Sometimes known as Thai kickboxing, Muay Thai is a striking martial art practiced in large parts of the world, including Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. The art is similar to others in Southeast Asia such as: Pradal Serey in Cambodia, Lethwei in Myanmar, Tomoi in Malaysia, and Lao Boxing in Laos.

Muay Thai has a long history in Thailand and is the country's national sport. Traditional Muay Thai practiced today varies significantly from the ancient art Muay Boran and uses kicks and punches in a ring with gloves similar to those used in Western Boxing.

Often referred to as "The Art of the Eight Limbs", as the hands, shins, elbows, and knees are all used extensively in this art. A practitioner of Muay Thai (" nak muay ") thus has the ability to execute strikes using eight "points of contact," as opposed to "two points" (fists) in Western boxing and "four points" (fists, feet) used in the primarily sport-oriented form of martial arts.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. It is a derivative of early 20th century Kodokan Judo, which was itself then a recently-developed system (founded in 1882), based on multiple schools of Japanese Jiu Jitsu.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu allows for a smaller, weaker person to be successful in defending themselves against a bigger, stronger assailant using leverage and proper technique; most notably, by applying joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat them.

BJJ can be trained for self defense, sport grappling tournaments and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition.  Sparring (commonly referred to as 'rolling') and live drilling play a major role in training, and competition preparation.