19/9/17: Technical Muay Thai and Knife flow

Building on from and implementing concepts from the Daniel Lonero seminar (being in the moment, range, precision of skill)

Muay Thai Technique:

isolating techniques - (focus no tell - no stepping, dropping hand before hitting etc, full body rotation, monitoring guard)

Long jab
Long cross
jab, cross
jab, cross, horizontal elbow, downward elbow
Cross, lead uppercut, rear horizontal elbow, lead downward elbow

Rear Crush (rear leg thai kick block) inc long guard (make sure you can't see opponent face)
rear crush, lead round kick (full spin)
Rear crush, lead round kin into, rear crush
rear crush, switch step, rear round kick
rear crush, switch step, rear round kick, lead leg crush

Lead Crush
lead crush, rear round kick
lead crush, rear round kick into, lead crush
lead crush, switch step, lead round kick
lead crush, switch step, lead round kick, rear crush

Muay Thai Drills:

 partner rear round kick: Lead leg crush, long guard to push awaty, rear round kick

Partner round kick lead hook: Lead leg crush inc long guard, as they hook drive forward with elbow into their face/shoulder (covering the side of your head and moving inside the hook), other hand checks their rear hand, then lead elbow uppercut, read horizontal elbow.

Partner round kick lead hook: Lead leg crush inc long guard, as they hook you do hook cover but you don't quite get to drive in (you take the shot on your cover), they then throw a cross which you scoop with lead arm (from long guard just drop down onto cross and scoop), rear uppercut elbow driving in and lead horizontal elbow

Partner round kick lead hook: Lead leg crush inc long guard, as they hook you do hook cover but you don't quite get to drive in (you take the shot on your cover), they then throw a cross which you manage to cover with long guard but they then throw another rear round kick, which you use lead leg Crush to bock and then switch step to lead round kick the inside thigh.

Play time putting it all together:

Partner feed rear round kick hook cross rear round kick (various speeds and timings): You use any of the defences (so need to read, decide when to go or not etc etc) - aim of drill is to make it controlled chaos as a bridge to sparring. Defender must also be mindful of body position, as partner is going to be following up every hit, meaning you can get hit as you throw your replies

Knife flow (Palasut cycle):

We broke this down into steps to build the whole flow end flow was:

partner A stabs to heart, Partner B (ice pick grip) stabs over the top and hooks in (slight circular motion and get body out the way, B check the arm and does a back hand stab to kidney (stepping forward with read leg as you do), A checks elbow and feeds a stab up to head, B uses cat stance/turn using knife to cut up (like downing a pint motion) while free hand strike face/eyes then use that free hand to pak the arm down and stab at clavicle/head. A does dagger pass. B uses momentum of dagger pass to circle round (chi sau?) and cut arm and repeatedly stab at face/neck - all the time circling to zero pressure...then the cycle repeats