Today’s move is called “Kow Yown”(Kow means knee and Yown means to throw) see in the clip below of how to perform this attacking move and right down below the clip I’ll break down into step-by-step. The move is used for attacking the abdomen and the solar plexus area. The boxer will raise his knee and thrust it forward to hit against the target in a sliding motion. The difference from other previous knee kicks is that you don’t need to use your hands to grasp your opponent’s neck and pull it down against the knee blow. Let’s take a look at the clip.

Muay Thai Learning: The Knee Bomb from YouTube

Start with the boxing stance as usual. Put the body-weight onto your front leg in this case the left foot. Then you lean slightly forward lifting both of your heels off the ground. Extend your right arm and fist to the front to protect the open area of your body which is your chest and your abdomen while holding your left fist close to the jaw line. Before delivering the knee kick, lean backward before twisting your right hip round to the left and thrust your right knee up using your right knee cap or the upper part of your shin to hit against the target.

You can also use your lead knee or the left knee that is in the front in your Muay Thai stance as the weapon. You need to first step forward with your right foot and you must shift your weight onto that foot. The rest is the same. Instead of your right fist, extend your left arm and fist to protect your midsection while performing the knee kick. Lean backward and twist your hip from left to right and thrust your knee diagonally upward to impact the target.

Thanks for visiting our blog today. Come back for more learning clips or other Muay Thai related articles right here. See you next time!

Today’s move is the Muay Thai knee slap. This is a modern boxing move so if you’re training Muay Thai right now, you might have seen this move before or already know how to do it. The Thai name of this thai boxing technique is “Kow Tob”. It is used for targets like trunk and the ribcage. The focus of the move is that you grasp and pull down the neck of your opponent with your both arms while raising the knee upward to the level of the aimed target before using the inner of your knee joint to impact the target. Let’s take a look at the clip from YouTube.

Muay Thai Learning: The Knee Slap from YouTube

Let me break it down for you step by step of how to do this boxing technique. First start with your boxing stance as usual. The right foot in the back and the left foot in the front you arms and fists are up ready for guarding. When your opponent is in close range, grasp his neck with both of your fists. Transfer your body weight onto your left leg in the front and raise your right knee outward to the side up to the same level of the target like the trunk or the ribcage of your opponent. When performing any knee kick, keep in mind that you have to keep your toes pointed straight down to the ground just like when you’re doing the Horizontal Knee kick. The tip of your left foot will work as the pivot point when you leap yourself up open the heel of your left foot and twist your body and hip over to the left. Before the knee impact the target with the inner part of your knee joint, pull down the opponent’s neck downward in order to block your opponent from escaping.

There is also the knee slap with your front foot or the lead knee slap. To do this you have to shift your body weight to your right foot and raise your left knee out to the side and twist your hip to the right making the ball of your right foot as the pivot and open the heel. Impact the left knee with the inner part to the intended target while pulling down your opponent’s neck downward.

Thanks for sticking with us today. I hope you like the article and will be back for more next month. Next time I will pause the lesson with another boxing product review. Don’t forget to check it out.

The Thai name for this move is “Luang Dan Hera”. It is one of the combination moves that require you to use a punch and a kick at the same time. However, last time it was a punch and a kick combination, “Pajon Chang San”. The difference is that today’s move will use your knee as a weapon to deliver the kick instead of your leg.

Like the Pajon Chang San or the punch and kick combination, the move is used for either attack, defense or escape. It will be best used while there are a small distance between you and your opponent. You will have to throw a right swing fist to your fighter’s left jaw and at the mean time swing your left knee upward and diagonally to hit your opponent’s right ribcage. It is best used when you notice that your fighter leaves his guard down leaving himself vulnerable for the move.

To the Attack: The opponent must shield himself from the fighter’s blows by wiping away the potential punch with his left arm. And he should also move quickly, sway towards the right side while raising his elbow to guard the ribs from the knee kick.

To the Defense: Twist your body slightly to your right and put your body weight onto your right leg while using your left knee to strike the opponent’s right rib. The counter-attack is very similar to the one in Pajon Chang San or the punch and kick combination move but instead of using your shin or foot in the kick, you use your knee as the weapon.

Thanks for being with us until the end. Next month we will definitely talk about more thai boxing moves. Just a thought: what is your favorite Muay Thai move and why? See you next time!

Today’s move is called the Kow Thad (Kow means the knee and Thad means to cut in this case I think it’s used to describe a movement of moving your body part horizontally like when you’re cutting something with your hand). The Horizontal Knee Kick is used to hit targets like the trunk and the ribcage of your opponent.

