What are the essentials of basic leg techniques of Muay Thai (2)

Main technical characteristics of muay Thai

Boxing methods include jab, straight fist, hook fist, swing fist, hand guard, slap fist, counterattack fist and return fist.

Leg method is characterized by being quick and concise, biting and sharp, flexible and abnormal, strong and fierce. One is kicking, and the other is kicking. There are sweeping kicks, kicks, kicks forward, kicks down, and kicks back.

There are many changes in the methods of hitting knees. The most basic methods of hitting knees are punching knees, lateral knees, piercing knees, tying knees and flying knees. Is the deadly killer of Muay Thai.

Elbow boxing Elbow boxing is almost as important as knee boxing. Both offensive and defensive, biting and sharp, flexible and abnormal. Elbow methods include crossing elbow, chasing elbow, forcing elbow, smashing elbow, picking elbow, turning elbow and double elbow.

Muay Thai wrestling is an advanced comprehensive play, which is generally used for defensive counterattack. Such as foot wrestling, leg wrestling, leg wrestling, etc.

Muay Thai is a very practical and powerful unarmed combat technique. Since ancient times, Muay Thai has always been a weapon to defeat the enemy militarily. Now, this sport is still the main content of the Thai army's hand-to-hand combat tactical training. At the same time, Muay Thai is also the favorite sport of Thai people. As the Thai saying goes: Ten people with nine fists. ? This shows the popularity of fist fight in Thailand. No matter in town or country, Wushu has never failed. Whenever there is a grand temple fair or a major celebration, boxing match is not only an indispensable program, but also often listed as the finale of the conference. At present, there are nearly 7,000 registered boxing gymnasiums in Thailand, with more than 70,000 professional boxers.

Novices who make their debut can get at least 300 baht per battle. If he performs exceptionally, his salary will go up accordingly. The famous and popular boxer earns at least 80,000 baht per game. As for the average professional boxer, there is also a boxing reward of 5 thousand baht. Judging from the average monthly income of Thai workers 1000 baht, the value of first-class boxers is the dream pursuit of ordinary people. It can be seen that boxing is easier to make money than many industries, so boxers are willing to practice hard. As a result of the competition, the technology is naturally perfect, and the cause of Muay Thai is also booming.

Because Muay Thai has dominated the international martial arts world for many years, it has attracted many fighting enthusiasts from all over the world to study, and it is popular in Southeast Asia, Japan, the United States, the Netherlands, France, Australia and Hong Kong, and has attracted great attention and painstaking research from martial artists all over the world. 1995, the world muay Thai Council was established, which pushed this fighting project to the Olympic Games.

It is precisely because of the completely practical fighting skills of Muay Thai, as well as the indomitable, fearless and enterprising spirit and dedication of Muay Thai fighters that the ancient Muay Thai is full of eternal charm.

? Make the past serve the present and make foreign things serve China? We introduced Muay Thai to improve, excavate and develop the theory and technology of China traditional Wushu, improve our Sanshou level, and let China Wushu go global and March into the Olympic Games.

The difference between muay Thai and Sanda

1, Muay Thai and Sanda have different origins and development.

China Sanda first appeared more than 5,000 years ago, which originated from practice and was higher than practice. Because of the splendid civilization of China for thousands of years, it is deeply influenced by culture, morality and ethics. However, Muay Thai has only a history of more than 500 years and is a traditional fighting project in Thailand. In the history of hundreds of years, wars with neighboring countries are very frequent, and gradually formed a primitive, rough, almost barbaric and highly practical fighting value. With leg technique as the main attack technique, elbow and knee attack as the main specialty, and strong attack and hard take as the main style, unarmed combat has gradually become a traditional sports event with Thai national characteristics under the guidance of its competition rules.

2. Muay Thai and Sanda have different specialties.

Sanda is the best application of wrestling (especially the concept of fast wrestling in China traditional martial arts) in the ring, especially in the combination of boxing, leg and wrestling. Sanda is dominated by kicking, hitting, wrestling and grasping, with diverse movements, emphasizing the comprehensiveness of skills and encouraging diversity and excitement. It is famous for its flexible leg technique and unique quick throwing technique, which makes opponents hard to prevent, in sharp contrast with Muay Thai.

3. Muay Thai and Sanda attack in different ways.

Muay Thai is a model of standing fighting, which is the most dangerous. Elbow and knee attack is the main way, allowing any attack, attacking any part, punching speed is also very fast, mainly defensive. Wait for the opponent to attack and dodge, then find out the opponent's shortcomings and give a fatal blow. There is no such competition in the world at present.

Sanda has no one-way attack, but combines judo, karate, taekwondo, muay Thai and boxing. Sanda can attack with many parts except elbow, and any part can attack except crotch. All aspects of quality should be good, which is more dangerous in the competition, because knees can also be used as weapons. The main techniques are boxing, kicking, throwing and hugging. The main movements are the backhand, swing and hook. Leg methods include kicking, pumping, kicking, swinging, chopping and scraping, and a certain degree of knee flexion is also allowed as an attack means. There are many ways to throw and take, and the specific way to take is very similar to the way to catch. Sanda is dominated by boxing and wrestling. Can't you help it? Elbows and knees? .

Method of practicing muay Thai at home

1, muay Thai

Right straight fist: the method is to push the right foot to the ground, twist the body to the left, and rush forward with the right fist. Because the body turns slowly and the feet push forward, the right fist is powerful and fast.

Left hook: the method is to turn right sharply on the hips and shoulders and lift the left elbow slightly. Hit the target in an arc. This paper emphasizes that turning the body to the right, with the forefoot of the left foot as the axis and the heel outward, will make the left fist have a whipping effect, just like a bullet shooting.

2. Muay Thai Leg Method

Kicking skills: Take the right leg sweep as an example. The method is to lift your right foot and twist your body to the left. The left support leg takes the forefoot as the axis, and the heel rotates inward with the left twist of the body. The right leg hits the target in an arc, reaching the foot surface and tibia. Here, special emphasis is placed on the body's left turn and heel pronation to make the body coordinate.

Kicking skills: Take the right foot kicking as an example. The method is to lift the right leg knee to chest height, twist the body slightly to the left, support the foot with the forefoot as the fulcrum, and kick the right foot forward. The supporting feet are shaped like sweeping legs, and the rotation range is slightly smaller.

3. Muay Thai Knee Method

Muay Thai knee method is divided into boxing knee, bending knee, tying knee, piercing knee and flying knee. Especially the most famous is the hoop neck hitting the knee. Now, take the right knee punching as an example: the method is that the left supporting heel is lifted and rotated inward, the body is twisted to the left, the ground is pushed with the left palm, the heel is rotated inward, and the body is twisted to the left, so that the right knee is rushed forward and upward in harmony, and the force reaches the knee tip. Bracing your feet is like sweeping your legs, with a smaller range.

4, Muay Thai elbow method

The elbow method of Muay Thai is divided into flat elbow, forced elbow, smashed elbow, covered elbow, reversed elbow and double elbow. Take the left flat elbow as an example. The method is to lift the left arm and bend the elbow with 7 shoulders flat, the left foot is abduction with the forefoot as the fulcrum, the body is twisted to the right, the heel of the right foot is rotated inward, and the left elbow is struck forward to the elbow tip in an arc.