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Welcome back! This is time to learn some new moves! How are you with the previous Muay Thai move I talked about last month? I hope you can still remember it. Today I want to talk about another ancient Thai boxing technique. But it’s not that ancient since we still use this technique in modern Muay Thai. Let’s check it out!

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!

Muay Thai Cherng Kao or Knee Kicks is another offensive weapon in Muay Thai arsenal. The knee kick will involve bending and raising your knee and striking the target on your opponent’s body with the point of the knee or the inner part of your knee joint. The key to a perfect knee kick is to always keep your toes pointing down the floor for the sharpness of your weapon and more power to the hit.

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.

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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!

Welcome to MuayThai Sport! One more month has past and you know it’s about time to learn some more Muay Thai Boran moves. I hope you got to practice some of the previous moves. If you want, share your experience of trying out those moves with us right here below stimulating our Muay Thai fans to do the same.

Today move was given the name “Intra Kwang Jak”. It is just a fancy name from the past and has nothing to do with the move or anything. Non of that matters. So why don’t we get started with how to do and when to apply this ancient technique.

This Muay Thai Boran move is used for facing the coming attack, dealing with the defense and escape of your opponent. It is very accommodating when there is a certain good amount of distance between you and your fighter. Furthermore, this muay thai punch move targets the opponent’s neck and is so used when the neck area is left opened vulnerable. To perform this move, the boxer has to hold up his right fist in front of him. Then soon after, straighten or extend forcefully his right arm making a step forward toward the opponent with his right foot. Now it is the time to deliver the long range downward blow from your right fist onto your fighter’s neck or maybe nose.

To deal with the attack: Move very quickly to thwart the long punch away by moving your straight left arm above your head like when you’re guarding your face and immediately swing your left arm outward to brush the opponent’s right long blow away.

To handle the defense: With powerful force, throw a left swing kick aiming for the boxer’s right rib. If the ancient long punch is being thrown by the left arm (your right side), then instead, swing your right leg to deliver the powerful kick from your right hitting his left ribcage.

Alright I hope you enjoy the article. Come back for more of these ancient moves articles and other related to Muay Thai. Enjoy!

Hello again, my MUAY THAI BOXING sport friends, nowsday the world is turning too fast, sometimes I get migraine! That’s why we all should pay more attention looking back into our past, how our civilizations has grown and ended. MUAY THAI is one of the most famous civilizations of the world and it was almost forgotten by our new gens more and more. Such a beauty of arts can’t be forgotten that easily though. Let’s go back to our ancient world again and enter the world of fighting art and try Strengthening your muscles!

Here’s the Muay Thai Move of the day! THE BENT FIST!

The Bent fist is all about delivering a punch, by bending the boxer’s elbow and even your inner wrist, it would apply such a great and powerful punching force to your punch or blow. After bending your muscle, throw the blow sidewards and downwards, aiming for the boxing opponent’s nose or jaw, this is just called The Bent Fist, a technique of defending and attacking.

To complete this fabulous Thai Boxing hitting technique, you must put your left foot forward and twist your body to the left, throw your punch down by a swift. Try not to look down on the feet or the ground if your opponent would want to throw the uppercuts. And you know how hard it’s gonna be to avoid this big hit? Well, the key to defend yourself from this punch blow is to hold up your left hand defending against the blow coming from your left. Afterward, you sweep your left arm over smoothly to ward off the opponent’s right arm. Keep in mind to maintain your balance well by swaying your body only slightly bit.

Here’s the part of the boxing move you are waiting for, defensing mechanism of this throw, use your left knee to hit the boxer’s right rib. If the boxer is a left-handed one, reverse the described moves using the opposite side of the body.

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Are you ready for the next Thai Boxing lesson clip? The next lesson is still one of the Muay Thai Cherng Sork or elbow, “The Mid Air Elbow strike” or “Sork Kra Dode” or “Jumping Elbow”. It’s not that hard to perform but you need to be skillful at other powerful elbow hits since in this Muay Thai technique the fighter will have to make a Muay Thai elbow strike while in the air.

The Boxer can use the forceful Mid-Air Elbow strike to hit his opponent at the face or head or collar bone. The reason why this jumping elbow is extra powerful is because the elbow attack will best be performed at the point of landing that’s how the boxer’s body weight will add to the blow making the impact great.

Which elbow strike should you use? It can be any Muay Thai elbow technique but the recommended is the Elbow Chop which is perfect and very convenient to used even while jumping. And the sharp point of elbow together with the boxer’s weight while jumping down will create a very dreadful result to the opponent.

Muay Thai Learning Video: The Mid-Air Elbow from YouTube.

To perform this boxing move, the boxer must start with a good bending knees jump with a good thrust from the stance. The while in the air, bend the body over to the left (if you are right handed and attempting to you the right elbow for the strike). Do the elbow attack of your choice at the point of landing. Timing is very important. Not to do it too soon or too late because the result will not be close to the same. Land with either one foot or both with the Basic Thai Boxing Stance.

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