To do the technique, extend your right arm out forward to grasp your opponent’s neck like the curving knee kick and use the arm to pull down the neck from left to right while you’re delivering the knee kick. However, you right knee will be raised up but just to the same level of your target and then thrust it sideway to impact to target parallel to the ground from the right to left. Let’s take a look at the clip.

Muay Thai Learning: The Horizontal Knee Kick from YouTube

Don’t forget to go subscribe to the youtube channel if you like the video series.

Right now I want to break down to move a little so you will get a clearer picture of how to do it. First lean forward and over to your left putting your body-weight on the left leg and extend your right arm out forward to grasp your opponent’s neck on his right side. Prepare the knee by lifting your right knee upward to the right side to the same level of height of the aimed target pointing your toes straight down to the floor. And finish it off by pulling down the neck and twist your hip using your left foot at a pivot round to the left opening the heel and flip your right knee over to parallelize to the ground before thrusting it sideway against the target horizontally.

There is also the Lead horizontal knee kick but it will need a lot more practice. If you interested please ask further advice from your Thai boxing teacher so that you will do it right under supervision. Thanks for visiting us today and see you next time for the next video clip. Happy Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Ok, let’s go back to the topic. Today’s move or a pair of uppercuts is called in Thai “Hanuman Thawai Waen”. It is one of the very most famous Muay Thai moves that you can see everywhere, especially in movies because only this move is quite deadly that can knock out your rival instantly if you can do it right but also it is a very beautiful technique.

This attack takes a lot of practice to master it but it will be worth training because it is extremely effective when done with proper timing, force and distance. A pair of Muay Thai uppercuts or Hanaman Tawai Waen is used to deliver fist punch to the opponent’s chin by transferring the force from your knees that are raised with a sudden jump to hit the opponent’s chest. It is mainly used for attack, defense and escape and is best used when your opponent is careless and leaves his guard down. The ancient move is very lethal if done with proper power that is generated from your legs.

To the Attack: Avoid coming too close to your fighter during the fight. If you sense that your opponent is preparing for a pair of uppercuts, react to the act by moving backward to derail his approximation of the distance and escape from those powerful and dangerous punches. In addition to the escape, move your elbows in the front to protect your midsection.

To the Defense: Swing your right leg and kick the boxer’s left leg or hit him with your foot. Follow this up simultaneously with another attacking move.

Alright, I hope you like the move. I really recommend you practice this move and be able to master it in your life time of learning Muay Thai because this is one of the key signatures of Thai Boxing techniques. And trust me once you’re able to use the move effectively, you will love Muay Thai even more. See you next time!

Even though the move of today is one of the basic, it doesn’t mean that it is that easy to perform. All Muay Thai moves need lots of practice to master because in real situation it will be hard to decide which move you should apply. And if you don’t respond quickly enough, it might cause you to lose the fight and get hurt. Anyway, the move of today is our next attack technique with your knee. Check out our previous video articles for other weapons’ techniques.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJTOx3B–_E
Muay Thai Learning: The Curving Knee-Kick from YouTube

The move is called “Kow Khong” in Thai (Kow means knee and Khong means round or curve). It is used to impact the targets like your fighter’s thigh and the ribcage. In this move, the knee is raised higher than the target and then it will be brought down and round to impact the target while twisting your body to right left pointing your left foot’s toes backward open heel, stretching all toes of your both left and right foot.

Here is the step by step of how to do the curving knee kick. Start from the basic boxing stance and lean forward to put your body weight onto your left leg. Extend your right arm out forward to grasp the neck of your rival from his right side. Then lean your body to your left to lift your right knee up to the higher level of the focused target. Make sure that your right toes are pointing straight in a line. Then to finish it off, you must twist your body and hip round and over to your left side open your left heel and bring your right knee down in a curving motion to impact the target while pulling down your opponent’s neck with your right arm from the left to right.

You can also perform the curving knee kick with your lead knee but it will require a lot more practice and harder to do. Ask your Muay Thai master for advice on that. I hope you like the video lesson. Don’t forget to click like and subscribe to the channel. Thanks for being with us until the end today. See you next time with more Muay Thai related articles right here. Have a good one!

Today’s ancient Muay Thai move is called “Pajon Chang San”. The very best way to call it in English is just to know that it’s a combination of the punch and kick move that are applied at the same time. To explain more about it, this is a combination technique used for attack, defense and escape. The targets for his boxing attacking technique are your opponent’s chin and rib area. As a boxer, you will be required to throw a punch with your right hand to hit the chin and at that same time lift your left leg up and swing it to deliver a powerful kick into your opponent’s right rib. The full weight is borne by the right leg while the left elbow is drawn back to keep your body balanced. The simultaneous punch and kick trick like this is quite effectively used for your opponent who always guard his boxing stance with wide angles.

