The main weapon of Muay Thai is sweeping and kicking. "This kind of kicking is very easy and one of the simplest kicking methods. Because it is playing with Gaskin, it is very powerful and effective. " Gong, who was training with Fichet Aron Leon Gagneau in San Francisco, said, "This kind of kicking is amazing because it uses the whole body's strength, and the legs, hips and shoulders are pushing hard at the target. In your imagination, you will not only kick the target, but also kick it away. " "Kung Fu masters often move forward when kicking, instead of letting their bodies go backwards, especially when sweeping their legs and kicking sideways." He said, "If not, strength and inertia will be much inferior. If you don't rush forward, you won't have much lethality. "

If you want to master leg sweeping correctly, you should put your shoulders between your chin and your opponent. Gong said that only in this way can the head be protected from the other side's attack. "If you sweep and kick each other, don't point your face and chest at each other." He said, "The reason for this is that if you kick the other person, you will only point your right shoulder at the other person, and the other person will only hit your shoulder at best, not your nose." Another reason that Muay Thai players like sweeping kick is that it can increase the difficulty of opponents' defense. Gong said: "At this time, if the opponent wants to volley hard, he will kick his leg higher. The more his body is out of balance, the more opportunities you have to attack. " Because this kick is played below the opponent's knee, it can keep a relatively safe distance from the opponent, which is convenient to create opportunities to attack the opponent. He said: "When you kick with your whole body, it is difficult for your opponent to hurt your face." Practicing kicking skills also helps to improve footwork, which is very important in Muay Thai. He said: "If your footwork is coordinated and you have a good attack method, you will be almost perfect."

The use of knee impact?

Another "killer" of Muay Thai is to attack opponents with knees, which is often used in melee. Gong said, "It doesn't matter who hits him once or twice. It is important to hit each other with your knees in a fierce confrontation, so that they lose their combat effectiveness. " A direct knee impact may knock your opponent down, but it is usually this way to knock him down and then knock him down. He also said that once you can't subdue the enemy, you should try to protect your face. Fortunately, this is easy to do. Gong said that it is best to attack each other with knees in close quarters, so as not to expose too many flaws that embarrass each other. "When you can hit the other side, the other side can also hit you. But the advantage of hitting with the knee is that it can protect the head. " ?

The extraordinary strength of knee strike comes from the thick lower limbs. It is terrible to hit the weak part of the other person's body-abdomen or temple with your knee. Gong said: "This knee technique is best used when the opponent is forward, not when the opponent is backward, so that we can take advantage of the opponent's forward momentum and our attack-I call it' defensive counterattack'."

Use of hands

Gong said that to learn Muay Thai well, it is necessary to comprehensively use all kinds of important weapons in the whole body. Although the strength of legs is greater than that of arms, boxing is still an important part that cannot be ignored. ?

"In fact, the hand plays a great role, because punching is always faster than kicking. If the hand is heavy, it may also knock down or stun the opponent. " Gong said: "Kicking and boxing complement each other, that is, we should not rely on only one of them." ?

First of all, you should learn to attack with a straight fist and learn to fight and defend. ?

Gong said: "I like to attack continuously with the same side fist, that is, I punch with my left fist first, then kick with my left leg or hit with my left knee, and then attack with my left fist." Sometimes I can avoid exposing my fragile parts to each other's firepower. " He said that the antonym of ipsilateral attack is cross attack, that is, poke with your left hand first, then kick with your right leg, or attack with your right hand and then kick with your left leg. These are all good combination attacks. However, when the body turns sideways in the attack, the front part of the body is under the opponent's fire attack instantly, and the attack on the same side can avoid this unfavorable situation.

Comprehensive application?

Gong suggested that his students should use their hands and feet comprehensively when dealing with different opponents, so as to create a chance of combo. As long as there is an opportunity, we will attack quickly and let the other side create opportunities for us when they are in a hurry and unable to cope. Finally, we will use combo to subdue them. "In the fight of Muay Thai, you can assume that the other party intercepts. Many times, the opponent will probably intercept you in the way you assume, so when you kick the opponent, you don't have to observe the landing point, just keep attacking. I like to call it the "walnut principle":

When eating walnuts, you must break the shell and get the fruit. In actual combat, attacking an opponent's shell forces him to react. If my opponent dodged the blow, he would definitely fight back, which created a chance for me to break him. "In the' walnut principle' attack, the landing point is not important, and hitting the opponent's arm can temporarily make the opponent lose his hitting ability. If your opponent attacks, you can use Gaskin to kick and do some damage to your opponent. If we kick each other's legs, we can make him unable to intercept our legs in a short time. Next, it would be better if you could kick him higher, such as kicking him in the head, so that you might kick him down. ?

Develop tactics?

Gong said: It is also a handy and good way to attack opponents with the "fist" of Muay Thai in the competition. "When the other side attacks, they can strike back unexpectedly and then constantly put pressure on their opponents. The opponent retreats to the other side of the ring and can relax the attack when he comes back. " Playing like this can create opportunities for yourself and cause harm to the other side while defending. If you feel tired, it is difficult to attack quickly and forcefully. At this time, many Thai soldiers will turn to "fighting while walking" and fight guerrilla warfare with their opponents.

Gong said: "At this time, you can keep the rhythm of attack and defense, but don't move too much. The other side attacks, you intercept. If he is close to kicking, you are also close to hitting him and consuming his physical strength. " He also said that this tactic is not the most important, the key is to improvise according to the specific situation. ?

Gong said that winning the game depends on the flexible use of tactics. Once you master the basic skills, you should concentrate on learning how to use them and when to use them. Be sure to combine your own characteristics, accurately master the technical movements, and then use what you have learned to make the other side fail. Even if you only know one kind of jab, it is feasible as long as you grasp the opportunity and formulate appropriate tactics. "I have been learning Muay Thai for many years," Gong said. "I often use the' big stick' tactic in the game: attacking my opponent with heavy tactics, which is a good way for beginners of Muay Thai, but when I gradually study in depth, I find that my coordination ability and comprehensive application ability are better. I can use all kinds of technologies freely, so that the other party can't prevent it, and progress is more and more beneficial to me. "

Spend more time practicing?

Gong said that fighters should follow a simple principle: treat every fight they take as a study, just like every class in school, and every fight has a specific theme. Make full preparations before the game, step into the ring confidently, and regard every game as an opportunity to improve your ability. He said: "Don't just focus on the attack, use your brain to plan. Repeated thinking will help you practice this skill better. After the training, it takes a lot of time to sum up and then put into new exercises, which will get twice the result with half the effort. " There are many things to learn, but don't set too high a learning goal for yourself. Gong said: "Every time I fight, I have to say to myself,' This is my chance to improve my ability.' For every training session, you should also think,' It's time for me to gain experience.' In this way, you can make progress every day Don't expect to learn too much It's good to learn one or two things well every day. "