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Drill to practice hand motions for straight knee:
A) Lace hands with your partner, arms a little bent. One person initiates the drill by pushing forward and the other person pulls to the right and slightly downwards.
B) Like the above drill, but this time when pulling, stomp your left foot and throw a straight right knee, pulling your partner into and towards the knee.

From Instructor Joe:
-This drill simulates, say, pulling your opponent’s cross right into your knee.

Straight Knee Progression Drill
1: Jab + right knee
2: Jab + cross + step & left knee
3: Jab + cross + hook + right knee
4: Jab + cross + hook + cross + jab & switch feet into left knee

From Instructor Joe:
-Remember to turn your hands like the drill from before.
-For #4, you can also grab your opponent’s head with your extended left hand after the jab and pull them into your knee.
-The basics of the straight knee progression drill are the same as the body kick progression.

From Coach Kris:
-During the last past of #4, when jabbing and switching feet, make sure to extend the jab.

Burnout:
1) Pad holder stands in place holding Thai pads to receive knee, other person runs in place, pumping arms.
2) Pad holder can call out “1″ or “2″: “1″ for right knee, “2″ for left. Person drilling must quickly transition from running to stomping into a knee strike

From Instructor Joe:
-Being able to quickly switch into a knee from the other side is a useful technique if your first knee is blocked

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Note to self:
-fix punching form: don’t let elbows flare out, especially when throwing cross

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