How To Do A Kickboxing Knee Thrust Video

Knee thrusts are illegal in kickboxing, but popular in Thai boxing. Learn the skills of Muay Thai in this video on competitive kickboxing moves.

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Start from fighting position
Step in
Thrust out hip
Make sure toes are pointed down

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Jason Warren is a Martial Arts Instructor at Chi Martial Arts in Miami Shores, Florida. He grew up in 1970's in New York City's tough South Bronx. Jason learned to fight at an early age. New York had many fine Martial Arts Instructors. Jason met most of them and started in traditional Karate about 31 years ago. His first style was called Shotokan. He then met William Oliver and switched to Kyokushinkai. Jason eventually studied with Shigeru Oyama, and cherishes his relationship with his Instructor to this very day. Jason has competed in Martial Arts all over the world.

JASON WARREN: Hi! My name is Jason Warren. I'm a kickboxing instructor here in Miami Shores at Chi Martial Arts. In this clip we're going to discuss the kickboxing knee thrust. In a former clip we talked about the knee strike which is a strike directly in. The thrust is a little similar but let me differentiate the knee thrust from a knee strike. The thrust you want to come in and really thrust out your hips at the same time you want to lean back so as to avoid the opponent's punch. So this would be the knee strike, this would be the knee thrust. Notice I thrust my hips out more. Using a knee thrust we're targeting again the stomach but we can also target what's called the solar plexus or the xiphoid process. The xiphoid process right behind is a string of nerves so when I'm thrusting in my knee and the person is breathing in it's going to take the air right away. So again let's differentiate between both knees. One - and the other is a thrust, knee strike, knee thrust. The five points to remember in a knee thrust. Again, we're going to start from fighting position, I want to keep my hands up, that's the first thing, two, I want to step in, thrust out my hip, make sure my toes are pointed down and then I reload my stance.

How to Do a Kickboxing Knee Thrust Video

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