There really isn't any chambering of any kick in Muay Thai. That's pretty much what separates it from a lot of other roundhouse kicks. If you are familiar with Te Yang/Te Chiang, the upward kick with less hip turnover, then the Muay Thai downard kick, Te Kot, would start that way with the hips turning over when your leg is high enough. The trick to any roundhouse type kick in Muay Thai is using the hips the right way. If you think about it, every kick sort of starts out as a Te Yang (or Chiang, my Kru always said Yang). Your leg begins to move, and when and how much you turn your hips over determines the direction of it. If you don't turn your hips very far, your kick remains Te Yang. If you turn them over quickly, it's a Te Tut (standard horizontal Muay Thai roundhouse), and if you turn them over quite a bit more than with a Te Tut after getting your leg a bit higher then the Te Kot (downward kick) will almost happen on it's own.
I would start by working on the Te Kot as a leg kick. Then work on making it higher later. Keep in mind that it's not a great kick for the midsection. You could come down on somebody's hip bone, and in sparring when you and your partner are both moving then you'll either somewhat hurt your shin or REALLY hurt your foot (it happens to the best of us). Te Kot is a good kick for legs and head kicks. Really, if you're kicking to the head at all then you're probably already doing Te Kot but not thinking of it as such. If you aren't following through with it, then you're probably losing balance pretty badly.
If I'm being honest, I'm not a big fan of the Te Kot for anything but head kicks to begin with. I Te Tut or Te Yang at leg level, I ONLY Te Tut to the midsection, and I Te Kot by default to the head because if I don't turn the hips back down I'll lose balance. I don't like Te Kot for leg kicks because it seems slower to me and I don't want to get checked and I don't Te Yang to the midsection because it's really easy to end up kicking somebody in the elbow while they have their guard up. Again, Te Kot to the midsection could land your foot on a hipbone which can really hurt if your sparring partner isn't a particularly meaty person. Definitely play around and see what works for you, though.
Hope that helps!
All you have to do is YouTube it. Words won't even be able to explain how to do it.
It's something you have to actually see for yourself.
So I'll give you a couple YouTube links.
By the way, e-mail me if you wanna talk more about fighting. You look interesting - lol
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You know a round kick that goes up then comes down onto the persons leg or head.
