The Best Kick for Beginners to Focus On in Kickboxing, MMA and Muay Thai
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- The actual kicking in our kickboxing program is about 70-80% lead leg stuff. It is a very demanding pursuit, but if you can make your lead leg dangerous people will respect your space more and react to feints from it.
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Question for Viewers: Your lead leg sucks. Go practice with it.
Dayum such great wisdom lol
Jeopardy type answer. What is the lead leg?
I shall
Yes it suck, happy birthday by the way
Affirmative
Happy birthday, coach! Agreed on the lead leg, especially with closed stance.
@hard2hurt are we birthday buddies?
Shane fazen up in here
bit ironic that your tree trunks are the ones doing the chopping
nice
As a grappler getting into MMA (many many moons ago) I noticed Dan Henderson would use a left leg low kick into overhand right and even if he missed the overhand he was close enough to get chest contact and clinch. I found it effective as a shorter grappler to close the distance on a taller kickboxer type.
You just turned 40? I thought you were already in your mid 40's because Sensei Seth is in his late 30's.
Bro same!
Seth just looks young. Still has a baby face.
Seth is like 26
@@ryanliu494 That's what I thought but are you sure?
Hes 37
Im right handed and left foot dominant so the right hand to lead left kick has always felt like a cheat code for me.
dude same! except for me my hands are equally good
@@arandompersonlol1202 Yeah I'm fairly ambidextrous as well. I wonder if it comes with the territory because I've never met someone else who's like that.
I so envy you lol
Happy birthday Icy Mike! ✊✊✊
You're the man for putting real technical content like this out here for free- much love and respect
Happy 40th man. You teach and make me laugh more than you know. Appreciate it brother.
I also like the lead kick when exiting close or clinch range. From clinch range just take one step back with the rear leg and lean onto it as you throw the lead leg head kick. People just aren’t expecting it.
You guys got a good synergy going cliff is a good guy
Lead leg kick is one of the fastest way to setup the power shots imo, the opponents will be focused on the kick and since it's closer it'll be fast so they'll be anxious about it and the power shots will seem like another part of the combo and not like the final shot
Happy bday, Icy Mike!
Happy birthday Mike
I can confirm everything this man just said.
When I first joined a muay thai gym, years ago
We would practice Rear and switch kicks, almost solely
I watched some youtube muay thai oldschool technique videos, to get better
I dont remember exactly which one it was
But I do believe I got this front leg kicking idea from youtube
I just started practicing it over and over and over again, on the heavy bag
It felt weak, at first, it felt VERY weak, it still kinda does, compared to rear kicks
Except now I literally knock people down/out withem
With non-telegraphed front leg kicks, no switch
I can leadkick a fighter in front of me in the head from orthodox position
But that's not the good part, the good part is I can use it to knock a figher out with
Body shots, which hurts even if they block, which I know because they tell me so
That being said
Everyone in the gym believe that I have the strongest legs in there, which I dont.
Our trainer is a veteran muay thai and bjj competitor, his legs are stronger than mine for sure
See but even HE thinks that mine are stronger, which is insane to me, because It's not true
Shin bone conditioning probably has alot to do with it
I do that a lot more than anyone else in the gym
So when we kick each other for conditioning, they always quit first
If I had to give one tip: Set a goal, it'll help you persevere
I always wanted to be able to kick trees, nowadays I wanna kick iron.
In closing, I highly recommend working on your lead leg
It is like a secret weapon
It will suck no doubt, it will feel like shit for a long long time, but
persist, I promise you, it's worth it!! 🙏🏼 sawadee khap
thanks for the advice, and happy birthday coach
Happy Birthday Icy Mike. Keep up the quality content, peace and love
Thanks and happy birthday 😊
This in regards to you "Mike Tyson in MMA" video...I found a fast pendulum lead kick to inner lead thigh is a really fast, accurate, and safe way to close distance. Also keeps them still for a second after as they reset balance. Now I mostly spar taller guys, so when you reset that kick you can drop your lead leg out and forward, and at the same time place a bomb right hand/looping right. Nice combo to close distance and puts you right in the pocket for some Mike Tyson footwork on the angles.
This is a classic case of people often only practice the things in life, that they are already good at. It's part of what seperates pros from recreationals
Something we always do in itf tkd.
Happy birthday!
