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Elbows & Spinning Heels (diary entry)

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10.05.2023 Wednesday night’s 1.5 hour lesson saw the arrival of new elbow pads so we had to test drive them in sparring before continuing our work with advanced kicks. In fact, we can expect to see this similar format going forward for a while. It has taken way too long but finally my clients are getting elbow pads. Muay Thai sparring has been somewhat compromised without the safe, full use of elbow strikes. On occasion I have brought in full-face […]

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Reverse Round Kick vs Spinning Hook Kick (diary entry)

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          24.02.16   The eleventh lesson in my client’s second course on Muay Thai for Martial Arts Cross Training led us to the reverse round kick and the spinning hook kick. Contrary to popular belief these are not the same technique, despite looking remarkably similar. I pretty much thought the same thing until I read Hee Il Cho’s “The Complete Master’s Kick”. This is a book dealing with the sport of Tae Kwon Do, but it […]

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