Mae Mai Muay Thai - Dab Chawala

Wording description :
Dab = To shut or close
Chawala = a lamp

The name of Mae Mai Muay Thai describes the action when a man trying to close or shut down a lamp. This word is quite uncommon as Thai usually compare a man’s eyes as lamps as eyes enable people to see things just like a light of a lamp to make us see things at night. So to attack the eyes can be compare with to shut down his lamp.

Dab Chawala is the technique that used for respond to a punch attack. The picture illustrates the attacker trying to take a straight punch, then the defensive boxer uses the left arm to sweep that punch, in the same time respond by a straight punch to the attacker’s eye. This is not a complicated technique but intend to attack a vulnerable targets such as eyes socket.

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