Before I trained kick or thay I started with Full Contact kick boxing . To me is natural kick with the lead leg without taking a step. I consider that a lot of coach that kick box or thay lose the nuance and the efectivenness of the lead leg and more without the step. I had sometimes doubts in my style forma that. I always thoughts that depends the objective and the context a lead leg fast kick without step. Man I killed thousands of ribs with the middle kick without step fróm the lead leg
Omg happy birthday 🎂
the top of the foot is easily injured and it does very little damage unless you can generate a LOT of power, which requires you to commit body weight,, which is dangerous in and of itself. It only takes a few months to train your toes to curl up out of the way. Stikes with the balll of the foot, especially to the bladder or shins knees, are VERY effective with just minor power being generated.. It's rare to be able to hit the testicles. Guys protect them very easily. But the bladde is always there as a targer, and is VERY disabling when stuck. You have to learn to kick OUT with your front snapkick, not UP The man is a vertical target, so rising kicks do very little damage, with rare exceptions. If your kick is not going to DESTROY the man's mobility, best keep your feet on the ground. Getting that leg caught is almost always the end for you, in a real fight.
Mike: "When these gloves drop."
Me: "Keep your gloves up!"
Happy Birthday, Mike.
“It’s a fuckin’ leg”. Enough said.
Thanks for sharing all my secrets! 😂
Happy birthday
I'm backwards. My lead side switch kick is great but my backside is trash. Any video for developing hip turn on the back leg?
Who else is orthodox but naturally kicks better with their left leg ☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼
10:12 there is demon whispering. Translation: beat up a room full of children.
Its weird, I've only trained Muay Thai and yet my lead leg has always been my go to. I think its mainly due to Mike's influence lol.
Yoo are those hard2hurt gloves? Sure looks like it. If so probs to you
Anyone around the clearwater fl area that trains? Cant find a legit gym
Any boxers here...
Don't pull as they kick, press forward and punch with the kick.
They're off balance and they now need a ground game 🤷
Mike liking the pendulum kick and seth not liking it is the most backwards thing ever lol
@Schöner Albtraum niceee 😭😅
I would have expected seth to love that kick. Now i’m just like “wtf happened to cause this big of a mishap?!”
This feels like the martial arts version of breaking the magicians code.
Yeah Cliff is old school he doesn't believe in doing this.
@@hard2hurt please dont stop I need this lol
I am SO frickin' glad you addressed the left (or I guess less dominant for most) leg and its propensity to suck. You very lightly touched on the topic a couple videos ago, but this video drove it home. I just started incorporating leg work on my heavy bag. I feel like I can ax a human or large wild animal in half with my right (dominant). When I executed a kick with my left leg, I found it might not even be connected to my nervous system or brain AT ALL. I'm relieved to hear it sucks. Here's the plan; get a gnarly prosthetic left leg with spikes and jagged, bright Olight flashlights attached. You want to talk about "hard to hurt?!" Can't hurt a prosthetic, especially if you're blind.
Edit: Commented before end of video. Happy Birthday Icy Mike.
If I ever lose a limb best believe I'm gonna have weapons mounted on my prosthetic.
When I started karate, I got really good with my lead leg. Then I switched to Muay Thai and got caught up on focusing on the rear leg kick. It was only recently that I said screw it and went back to throwing my lead more.
Well, how's it going with it on sparring?
hahaha this is exactly what i did too! my lead is also stronger than my rear, much more flexible too 😅
why do people keep saying muay thai is rear leg focused. they value both equally. watch a buakaw fight and that man is all lead leg.
@@jeffismywaifu4093 Pretty good actually. My opponents are looking for the switch and if you do it right, you can throw the kick without them noticing.
@@yarinelmaliach5891 I definitely do both. There’s definitely a place for switches and i love a solid rear kick but I also like having the lead leg be a trick up my sleeve.
Ahh yes Training kicks with your sidekicks just for kicks
Nice! Instead of gloves he should have been promoting shoes… or cereal ;)
Me in the beginning of the video: yeah mike can use that lead leg in sparring but I bet it's not super heavy on the bag.
Me later in the video watching mike really smack the bag with his lead leg with no step: shit
Yeah it is a shame I didn't get into this kick more until after I was done fighting. Cliff made his kickboxing career off of it and he was always dangerous in sparring with it so I wanted to be more like him and put a lot of time in on it.
