Open the Hip and Standing Leg for the Muay Thai Kick or Knee

[SidneyTurner]

Big thanks for uploading these videos. I dont do muay thai but i find this incredibly interesting. It surprises me how scientific AND artistic the style is. Keep it up dude! :D

[aoshi3000]

thank you and keep posting videos of your training they are very interesting and helpful

[sharked]

woa...I'm actually going through the exact same thing after my 2nd session with Master K, my legs where not spread enough and I didn't hump the air to initiate my kick. Also, this changes the point of impact(max speed) for the high kick. Its a little later in the arc.

[MasterKMuayThai]

@sharked Yes, he kept telling me to "slow down" my kicking leg and "speed up" the turn on the standing leg. I found the only way to slow down the kicking leg is to utterly relax it and let it become a whip or like a baseball bat trailing behind me and just focusing everything on that standing leg. But getting the turn and THEN the thrust is hard on kicks; I can do it with a knee, no problem, but I can't get height for a kick. Yet.

[aoshi3000]

Hey nice work

May i ask you how do you call that bag and what didc you use to fill it

[MasterKMuayThai]

@aoshi3000 I've heard it called a "banana bag", but we just call it the Fairtex bag. It's full of various kinds of cloth, I think.