Editing Lethwei (section)

=== Elbow (''Tel Daung'') ===
The elbow can be used in several ways as a striking weapon: horizontal, diagonal-upwards, diagonal-downwards, uppercut, downward, backward-spinning and flying. They can be used as either a finishing move or as a way to cut the opponent's eyebrow to draw blood.

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!English !! Burmese !! [[MLC Transcription System|Romanization]] !! [[help:IPA|IPA]]
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| '''Horizontal Elbow''' || ဝိုက်တံတောင် || ''Wide Tel Daung'' ||
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| '''Upward Elbow''' || ပင့်တံတောင် || ''Pint Tel Daung'' ||
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| '''Downward Elbow''' ||  ထောင်းတံတောင် || ''Htoung Tel Daung'' ||
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| '''Jumping Downward Elbow''' || တံတောင် ခုန်ထောင်း || ''Tel Daung Khone Htoung'' ||
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| '''Elbow Thrust''' || ထိုးတံတောင် || ''Htoe Tel Daung'' ||
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| '''Reverse Horizontal Elbow''' || တွက်တံတောင် || ''Twet Tel Daung'' ||
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| '''Flying Elbow''' || တံတောင်ပျံ || ''Tel Daung Pyan'' ||
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| '''Spinning Elbow''' || ပတ်တံတောင် / ခါးလှည့်တံတောင် || ''Pat Tel Daung / Khar Hlet Tel Daung'' ||
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Elbows can be used to great effect as blocks or defenses against, for example, spring knees, side body knees, body kicks or punches. When well connected, an elbow strike can cause serious damage to the opponent, including cuts or even a knockout.