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I watched Sylvie's clinch video. I think I can relate to what you're saying. I'll practice and see if I can figure how to execute it.

Thank you. Let me study in detail.

I see that Sylvie is a short fighter that prefers Muay Khao style. I want understand her approach to this. As a short person, I prefer to low kick or slip to the opponent's either side to close the distance, land a few strong punches and again angle off out of range, preferably with a low kick, and repeat. But to knee the opponent, I have to approach in a straight line, then sacrifice my mobility by raising one of the knees, and then reach a taller opponent's midsection. Even an opponent that's as short would have plenty of time to land lot of effective punches and step back, out if the knee range. This all sounds risky and uncomfortable to me. But Sylvie makes this knee dominant strategy work. What is her approach? How does she make it work?

After a little bit of research, and contemplation, I figured the kyokushin close quarters kicking is the best approach to study.

Can a shorter fighter (shorter compared to the majority of fighters in ones' weight class) successfully employ the kick-centric Muay tae approach? Are there any such short Muay tae fighters in Muay Thai history to study and emulate? Cheers