Sawatdee, and happy Friday! Today Coach Damon Faulkner of Singdayt Muay Thai London, will walk us through an off balancing technique; the heel hook. It’s incredibly effective especially if you use a follow up technique.
This technique is particularly effective against boxers and agressive punchers. If you watch carefully this isn’t a low inside leg kick… you are taking your foot and hooking their heel. It’s definitely requires fee-muh (technique) and timeing to pull this off. Explains why I’ve got about a 5% success rate with it.
Team Singdayt will be running around Liverpool tonight and tomorrow. If you see Coach Damon or Coach Martin, give them some love. Best of luck to Adrian Crookendale and Dan Bombusa who’ll be representing Singdayt Muay Thai Sat night.
February 17, 2012 at 11:30 am
I don’t see this as often in fights, but in play sparring the Thai people love to do this shit, then they laugh while you’re on your ass, lol.
February 17, 2012 at 11:31 am
If you get enough MuayThaiMinutes you could release a dvd or something with bonus training footage, i’d buy it.
February 17, 2012 at 3:33 pm
i love this technique..check out at 8:20 how Prakaysiang freaks out after he do that to Kem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVk8MA0Avfg
Nong-O also used to do that against Ponsaneh who was stalking him
February 17, 2012 at 8:06 pm
GET OVER HERRRE!!! /mortalkombat
February 17, 2012 at 11:53 pm
Same move got Buakaw dropped by Masato in their rematch, deffinitley gota time it good and watch that right hand. I like to put my lead hand on their chest for leverage when I do it or step to the side a bit, it’s tricky, but if done correct no can defend!
February 18, 2012 at 9:28 am
Alas…..To my experience, that move doesn’t seem to work when u are dealing with a Southpaw vs Orthodox situation! :-( …..I’ve tried but to know avail. Well.
February 18, 2012 at 5:03 pm
if you’re southpaw you can hook the outside of the heel or use your back leg to do the same technique, i’ve seen it work!
February 28, 2012 at 7:45 am
U know what both of you (Grime and the Taco eating champion Huggy Bear) are right!!…using the southpaw’s lead foot to hook your opponent’s lead foot should work…i thought about it but never thought to actually try it. I had been trying with my back leg and it takes way too long for it to come around and catch your opponent’s lead foot as he’s stepping forward, it feels as if I would have to predict that he is about to step forward before he actually thinks about doing it himself. Thanx for the pointer guys….I’ll go re-watch Kyshenko vs Yod again.
February 18, 2012 at 7:36 pm
@Grim, exactly, it actually works better when you are up against someone in the opposite stance because it will throw their balance backwards as opposed to bringing it towards you, just use you lead leg the same way accept you’re coming to the back of their lead leg, not the front, and as in the other one if you use that lead hand to put pressure on their chest it will help off balance them more. Kyshenko did it perfectly in his fight against Yod. Straight right to the body then on his way back swept the leg out
February 27, 2012 at 10:23 pm
Sweet technique, will be drilling this very soon!