INTRA KWNG JAK is the Thai name for the Throw the Lengthy Punch. Let’s see what this move really is and what it can do, and then we’ll take a look at how to do it.

The move is used for attack, defense and also escape. It is particularly helpful when there is a considerable distance between the two fighters. Moreover, this blow targets the opponent’s neck and is as a consequence best used when the neck area is left open and vulnerable. If you want to do this move, you need to hold up your right fist in front of you, and right after straightening your right arm makes a step forward with your right foot. Then the long-range downward hit is then delivered strike into the opponent’s neck or nose from the right.

With a quick movement, you can prevent the long punch by moving your straight left arm above your head and then swing your arm to sweep your opponent’s right arm away.

To Defense: Vigorously fling a left swing kick, targeting the boxer’s right spine. If the INTRA KWANG JAK is thrown with a straightened left arm, make a swing kick with your right leg, this time aiming for the left rib.

This drawing of INTRA KWANG JAK might help.

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K-1 fans don’t miss! K-1 MAX FINAL 8 super show will be broadcasted live from Budokan Arena, Tokyo on next Monday, July 7th. This pay per view event features all the big stars of the K-1 MAX as the best names are in a highly aggressive competitive situation with themselves. Who is going to be the biggest fighting star on the planet?

“There’s no other fight event as stacked as this one,” says Melbourne’s “The Voice” Michael Schiavello who along with K-1 superstar Ray Sefo will host and call the action on this coming Monday night from Tokyo.

Many great fighters are in it including all K-1 MAX champion from Albert Kraus to Masato, Buakaw and Andy Souwer. This event is going to be the best of the best of K-1 history!

Schiavello is looking forward to seeing the match between Albert Kraus of Holland, the former K-1 Max world champion and Mike Zambidis “Iron” from Greece. For him, it is the most super fight grudge match! “Both men need the victory,” says Schiavello. “Zambidis has been training like a demon in Athens in preparation for it and has said that he will knock Kraus out. Krause is super fast and has incredible hands and work rate. It will be Mike’s toughest fight yet.”

In this super card of 12 fights, we’ll also see the return after a two year absence of the Lithuanian Knockout Macine, Remijigius Morkevicius, who will fight against Brazilian MMA star Andre Dida. Also, the world’s best Muay Thai fighter, Buakaw Por Pramuk will fight Yoshihiro Sato while Japan’s favorite fighting son, Masato, takes on Armenian refugee and knockout specialist, Gago Drago.

For full card, go to www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/btop.htm
Book NOW! For Australia, Contact your Foxtel, Austar, Optus provider at www.mainevent.com.au and for New Zealand, contact your Sky provider at www.skytv.co.nz

Don’t forget the greatest fight card of all time, Monday, July 7th!

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Lots of Muay Thai fighters or trainers studied the subject matter, believing that incantations would give them miraculous strengths to conquer their opponents without difficulty and give them stamina and invincibility, shielding them from all people and things.

Many who have studied this art believed that an incantation uttered before or during a fight had the supremacy to keep them from being knocked out, as a mouthful of air would instantaneously bring back their consciousness.

Incantations or in Thai called “Kartar Arkom” were not only part of a rich oral tradition but also were in due course printed for reference. Many incantations books can still be found if you really looking for or they can be passed hand to hand from generation to generation.

I want to give you an example here. One prayer called “Gam Pan Nak Muen” is believed to give the fighter the conviction of winning with just a single punch. “Gam Pan Nak Muen” literally means “Thousand Kilograms Fist”. In the past, many Muay Thai fighters had these tattoos on the back of their hands which incorporated the power of this said spell.

You can still find incantations nowadays, for instance, that said blowing wind before a fight. Basically it really give the fighters confidence and urge to win overcome their opponents. Believe it or not, many times it works! Without incantation from sacred teacher or trainers might decrease their confidence and they might lose the game. They in fact stuck in this belief already!

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Whether you want traditional Thai boxing, kickboxing, boxing or regular personal fitness programs this place has all for you. Bulldog Gym was established in 1989 by Nick Stone and it has become not only Australia’s largest facility in the art of MuayThai kickboxing and boxing but also the largest chain of schools across Australia. There are many varieties of classes like boxing class for men or women only or classes for children.

