The following is listed at the request of a couple of people.
I want everyone to understand that this CHECKLIST is a WORK IN PROGRESS. It is not yet complete, and quite frankly, may NEVER be complete, as I continue to add and subtract from it as I continue to learn myself.
Khun Kao
(cont'd)
CUSTOMS & RITUALS:
1. Wai Kru/Ram Muay (3 Ram Muays: SuriyaSak variations, NahrkraDohm, and "Lady Boy")
2. Prefight Customs & Rituals
3. Taboo's
ESSENTIALS:
1. Hand Wrapping
2. Basic Stance/s & Variations
FOOTWORK:
1. Rotating
2. Stepping
3. Skipping
OFFENSIVE SKILLS:
BOXING:
1. Jab
2. Cross
3. Overhand Right
4. Close Range Uppercut
5. Soi Dow (Long Range Uppercut)
6. Close Range Hook
7. Long Range Hook
8. Hook Punch with Forearm/Wrist/Heel of Hand
9. Inverted Hook
10. Shovel Punch
11. Backfist
12. Spinning Backfist
ELBOWS:
1. Cutting Elbows
2. Crushing Elbows
3. Horizontal Elbow
4. Inverted Elbow
5. Uppercut Elbow
6. Axe Elbow
7. Double Axe Elbow
8. Backwards Spike Elbow
9. Returning Horizontal Elbow
10. Returning Inverted Elbow
11. Spinning Horizontal Elbow
12. Spinning Vertical (Axe) Elbow
13. Slip-n-Spin Elbow
14. Forward Spike Elbow
15. Master K's Inverted Forward Spike Elbow
KNEES:
1. Forward Straight Knee
2. Upward Straight Knee
3. Curve Knee
4. Clinching Forward Straight Knee
5. Clinching Upward Straight Knee
6. Clinching Curve Knee
7. Clinching Side Knee
8. Jumping Scissor Knee
9. Flying Knee
PUSH KICKS:
1. Skipping Push Kick
2. Standing Push Kick
3. Side Step Push Kick
4. Use of different striking surfaces (ball of foot, blade of foot, entire foot, heel... etc)
5. Paintbrush Push Kick
6. Jumping Push Kick
ROUNDHOUSE KICK:
ANGLES:
1. Rising
2. Horizontal
3. Rising-Horizontal
4. Downwards
5. Bent-Legged (half knee/half kick)
SPECIALTY ROUND KICKS (& OTHERS):
1. Submarine/Soccer/Cut Kick
2. Jumping Roundhouse Kick
3. Jumping Upwards Snapping Kick
4. Lazy Ankle/Flipper Foot Kicks to back of opponents head
5. Crocodile Tail Kick
6. Crescent Kicks
7. Lead-Leg Switch Kick
DEFENSE:
BOXING:
1. Parrying
2. Catching
3. Forearm/Elbow Block vs. Straight Punches
4. Fan Block vs. Hook
5. Elbow Block vs. Uppercuts and punches to body
6. Slipping
7. Sitting/Bobbing/Ducking
8. Push Kick vs. Straight Punches*
9. Round Kick vs. Punches*
10. Elbow vs. Punches*
11. Knee vs. Punches*
12. Smother & Clinch vs. Punches
13. Stop Hits to Opponents Shoulder
14. Forehead/Headbutt vs. Punches
*denotes MULTIPLE variations!
