Teep Chain Playbook
Mat Manual companion guide to "The Teep Is a Ruler." Print it. The article explains the teep as a measurement: branch one steps in behind it for a rear roundhouse to the body, branch two steps through the third chamber…
| Art | Muay Thai |
|---|---|
| Family | Muay Thai & Ring Sports |
| Level | beginner |
| Format | playbook |
| Topics | kicks, strikes, training-plans, safety |
Mat Manual companion guide to "The Teep Is a Ruler." Print it. The article explains the teep as a measurement: branch one steps in behind it for a rear roundhouse to the body, branch two steps through the third chamber into knee range. This book builds both branches as separate skills first, then as a mixed read, with the catch, the parry, and the clean reset drilled as partner answers.
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BEFORE ANYTHING: PARTNER SAFETY AND AGREEMENTS ☐ All partner work in this book runs at agreed speed and agreed contact, stated out loud before each drill. Either partner can lower the speed or the contact at any time with one word, and the drill obeys instantly. ☐ Teeps in partner work land on the body or hip at controlled, pushing contact. A teep is a push, never a spear at a partner: no teep is thrown at the face, the knee joint, or a partner who is off balance and cannot absorb it. ☐ The straight knee in branch two is trained on pads in partner work. Knees to a partner's body run touch-contact only, in the cards that say so, and never in the first cycle at speed. ☐ Catching drills (Part 7 and Part 14) are fed, not fought: the catcher takes the foot at the agreed speed and releases on the word. Nobody sweeps, throws, or yanks a held leg in this book. ☐ The step-through puts you in clinch range at the end of the card. Partners finish those reps in guard, at arm's length, unless a card specifically continues. No live clinch follows a step-through in this book. ☐ Stop on any pain, dizziness, or loss of control, from either partner, with no argument and no finishing the set first. Log what happened in the session log (Part 16).
Part 1: The Chain at a Glance
One measuring kick, two branches. If a rep does not show the measurement being spent, it was a push, not a chain.
| Stage | Action | Job in this chain | What success looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Teep (push kick) at full extension | Prove the range with contact; move their hands | Contact on body or hip; they reset at full teep length |
| Branch 1 | Step in behind the returning foot | Spend the measurement before it expires | Kicking foot sets down forward; weight follows, guard up |
| Branch 1 finish | Rear roundhouse to the body | Score on a re-settling partner | Kick lands as their guard is still rebuilding |
| Branch 2 set-up | Teep shown twice, identical chambers | Earn their parry or catch preparation | Both teeps real, believed, and answered |
| Branch 2 | Step through the third chamber into khao (knee) range | Change the one thing their answer was not built for: the distance | The leg steps instead of extending; hands meet air |
| Branch 2 finish | Straight knee on a pad, or touch-contact where a card says so | Score at the range the teep never reaches | Knee lands balanced, guard up, exit planned |
Chain law: the foot that teeps sets down as a step, forward, in both branches. A teep whose foot returns home has measured a range and given it away, and the rep does not count in this book, however good the push looked.
Teep Chain Playbook
Mat Manual companion guide to "The Teep Is a Ruler." Print it. The article explains the teep as a measurement: branch one steps in behind it for a rear roundhouse to the body, branch two steps through the third chamber into knee range. This book builds both branches as separate skills first, then as a mixed read, with the catch, the parry, and the clean reset drilled as partner answers.
What's Inside
- Part 1: The Chain at a Glance
- Part 2: How a Rep Counts
- Part 3: Ranges: Teep Length, Inside, and Knee Range
- Part 4: Measurement Cards: Branch One
- Part 5: Step-Through Cards: Branch Two
- Part 6: Answer Cards: What Their Defense Opens
- …and 22 more sections
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