Muay Thai evasion — separate level, distance and angle before choosing defence

Around ten seconds in the ducking demonstration, sampled views show bent knees and hips lowering the body, hands near the face and feet still supporting on the floor. Ducking here does not mean lying down.

Continue by watching how lowering starts from readiness and how hands and feet relate as the body rises. Do not make one frame's depth a requirement for everyone; ask an instructor to assess it for the learner's task.

Around nine seconds in the jumping demonstration, both feet are visibly off the floor; around ten seconds support is restored. Hands remain raised in the viewed sample. This is a solo demonstration, so no absent attacking weapon is inferred.

Ask about preparation, jump and return to base rather than judging height or jumping higher to copy a picture. Partner application needs an instructor's distance and timing; a solo example does not establish an answer to every weapon.

The manual describes angle movement through position and orientation relative to an incoming opponent. Read the starting line and finishing position, not merely step count. Straight retreat can increase distance without explaining the whole angle change.

Two demonstration URLs belong to this group. Keep both and compare what is visible, without calling the second advanced because of its number. Follow instruction for the stepping details of that particular drill.

The leaning entry directs questions towards trunk and base; weapon defence has a broader title. Do not assume it contains only leaning or that every defence moves the whole body away by the same method.

Identify striker and defender before interpreting details. If a clip or camera view does not show a partner, limit observations to visible movement rather than inventing the absent attacker's distance or speed.

Leaving an initial position is only part of the action. Continue to ask whether the base is ready, what the hands do and where the body faces. The manual's balance principle connects these questions to the whole body.

Do not substitute neck-only ducking, flinging the trunk or faster jumping because the final pose resembles a sample. If moving and supporting parts are unclear, slow the viewing and ask an instructor about that moment instead of testing against harder attacks.

Ducking and jumping each have demonstration/practice pairs, totalling four clips. Angled retreat has two demonstrations. The remaining entries are leaning evasion and general weapon defence. Do not rename the second retreat demonstration as practice to make the list symmetrical.

Choose whether the question concerns level, angle or support, then select the matching player. Identifying title and role first prevents ducking guidance from being applied wholesale to jumping or angled retreat.