How to tackle Thai low kick

[Ali]

Hello, everybody.

 

I am interested in all sort of MA,

 

Choy Li Fuk, Akido, Muay Thai, Yiquan.

 

Sometime we would book a dancing room, have gathering

 

and done some free-fighting. Surely some of them are great

 

in "Jin" and deliver very heavy punch or palm from their Kung Fu

 

stance. But it seems that Thai low kick is usually a big headache

 

for my friends. Any suggestion or advice from your experience?

 

Thanks in advance!!!

[Stold]

When you see the kick coming immediately raise the front leg (I am assuming that's the target) off the ground. Not too much, but enough so that the knee isn't going to be struck and so your leg can give. If it was a fake the fighter will almost certainly enter with a punch. If it wasn't, do not wait for him to lower his kicking leg. Step forward with the leg you had just raised and take the battle into close range, outside of thai kick range. The silly bastards shouldn't try to kick at this range, but if they do, just giving them a solid well timed push should floor them.

 

Or you could just step back.

[Light Ng]

Blocking with the area an inch below the knee is preferable to me. This area needs little conditioning unlike the rest of the shin. If you spend time developing the skill to block with this area, it saves a lot of time kicking palm trees LOL.

 

Also stepping into the kick (into a deep front stance) and flattening the front thigh will reduce the impact. A nicely timed cross at the same time works wonders.

[The_Devil_In_Disguise]

Ihave to agree wityh Stold I do Chou Li f'u't' and what he is referring to is Crane stance, which dodges the kick and leaves you able to kick him with the raised leg

[MuayThai Fighter]

So you think blocking one of our muay thai kicks would be easy hey?

 

It's not as easy as you may think.

 

First of all muay thai kicks are extremely quick and aren't always that easy to block,so whoever told you guys it is,is wrong.

 

Have you guys ever tried muay thai or been kicked by a muay thai fighter?Most times it is so quick you can't see it coming.

 

It's funny how you guys think it's so easy when muay thai fighters are known to win 90% of the fights in tournaments and on street if they need to use it.

[MuayThai Fighter]

When you see the kick coming immediately raise the front leg (I am assuming that's the target) off the ground. Not too much, but enough so that the knee isn't going to be struck and so your leg can give. If it was a fake the fighter will almost certainly enter with a punch. If it wasn't, do not wait for him to lower his kicking leg. Step forward with the leg you had just raised and take the battle into close range, outside of thai kick range. The silly bastards shouldn't try to kick at this range, but if they do, just giving them a solid well timed push should floor them.

 

Or you could just step back.

 

You shouldn't assume.In a fight no one should assume anything just be aware.

 

Just because a muay thai fighter fakes a kick doesn't mean his next move is going to be a punch sometimes another kick oposite side ,sometimes we'll work our way in even if we get hit around a bit,once we're in we can use our knees to stomache,chest or head and if having you in clinch will swing you around while kneeing you.Due to knee kicks,close range on a muay thai fighter is not bright.

 

Also in countries that allow our elbow strikes it would be stupid for you to try and get us at close range.An elbow can knock someone out unconcious.

 

We don't always kick to outside of leg either,we kick inner thigh or even ribs and head.So not all muay thai kicks are low kicks,most but not all.

 

How can you get to outside of our kicks when we're always moving around,you think we stick to one spot when kicking,we move in circles when kicking.

 

Besides did you ever think that maybe Muay Thai Fighters also know how to block kicks?

[The_Devil_In_Disguise]

I take Kung Fu and kickboxing and that's how we have been taught in both styles, falling short of preventing the kick altogether or even breaking thier leg

[Stold]

It does not matter if they fake or follow through with the kick, either way you move forward when they make the action while throwing a punch. They do the same thing in the UFC. the question was how to avoid the Thai low kick. If they are shin kicking your back leg then they must not be very bright.

 

Woo, Muay Thai uses elbows, no crap, you act like no other fighting style does. Just because you have moved past kick range doesn't mean you are in elbow range.

It's funny how you guys think it's so easy when muay thai fighters are known to win 90% of the fights in tournaments and on street if they need to use it.

 

Completely fabricated. However, it is true that fighters in Thailand literally live at their camps from the age of 6. Most professional fighters are 15-17, and are burned out by the time they are 21 from the brutality of the sport.

[Ali]

Thank you for all your reply.

 

I take Chinese martial art and Muay Thai

 

also. Of course, I learnt the technique of

 

chin block in Muay Thai and been spending

 

2 - 3 months to grasp the way to minimize

 

force of Thai Low Kick.

 

I start this post only I am interested to know if there

 

is other option on Low kick for MA beside Muay Thai.

 

Before I tried to adopt Chin block when I am doing Wing Chun.

 

But the art has its own stance to fight, Chin block movement

 

already destroy to way of Wing Chun' punching.

 

Hence, I am looking for option and may try

 

when doing sparring with my friends.

 

Thank you all

[KickChick]

You can also use a knee block against the low kick. The outside knee block is done by lifting your left leg to defend against a right kick. This can also be done with the right rear leg to defend against the left kick. With the crossblock the left knee defends against the left kick and the right rear leg crossblock defends against the right kick.