The Boxing Skip

What you will learn today in our Muay Thai Learning Clip is how to do the boxing skip or in Thai “Dhen”. To tell you the truth, it is the easiest thing to do; even a kid can do this. So why did we do a lesson about this and have actually made the clip ourselves? Well to Dhen or to skip is one of the basic footwork techniques that you must know. Learning to all the methods will give you all these following advantages:

- You will be in the spot that allow you to use Muay Thai Weapons successfully
- You will be able to avoid most of the attacks
- You will have more gain than your opponent
- Your opponent will not have chance to attack

Please note that Skipping or Dhen is not formerly from Thailand or in ancient Muay Thai but it was taken from the western boxing. But it has become one of the significant basics of Muay Thai footwork that you need to be taught today.

While performing boxing skip or Dhen, the body-weight will be shifted between the two balls of the feet in a ratio of 90:10.

How to do the boxing skip

Skipping a little continuously while always maintain the Muay Thai stance, you have to shift your body-weight to the front foot.

Then Shift body-weight back to rear foot.

Then you might want to know that while skipping how you could attack your enemy. Well not that hard. For example, when you want to kick, you must use the leg which is not supporting (90%) most of your body weight.

Let’s take a look at the clip we made!

It will help us improve the clip or the lesson if you can add the comment for this clip at YouTube.com

Let’s move on to the next move, shall we?

The Leaping

Today we will continue with another 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 Muay Thai technique today is called Leaping not jumping. In Thai we call this technique Gra Dode that means jumping but that would be funny if 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 fight to move around and be prepared to fight. But a slighting leaping has move advantage. It helps you move quicker than skipping.

The footwork method of moving forwards or backwards as prompt 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 dissimilar way forward or backward.

The pressure pushing 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 should be in the same applicable positions as start.

The only different between the forward and the backward leaping is in the start. 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 time!

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!

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.

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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