MUAI THAI TECHNIQUES

Knee kicks

Straight Knee Strike  เข่าตรง  Khao trong  [kʰàw troŋ]
Diagonal Knee Strike  เข่าเฉียง  Khao chiang  [kʰàw tɕʰǐəŋ]
Curving Knee Strike  เข่าโค้ง  Khao khong  [kʰàw kʰóːŋ]
Horizontal Knee Strike  เข่าตัด  Khao tat  [kʰàw tàt]
Knee Slap  เข่าตบ  Khao top  [kʰàw tòp]
Knee Bomb  เข่ายาว  Khao yao  [kʰàw jaːw]
Flying Knee  เข่าลอย  Khao loi  [kʰàw lɔːj]
Step-Up Knee Strike  เข่าเหยียบ  Khao yiap  [kʰàw jìəp]​

Khao dot [kʰàw dòːt] (Jumping knee strike) – the boxer jumps up on one leg and strikes with that leg's knee.
    Khao loi (Flying knee strike) – the boxer takes a step(s), jumps forward and off one leg and strikes with that leg's knee.
    Khao thon [kʰàw tʰoːn] (Straight knee strike) – the boxer simply thrusts it forward but not upwards, unless he is holding an opponents head down in a clinch and intend to knee upwards into the face. According to one written source, this technique is somewhat more recent than khao dot or khao loi.[citation needed] Supposedly, when the Thai boxers fought with rope-bound hands rather than the modern boxing gloves, this particular technique was subject to potentially vicious cutting, slicing and sawing by an alert opponent who would block it or deflect it with the sharp "rope-glove" edges which are sometimes dipped in water to make the rope much stronger. This explanation also holds true for some of the following knee strikes below as well.

DEFENSIVE TECHNIQUES

Defense Against Kick to Head

Defense  Against High Kick

Defense  Aagainst kick to the body

Defense Against Front Kick

Leg catch