All that reading so far has surely introduced you to several interesting moves and techniques. This post continues where we left off, covering Pad Work Combination 9. Its three techniques are detailed below and one thing you’ll notice right away is that elbows form the main weapon in this combination. 

Technique 24 – Elbows and Kick

This involves the striker attacking with a rear hand side elbow, followed by a lead hand cross uppercut elbow. He then releases a second rear hand side elbow and pushes the opponent to create some distance between them. Once in position, he finishes off with a powerful low kick. 

Technique 25 – Elbows and Knee

This starts off with the striker delivering four cross uppercut elbows. That’s right, four consecutive elbow strikes! On the fourth rep, he leverages the walk-across footwork to attack and finish with a knee strike. The four elbows usually tend to weaken the opponent, priming him for that final knee strike. 

Technique 26 – Elbows

Here, the striker uses the walk-across footwork to deliver a cross downward elbow attack. This is combined with a reverse side elbow strike and vice-versa. 

That completes Combination 9 in Pad Work. The upcoming post will be the last in this series and completes your Muay Thai fight training with Kru Hemanth Kumar. Keep reading till the end.