I am level 5, but I can do a lot of the higher ones because I started with TKD And yes please! I have recently been trying to improve my roundhouse to improve speed and reduce the strain on my knees so this in depth video is very useful for me
I think can i say my level is 10, I used tornado kick in my last fight, but I hit the gloves and my form was little bit off (it was third round, that could be the reason)
Been training for almost 12 years. This is the most jam packed content rich video I’ve seen. So many good tips. I really admire you Gabriel. Thank you for sharing your craft with us. You are truly a master in the sport.
I am happy to say I can do all these things technically and fluently :) I learn so much from your channel, even if it’s just giving me a reminder that I’m on the right path. Thank you for being a coach for me and everyone else who chooses to chime in! It means so much to me, I can’t even put it into words. Thank you so much for all that you do! I’ve watched majority of your videos and have soaked up so much information from it that has translated to sparring or fighting. You are the goat mr. Gabriel Varga.
This is hands-down the best kickboxing channel for me on TH-cam. Everyday throughout the day I’m watching and trying to learn new things. Top-notch stuff here!
I can do all of these without much issue. Then again I did TKD for a really long time. I've had some success with the tornado/spinning roundhouse as a back kick feint. A little more difficult to execute that way, but it usually gets them to lower their hands.
Our lead knee in TKD is more of a 90 when these kicks are taught. The 45 angle opening the hips up makes more sense but all schools teach different. I’ve blown my knee out on a double roundhouse cus my hips weren’t placed correctly, my mistake ,it wasn’t fun but this video is gold.. 🤌🏽✌🏽
Hey guys im curious about the differences between kickboxing and TKD, the big thing getting to me in this vid is that he seems to be striking the head with the flat of his foot (small fragile bones) instead of the ball of his foot. Is that an intentional KB thing or is that jus a mistake in the video?
some of the TKD guys are the best kickers ive had the pleasure of sparring with in kickboxing. Usually when they make the shift to kickboxing they have trouble with anything arm related, especially defense (understandably) but once they pick that up they're really annoying to fight. hard to tell when a kick is coming, or from where, and they can usually kick from orthodox and southpaw equally well. They're really good at masking the trajectory of their kicks.
Hey Cloud! This is coming a little late, but it’s nice to hear you’re interested in other disciplines and rulesets! If you haven’t figured it out since making this comment, I’ll clarify here. The main difference in roundhouse form isn’t in the ball of the foot vs the top of instep, but in using the lower part of the shin bone for round kicks. The lower shin is used exclusively for this kick in Muay Thai, and also by taekwondo fighters from the 90s and early-to-mid 00s, because one thing that’s tougher than the ball of the foot is the edge of the shin bone. Just be careful, though, because the shin has a triangular cross-section, and you don’t want to kick with the flat side of the triangle but with the corner. Hope that clears things up! Keep on kicking!
The tip of turning the raised leg over on the last kick really helps - I would always keep it straight back when I did tkd and would get super frustrated with and then just never bother trying to do it again haha Hope we get to some coverage on the Barboza vs Chikadze fight!
You are an inspiration, truly an exceptional martial artist and teacher Thank you so much for all of your content. Here's hoping for a saenchai fight. God bless!
i have 10 yrs of karate and a black belt and have landed all of these kicks in a sparring round in one form or another! great job on the content and yes the basics will always get the job done.
Such a great channel. All the techniques are always well described. I love having these videos to expand, clarify, and reinforce what I'm learning in class.
That moment at 5:30 when you realize his calf muscle has a calf muscle. I wouldn't even want to hold a pad for this man... Amazing tips as always, way too high level for me for now past the beginner stuff, but I'll definitely keep coming back to this.
*Holy shit.* *I’m Level 10 in both orthodox and southpaw.* I’ve been working so hard. So many years. Mainly training on my own outside a couple years between 2 different gyms. Both were BJJ heavy so I had to learn about striking pretty much on my own. I’m so proud of myself.
