask
Real students. Real results.
"As a beginner, I never expected the support they gave me. Absolutely the best place regardless of your skill level."
David A.
Beginner
"My son went from shy to confident in three months. The coaches genuinely care about the kids, not just the technique."
Meg R.
Parent
"The training partners and coaching here are next level. I've trained at multiple gyms — this is the real deal."
Mike T.
Serious Student
"Walked in nervous, walked out hooked. The structured beginner classes made everything click. No ego, just coaching."
Priya S.
Beginner
"Dennis breaks down concepts in a way I've never gotten anywhere else. My game leveled up within weeks of joining."
Jordan K.
Competitor
Fishtown, Philadelphia.
Free private parking. Five minutes off I-95. Ten from Center City.
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Your first 2 weeks are free. All you buy today is your gear kit — $99 (gloves + hand wraps), yours to keep no matter what. Then $49/wk.
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