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!
Tony Jaa is back! If you haven’t seen any of his martial arts performance in movies, this is the time to look for them. This man is the best actor and choreographer ever. I’ve wrote some articles about him and his previous movies. Ong Bak and the first of his directed movie and now in theater in Thailand the Ong Bak 3 the last of the trilogy.
If you ask me, I hate the story. It’s really hard to understand what he’s trying to say in each story and they don’t seem to relate to each other. The last story contains too much superstition which I don’t really impress. However, his choreographing skills got better and better. He always does his own stunt and that makes him a very successful in the career. Not many actors in the world and do what he can. Fighting on a real elephant, for instance. The elephant scene is one of the biggest scene that I recommend you to see.
About Ong Bak3
Genre: Action
Written and Directed by: Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai
Starring: Tony Jaa, Dan Chupong, Kessarin Ektawatkul
The Plot:
At the end of Ong Bak 2, Tien (Tony Jaa) was beginning to lose. He lost his fighting skills and his beloved step father who turned out to be the one who killed his real parents under the order of Jom Rachan. In this movie, Tien is brought back to life again with the help from his love ones, Pim, Mhen and Kana Khone villagers. After he returns to life, he is taught and trained meditating by Phra Bua until he can achieve “Nathayut”. His skills are put to test once again when the enemies returns for the biggest final confrontation.
Welcome to the blog once again! It is undeniable that balms and oil have been used by Muay Thai boxers for decades. Many times I just assumed that Thai boxers are just addicted to them. But I’ve learned now that more and more foreign Thai boxers are interested in applying these products just like Thai people.
Actually the balm and oil products are quite important and the must have in Thailand’s household. The uses of the balm are plenty. For example, white balm and red balm.
These products can be used by inhaling and/or applying onto the skin. Since they contain Menthol, Camphor, Cajuput oil, Clove oil and Mint oil, they can help you relax and clear your nostrils when you feel dizzy or sick and have blockage when breathing. The warmth from the balm will help relieve the pain and sprains. Thais use these for insect bites and bruises.
But for boxers, boxing liniment is a must have. We boxers use the boxing liniment or sometimes known as Nam Man Muay or Muay Oil before and after training or fighting. It is believed to provide good relief for any banged-up muscles or shins and bones. This deep healing oil-base product contains Methyl Salicylate, an anti-inflammatory and Menthol. The hot oil will help preventing and treating the pain that can come from any tough and full-contact sports just like Muay Thai Boxing.
If you haven’t tried any of these products, I really recommend you do try once. They might smell weird at the beginning I admit but it will give you the feel of truly Thai boxing feeling. And these products are not that expensive and very useful to have at hand. There are also discounts for product set.
If you have any questions about these products, feel free to leave your question here below or contact us at the store directly.
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!
Not long ago we just added new Raja Muay Thai shorts in our shops. Raja is like the most favorite Muay Thai shorts in our shop and new models of shorts keep coming and we keep adding them here hoping that you as our customers will love them too.
Here’re some beautiful pictures of our new awesome raja boxing shorts:
Here you’ll see our Raja Muay Thai boxing shorts are especially shiny and cool! Gold is always the top of the class in MUAY THAI. I myself love the White one cuz’ I love how classic it looks, You would look clean and calm so your opponent would be seconded by the look since the beginning of the fight! Some of my friends like the pink one and when I look closely I can see why. The gold written over pink is outstanding and it looks so good on White and light brown skin.
I don’t talk about black cuz’ It looks too awesome all the time. Black and Gold are the symbols of Wealthy and Mysteries! Wearing them gives your opponent a flash of thrilling in their mind though. I’m just talking, cuz’ most importantly, it all depends on your moves! Hitting, punching, Straight kneeing are all the great basics of all time. Muay Thai is a beautiful art, and Muay Thai is a great sport, Keep practicing and these shorts will look even Better on you!
I’ll keep you update whenever we add more products into the shop. Check back often and you won’t be left out off Muay Thai fashion. In the mean time, I welcome you to visit our shop or click here to be directed to the website. Enjoy!
