Muay Thai Bag Work System

Mat Manual companion guide to "Heavy Bag Rounds That Build Fighters." Print it. The article teaches how to read the swing and why every round carries a job. This system runs the sessions: form-standard cards per weapon, round libraries by purpose, solo templates, and logs that grade the last round as honestly as the first.

Name: ______________________________ Gym: ______________________________ Start date: ______________ Bag type and mounting (record): ______________________________ Wrap method used: ______________________________

BEFORE ANYTHING: WRAPS, SHINS, AND THE STANDING SAFETY FRAME ☐ Hands are wrapped for every bag session under this system, properly and in full, the same wrap worn for pads and sparring. No exceptions for short rounds, light rounds, or one quick test strike. ☐ A wrist that bends at contact caps power on the spot. The round is rebuilt at lower power or stopped. Power never outruns wrist alignment in this system. ☐ Shin honesty is a rule, not a toughness test. New shin pain that changes how a kick lands ends kicking on that leg for the session. Bruised shins are rested, not attacked through a bag to prove something. ☐ Soreness that alters the next day's technique means the last session's volume was too much. It is logged, and the next session is cut. Joint pain, wrist, elbow, knee, shoulder, or ankle, is a stop signal, not a volume signal. ☐ Bag, mount, and floor are checked before every session: mount secure, fill settled without hard lumps at strike height, floor clear on every side used, including behind you for clinch turns. ☐ Stop any round for a bag swinging out of control, a mount noise that was not there before, or another person entering the bag's space. Settle the bag by hand. Reset. Then resume.

Part 1: The Bag Card