Muay Chaiya's Yok Khao guard (raised knee) - Further Explanation
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Further explanation
Whilst looking very simple, the Yok Khao guard has many uses and in both attack and defense. Learning how to use it properly is important, and once you've practiced the basics of the technique, you should start playing with it in sparring so that it becomes a natural part of your defense.
Using in defense
Whilst we practice this guard with the knee straight foward, you will need to angle the knee out to receive the attack head on. So if raising the right knee and blocking the opponents left kick, you will need to angle it more out to the right, to intercept the kick directly. If blocking a kick from the other side, then you will have to angle the kick and turn to the left (across the body) again, to block the attack directly.
Learn to stand in the Yok Khao guard and turn the knee to intercept attacks from different angles and heights.
Using in attack
Once you get comfortable with the guard, and your balance is good, you can start employing it in your attack strrategy. It can be a quite intimidating position to be faced against.
Practice standing in the Yok Khao position and waiting for your opponent to attack. Use fast and quick 'chat' kicks to stop your opponents attacks and advances. Kick the atack legs above the knee to stop kicks, and kick the body to stop punches. This can be very frustrating to the opponent when done correctly. From the guard, you can hop in close with kicks and punches in between the opponents attacks. Block, attack. Block attack.
Weakness
As with everything there are weaknesses if you know how to exploit them. The most common and obvious is attacking the standing leg with a sweeping turning kick (Ten Gwat Lan). There are two simple counters to this attack.
Use a chat kick to intercept and stop the attacking leg.
Use the Gra-yot Salap Kaa to the jump over the kicking leg. This can also be combined with a chat kick or a turning kick, to turn it into a true counter attack. This takes a lot of practice, as great timing and reactions are needed to pull this off in practice!
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