Muay Thai Footwork - Side Steps

One of the first things you learn in muay thai is the side step. You will need this technique to adjust your position to your opponent and sometimes to escape from straight attacks such as knee strikes, front kicks, etc. For more muay thai videos, click here. This instruction was created in cooperation with Muay Thai Santai. Practice your muay thai footwork as follows.

Execution

• Before you start moving, make sure your muay thai fighting stance is ok. Keep your hands high, your elbows close to your upper body and make sure your legs are positioned correctly.
• When you move in muay thai, always start off making your stance bigger, and then go back to your normal stance. Never make your stance smaller first. So when you stand in a left lead muay thai fighting stance and want to walk to the right, move your back leg first. When you look at your stance from the front, the distance between your feet should never be less than one shoulder width.
• Never let your heels touch the ground. The heel of the back leg is a bit more elevated than the heel of the front leg.

Advice

• Move your entire body as one unit. Don't move your upper body or your legs first.
• Don't jump up and down as you walk. Don't jump with both legs at the same time.
• At the beginning you should check your fighting stance after every step.
• Practice until you can move very fast.
• Practice muay thai footwork in front of a mirror and ask your coach to correct you.

Performance

• In this Video: Kru Phon & Sok Lek - Muay Thai Santai
• Team: Muay Thai Santai Fighting Team
• Coach: Kru Phon
• Taped by: Mavi

Suggestions

• Muay Thai Fighting Stance
• Footwork - Walking Forward
• Footwork - Walking Backward
• Footwork - Circular Steps
• Muay Thai Main

Advice

• The videos are supposed to be a help for the animated instructions. Check out the animated lessons first and then go to the video section.