Hi and welcome back to our Muay Thai Boran’s lesson! Actually it’s not a lesson, because I’m not a teacher or muay thai expert. But I’m only a thai boxing fan who read and watch Muay Thai a lot. The ancient muaythai moves I have been talking about are from online articles and books. I read and memorize them and think they are quite useful so I want to pass them on to you. If you are an expert, you can also correct me if I’m wrong at some point. Since some of the moves are not really used in Muay thai ring these days, but knowing the moves help you increase your boxing skills. And here goes the move of today.

The move is called Ngoo Lai Tookkae (snake chasing salamander, yup that’s the literally meaning of the name, don’t ask me why). However, the English name is the alternating knees kicks. You might not get the picture now. But you will because I’ll break it down for you.

This is a very rapid move for attacking. It is the most effectively used when your opponent starts to lose his balance or is in a unsteady position. First, you as a boxer will hit your opponent’s left rib with a diagonal left knee kick (Kao Chiyang, check out our latest Muay Thai Boxing Video lesson from last month, we got a video on how to perform a diagonal knee kick and some instructions). Next, throw a straight right knee kick into your opponent’s midsection or solar plexus. Then, finish it off with another left knee kick into the central part of the torso.

To deal with the Attack: Avoid being immobile when your opponent is using this move against you. To handle the situation, you can sway your body and raise your right elbow to cover your chest area instead. And to protect your left rib, you will have to twist your torso to the right and use your left elbow to guard it.

To deal with the Defense: Use your left leg to kick the opponent’s abdomen to make him loose his footing. Immediately, follow it up with another technique to prevent another flood of alternating knees.

Alright, that’s it for today lesson. Check us out next month for more of this or you can also see our others articles throughout the month. See you next time!