@@daxsheepard9344 he's right you know. He's not attacking you, and his advice is correct. When it comes down to it, these kicks are low percentage, it's far more important to be able to perform basic movements with extreme levels of precision. That is, if you want to win a fight. If you want to impress people, the fancy stuff will impress people who haven't spent much time in martial arts. But it's good you learned these on your own.
Biggest takeaway from this was your differentiation between the fake-front-to-roundhousekick and the ?-kick. Great stuff as always, much appreciated upload! I can confidently do lvl 1-10, but to say that i mastered even lvl 1 would be an overstatement fs. Love the use of the front leg roundhouse as a way to frame with the shin, too (possibly even turning into a scissorkick if they bounce off it more to the side instead of back)!
Great tutorial on roundhouse kicks 🤘 I'd say I'm good up until level 9 and 10 - those two are ones I've never practiced (especially the tornado kick 🌀) !
Learned a lot from this, I thought I had a good grasp on the roundhouse but of course there's always another factor to consider. Thanks for all the free martial arts advice!
I can do all apart from the rainbow kick and that's purely cos it was something I have never actually been taught. I will try now though. very interesting! Great tutorial once again Mr. Varga.
Love it! One way I find success in both Olympic and Open rules TKD with the Tornado Kick is as a trap where the goal is to condition the other person to move back from a Back Kick or a Turning Side Kick, then use the back turning motion as a feint before switching into the roundhouse. Another fun way in open rules is to throw a Spinning Hammer Fist / Back Fist (usually without any intention of landing cleanly) to get their hands up before switching into the roundhouse to the body.
I wish you all the subscribers in the world. This channel is amazing. It blows me away you dont have a few hundred thousand subs. Keep up the content. From a fan in west Australia
Buddy whose ass are you blowing smoke up ? You call yourself popsicle p and you expect that people are going to take you serious as a amateur or professional fighter ? when you can't even take yourself serious. Are you 11 years old or just have the IQ of a child ? I can't believe how many turds there are Like You on TH-cam
Love the technical vids. I prefer simple strikes and movement for myself but you never know when some hip twist or foot switch will illuminate some long-standing mistake and be very helpful for even a simple style.
Excellent as always!! Bit of constructive criticism, please make sure to get your planting foot in the shot so that we can see the mechanics of what your foot does in motion please. Thank you so much you help me become a better version of myself everyday
I've gotten as far as the defensive round kick I guess. I had no idea it was defensive but it makes sense I guessed it'd be that style when you mentioned the next kick was a defensive round kick.
so... In my training previous I completed up to lvl 10 but we didn't do lvl 8 though lol. loved the video this is a great channel, it's causing me to want to join a kick boxing gym
I train Japanese Jiu Jitsu for around 10 years. So I can probably do all of them or I would maybe have a little problem with the tornado kick. And I wish I would know someone who does videos in this level of detail. Awesome job.
10! Got a KO at a full-contact TKD tournament with a reverse tornado (same kick without set-up kick) Edit: I agree about basics. My bread and butter were roundhouse, sliding sidekick, front leg sidekick, and jump spinning sidekick. I did feel proud of getting a KO with such an advanced technique though. I was state champion and nearly qualified for the Pan American Games at 12 years old though, so I was very serious and dedicated. This was my life until I became a dad. Now I train my son!!
Yes I also scored that same lvl 10 kick in a TKD vs a kung fu club competition. Its 40 yrs ago. I am still proud over it. It was also without set up. The kung fu guy I met was not use to these type of kicks.
Wow modern kickboxing is so cool. Kickboxing as I first saw it was just jumping on one leg and flick kicking the opponent up until the point someone gets bored and starts to throw hooks
Number 6: Try not to kick with the toes, but with the ball of your foot by lifting your toes up. Same movement, same small impact, less change of injuring yourself.
@@justinkennedy3004 I’m not telling him of course! Agreed that he will now. But if someone is going to try this and kick with his toes like that, changes are he is not doing that anymore for a while.
