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fewer steps are required to implement it. Your opponent
won’t wait until you have completed your counter
technique but will try to interrupt it as quickly as
possible.
In this book, Saiyok and Kem demonstrate some of the
techniques they have used most successfully in their
ghts. Use these techniques to augment your repertoire
and to surprise your opponent in a ght. You can see
some of these counters in motion on the DVD Muay Thai:
Training with World Champions: Saiyok and Kem (2013).
A detailed account of all possible attacks can be found
in the book Muay Thai Counter Techniques (2013). You can
also watch many counters on the internet at
www.youtube.com/muaythaidvd and on two DVDs—Muay
Thai: Counter against Fist and Leg Techniques (2012) and
Muay Thai: Counter against Elbow, Knee, and Clinch
Techniques (2012).

Feints
To be a well-rounded Thai boxer, you must learn a
repertoire of feints by heart. Feints are used to mislead
and tempt your opponent out of the protective stance. In a
feint, you indicate an attacking technique to a speci c
part of the body so that your opponent shifts to defend it.
To do this, your opponent has to reduce protection of
another part of the body, which can then be hit e ectively
with your subsequent technique.
Carry out feints at a level or on the side of the body
that is di erent from the follow-up technique. The feint