What will you get from here? Training boxing or Muay Thai, you will achieve a strong body and mind and it is also a tremendous way to learn self defense and build up your fitness by increasing stamina, speed, power and flexibility.

For women, kickboxing is a great choice for you. Apart from fitness, fun and self defense education which is really essential in our society nowadays, you will also get a great shape from the training in class WORK.

You can go check out their class schedule at www.thaiboxing.com.au

For more information, just simply log on to its website above. Thinking of training Thai or kickboxing is a good thought. You will earn so much more, not only the strength but also friends. And at this camp, you’ll learn Muay Thai with Nick Stone, one of the foremost Kickboxing and Muay Thai trainers in Australia who has extensive experience and knowledge in all aspects of these disciplines as well as of personal fitness and health for all ages and sexes. Let’s say that you can trust a professional!

Come back for another great place to train Muay Thai or Kickboxing from all around the world. If you have anything that you want to suggest us, please let us know. See you next time at MuayThaiArt.com

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KHOK NASA is also identified as the Bent Fist. This move is used for attacking. This strike is delivered by bending the elbow and delivering the blow sideward and downward, aiming to the opponent’s nose or to his left jaw (if you’re right-handed). Even the inner wrist is bent to apply greater strength to the punch. If you want to do this move, you have to step your left foot forward, then your body will be twisted to the left and the punch will be thrown down in a swift move.

Let’s take a look at our drawing of this move first.

Now, while attacking the boxer must avoid looking down to his feet or the ground if he is likely to throw uppercuts. To defend against this move, the left hand should be held up to shield against the blow coming from the left side. The left arm will also be used to sweep over in a smooth motion to ward off the boxer’s right arm, and the body is slightly swayed to maintain the balance.

To defense: Use your left knee to strike the right rib of the boxer. If the boxer is a left-handed, just reverse the described moves above using the opposite site of the body.

That is it for KHOK NASA or the Bent Fist. Stay with us for the next Muay Thai punching move right here.

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The Way of the Dragon is considered to be Lee’s best film. He wrote, directed and starred in this action movie. He took a role of a na?ve country boy sent to Rome to help his relatives. A calm and kind Asian like himself will turn into a killing machine once he’s pissed by some bad guys.

If the hero is an Asian guy, so the bad guy has to be a Caucasian. Real-life Karate Champion Chuck Norris took this role and he had to fight against Bruce in the film. So you imagine how well the fighting scenes had turned out. The fight scene against Chuck Norris remains supreme to this day. Bruce had to take hours of Boxing and Wrestling class just for this scene.

However, there are some funny scenes when Bruce had a difficult time adjusting into a new environment. But that makes the film plot really similar to many other of his films like The Big Boss (since there are quite number of the same people appearing in both films) and it could be boring for many critics because they always want to find something new.

Note: Mohammed Ali, the great heavyweight boxer at that time, had an influence in Bruce’s style of fighting. If you have noticed, in this film, Bruce is more on his toes not flat footed as in his earlier movies.

When it first ran at the Asian cinemas, the Way of the Dragon grossed $HK 5 million. For Bruce Lee fans, the Way of the Dragon still remains the greatest Bruce Lee film of all time.

So if you get a chance to rent or even better buy this film to your martial arts collection, I recommend you should do so. If you really are martial arts fan, this movie can never disappoint you.

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Let’s take a look at our dialog and then I’ll tell you what each sentence means and then a list of crucial vocabularies from this dialog. Let’s get started, shall we?

Pu Ying Kon Nun Klai? - Who is she?
Kon Nai? - Which one?
Kon Tee Suay Suay Ngai - The one that is so beautiful.
Ar…Peoan Chan/Pom Eng - Ar…she’s my friend.

Alright, that wasn’t too hard I suppose. Now I’ll break it down for you. There are many new words you need to know in this dialog. But remember you don’t need to memorize all the new word this time. Try to focus on the phrases and how to say them above.

Pu Ying = girl, woman
Kon = person, human
Nun = that
Klai = who
Nai = which, where
Suay = beautiful (we say it twice to indicate that she is really beautiful)
Peoan = friend

You might still remember that Chan and Pom is “I” for a woman or a man. Here I said Peoan Chan or Peoan Pom which mean my friend. So you can see that when Chan and Pom are following a noun, here is Peoan, they will become possessive pronoun “my”.