To the Attack: You have to use both of your hands to wipe away both of your opponent’s fists. Afterwards, protect your body by turning it to the right and pressing down your right elbow in order to shield the attacker’s oncoming kick.

To the Defense: Try to apply your left shin or your left foot to hit your opponent’s right rib. If he use his left hand to throw the punch and right foot to deliver the kick, alternate your counter move by using your right shin instead.

That’s it for this move. If you want to try this, I recommend you do it with your Muay thai master so that he can help you correct your move in case there are some mistakes. Anyway I hope you enjoy our learning articles so far. I will be back next time with the modern boxing moves with video clips of Muay Thai demonstration. Please leave your comment down below to help us improve the articles and the blog. See you next time.

The move as you will see in the clip below is called the diagonal knee kick or Kow Chiang (Kow means knee and Chiang means diagonal). This move requires you to use your both hands to grasp and pull your opponent’s neck downward while you’re raising your knee upwards diagonally to impact the un-escaping target which can be the thigh, the rib-cage or the side of your opponent’s waist.

Muay Thai Learning: The Diagonal Knee Kick from YouTube

To break the move down, there are two ways to do this technique. First is to use your rear knee as the weapon and the other is to use your lead knee which is a bit harder and require more practice.

The Rear Diagonal Knee kick is started by leaning forward and transforming your body weight onto your left foot which is in the front of your boxing stance. Start grasping your opponent’s neck with both of your firm hands. Deliver the knee kick by thrusting your right knee (from the back) diagonally upward from right to left pointing all toes straight down to the ground. At the time of impacting the knee, you must pull down your opponent’s neck from left to right and bracing your left foot against the floor and impact the aimed target with your knee cap.

The Lead Diagonal Knee Kick is slightly different because you’re using your left knee to deliver the kick from the basic boxing stance that the left foot is in the front. Lean forward but this time put your weight onto your right foot and grasp your opponent at the neck and pull it down from the right to left while you’re trying to thrust your left knee diagonally upwards from the left to right. Keep practicing to master the lead knee diagonal knee kick.

Hope you like the clip. And don’t forget to click like or subscribe to the channel. Come back for more of this next time. See you.

The action is best used when there are only a small space between you and your opponent. The punch is perfectly used in close range. And as you deliver an uppercut, don’t forget to transfer the power right from your leg because the force will be driven through the lifting of your legs through your body and then fists. Make the uppercut move from the inside because it is easy to counter attack the move if you use the outside uppercut because you will be left widely open while you’re bringing the arms down to gain the power for the punch. To do this Muay Thai move, you have to step toward your opponent to the certain range that is close enough to easily bring the punch upward to strike the opponent’s heart, chest, and abdomen or rib area.

To the Attack: Thwart the boxer’s right arm with your left arm and suddenly twist your upper body to the right to prevent the full blow to your chest or abdomen area. Don’t forget to guard the left side of your ribcage with your left elbow holding up on guard.

To the Defense: Use your left knee to hit the boxer’s ribs or midsection. If the opponent uses his left hand instead of the right to throw the uppercut, you alternate it by using your right knee to perform this counter attack to the move.

Thanks so much for visiting us today. Don’t forget to check back for more lessons at our blog. Next time I’m thinking of writing about modern Muay Thai move, one of those we got on video. Check it out next month because I think it will be a good demonstration. Feel free to leave your comments down below about this lesson and our blog. See you next time!

Now let’s get started with our first thai boxing knee move, the straight knee kick or Kow Dhrong. It is the most basic muay thai knee strike that you will have to learn. The move targets the opponent’s abdomen and solar plexus.

There are two ways to do this move. Common one is to use the rear knee for the hit and the other is to use the lead knee. Here’s how to perform the both of them.

To use the back leg from the boxing stance to strike the straight knee kick, start off by the boxing stance and lean forward and transfer your body weight to your front foot assuming your left foot if you are the majority right-handed. Then reach your arms out to grasp your opponent’s neck with both of your hands.

Now it’s time to deliver the kick. Slightly twist your right hip to the left to add more force to the coming knee hit. Raise your right knee up attacking the target and always keep your toes pointing downward making the knee at the sharpness. At the same time of striking, pull your opponent’s neck down. If you do it right, you will feel that as you’re hitting your opponent your body will slightly bend to the back and your left foot heel will be off the ground.

Muay Thai Clips from Youtube

And if you prefer to use the front foot of the stance for this Muay Thai technique, just do the same but transfer your body weight to the other leg and add a bit more power to the hit to make it effective.

Alright, that’s it for today. Hope you enjoy the clip and how to instruction. See you next time right here!