Learn these incredibly awesome elbow striking techniques!

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This can be done by stepping in with the strike, shifting your weight into the strike, or by pivoting the foot and twisting at the hips, similar to throwing an effective hook. Elbows can be throw backwards at an opponent behind you, and the same principles apply. You can step back into the blow, or you can use a twisting motion to develop and maximize your power. Regardless of the method, you must use your body and weight if you want to throw knock out elbow strikes.

Rear Elbow Strike Precision — A La Bruce Lee

Well, Bruce Lee wanted to make sure that his rear elbow strike was precise, had a natural feeling, and could be modified to fit a particular situation.

Would you be surprised if I told you that Bruce Lee practiced the simple back elbow with more than 20 situational changes?

He considered the range of using the rear elbow for infighting versus an attacking or countering range.

When Bruce practiced his rear elbow strike as an attack, he practiced high strikes against a right lead stance, and he practiced low, rear-elbow strikes against the same lead.

Elbow strikes in MMA allow a fighter to do deliver a contest winning move whilst maintaining defence at the same time. Elbow strikes can be delivered standing or on the ground. The elbow is probably the hardest part of the body to strike with and for this reason its importance cannot be ignored.

Muay Thai Elbow Strikes

Muay Thai Sok Chieng – Diagonal Elbow
Muay Thai Sok Hud – Levering Elbow
Muay Thai Sok Klap – Spinning Elbow Strike
Muay Thai Sok Ku – Double Elbows
Muay Thai Sok Ngat – Uppercut Elbow Strike
Muay Thai Sok Phong – Front Elbow Thrust
Muay Thai Sok Sap – Downward Elbow Strike
Muay Thai Sok Tat – Horizontal Elbow Strike
Muay Thai Sok Ti – Striking Elbow
Muay Thai Sok Tong – Smash Downward Elbow Strike

Standing Elbow Strikes

These can be delivered in several ways but the most effective is probably with the elbow and forearm out in front.

List of Karate Elbow Strikes

• Empi Uchi – Elbow Strike (generic term used for all elbow strikes)
• Mae Empi Uchi – Forward Elbow Strike
• Otoshi Empi Uchi – Downward Elbow Strike
• Tate Empi Uchi – Upward Elbow Strike
• Ushiro Empi Uchi – Back Elbow Strike
• Yoko Empi Uchi – Side Elbow Strike

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