Krabi Krabong
Krabi-Krabong - Beginner to Intermediate
Krabi-Krabong, the Thai Sword-Staff Fighting Martial Art
Master Thohsathep Sitiwatjana (Master O)
Krabi-krabong is Thailand's ancient martial art system using weapons such as the krabi - curved sword, and krabong - staff or pole. Predominantly a weapon-based system, krabi-krabong is used in conjunction with Muay Boran, using kicks, pressure point strikes, joint locks, holds, and throws.
King Taksin of the Ayutthaya Kingdom learned krabi-krabong while studying in Wat Buddhaisawan as a boy. He led the Thai people to defeat the Burmese army despite being only half the size, restoring Thailand to nearly its former size. Among all the warriors under Taksin's command, the greatest fighter was Phraya Pichai Daab Hak, a nickname meaning "broken sword". Phraya Pichai was an expert with the dual swords and acquired his moniker during a battle in which he continued fighting after one of his swords was broken.
Don't miss the chance to learn Krabi-krabong from one of the best teachers in the world - Master O, together with his partner Kru Jirapat Sata.
Thai Dual War Sword - Krabi-Krabong
The course takes you from the first sword grip and guards to complex patterns: neck and head strikes and their defenses, “3 strikes on top” (ไม้สามบน), “5 strikes on top” and “5 strikes under”, “7 strikes”, “9 strikes on top”, weave-outs and jump strikes, flow sparring with four targets, and how to pay respect before a krabi-krabong class. The full lesson list is below.
Your Instructor
Master Thohsathep Sitiwatjana (Master O)
Thohsathep Sitiwatjana was born into a martial art family. The legendary Grand Master Toddy, a.k.a. Father of Muay Thai who brought Muay Thai to England, is his eldest brother. Under the influence of his brothers, he started practicing Muay Thai at a young age of 5. After graduating from the university, he went to England to teach Muay Thai together with his older brother Master A, grooming a number of Muay Thai champions. After returning to Thailand, he became the Head Master of Master Toddy's Muay Thai Academy in Bangkok, Thailand, having trained hundreds of instructors and fighters over the years, including the recent WBA South Asia Champion Oscar. He has developed his unique style of teaching, which is systematic, methodical, and progressive. It has helped a great number of Muay Thai and Krabi-krabong practitioners break the bottleneck and made leaps and bounds in their art. During this time, his private Muay Thai and Krabi-krabong classes became the most sought after classes in the school. People all over the world travel to Thailand to learn from him.
Kru Jirapat Sata (Kru Ohm)
KFA Group Chairman of Thailand (Krabikrabong Fighting Art Thailand)
Kru Ohm graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Coaching from the Suphanburi Sport University of Thailand, Suphanburi Campus. He has studied Thai boxing, karate, panchakilat and wushu. He obtained a black belt in Taekwondo in 2007. He received certification in ancient boxing in Chaiya Boxing in 2013 and became a kru trainer in the Martial Art Act Institute.
Since 2011, he has been studying sword and staff fighting. In 2014, he founded KFA Thailand Group to promote Thai martial arts, sword fighting, ancient boxing and Taekwondo. He won the bronze medal in the 1st World Sword Fighting Championship under the Muay Thai Teacher Association in 2015. In 2017, he developed his own sword training system.
What students said
Testimonials as published on this website.
“I thought this course was truly outstanding. The information was clear and taught in an easy-to-understand fashion. I have been training in martial arts since 1985 and this was one of THE most enjoyable classes I have ever taken. Highly recommended.”
“The Krabi Krabong course is excellent. Detailed, step by step instruction guides you from complete beginner through the basic skills to intermediate combinations. I followed up with an online review session and was surprised how much I learnt. It felt like Master O was in the room with me. Highly recommended!”
“Great course. Thank you very much. Togos is the first real online source for Krabi Krabong that I ever saw. I hope it will go on in the future.”
“Master O is my go-to coach in Thailand. Very skillful and insightful. I have improved so much under Master O. His online Muay Thai course and online krabi-krabong course are amazing as well. They help me structure my class with my students. The lifetime access is awesome. They are like a digital reference books for Muay Thai and krabi-krabong. Love everything I have learnt from Master O both in person and through the online courses. Highly recommend to anyone who are serious about improving their Thai martial art skills as well as coaching skills.”
Course Curriculum
What the course covered: the lesson list as published on this website.
Getting Ready for Krabi-Krabong (4 lessons)
- Know your sword and your training stick
- How to hold your sword and warm up your wrists
- How to do defense guard and defend against neck strike
- How to do striking guard and strike to the neck
Basic Strikes and Defense (19 lessons)
- How to practice neck strike with your partner
- How to do head strike and defense to head strike
- How to step forward and backward
- How to perform “3 strikes on top” (ไม้สามบน) – attack
- How to perform “3 strikes on top” (ไม้สามบน) – defense
- How to practice static “3 strikes on top” (ไม้สามบน) with your partner
- How to step with “3 strikes on top” (ไม้สามบน)
- Full “3 strikes on top” (ไม้สามบน) – Partner drill
- Mai ha bon – “5 strikes on top” (ไม้ห้าบน)
- Uppercut strike & defense
- Mai ha laang – “5 strikes under” (ไม้ห้าล่าง) – attack
- Mai ha laang – “5 strikes under” (ไม้ห้าล่าง) – defense
- Mai ha laang – “5 strikes under” (ไม้ห้าล่าง) – partner drill
- Mai ha laang – “5 strikes under” (ไม้ห้าล่าง) – with footwork
- Horizontal body strike: attack and defense
- Mai Jed – “7 strikes” (ไม้เจ็ด) – attack and defense
- How to step with “7 strikes” (ไม้เจ็ด)
- Fun toom ฟันโถม – "two-hand neck strike"
- Two-hand head strike and counter-attack
Intermediate - Complex Patterns (16 lessons)
- Demonstration of Pattern One
- Fun Tob (ฟันทบ) – “one-hand double strike"
- Mai kao bon – “9 strikes on top”
- How to step with “9 strikes on top”: attack
- How to step with “9 strikes on top”: defense
- “9 strikes on top”: full action
- Defense technique: how to weave out
- How to weave out from “3 strikes on top” and counter with side kick
- How to weave out from “3 strikes on top” and counter with roundhouse kick
- How to weave out and jump strike with two hands: attack
- How to defend jump strike with two hands
- How to do 5 steps weave out and jump strike with two hands
- How to stab-strike-defend 3 or 5 strikes pattern
- How to perform sparring pattern with four targets
- Flow sparring with four targets
- Demonstration of Pattern Two
Wrap Up (2 lessons)
- How to pay respect before krabi-krabong class
- Words at the end
From Master O
My life has been dedicated to bringing the beauty of Thai Martial Arts to the world. People have travelled from all over the world to learn from me in Thailand. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of my students are unable to travel to Thailand and many of them have been requesting online courses. So I created this series of online Thai martial art courses for my students and the many people out there who wish to learn the authentic Thai martial arts. It took me months to craft the content and shoot the videos and finally the courses are ready! I'm very excited to finally being able to share my secrets to Thai martial arts with more people and I will continue to bring you new and advances courses and experience. I hope I will be able to inspire you to fall in love with Thai martial arts and become stronger, better, and happier!
As published on this website.
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