zenith muay thai
lab
Our Adult Muay Thai and Kickboxing program is built for all levels, from complete beginners to experienced strikers ready to sharpen their game. Eight limbs, one system, structured coaching and real progression at every stage.
Adult Muay Thai / kickboxing classes in Markham
—— ABOUT THE PROGRAM
ONE WEEK.
A COMPLETE MUAY THAI EDUCATION
Muay Thai is one of the most complete and dynamic striking arts in the world built on the mastery of eight weapons: hands, feet, elbows, and knees.
The Muay Thai Lab is designed to teach the art with purpose, combining traditional technique, modern training methods, and a structured weekly programming where every session has intention and every member has a path forward.
Whether you’re stepping onto the mat for the first time or refining a skill set built over years of training, the Lab meets you where you are and helps you grow from there. Build your technique, sharpen your mindset, and become a more complete martial artist.
Our Muay Thai Lab is led by Moe El Astal, who pairs over a decade of Muay Thai training and competition with a sharp eye for detail and a background in business and human behaviour. He helps students build strong fundamentals, intelligent fight IQ and the mental toughness to perform under pressure, bringing out the best in beginners and competitors alike.
One Membership.
One Price. Unlimited Training.
Every Zenith membership gives you access to all programs and disciplines — Boxing, Muay Thai and Lunch Classes — under a single monthly rate. Train as much as you want, across everything we offer.
Six Days.
Eight Classes.
A dedicated offensive Muay Thai class focused on the craft of attack. Each session breaks down combinations, timing, striking mechanics and offensive strategy across all eight limbs giving you the tools to build a complete, intelligent offensive game.
A dedicated movement class focused on the technical foundation of Muay Thai. Each session works through footwork, angles, rhythm and ring movement to build the spatial awareness and positioning that makes every strike land with more purpose.
Pure conditioning, Muay Thai style. Sweat Lab is built around the physical demands of the sport; endurance, output and the kind of fitness that holds up when it counts.
A dedicated defensive Muay Thai class built around guards, checks, parries, sweeps and counters. The technical tools that make you hard to hit and dangerous on the way out.
Everything comes together. Freestyle Lab brings offense, defense, movement and conditioning into one session, a full expression of the Muay Thai craft.
A midday Muay Thai session covering the full striking toolkit through structured drills and pad work. Each class is self-contained and built for members who want consistent Muay Thai development on a schedule that works around their day.
Want to Get
Competitive?
The Muay Thai Lab builds the foundation. For members who want to take it further, Zenith has a dedicated competition team. Fight camp programming, coached sparring, game-planning and event preparation for those ready to test their skills.
Our competition team competes in sanctioned amateur Muay Thai and kickboxing under Muay Thai Ontario and WAKO Canada.
Class Structure
TYPICAL CLASS ELEMENTS
Warm Up
01
Every class opens with dynamic movement. Skipping, shadow boxing and mobility work to activate the body and sharpen focus before technical drilling begins.
Technique
02
Coaches break down Muay Thai fundamentals step by step across all eight limbs. Stance, guard, punches, kicks, elbows, knees — each session builds a more complete striker.
Pad Work
03
The centrepiece of every class. You'll drive combinations on pads with a coach or partner to put technique under pressure in a controlled, structured and purposeful environment.
Bag Work
04
Power, timing and volume on the heavy bag. Kicks, knees and full combinations to develop output, coordination and confidence across the full striking toolkit.
Work out
05
Muay Thai demands more from the body than most sports. Conditioning is built into every session — clinch strength, kicking endurance, core engagement and cardiovascular output.
Cool Down
06
Stretching, recovery and a moment to reflect on what was covered. Respect for the art and the training partners around you is reinforced here every time.
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We also recommend. you check out our Beginner’s Guide to Muay Thai in Markham.
Before You Start
No experience required. The Muay Thai Lab is built to develop skill from the ground up across all eight limbs. Beginners are introduced to the fundamentals before progressing and no session assumes you have trained before. If you have never thrown a kick or a teep, you are exactly who this program is built for.
Dedicated sparring sessions are invitation only. Light, education-first sparring can happen inside a regular class entirely at the coach's discretion, based on the readiness of the students that day. When it happens it is always controlled, always purposeful and always supervised. As a newcomer you are never pushed into it.
For your free trial, just bring a water bottle, shorts and a t-shirt. If you already own gloves and hand wraps, bring them along.
Once you are training Muay Thai regularly you will want your own gloves, hand wraps, a water bottle and hard cover shin guards. Come 10 to 15 minutes early and one of our trainers will help you wrap your hands.
Come 10 to 15 minutes before class and one of our trainers will walk you through it. Online tutorials help too. For ages 12 and up we recommend 180 to 200 inch hand wraps and 12oz or 14oz gloves. 16oz gloves are standard for sparring.
Your first class is free. Membership is one flat monthly fee for unlimited access to everything we offer, Muay Thai and boxing included. There is no long-term contract. You can cancel any time with 30 days written notice before your next billing cycle. Full pricing lives on our Memberships page.
Never. The decision to compete is always yours. Our coaches will guide and prepare you, but the choice to fight has to come from you. The competition team is invitation only and no member is cleared to compete unless our coaches are fully confident they are ready.
All of our main coaches have at least ten years of martial arts experience, a minimum of two years of coaching, and follow a leadership framework aligned with our gym's mission and culture. Every coach and staff member has completed a Vulnerable Sector Criminal Record Check for your safety and peace of mind.