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.