Of all techniques and moves round kicks/mawashi geri /thai round high quality is what I'm best at, rigth leg round kick (we don't use the word house in any moves in europe)
All of it is pretty simple to do, but utilizing them in a fight is the hard part. My more effective kicks that I put more umphh into are the switch high kicks, and defensive inside leg roundhouse. I am currently practicing the toe kick to the liver for my next smokers as it takes more finesse to get a body or leg kick KO than a head kick
Back when I was a B-Boy, I use to end my windmill with a transition into a tornado kick. Great tips videos, homie. Perhaps you could analyze the devastating technique of "Naoya Inoue's" in his ability to generate so much power into his strikes...so quickly.
What is most impressing to me is to land a roundhouse kick to the body without catching the elbow in between because it was so fast or it was set up so good so the guy didn't respond in appropriate time. I've seen it happen and it's rare - but I think that is ultimate skill level, basic kick for a KO, but so deceptive and ferocious that it ends the match,
What's your skill level???
And do you want more videos like this?
Please do make more of these.... My level is 10 🔥
I am level 5, but I can do a lot of the higher ones because I started with TKD
And yes please! I have recently been trying to improve my roundhouse to improve speed and reduce the strain on my knees so this in depth video is very useful for me
Can you make a video about increasing flexibility for kicking?
I think can i say my level is 10, I used tornado kick in my last fight, but I hit the gloves and my form was little bit off (it was third round, that could be the reason)
TKD background here. 10. Great video. Lots of fun! More!
Been training for almost 12 years. This is the most jam packed content rich video I’ve seen. So many good tips. I really admire you Gabriel. Thank you for sharing your craft with us. You are truly a master in the sport.
Agreed ✌🏽
Really have to agree. Even if you can do all of these kicks, the way he broke them down and put them into context is worth gold.
He’s both humble and a force to be reckoned with…what an amazing warrior!
I am 51yrs, only started kicking for a year, loving the process, I am learning from all your videos, practicing and improving everyday, thanks much.
How's it going boss?
I am happy to say I can do all these things technically and fluently :) I learn so much from your channel, even if it’s just giving me a reminder that I’m on the right path. Thank you for being a coach for me and everyone else who chooses to chime in! It means so much to me, I can’t even put it into words. Thank you so much for all that you do! I’ve watched majority of your videos and have soaked up so much information from it that has translated to sparring or fighting. You are the goat mr. Gabriel Varga.
That rainbow kick, I first seen TJ dillawshaw do it.
That’s immediately who I thought of. I thought he just lacked a lil dexterity/mobility. Whoops, guess not lol
@@amirnaimzada5790 I thought it was just a Dillashaw thing tbh 🤷♂️
It's a pretty universal thing
Yep, fakes the double leg takedown into head kick, great kick for wrestlers
robert whitaker does it all the time too
This is hands-down the best kickboxing channel for me on TH-cam. Everyday throughout the day I’m watching and trying to learn new things. Top-notch stuff here!
I can do all of these without much issue. Then again I did TKD for a really long time. I've had some success with the tornado/spinning roundhouse as a back kick feint. A little more difficult to execute that way, but it usually gets them to lower their hands.
Our lead knee in TKD is more of a 90 when these kicks are taught. The 45 angle opening the hips up makes more sense but all schools teach different. I’ve blown my knee out on a double roundhouse cus my hips weren’t placed correctly, my mistake ,it wasn’t fun but this video is gold.. 🤌🏽✌🏽
Hey guys im curious about the differences between kickboxing and TKD, the big thing getting to me in this vid is that he seems to be striking the head with the flat of his foot (small fragile bones) instead of the ball of his foot. Is that an intentional KB thing or is that jus a mistake in the video?
some of the TKD guys are the best kickers ive had the pleasure of sparring with in kickboxing. Usually when they make the shift to kickboxing they have trouble with anything arm related, especially defense (understandably) but once they pick that up they're really annoying to fight. hard to tell when a kick is coming, or from where, and they can usually kick from orthodox and southpaw equally well. They're really good at masking the trajectory of their kicks.
