Wow, can you believe it? Now we finally start with another important Muay Thai technique or let’s say now we have moved on to the next Muay Thai weapon “knee”.

Khao is a Thai word for “Knee”. You will be hearing or seeing this word for at least another 10 lesson articles. And I can assure you that they will all be great. These might not be what you’ve learned from the gym you go to. Most of these are ancient Muay Thai techniques. But, trust me that you will appreciate knowing them.

Learn them. Practice them. And use them wisely when the chance comes. You won’t feel sorry you found my blog.

Kumpan Poong Hok is the name for the straight knees move. It is used for attacking, defending and escaping. How to do it is pretty easy. The boxer must first bend his right knee raising and throwing it towards the left. Before hitting the target with this knee kick, the boxer should twist his body to the right. The focused targets are such as the opponent’s abdomen or chest if you manage to get your knee that high. The most important thing that you need to focus when using any knee kick is the support. Make sure you can keep yourself balanced by using your left leg. At the mean time, also guard any counter attacks by raising your arms up to cover your vulnerable areas.

To an attack: Move away from incoming knee by twisting your body to the left or right. Or the boxer can use his left elbow to protect his left rib from the coming right knee kick.

To a defense: Shift the body weight onto your left leg and throw a forceful right foot kick at your opponent. Reverse the side of the leg and foot if the other boxer is using his left knee for the attack.

I hope that wasn’t too hard to understand. This is the most basic knee move that every Muay Thai boxer MUST learn. I hope you enjoy Muay Thai so far. Feel free to write some comments on the Thai Boxing lessons articles below. All comments will help us heaps improve the blog and we thank you for that. Thanks for reading and hope you see you here again soon. Enjoy!