Muay Thai Sport: Blog

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”.