National City Muay Thai Academy — Local services in National City

Training in Muay Thai at SWAMA has been a gift to me. It has definitely helped me with my overall confidence. Once I began training Muay Thai, my confidence exploded. Not only did I feel like I could defend myself physically, but I felt much more confident handling myself in a variety of other difficult situations. Muay Thai is also a great conversation starter. I found that it was easier to talk to people when explaining what I do in the gym (plus, people seem genuinely fascinated by it).

And it's only when I look back now, that I see all the difference.

I know some people here have had similar experiences.

Muay Thai taught me to get up even (and especially) when I’m face-down on the floor and I do not think I can move anymore. There were frustrating days when the technique of a combination eluded me or when the conditioning reached peak intensity. So, I had to channel Muay Thai resilience to pick myself up and keep pushing forward.

Muay thai has help me meet some good friends and some of the most amazing people who have helped me grow and develop as a person more than I possibly could have if I had the typical high...

This place is amazing, everyone is nice and kind especially the instructors, they are very patient and determined to push their students above and beyond. I’ve been here for almost 2 months and by far one of the greatest experience that I’ve had when it comes to martial arts, or in Muay Thai. The classes are like in a normal pace where instructors pushed their students to push or test their limits, which is something great if you just wanted to get into shape or to be stronger and learn self defenses. Overall I just generally love this place, have such nice community and definitely would recommend it to anyone that is interested in learning...

When I was looking for a Muay Thai gym, I knew the place had to have a few things at least:

-a good community with a great culture of comradery and respect -a beginner friendly atmosphere that values bringing up novices as much as it values honing advanced fighters -legitimately skilled teachers with years of practice under their belt and great teaching ability

I researched the area’s Muay Thai gyms and committed to Swama, which has all the things I was looking for. I’ve been...