The Learning Clips still go on. Now we are doing the punching section. That’s right, this is going to be another great Muay Thai collection where you can come in and take a look, so you can practice Muay Thai at home. That easy!
Fist in Thai is called “Mud” and to punch called “shok”, so this is for your information, so that when you heard these two words you will know what it is about.
As you know there are a lot of styles of punching in Thai Boxing. And of course we are not able to list and make a short clip for each of them but we try our best. I hope you like them.
Today’s punch is the most basic one, the straight punch or Mud Dhrong (Dhrong means straight). The targets aimed are eye-sockets, chin, nose or mouth.
How to do it is nothing much to explain. Just throw a direct punch forwards towards the targets, keeping the palm downwards. The reason is because you want the back of your knuckles hit the targets for the best impact.
The power of the Mud Dhrong is from twisting the shoulders, hips, and heel at the same time. Now it’s time for you to take a look at our short clip. Enjoy!
There are two types of straight punch; first is the Cross and another is the Jab. Basically the cross is Mud Dhrong with the rear fist and the Jab is the straight punch with the lead fist. Really simple! So now you can see that the clip above is called the Cross.
Don’t forget to keep your palm downwards always for the greatest impact on the aimed targets.
Check out our next Muay Thai Learning Clip right here!
Today we will continue with the Muay Thai or Thai boxing footwork moves. Remember that some of the moves are not originally from ancient Muay thai or Muay Boran but from the western kick boxing. However, what we are teaching you here is the move that is used in the present Muay Thai today.
The move today is called Leaping not jumping. In thai we call this move Gra Dode that means jumping but that would be funning jumping around in the ring right? So in the clip you will see that it might look just like the boxing skip that is used in the competition to move around and be prepared to fight. But a slighting leaping has move advantage. It helps you move faster than skipping.
The footwork method of moving forwards or backwards as fast as you can by a simple leap while skipping. So now you can see there are two variations: backwards and forwards the descriptions are pretty much the same except you are bending to different way forward or backward.
The push from the bent knees and both two feet should be utilized to leap into the air (not so high) and, and then when landing, the two feet ought to be in the same relevant positions as start.
The only different between the forward and the backward leaping is in the beginning. When forward, you first bend your knees and drive yourself upward to the front using the power from your both feet, and the backward you just push yourself upward to the back. The rest is the same.
Right now let’s take a look at our really short clip. So you can practice this footwork at home.
For more footwork you can check out our past articles or you can also visit YouTube and search for “Muay Thai Learning”.
See you next week! Next we are moving on to something else; the first Muay Thai weapon “the punch”.
What you will learn today in our Muay Thai Learning Clip is how to do the boxing skip or in Thai “Dhen”. Actually it is the easiest thing to do; even a kid can do this. So why did we do a lesson about this and have actually made the clip ourselves? Well to Dhen or to skip is one of the basic footwork methods that you must know. Learning to all the methods will give you all these following advantages:
- You will me in the position that allow you to use Muay Thai Weapons effectively
- You will be able to avoid most of the attacks
- You will have more advantage than your opponent
- Your opponent will not have chance to attack
Please note that Skipping or Dhen is not originally from Thailand or in ancient Muay Thai but it was taken from the western boxing. But it has become one of the important basics of Muay Thai footwork that you need to learn today.
While performing boxing skip or Dhen, the body-weight will be shifted between the two balls of the feet in a ratio of 90:10.
How to do the boxing skip
Skipping a little constantly while always maintaining the Muay Thai posture, you have to shift your body-weight to the front foot.
Then Shift body-weight back to rear foot.
Then you might want to know that while skipping how you could attack your opponent. Well not that hard. For example, when you want to kick, you must use the leg which is not supporting (90%) most of your body weight.
Let’s take a look at the clip we made!
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Welcome to MuayThaiSport.com/weblog! Our MuayThai lesson continues today. We are still talking about the footwork.
In Thai Boxing, footwork is really important. It can help you avoid your opponent’s attack, give you an advantage over your enemy and put your opponent where he can’t attack you. This is why learning Muay Thai from the basic like footwork is really crucial.
The Step-Slide Shuffle or in Thai called “Sueb Tao” is a method of footwork that you will move your feet slid along the ground or the ring’s floor or you can also slightly lift your feet a little bit, the one that you can see in our short clip.
There are 2 variations: forward and backward. Too bad we only have the forward move for you to see. Now let’s take a look at the clip first then I’ll tell you step by step of now to perform the move yourself.
As you can see, for the forward Step-Slide Shuffle, you have to move with you right or left foot, sliding along the floor or lift it a little bit along the ground then you will pull your following foot in towards the first one with the same technique (slide or slightly lift).
The backward move is like the forward in the method which is move your first foot backwards then pull the other back in towards the first one. You can slide your feet or slightly lift them either way you prefer.
I hope that wasn’t too hard. Keep practicing at your own home or at the gym you join. I’ll be back again with another FREE great lesson with the easy to follow video clip. Please let us know your feedback by adding your comment right here below. See you next time same time same place right here.
Hey! Guess what! Here is a little something new we want to add in our blog. Free Muay Thai lessons!!! And it won’t be just a lesson. I have made video clips ourselves to teach you Thai Boxing step by step.
So I want to start with the really basics. This technique is the simplest and really unique to Thai Boxing. The said technique is called “Yaang Saam Khum” or “Muay Shuffle”. This easy-to-do technique can help you be constantly ready and prepared to avoid any attacks from your opponent or protect yourself by responding well enough to your opponent’s moves and attacking them.
For this move, there are two different variations: Forward and Backward
When is it used? Well there are two ways to perform this move: during the contest and during the prefight ritual.
You must learn this technique correctly. It is essential to know this skill if you want to continue the rest of the Muay Thai moves. Here are the tips!
Make sure to keep your rare foot pointing out to the side and your front foot pointing towards the opponent always in every step you walk.
The version you’re seeing next is the one for the contest. It is a bit exaggerated to show you to move clearly. Let’s take a look at the video we made!
I hope this video can clear things up. You can practice this yourself at home or at your gym. And remember this might look really simple and easy, but the most important is to get it perfectly right for any further moves!
Come back next week for another Muay Thai Learning Clip at MuayThaiSport.com/blog! This step-by-step Muay Thai lesson will improve your Thaiboxing skills. The coolest thing about it is…it’s totally free! Don’t miss it!
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