Flick, Interception, and Chasing Kicks

After an unintentional several week hiatus due to professional and personal commitments, I got to do a muay thai lesson today! We worked on kicking combinations after leg cover.  This is in defense of a kick to the medial side of your lead leg.  Your lead leg elevates and crosses diagonally to meet their shin perpendicularly.

• Lead leg cover, step back to the opposite stance and then step back again to regain your original lead, creating distance to allow for interception.  As your opponent steps forward dropping their weight to throw another leg kick, shift your weight onto your rear leg, straightening and rising, as you drive your lead knee upward towards your opponents neck, turn it over to flick a quick kick to their head as they duck in to kick.  Do not step with your base foot!  Recover by bringing the kick back, opposite stance, then rear step to your original lead.
• Lead leg cover, step back to the opposite stance and then step back again to regain your original lead, creating distance to allow for interception.  Your opponent remains tall on their second kick, again leg check, switch step off the 45° with a slight step forward to throw the kick.  As you switch step your kicking leg arm rises to head level.  Recover by bringing the kick back, opposite stance, then rear step to your original lead.
• As your opponent engages, throw a stopping tiip, from here switch step off the 45° with a slight step forward to throw the kick.  Again lift your “kicking” arm on the switch step.  Recover by bringing the kick back, opposite stance, then rear step to your original lead.
• As your opponent engages, throw a push tiip, making them step back.  Drop your kick leg to step, letting your body pivot toward this side to load the kick from this side, throw the kick.  Again, recover by bringing the kick back, opposite stance, then rear step to your original lead.

And a personal note: my lead hand does not need to move to leg cover.