Muay Thai has some of the most helpful tools that you can use to slow down the footwork and mobility of a faster fighter.

If you’ve never been struck with a leg kick consider yourself lucky. When properly executed the low kick can be one of the most painful strikes thrown.

It can even be used to sweep your opponent’s legs out from under them.

If you’d like to see them used to their full potential UFC fighters Jose Aldo and Thiago Alves have made low kicks one of their signature weapons, because of the effectiveness they’ve experienced with them in and out of the cage. If you want to even go a step further, you can watch Muay Thai legend Buakaw Banchamek literally chop down a tree using them here.

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Low kicks are utilized to damage the opponent’s legs, which causes the loss of dexterity, stability, and mobility. Being struck repeatedly can often result in damage to bones, joints, ligaments and muscle tissue.

The sciatic nerve, which is the longest and widest nerve in the human body, beginning in the lower back and running through the buttocks all the way to the lower limb, is a frequent target for low kicks.

About Muay Thai:
Muay Thai is a combat sport of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This physical and mental discipline which includes combat on shins is known as “the art of eight limbs” because it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, shins, being associated with a good physical preparation that makes a full-contact fighter very efficient. Muay Thai became widespread internationally in the twentieth century, when practitioners defeated notable practitioners of other martial arts. [Source: Wikipedia]