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!

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!

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 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.

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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!

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!

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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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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The Mid-Air Elbow Strike is also called in Thai “Sok Kradod or Kradod Sok”. Use this Muay Thai technique for impacting the targets like your opponent’s head, face or collar-bone. If you can recall, these are the same targets as the Muay Thai Chop or Sok Sap from last article. Anyway, the reason is because it’s basically the same move, but this time you’re doing it in the mid-air or while you’re jumping in the air at the point of coming down landing. You can apply this jumping elbow move with another elbow moves. Instead of the elbow chop, you can use the horizontal elbow hit while jumping. To be more successful, jump as high as possible and strike the elbow down to your opponent’s head as fast and as hard as possible at the point of landing on the ground. And always remain the boxing stance position while landing that you can either land with your both feet or just one.

Let’s do the move. First bend your knees for extra power for taking off and leap into the air as high as possible. Twist your body to the left just like when you do the right elbow chop. When you’re about to land, strike hard onto the target with speed.

I hope you like the clip and this move. Actually this is my own favorite muay thai move and let me tell ya it’s not that easy as it looks. What’s your fav?

In Muay thai or in any types of Martial Arts, Punching bags are great for building up strength of your fists punch or kicks. Besides, some people use punching bags for their stress relief. So heck even though you don’t box, there’s still a pretty good reason to have one around. Anyway let’s go back to boxing. Boxers from beginners to professionals use them a lot because practice with bags are great for creating muscles, stamina and improve boxing techniques. Now let’s choose a good quality and a right type of punching bags for you.

The First type of boxing bags is called the body-shaped bags. This human figured bag is used by professional boxers only and quite hard to find. It is a type of Pedestal bags.

The most common punch bags are heavy bags. They are cylindrical and hung from the ceiling with chains. The bags are strong and can handle hard and powerful workout or practice of your punches and kicks. Choose real leather bags filled with grains for long time use.

Pedestal Bags is like heavy bags. But instead of hanging from the ceiling, pedestal bags stand on the floor. However, if compare to the hanging heavy bag, I would go for the heavy bag because I can practice more Muay Thai moves with its swaying motions.

Last but not least, speed bags. This one is much smaller and easier to buy. Air filled speed bag are great for learning how to keep the hands up at post, improving the speed and perfecting the body coordination.

Train with the right bags that fit for your training purposes. Another thing to concern is the weight of the bag, heavier is more stable and on the other hand the lighter the harder to control.

Cautions: Never go with bare hands and use boxing gloves that are made for bag training. Enjoy!

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