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!

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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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.

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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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Muay Thai is not an easy sport. Long time ago it was really used in battles. So pay attention and look out for knowledge. Any possible things you can use and adapt to improve your Muay Thai skill. Enough chitchat. Let’s get started with our today’s lesson.

Turn Front Side Punch or Prakan Perd Lok is a Muay Thai technique used for defense or escape. Here’s how to do it. The boxer or you will take a step forward and proceed to throw a right or left uppercut to your opponent’s chin which is the main target of this move. You can use either left or right hand for this matter, however, the fist you use should be delivered from the inside only. Since it will put you in a vulnerable situation if you throw the punch from the outside because the opponent can easily wipe away the punch or counter attack due to you give him a lot of time to defense-attack while gaining the force pulling the fist back.

To the attack: The boxer or you have to use your left hand to create a sweeping move and sweep away the opponent’s arm downwards. While doing this, lean you head back to get away from oncoming uppercut.

To the defense: Your left foot kick will do the trick. Use your left foot to kick the opponent in the abdomen area. You can also deliver your elbow to the opponent’s face. Reverse the side of the foot for counter attack if the opponent is left handed or uses his left hand for the turn front side punch.

That’s it for today’s lesson. I hope to see you come back to learn more because I won’t stop putting them here. More lessons are waiting. Enjoy your Muay Thai and see you next time.

However, as I always tell you, if possible I would recommend you to always train Muay Thai especially every time when you want to start a new move with your Muay Thai trainer unless you have passed all the basic lessons. Memorized the wrong moves are hard to be fixed later on.

In Thailand, they named this boxing technique “Wanorn Hak Dan”. I’m not sure where and how they got that name but it doesn’t matter. What really matter is to understand it and know how to use it well. The move is often used for attack, defense and escape. You can do it by throwing a swinging right fist to deliver a traverse punch. However, to be able to succeed, the boxer must get closer to his opponent by stepping forward with his left foot while delivering the punch to support a greater weight of the body and using the right leg to be the secondary support in the rear. With a twist of your body, the power will be transferred from the leg to the body and to the fist. The aiming targets for this Muay Thai move are jaws and the left part of the ribcage.

To the attack: To escape from this direct punch, brush or wipe it away by using your left fist or arm when the boxer is using his right fist to deliver the straight punch. Alternate the arm or fist if the boxer uses the left fist for this move.

To the defense: Stop the punch by throwing a strong left knee kick to your opponent’s right abdomen. If the fighter uses his left fist for the punch, counter kick by another knee.

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Last time we were talking about the straight punch or straight fist. Today we’re going to add more with a little something with that move. I call it “another straight punch”. Basically it’s another straight punch of Muay Thai.

The technique has a Thai name: Prapailom Singkorn. Just ignore the Thai name. Let’s focus on the technique itself. This muay thai technique can be used for attack, defense or even escape. The boxer will throw a straight right punch while twisting the body to add more power or force to the fist creating more impact. The most important thing to be considered is the distance between the two fighters. To get closer to your opponent, take a step forward by using your right foot. The power or strength will automatically be transferred from your moving leg to the moving forward body and to the hitting fist. The targets of this Thai boxing move are such as head or chin.

To the attack: This straight fist or punch can be brushed away or swept away by a fist or an arm. If your opponent is using the straight punch creating by using his right fist, you can deflect this attack with your left arm or left fist to wipe the punch to the left outward.

To the defense: To stop this punch, the boxer can use his right kick throwing to the other boxer’s abdomen. If the boxer is left-handed, this counter kick can be done by using left leg.

There’s nothing much to it. You will be able to perform this Muay Thai move in no time. Give and a try and don’t forget to check back for more of free Thai boxing lessons right here. Have a great day and fun with Muay Thai.

Today I wanna try something new to this blog. I have studied Muay Thai for quite some time and read a lot of books or articles and did some research about Thai Boxing. So I realized I should share what I know to you. I think it will be great for beginners. And feel free to add comments or correct me if I wrote something wrong.