Hey Cloud! This is coming a little late, but it’s nice to hear you’re interested in other disciplines and rulesets! If you haven’t figured it out since making this comment, I’ll clarify here. The main difference in roundhouse form isn’t in the ball of the foot vs the top of instep, but in using the lower part of the shin bone for round kicks. The lower shin is used exclusively for this kick in Muay Thai, and also by taekwondo fighters from the 90s and early-to-mid 00s, because one thing that’s tougher than the ball of the foot is the edge of the shin bone. Just be careful, though, because the shin has a triangular cross-section, and you don’t want to kick with the flat side of the triangle but with the corner.
Hope that clears things up! Keep on kicking!
The tip of turning the raised leg over on the last kick really helps - I would always keep it straight back when I did tkd and would get super frustrated with and then just never bother trying to do it again haha Hope we get to some coverage on the Barboza vs Chikadze fight!
Word. His tip on the 45 degree angle lead knee makes sense. Less likely to tear a tendon in the rear knee cus of improper form✌🏽
You are an inspiration, truly an exceptional martial artist and teacher
Thank you so much for all of your content.
Here's hoping for a saenchai fight.
God bless!
i have 10 yrs of karate and a black belt and have landed all of these kicks in a sparring round in one form or another! great job on the content and yes the basics will always get the job done.
Loving the detailed technique breakdowns. Thanks coach!
Such a great channel. All the techniques are always well described. I love having these videos to expand, clarify, and reinforce what I'm learning in class.
That moment at 5:30 when you realize his calf muscle has a calf muscle. I wouldn't even want to hold a pad for this man... Amazing tips as always, way too high level for me for now past the beginner stuff, but I'll definitely keep coming back to this.
*Holy shit.*
*I’m Level 10 in both orthodox and southpaw.*
I’ve been working so hard. So many years. Mainly training on my own outside a couple years between 2 different gyms. Both were BJJ heavy so I had to learn about striking pretty much on my own. I’m so proud of myself.
Its really hard to land in a fight or sparring match. I think you should focus on simpler basic kicks, and master them
Hard work pays off, congrats. Keep grinding m8
@@epicmatrix2208 That upload you got is hilariously cringe lol
@@daxsheepard9344 dude i wasnt even hating on you just giving you tips. That upload is old as shit and im just the one filming, not the one fighting
@@daxsheepard9344 he's right you know. He's not attacking you, and his advice is correct. When it comes down to it, these kicks are low percentage, it's far more important to be able to perform basic movements with extreme levels of precision. That is, if you want to win a fight.
If you want to impress people, the fancy stuff will impress people who haven't spent much time in martial arts. But it's good you learned these on your own.
Biggest takeaway from this was your differentiation between the fake-front-to-roundhousekick and the ?-kick. Great stuff as always, much appreciated upload! I can confidently do lvl 1-10, but to say that i mastered even lvl 1 would be an overstatement fs. Love the use of the front leg roundhouse as a way to frame with the shin, too (possibly even turning into a scissorkick if they bounce off it more to the side instead of back)!
Great tutorial on roundhouse kicks 🤘 I'd say I'm good up until level 9 and 10 - those two are ones I've never practiced (especially the tornado kick 🌀) !
The skill level required for execution of those kicks vary a lot depending of what your martial art background is.
Learned a lot from this, I thought I had a good grasp on the roundhouse but of course there's always another factor to consider. Thanks for all the free martial arts advice!
I can do all apart from the rainbow kick and that's purely cos it was something I have never actually been taught. I will try now though. very interesting! Great tutorial once again Mr. Varga.
Its one thing to be able to practice these kicks but using these in the middle of sparring is the really challenging and fun part
Thank You for the video master
Great video! i will try 3 of these tomorrow at the gym
Love it! One way I find success in both Olympic and Open rules TKD with the Tornado Kick is as a trap where the goal is to condition the other person to move back from a Back Kick or a Turning Side Kick, then use the back turning motion as a feint before switching into the roundhouse. Another fun way in open rules is to throw a Spinning Hammer Fist / Back Fist (usually without any intention of landing cleanly) to get their hands up before switching into the roundhouse to the body.
