The Muay Shuffle

Hey! Guess what! Here is a little something new we want to add in our blog. Free Muay Thai lessons!!! And it won’t be just a lesson. We have made video clips ourselves to teach you Thai Boxing step by step. But I gotta warn you though. It might look quite too silly to those of you who’ve been familiar with this martial art for a while.

Anyway I would like to begin with the very basics. This move is the simplest and really unique to Muay Thai Boxing. The said move is called “Yaang Saam Khum” or “Muay Shuffle”. This easy-to-do move can help you be constantly ready and prepared to avoid any attacks from your opponent or protect yourself by responding well enough to your opponent’s moves and attacking them.

For this move, there are two different variations: Forward and Backward

When is it used? Well there are two ways to perform this move: during the contest and during the prefight ritual.

You must learn this move correctly. It is essential to know this skill if you want to continue the rest of the Thai Boxing moves. Here are the tips!

Make sure to keep your rare foot pointing out to the side and your front foot pointing towards the opponent always in every step you walk.

The version you’re seeing next is the one for the contest. It is a bit exaggerated to show you to move clearly. Let’s take a look at the video we made!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTfmecbu5U4

I hope this video can clear things up. You can practice this yourself at home or at your gym. And remember this might look really simple and easy, but the most important is to get it perfectly right for any further moves!

But let’s not waste time! Since the first isn’t that hard to get used to, we’re continuing to the next Muay Thai technique.

Thai Boxing Step-Slide Shuffle

In Thai Boxing, footwork is really vital. It can help you avoid your opponent’s attack, give you an advantage over your opponent and put him where he can’t hit you. This is why learning Thai Boxing from the basic like footwork is important.

The Step-Slide Shuffle or in Thai called “Sueb Tao” is a method of footwork that you will move about your feet slid along the ground or the ring’s floor or you can also slightly lift your feet a little bit, the one that you can see in our short clip.

There are 2 variations: forward and backward. Too bad we only recorded the forward for you to see. Now let’s take a look at the clip first then I’ll tell you step by step of now to perform the move yourself.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V78QRFslVJ0

As you can see, for the forward Step-Slide Shuffle, you have to move with you right or left foot, sliding along the ground or lift it a little bit along the ground floor then you will pull your following foot in towards the first one with the same move (slide or slightly lift).

The backward move is like the forward in the method which is move your first foot backwards then pull the other back in towards the first one. You can slide your feet or slightly lift them either way you prefer.

I hope that this Muay Thai technique wasn’t too hard. Keep practicing at your own home or at the gym you join. I’ll be back again with another FREE great lesson with the easy to follow video clip. Please let us know your feedback by adding your comment right here below. See you next time same time same place right here.

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First, I want to start with the Twins Special factory. This factory has been in the business of manufacturing Muay Thai products, for instance, shorts, gloves and other equipment. Their items have been trusted and bought by Muay Thai fighters and Thai boxing gyms in Thailand and abroad. Well take a look at these!

Twins Thai Boxing shorts Flame : TWS-086

Next is from another big factory. Raja Boxing is one of the biggest boxing factories just like Twins Special. These shorts below are HOT pick. Just take a look. I’m pretty sure you will like them. They’re not only look good one men but also women boxers. Cool huh?

Raja Muay Thai Boxing shorts Fight Club : RTB-191

Now is the last factory for today called Thaismai. Their products are cool and I would recommend you to get a pair of these. This pair of Muay Thai shorts is black with the word Muay Thai written in Thai. Why wait? Try now.

Thaismai Muay Thai shorts : BGS-001

All of these boxing shorts I picked are made of Satin a hundred percent handmade. They are suit for Muay Thai training and/or competing.
So if you are at least a little interested or already have been looking for a pair of boxing shorts, go to our shop by clicking on the link on the right or the links under each product’s picture. You won’t be disappointed.

It’s been long since I last updated my blog. And I think there are some people would love to read more about Muaythai Boran that I’ve been talking about in this blog. For those of you who’ve never heard about it, you can visit my blog at muaythaiart.com/blog and checked out my previous articles.

I’m going to talk about the next elbow technique of thai boxing. Naka Kab Hang as you can see in the title is another technique of using both elbows and both knees to attack or to defend in Muay Thai. Let’s not waste more time talking.

This method is used for attacking and defending. It is a combined Thai boxing technique of simultaneous elbow and knee attacks. The boxer executes a right elbow blow to strike the opponent’s face area at the mean time deliver a left knee targeting the opponent’s right ribcage. Here’s a little advice. To make sure that you are hitting your opponent with your sharp pointy bone, instead of flush or with the top part of your bone which is not actually that injurious, your open palm should be held towards your target. In addition, throw the elbow at clinch range to prevent the other boxer from predicting your oncoming elbow strike.

Now below are some method on how to deal with the attack and defense. Practice it to improve your Thai boxing skills.

To the attack: Your left arm should be raised to keep the boxer’s right elbow from hitting your face area. To keep the boxer’s left knee from hurting the target, your right ribcage, try to sway your body to be able to use your right elbow in pressing the boxer’s knee downwards.
To the defense: Basically, just deliver a straight knee to strike the boxer’s abdomen.

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