Here's the mistake everyone makes with body kick defense — they try to block the kicking leg. Don't. The best Muay Thai defense against body kicks is to attack the leg that's still on the ground. The supporting leg. Take that one out and the whole attack collapses.
Scott has four counters he drills for this, and they go from sport-legal to real-fight-nasty.
First one is the catch — what the Thais call "breaking the elephant's tusks." He kicks, you scoop it, drive him into the wall, follow with the knee. Second is the cut kick to the supporting thigh. As his kick comes in high, you slide the opposite way and chop his standing leg right on the meat of the quad. That hurts. A lot.
Third counter — same motion, lower target. Hit the calf with your shin instead of the thigh. "That hurts and knocks him down usually at the same time," Scott says in the video. The structure of a loaded supporting leg makes the calf fragile when you smash it from the side.
And the fourth one is only for a real fight. Zone away from the kick and stomp the side of the knee. "I'm not a doctor," Scott says dryly while demonstrating. "It can't be very good." Yeah, this one's going to hurt somebody. Not for sparring.
The key principle in all four is the same. You're not playing defense. You're making him pay a price every single time he throws that body kick, until he stops throwing it.
For the complete breakdown of every kick block, catch, and counter, check out our full guide to how to block kicks in Muay Thai. Get the full course in the Ultimate Muay Thai Training System.