Muay Thai Knee Strike Techniques

Muay Thai is an ancient martial art from Thailand. It is a striking art that has been around for hundreds of years. One of the most damaging Muay Thai moves is the Muay Thai knee strike. This article will give instructions to perform this move.

Steps

1. Set up in the Muay Thai stance by placing your feet shoulder-width apart. Take one step back with the foot on the same side as your dominant hand. Lift the heel of your back foot. Lean forward slightly on your forward leg but keep your torso upright.2. Raise both your hands up to the sides of your temples, palms open towards your opponent, ready to block your opponents strikes by hitting his hands and legs with your palms.

2. Close the distance with your opponent and clinch on his shoulders or around his neck. Place your lead foot deep into your opponent's stance so he can't kick you.

3. Bring your rear knee up as you pull down on your opponent's torso so you can get his torso parallel to the ground. Drive your hips forward as you leverage your opponent into your knee. Twist your hips into your opponent to generate more power and to close off your body from counterattack.

4. Continue to strike if your knee strike was successful. Hit your opponent's back with an overhead elbow. If your opponent falls to the ground, follow the knee strike with kicks. If your opponent manages to block or avoid the knee strike, push him back and return to your Muay Thai stance so you block any counterattack or launch a new attack.

Tips

Practice this move on artificial dummies or professional training partners, without making contact with your knee.

Breath deeply while performing this move, exhaling deeply when you strike.

Find a Muay Thai trainer near you and receive further instructions on this subject.

Must be in great physical shape to attempt to perform this move.

Warnings

This is an extremely dangerous move, causing serious injury and possible death and should only be used in self-defense.