@@hard2hurt well now I wanna be like you so I'll put more time into mine lol
You know what, Mike is finally right about me. My lead kick is shit.
Especially round house kicks, I got damaged tight hips because of skating too stupidity. Lol
those 3 stairs are rough brother
@@0vers33r1 you know what's funny about that, I don't skate stairs often. I live in a pretty flat and stainless town. But I really like this triple three set at our college. They have the perfect amount of setup in between to do stupid things on.
Right next to them is a7 flat 7 that I've never hit. Too much stair for me.
For me, the power comes from quickly driving the left hip through the kick.
It's that Elvis hip movement that Mike always stops and has to show in like this awkward dad humor way. It's shifting your weight. You want something to hit hard, you put weight into it.
coming from Savate, that was my bread and butter. when i joined a MT gym, they thought it was some kind of sorcery
I've been doing savate for a few months. Hoo lee fuck it is so underrated.
@@weefunkster indeed! the emphasis on movement, the distance management, the focus on technical proficiency...
@@MadDogXami i have my first fight next month. I am going to do this mixup until it stops working then box and chasse bas non stop ;)
I once lead leg kicked the head off a bull
Nice
@@RFG012 Thanks, since then many bigger mammals have been beheaded
Oh man, 40. You're officially an old wise man
Cit Firas Zahabi
:0 Happi birthday!
Ps. you should do a video examining walking sticks as self defense weapons.
Lol
😂😂😂
Hidden swords on walking sticks
Yeah Mike, well what about (insert advanced technique here that is completely irrelevant coz the video its "for beginners") 😂
In all seriousness, happy birthday. Looking good for 40 💪
Right-handed but weirdly left-footed my whole life. Lead kicks are my bread and butter.
I'm the opposite. Southpaw with a strong right leg. Left handed, always used my right for free kicks in soccer. And it's true, people really do give you the cross all day when you hit them with a lead leg head kick.
Happy birthday dude!
Happy Birthday, Icy Mike!
also 10:13 scared me, man. Thought my phone was possessed or some shit, jesus
I'm glad I'm not the only one lol
That’s the power of the new gloves!
I had told my google assistant something and I kid you not, at the same time, I heard the noise
Happy 40th yo !
"Its a f..ing leg" made my day. :)
Happy birthday, Mike! Thanks for keeping us company during quarantine
Am I the only one who immediatly thought, "Don't let your gloves drop."?
And he falls over every time he throws the left kick. In Thailand they would say "No stumble! No stumble!"
@@Leadfoot_P71 It was a play on words. Because the new gloves are going to "drop". Do you get it?
Old age, and treachery, always beat youth and skill.
Treachery??
@@LizardMane trickery, attacks the opponent wasn't expecting. Like faking a head shot but attacking the body, that kind of thing. Shots that the opponent doesn't see coming hit harder because they don't block or brace for it. Mike Tyson was an expert, punches that seem to come out of nowhere. Great footwork like Mike had helps.
@@Explorshon123 ofc thank you
Always is such bullcrap. There is no always in anything. The young guy can be tricky too, he can be aware of the same tricks the old guy knows. Anything is possible.
My lead leg doesnt suck. It seems to be a southpaw thing for alot of people. I agree with this totally. The lead leg controls alot of the fight
Yooo, Icy Mike and my wee boy Cliff.
Hope both of you have a great day and happy birthday I guess. ❤🍻🔥
Funny how in sparring today I was just realizing this exact thing 😂
Happy Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁
Thanks for gifting US on YOUR birthday!
May you and yours have a Magnificent Evening ✨
"You keep what you have by giving it away" ~ Paradox I found to be true elsewhere. Perhaps it ties into this scenario as well 🤔 I can see the wisdom in it ☺ AND purity of Heart 💪💓
💖🙏💞
You wanna learn how to do a fuckin’ infinite?
RIGHT PUNCH
LEFT KICK
KEEP THE RHYTHM UP
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SMALL BALD MAN!!!
Just kidding hope u have a great day👊
Also Alexander Volkonovski has excellent Lead leg kicks!
When you do TKD so most of your kicks are all side kicks and lead leg stuff XD
My right leg was my lead leg. Same in sword fighting my right leg was my lead leg. So it's odd getting used to left leg forwards.
