In this short video I demonstrate one of the harder things to learn when you come to Thailand for Muay Thai. As a Westerner we are socialized in a way towards our pelvis and groin, especially as women, which does not make comfortable the idea of putting our hips forward, but this is vital to the techniques of Muay Thai, especially in clinching but also in other aspects as well. Getting comfortable and even confident in putting your hips forward, and gaining the feeling of when to do so, is a big part of developing the fuller set of Thailand’s Muay Thai techniques, and important in understanding Thailand’s scoring aesthetics as well. Bending at the waist is often considered breaking “ruup” (posture) and if at the wrong time or situation can result in the loss of rounds or even fights.
If you missed it, this is my fuller discussion of the socialization of the hips, groin and pelvis:
