Welcome to the website where you can update yourself with the knowledge of Muay Thai, Thailand information, or even Thai language learning articles. And today is time for us to continue Muay Thai 24 Cherng Sok or how to use your Elbow in Muay Thai whether to attack, to defend or to escape from any attack.

If you are new here and want more like this, check out our articles in the past and look for Muay Thai’s 15 Cherng Mud. We have finished that last month on how to use your fists as crucial weapons. But now is our second lesson, Cherng Sok. There are 24 of them and we still in the middle of it. So if you want to learn Muay Thai or ancient Muay Thai for free, don’t miss this.

So let’s start our next lesson now.

SAI LIEW LANG, if you can recall I remember that I said this name a couple times ago. SAI LIEW LANG is a defense method also known as Skew Back Elbow. This technique is used as a follow-up move when your kick, elbow or fist misses its target at the first time. Instead of taking the arm or leg back to the boxing stance position, you can turn your body and from your right swing your bent elbow from the level of your chest up towards your opponent’s Adam’s apple or his chin. From doing this you are preventing your opponent from rushing in after you have failed to connect with a fist, an elbow or a fist.

To an attack, use your left hand to wipe the oncoming elbow to the left and sway your head to the right to keep it away from getting hit by the elbow.

To a defense, use your left foot to hit the opponent’s calf and swing it to your right. Watch out not to allow your opponent’s elbow to strike you while you are doing this. If your opponent is lefty, don’t forget to reverse all this to the other side.