Thank you so much Mike!
I have been Training Muay Thai for 3 weeks now and have been avoiding even looking at my lead leg. Now I spent 15 minutes throwing Lead leg kicks in my bedroom and they feel great! (Not that they are, but they feel good, haha)
I love what you are doing, especially for newcomers to fighting like myself.
Much love from Germany
Great content. Saenchai uses this kick on a regular basis. There's a simple reason why most MMA and Muay Thai practitioners don't use it: it's Korean and "Korean kicks don't work." Also, your foundation being in traditional arts is why you're good at these kicks. If I may make a point, why not teach your students how to do switch kicks / knees instead of stepping forward to achieve the same goal? Unless you're following your opponent, switching is both quicker and sneakier. My coach teaches the cross-switch kick combo as a basic behind jab-roundhouse.
Pendulum kick is dumb
One millionth comment saying happy birthday Mike!
Happy birthday Scrubby Shaolin Mike. Easily my favorite martial arts and shit talking channel on TH-cam.
Happy birthday Mikey! Bless you for even more content on how to frustrate sparring partners
Wanderie Silva in Pride taught the power of the lead leg.
So many tips. Your channel should be called "fight tips" or something.
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Our national kickboxing team's program had 6 basic combos (based on what the Russians were doing to win) that everyone had to do a lot.
Combo #1: Jab, Cross, Lead leg round kick
Happy Birthday Icy Mike!
I have a student who is right handed but his left leg is better at kicking than his right. Perfect for sparring.
That's a dangerous combination!
I'm more used to the left leg than the right, much faster and harder to counter, plus, the liver is right there :D
Happy birthday!
This reminds me of my taekwondo class 🤔 nice vid as always, keep rocking and happy birthday
Happy birthday Mike!
2:08 that line was great
I know it’s not related to the video but what do you think to the crowbar for fighting? You can grapel with it, defend against punches damaging the puncher, hit and cut. Thoughts? Better than a hammer?
Too heavy for me.
@@hard2hurt yes the big ones are. Get a small one. I’ve got one no bigger than my lower arm. Also better for indoor.
One tip, don’t have the hook part out. Use the hook as a handle. Works better and lighter
Happy birthday 🎈🎉🎂🎁
Happy birthday old guy
Happy birthday man! Your channel is badass and I love your workout videos!
I love front leg kicks
Watching this like, "Yeah. My lead kick sucks ass..."
Him saying, "Right. Your lead hook also blows."
Damn. Yes. It does.
Mike, what are your thoughts on King of the Streets?
And happy birthday!
Happy birthday Mike
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bruh I'm right hand dominant so I take an orthodox stance but feel so much better kicking with my lead leg
Happy birthday sir .
Wonderboy style
I agree I started out kicking with my lead leg just because it was faster and I’m keeping my head pretty far back when I kick. (6’5 and got some long ass legs)
My lead leg absolutely sucks. I've already had to have ACL reconstruction surgery thanks to highschool football. Because of that I've noticed I have to force myself to kick harder than 50%. My good leg I just naturally kick with most of my power.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Easy way to explain this the left hook and the jab. People naturally have decent straights but their jab and lead hooks are absolute trash.
People try to muscle the hook and the jab when they just need to let them fly with little telegraph. People also naturally resist the motion of trying to throw a punch forward but having to throw their weight onto their back foot. It's so unnatural that you throw a jab by slightly twitching your hips and not moving forward at all. The hook is even worse, you not only don't move forward, you actually move backwards.
The lead leg kick functions almost exactly like the lead hook. You throw your weight back and spin the hoops to almost try and hit your opponent from behind to drag them into you. Heck, when I'm tired and need to throw more lead leg kicks, I start missing a hook on purpose so my leg flies up with the momentum of the hook.
I'm right handed, left footed and though my right eye Is the dominant defolt I can shift to left eye dominance. I'm cross wired as all hell. Have you ever met somebody like that or should I go to a neurologist asap? Jk I don't need a Dr to tell me im messed up.
i'm a southpaw and just switching up (lead kick, 2-1) and (1-2, lead kick) repeatedly is such a powerful tool in sparring lol
It's funny, the first ever experience with kickboxing/Muay Thai was at a JKD concepts gym and for first several months they had the beginners focus on the lead round and lead push kick.