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By Kru Hemanth Kumar Published on: Wed Mar 9, 2022
In the slash 45-degree, your elbow moves in a downward diagonal motion, cutting through the target’s face. In the spinning side elbow, as your foot crosses the centre line, the elbow gets released in a spinning motion aimed at your opponent’s face. As for the spear elbow, the sharp edge of the elbow is thrust forward to damage the target.
Seasoned Muay Thai fighter and 3-time bronze winner in the world championships, Kru Hemanth Kumar has also perfected Self-Defence techniques targeting vulnerable pressure points. He has spent three decades teaching and training in multiple styles of Muay Thai.
If you’ve gone through the previous post, it should be pretty clear by now that the elbow is one of the most versatile and lethal weapons in Muay Thai – the knife so to speak. Kru Hemanth will now share his next set of elbow moves that are sure to be useful in any fight, letting you control the outcome with ease
The elbow moves in a downward diagonal motion, cutting through the target’s eye, cheek and face. Think of it like the sharp edge of a knife that can leave an everlasting scar on your opponent’s face. It’s quite a deadly weapon and especially useful in short-range combat.
Another useful elbow that’s often very effective as a counterattack is the spinning side elbow. As your foot crosses the centre line, the body would automatically turn and the elbow gets released in a spinning motion aimed at your opponent’s face. It’s quick, effective and sure to give you an upper hand in battle.
As the name, so the move; notice how the elbow when pointed forward resembles a spear? That sharp edge of the elbow when thrust forward does much damage to a target. It’s quite versatile and can be aimed it at your opponent’s face, eyes, nose or the mouth region in a straight line from the guard position.
Thinking back to the three elbows you read about in the previous post and looking again at the ones just covered, it should be apparent how they’re all different and each probably suited to a specific need that may arise during battle.
This principle and how the various elbows come into play is something that you’ll come to understand as you continue on this journey to master Muay Thai. Combination moves in later posts will give you a clearer picture of when to use what.
There are 6 more elbows remaining which will be covered in the next two posts. For now, keeping practising and perfecting the ones you’ve already learnt. In the next post, we’ll see the spinning reverse elbow, spinning rotation elbow and 45-degree uppercut elbow.
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