Hitting and not being hit
MOVE YOUR HEAD OFF THE CENTRE LINE: Constant head movement isn’t practical in Muay Thai or kickboxing. This is generally because doing so would mean you’d put your head in compromising positions, where you could easily get kicked, kneed or grabbed.
However, slight movements is can be all that’s needed to get out of the way of any damaging shots.
Here you’ll see that I fake a teep hoping to get my opponent to drop their guard. He falls for the first feint but not the second. Instead we both end up firing a jab cross at each other.
If I’d have kept my head on the centre line I would have full on ate Kaewkla’s right hand.
But luckily I fired my cross and slipped my head at the same time which meant his cross would miss its target.
However, looking back at the exchange, Kaewkla had the same idea....but there was a major reason as to why cross landed and his didn’t.
I changed the angle of my punch and kept my eye on the target. Instead of going dead straight with my shot, I fired my arm in an outward motion. This made made sure it would connect on my targets new position.
Kaewkla on the other went straight with his punch.....and missed.
With my right hand landing down the middle I quickly took advantage of the opening and followed it up with a lead uppercut.
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