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More Combinations

Well, as was mentioned to me, I realize that what I wrote on combo's before was not so much me discussing actual combo's as my own views on teaching them.

Today, I will post a list of 10 basic combo's.

#1- Jab-Cross-Lead Horizontal Elbow

#2- Jab-Cross-Roundhouse Kick (The kick can be performed with either leg)

#3- Jab-Cross-Clinching Straight Knee (either Knee)

#4- Roundhouse Kick-Straight Punch (though I prefer a Lead side kick and a Cross, you can throw either kick with either punch. You can also substitute a hook from either side)

#5- Clinching Straight Knee-Hook (right after landing the knee, release you grip on your opponents head and immediately hook when your kneeing foot sets back to the floor. This should catch him before he gets his guard back up)

#6- Clinching Straight Knee-(push opponent away)-Round Kick (the idea here is to push your opponent away into kicking range, and while he's trying to regain his stance and guard up, you can kick him in the head or wherever is open)

#7- Push Kick-Round Kick (like above, use the Push Kick to get your opponent at Round Kick range and unload!)

#8- Roundhouse Kick-Clinching Straight Knee (after landing the Round Kick, set foot down in front of you and step in, grab, and knee. Don't retract your leg after kicking)

#9- Roundhouse Kick-Elbow (essentially, use the same footwork as above, but strike with the elbow instead of the knee. OR! If your opponent moves out of the way of the Roundhouse Kick, allow your leg to partially spin you around into a Spinning Elbow Strike. When you miss with a kick, your opponent will often try to step in on you, right into the Elbow Strike!!!)

#10- Roundhouse Kick-(skip back)-Push Kick (as mentioned before, make sure you skip back with both feet at the same time, then skip in at once with the push kick. DO NOT STUTTER STEP! This needs to be FAST! Try to make it happen in three steps, or beats. Round Kick, skip back, Push Kick. There should only be those three steps and none in between!)

Well, this list with my combo theory post should hopefully give everyone a wide range of basic Muay Thai combinations to train with. If anyone wants further explanation on any of the above or my combo "theory", please post or e-mail me at:

KhunKao@mindspring.com

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Khun Kao Charuad
SuriyaSak Muay Thai at USDC
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Posted to Usenet's rec.martial-arts Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:55:42 GMT