Are you ready for today’s video lesson? We are back again right here to give you a free Muay Thai lesson. A friend of mine made this video and a lot more that you can also check out for yourself on YouTube. The boxing technique I’m going to talk about today is call in Thai “Sork Poong” or “The Forward Elbow Thrust”.
If you still remember, our Muay Thai video lesson from last month was the uppercut elbow. This one is not so different from that and even easier to perform. The only difference between the two moves is the direction that you throw the elbow to hit the target. In the uppercut elbow, the elbow is thrown diagonally. But in this lesson, the forward elbow thrust, the elbow will be thrown forward in front of the boxer to hit the target.
For this move, the targets are such as brow bone, nose, chin, eyes and head. How to hit the target is to raise the attacking elbow forward in a stabbing motion to the aiming targets. The common way to perform this Muay Thai technique is to use the lead forward elbow.
Let’s start by weighing your body weight onto your left leg. Keep your body up right and at the mean time raise your left elbow in readiness to hit the target. The readiness means bending the arm so that the tip of your left elbow is pointing out forward to the opponent making the upper arm horizontal with the ground and folding the forearm back so that the fist is right next to your cheek.
To add more force to the move, lean yourself forward bending your left knee and extending the right leg while thrusting the tip of your elbow very fast to the target. Here’s the video:
If you’re still new with Muay Thai and this Muay Thai technique is new to you. May I suggest that you do it with your Thai Boxing trainer? That way you won’t make mistake or at least you will be able to correct it.
I hope you find this boxing clip useful and look forward to meeting you again right here soon. These lessons I’ve been giving in this blog is totally free. I can also make mistakes so if there anything you might want to advise me, please leave me some comments. See you next time.