Let’s begin with the very beginning lesson of Muay Thai “How to do a straight fist”. This Muay Thai technique is used for attacking, defending and escaping depending on the situation. The straight left fist or the left swing will be thrown by the boxer, or you in this case, directly specifically at the target. The targets for this Muay Thai move are such as your opponent’s eyes, nose or chin.

There are ways to make the punch more powerful. The tips are to use the knuckles for attack and to combine it with a twist of your shoulders. And for more effective result, follow this move by another trick or blow and at the mean time focus on what you’re doing and watch out for any counter attack. Since it is possible that you could miss the target while throwing the punch and left yourself open vulnerable.

What if your opponent use this move with you, here’s what you can do. Ensure that this Muay Thai technique will not land on your face solidly. You can ward it off with your right arm and, at the mean time, protect your face with both fists and try to move away as quickly as possible from any oncoming attacks.

To the defense, because the left side would normally remain open when the fist is executed. Use your right knee throwing it to the attacker’s left rib.

Alright, I hope you like this article. Check back sometimes for more of Muay Thai moves. Enjoy your Muay Thai.

1. Muscles do one thing, and one thing only: contract. That is how they work. All muscles cross over at least one joint, (sometimes two) and the action of contracting a muscle causes that joint to move. Here’s a good example: Your quadricep (thigh) muscle originates from the front of your hip (the anterior superior iliac spine, for the technically curious). It crosses over your knee joint, and inserts (as a tendon, since tendons are how muscles attach to bone), to your shin bone (tibia). The action of contracting your quadricep muscle lifts your leg, and moves your lower leg forward, as it straightens your knee.

2. Muscles are the motors of your body. All action is due to their contraction. They can do more work if they have greater contractile strength. Contractile strength is greater when the muscles are longer. In other words, the longer the muscle, the more work it can do when acting on a joint. Stretched muscles are longer muscles.

3. Stretching allows greater extension of a joint when moving. For example, if you are a runner, if you stretch prior to running, your stride will be longer. If the stride remains the same length, then the involved muscles will be doing less work.

4. Stretching helps prevent injuries. The more flexible a person is, the less the likelihood of a torn or strained muscle. Over time, proper stretching strengthens both ligaments and tendons. Ligaments attach bone to bone, tendons attach muscles to bone. When you stretch properly, you are microtearing the fibers of your muscles, tendons, and ligaments. When you rest, your body repairs those tears, and you are left with longer, stronger, more resilient muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

5. Stretching promotes faster recovery. Stretching the muscles helps to move the toxins and waste products of muscular exertion out of the muscles and into the bloodstream, where they can be broken down and eliminated.

6. Stretching relaxes your body. Relaxing your body allows you to experience less intense negative emotional states.

7. Muscles that are tight waste energy. Stretching allows you to become aware of areas in your body that are held with undue tension, so you can release those areas.

8. Stretching feels GOOD!!! Anyone, at any age, can stretch. It does not matter where your flexibility level is when you begin, as long as you work at it you will improve.

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There are a few phrases you can say to wish someone a good and safe trip in Thai language. I’ll just tell you the phrases only this time without breaking them out for you into each word. However, in case you really are interested and want to know more in details, make a request right here in the comment section.

The first phrase you can say “Bon Voyage” in Thai is “Khor Hai Dern Thang Doi Sawatdiphap”. This really think this one might be too long and too formal if you want to say it to your friends. Try the rest!

The second one you can just adapt from the first and make it shorter. At the mean time, you will make it sound less formal. You say “Dern Thang Doi Sawatdiphap”

And the last one is what I think most Thai people use it with friends and family. You just simply say “Thiaw Hai Sanook” which more like “have fun traveling” something like that.

Ok so now you know how to speak “Bon Vovage” in Thai. Stick with us for more Thai Talk lessons that we are putting in here continuously each month. Who knows you can learn to speak Thai in a boxing blog site. Enjoy!