If you’re planning on practicing combat sports that involve striking—boxing, Muay Thai, MMA, ect.—it’s wise to learn how to parry your opponent’s punches and quickly counter. This technique can help you defend against strong punches thrown by your opponent while knocking them off-balance...

The Middle kick is a type of roundhouse kick used in Muay Thai. Its primary purpose is to break the opponent’s defense through powerful kicks repeatedly until his hands are too damaged and useless so we can land our fight-ending high kicks and...

Switching stances is considered an advanced skill in boxing, and Muay Thai and most fighters start to develop their opposite stance only after mastering their primary stance.   The problem many athletes face when trying to switch their stances is that they lack...

The uppercut is a fundamental strike in boxing and pretty much all combat sports that include punching. The problem with them is that they are also usually the least trained punch in combat sports as well. Unless uppercuts are your speciality strike, they...

It's generally said in MMA, kickboxing and Muay Thai among other combat sports, that you should set up your punches with kicks. This is done for a few reasons. The first is that punching gets you into a safe range to land your...