Your Muay Thai Journey
Starts Here
You're not after another gym membership — you want a skill worth sticking with. Structured Muay Thai classes in Melbourne, a levels pathway you climb, and coaches invested in how good you become. Start with the 2-week Beginner Course for absolute beginners.
This is where it gets good
The beginner course is where it starts — not where it ends. From there you train in classes matched to your level, with the same coaches, and a clear picture of what comes next.
Most gyms sell access and hope you turn up. ACSA runs a program — and the people who choose that structure tend to stay for years.
How the classes progress
You always train at the level you're at — never thrown in early, never held back once you're ready.
2-Week Beginner Course
Where everyone starts. You learn the basics and build your foundations.
Beginner Classes
You learn to perform every technique correctly.
Intermediate Classes
You learn when to use them — timing, distance and decision-making.
Advanced Classes
You combine everything and shape it into your own style.
You'll always know where you stand
Muay Thai can't be rushed. Gradings mark progress you've actually earned — here's why we use levels.
Skill
Real technique, taught in order — you can see yourself getting better week by week.
Strength & fitness
A genuine full-body workout — built class by class, not crammed into a crash.
Quiet confidence
Practical self-defence that changes how you carry yourself — on the mats and off.
Belonging
People stay for the room as much as the workout. You'll feel why in week one.
What a class actually looks like
Real members, real training — mornings and evenings in Thornbury.
Honest about who we're for
You'll feel right at home here.
- › You want to be coached properly, not just put through a sweat
- › You're happy to start as a beginner and build up steadily
- › You'll show up consistently, even when life gets busy
- › You want fitness that leaves you with a real skill
No hard feelings — it's just not the right fit if:
- × You're after a short-term fitness blast only
- × You'd prefer casual one-off sessions over a set program
- × You're hoping for results without training regularly
Where consistent training takes you
Nobody walks in confident. Here's the journey members actually take — one step at a time.
The hesitant beginner
First classes. Nervous, uncoordinated, and completely normal — the room remembers being you.
The consistent student
Training 2–3 times a week. Technique clicks. Fitness follows without forcing it.
The martial artist
Grading through the levels. Training is part of your week you'd never give up.
It becomes who you are
Years in: skilled, strong, and part of the club's backbone — helping the next beginner.
Meet Coach Phill
Phillip Lai is ACSA's owner and head coach — and he coaches the beginner course personally. You'll be welcomed by name and know exactly what to do from minute one: patient with the basics, clear about the why, entirely on your side.
- Owner & head coach — ACSA Muay Thai, Thornbury
- Coaches the beginner course personally
- Leads the levels & gradings pathway
- Backed by a full coaching team — meet the coaches
“Extremely comfortable and friendly environment — the staff are always willing to support and help at any pace you're comfortable with.”
Khang L. · Google review
Every adult starts the same way
The 2-week Beginner Course is the front door to everything on this page.
- 4 coached sessions — Mondays & Thursdays, 7–8pm
- Complete beginners only — no advanced students
- Boxing gloves included
- No lock-in, no contract
Changed your mind? Tell us within 24 hours of your first class and we'll refund the intro — no lock-in, no contract.
Trained before, or want to start this week? The 7-Day Intro — $47 gets you straight into classes at your level.
Before you start
I've never trained before — where do I start?
The 2-Week Beginner Course ($97) — four coached sessions in a beginners-only group, Mondays and Thursdays 7–8pm, gloves included.
I've trained Muay Thai before — do I still do the beginner course?
Usually not. The 7-Day Intro ($47) gets you straight into classes, and the coaches place you at the level that matches your experience.
How often should I train?
Two to three sessions a week is the sweet spot for real skill progress — enough mat time to drill technique, sharpen timing and move steadily through the gradings. One a week keeps you ticking over; consistency beats intensity every time. Here's our honest guide.
How do gradings work?
We run a three-level system — Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced — and gradings mark your step from one level to the next, earned over months of consistent training. Why we use levels.
Train in Thornbury
Australian Combat Sports Academy
325A Darebin Rd, Thornbury VIC 3071
Parking: plenty of free, all-day off-street parking.
Gloves included
enquiries@acsamelbourne.com.au
1800 736 888