ELBOW:
1. Tight Peek-a-Boo Cover
2. Reaching Guard Block
3. Lean/Fade Away or Slipping
4. Pushing Opponent Away
5. Stop Hits to Shoulder
6. Counter Elbows*
KNEES:
(See Clinchwork)
PUSH KICK:
1. Skipping Back with Strike
2. Side Step
3. Pendulum Block
4. Knock Aside Block
5. Submarine Kick Counter
6. Catch & Counter
ROUNDHOUSE KICK:
1. Knee Shield
2. Double Arm Block
3. Double Arm Block & Knee Shield
4. Push Kick Counter
5. Submarine Kick Counter
6. Low Roundhouse Counter (outside of thigh)
7. High Roundhouse Counter
8. Straight Punch Counter
9. Underhook Trap & Counter
10. Under Scoop Trap & Counter
11. Skipping Backwards
12. Side Step
13. Lean Away
CLINCHWORK/NECK-WRESTLING:
1. Entering the Clinch with Strikes
2. Clinching Opponents Guard
3. Getting Dressed/Swimming/Pummeling
4. Head/Neck Control Position
5. Underhooking Opponents Body
6. Double Guillotine Arm Trap
7. Sideways Neck Control (arm reaching back deep)
8. Side Arm Trap Position
9. Crowbar Escape/s (x3)
10. Forearm/Elbow to Throat or Face Escape
11. Double Hand Push to Hips
12. Elbow Escape
13. Double Elbow Block
14. Walking with Knees
15. Knee Escape
16. Turning/Flipping Opponent
17. Belly-to-Belly 'Suplex' Throw
18. Swing-Around Throw
19. Forearm Strikes to Escape Clinch
20. Double Hand Push to Shoulders
SIMPLE COMBINATIONS:
1. Double Jab
2. Jab-Cross
3. Jab-Hook
4. Jab-Cross-Hook
5. Jab-Cross-Hook-Uppercut (or Uppercut-Hook)
6. Hook-Cross-Hook
7. Uppercut-Hook (same side)
8. Jab-Uppercut-Hook-Cross
9. Uppercut-Cross (same side)
10. Jab-Elbow
11. Jab-Cross-Elbow
12. Push Kick-Cross (Push Kick-Jab-Cross)
13. Push Kick-Knee
14. Push Kick-Round Kick
15. Push Kick-Round Kick-Knee
16. Jab-Knee
17. Cross-step Jab-Knee
18. Jab-Round Kick (submarine kick)
19. Cross-step Jab-Roundhouse
20. Jab-Cross-Roundhouse (and variations)
21. Jab-Cross-Knee
22. Lead Roundhouse-Cross
23. Roundhouse Kick-Hook (same side)
24. Round Kick-(skip back)-Push Kick
25. Double (& Triple) Round Kicks
26. Straight Knee-Elbow
27. Straight Knee-Skipping Round Kick
EXTRAS:
1. 12 Step Combo
2. 13 Elbow Combo
3. 10-20-10's
4. Circular Footwork Drill
5. Proper Pad Holding
6. 65!
Well, thats it for now. It isn't totally complete. There are some techniques whos name or description I have to clean up. There are many, many missing techniques. There are many more combinations than what is listed. I haven't even listed ANY advanced combo's except the 12 & 13 step combo's.
There is actually one technique listed above which I have forgotten. Not that I've forgotten the technique, but I've forgotten what I meant when I originally compiled this list. I will have to stew over it.... LOL
Khun Kao
Do you put priority on certain techniques?
I'm a big believer in basics--drilled over and over. Generally I try and discourage any flashiness, so we don't really spend much time on lots of different elbows, the crocodile tail kick, etc.--just lots of sparring and drills with the teep and round kick variations, boxing, and clinch work.
Also, do you find the combos with 4+ moves to be effective for anything else than conditioning?
ttt
Iceberg Slim....
The priortity techniques....
Jab
Cross
Uppercut
Hook
Horizontal Elbow
Inverted Elbow
Elbow Spikes
Return Elbow Strikes (Horizontal and Inverted)
Axe Elbows
Uppercut Elbows
Straight Knee
Curve Knee
Side Knee
Push Kick
Side Step Push Kick
Rising Roundhouse Kick
Horizontal Roundhouse Kick
Downwards Roundhouse Kick
"Rainbow" Roundhouse Kick
The above techniques I drill over and over and over and over with my students and fighters. Overall, I stick with the basics and merely encourage students that after they are comfortable with the bare-bones basics, to begin to experiment with the countless variations within the Muay Thai arsenal.
Stuff like "Choraked Fan Hang" (Crocodile Tail Kick) are things that I actually never teach personally. I was never taught to use them in the Muay Thai ring, though I do "know" the technique well enough to demonstrate it if I had to.
I rarely use techniques like the Backfist and Snapping Kicks in Muay Thai, because they just don't translate that well to the confines of the ring.
I try to make if VERY CLEAR to my students and fighters... I teach Muay Thai FOR THE RING ONLY! Our other instructors do teach a little Muay Thai application for outside of the ring (Muay Thai Boran, Mae Muay Thai, and Muay Chao Cher) but our emphasis is on the sport, not self defense.
Khun Kao
thanks for the "brain dump"!
I'll read them all THEN ask you about the ones I don't understand!
10-20-10's Thai Pad Drill:
10 Lead Leg Roundhouse Kicks (in quick succession)
20 Clinching Straight Knees (alternating)
10 Rear Leg Roundhouse Kicks (in quick succession)
The idea is to do this drill HARD & FAST!!! I like to throw this drill in as a "burnout" drill at the end of class. Its a killer!!!
65's:
They are hopping squats. Master K chose 65 as the number everyone should do at the end of practice because 65 is the average age where people retire from work. We just took to calling the drill "sixty-fives".
Khun Kao
lol Brooks we are far too much alike.
Send me your email and I will show you what I mean.
j_ciervo@hotmail.com
When you have the time,thanks.
poyzntoad@att.net