Ok I don’t want to take much about grammar. The most important is how to use it. But you can always comment and tell us what you want to learn here, we can change our way of lesson anytime if that would suit your need. Alright it’s time for us to leave. We’ll be back again for another lesson next week. See you then right here at MuayThaiArt.com/weblog!

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Today move is called PRAKAN PERN LOK or TURNS FRONTS SIDE PUNCH. This is not very easy to do, so make sure you pay good attention. Let’s see what it is first then like we usually do, we tell you how to attack and how to defense right after.

How to perform this move: The boxer has to take a pace to the fore and proceed to deliver a right uppercut to the other person or his opponent’s chin. This move is above all used for defense or escape. The boxer can throw an uppercut with either hand, but it should be thrown from the inside. That’s because if the punch is thrown from the outside, the boxer or you will become vulnerable to defense the coming attacks and can easily be thwarted by your opponent since this mistake move gives enough time for your opponent to defend or attack as you throw your hand back to gain force.

Here’s how to Attack: Use the left hand to create a sweeping motion and wipe the boxer’s arm down. Your head can also be leaned back to stay away from the approaching uppercut.

To Defense: Use your left foot to hit the boxer on the abdomen. You can also throw your elbow to the boxer’s face. If the attacker is left-handed, then the attacking and countering moves should be one in reverse.

Let’s take a look at our drawing for better picture.

Don’t forget to come back next time and checkout our next Cherng Mud move!

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Kickboxing.com is what I call a gateway of many other martial arts links. Daily updates, such as, Martial Arts Technology, Package, VDO Clips, Events, Articles, Forum, and lots more make this site even fascinating.

What I find really interesting and a really good idea is its directories of boxing schools from around the world. It’s really useful to help you look for a good boxing school to attend. And if you also own a boxing school, you can also submit your school to this directory. However, it’s still very new. To make this directory really functional might take quite some time.

If you go to the site, you might also like its articles. They are really knowledgeable and not so boring to stick with it.

Kickboxing.com also gives you Virtual Training. But to enter this feature you need to become a member first for $9.99 per month. It’s is “Where you can learn any style of martial-arts online”. By log on to the Virtual Training, you get the access to unlimited radio, photo gallery and other contents of martial arts and a free online Magazine. You can get a free tour anytime!

At the bottom of the website, there are all kinds of Martial Arts, such as, Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Kung Fu and lots more of course including Muay Thai (how could we forget to mention Muay Thai in our blog, right?). They provide a bit of background knowledge of each martial arts. Quite interesting to learn and know what’s great about other types of fighting arts out there!

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From June to August is a perfect time to go see the Siam Tulips bloom. If you have never seen Siam Tulips before, we have a picture to show you hereunder. Blooming Krachiao Flower Festival or The Siam Tulip Festival of Chaiyaphum will be set in Pa Hin Ngam National Park, in Chaiyaphum Provice.

The distinctive geographical landscape of Chaiyaphum Province in the Northeast of Thailand gives rise to a variety of natural attractions of extraordinary beauty. Of these, the fields of reddish pink-purple Siam Tulip, or “Dok Krachiao”, come in to full bloom in the early part of the rainy season from June to August every year.

The Siam Tulip also has many other name, such as, “patumma” or “bua sawan” which mean ‘lotus from heaven’, or “bua bok” that literally mean “lotus on land”. Dok Krachiao or Siam Tulip is a member of ginger genera family (Science Name: Curcuma or Zingiberaceae).

For any further information, in case you’re interested, contact Pa Hin Ngam National Park at (66) 44-890-105 or TAT Northeastern Office: Region 1 : (66) 44-213-666 or call center at 1672.

Dok Krachiao picture from TAT website

That was a little something to do when you visit Thailand. Come back next time for another great place that you can’t miss to visit. Next time we’ll tell you a bit story of ISAAN or the Northeast Thailand. If you want to know any information of travelling Thailand, you can leave your questions right here and we’ll try to answer asap or we’d find the info you need for you.

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