One of the greatest videos ever made on kicking. Especially intrigued by the level 8 rainbow kick
Great video and the closing comments are of the highest value, basics all the way.
Havent felt as comfortable with the Tornado until now, thank you for the details and awesome content overall!
Hi thank you loved this series cant wait to try these out on the bag
Please keep making them!! Love these videos.
I wish you all the subscribers in the world. This channel is amazing. It blows me away you dont have a few hundred thousand subs. Keep up the content. From a fan in west Australia
# 5 is just how I was told to kick generally by my coach. Except he'd have us lift the knee more outward.
Great information!
Your mobility and flexibility is insane
I thought I am very good with roundhouse kicks already but I clicked this because it's your video. And I am happy that I did.
Man this information is just gold,
Love these type of videos, they help me challenge myself and improve and grasp a goal for the future! 🙌👊🏽🦶🏽
Buddy whose ass are you blowing smoke up ? You call yourself popsicle p and you expect that people are going to take you serious as a amateur or professional fighter ? when you can't even take yourself serious. Are you 11 years old or just have the IQ of a child ? I can't believe how many turds there are Like You on TH-cam
Love the technical vids. I prefer simple strikes and movement for myself but you never know when some hip twist or foot switch will illuminate some long-standing mistake and be very helpful for even a simple style.
Yess......right on time....I needed this sooo much. Thanks Gabriel.
Very very good. Thank you for this video. I keep learning more about the depth of the RH kick, and this is a very nice video for me
I have never seen or heard of #6 before but its an interesting one which can be high risk or high reward
Watching these and realising ive been thru most of these at some point or another. Great job breaking them down man thanks
There are so many different types of roundhouse kicks sometimes you forget the others that you don’t use all the time great video
Excellent as always!! Bit of constructive criticism, please make sure to get your planting foot in the shot so that we can see the mechanics of what your foot does in motion please. Thank you so much you help me become a better version of myself everyday
Great video, thank you Gabriel!
Coincidentally I was just kicking today and felt like I could do better but didn’t know how GOATED
Favourite channel.
Perfect video...am.practicing Muay Thai...will incorporate a few more from this video..💪
Yes! i enjoyed it very much! kindly do the combo; punches and kicks, pls! thank you for sharing, more power!
it's the one time taekwondo people get to shine...
Big thank you! Really good content for my training! Keep it coming!
You bet!
I've gotten as far as the defensive round kick I guess. I had no idea it was defensive but it makes sense I guessed it'd be that style when you mentioned the next kick was a defensive round kick.
Brilliant video, a real masterclass.
Foarte bun antrenor👀
Your content is always fantastic man great job
I’d never heard of the rainbow kick but imma go practice it now
Useful! Thank you very much!
so... In my training previous I completed up to lvl 10 but we didn't do lvl 8 though lol. loved the video this is a great channel, it's causing me to want to join a kick boxing gym
I got them all except number 6. Thanks TKD.
I like how u chamber it before it goes to the head at level 8. Makes it harder for them to catch it
I train Japanese Jiu Jitsu for around 10 years. So I can probably do all of them or I would maybe have a little problem with the tornado kick. And I wish I would know someone who does videos in this level of detail. Awesome job.
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!!!!
definitely keep this series going :-)
Really like the new setup
So many good tips
Tornado kick is my favorite to throw 🙌
New studio nice!!!!
Fantastic explanation. I would say the best on the internet🙏🙏🙏
So educational. Would love to see more techniques explained in this way 🙏
I know this is an old video but love you bro thanks for the awesome FREE content
I love doing the rainbow kick
Thanks for the video
Thanks for another great video champ
Hey Man, you are doing pretty good work!!! Want videos on same topic regarding front and side kicks. Do cover basic punches too. Waiting!!!
Loving #8 very fun to do in sparring :D
Really great format, hope you do it more with other techniques
Very good video!
#5 and #6 is what I've trained in ITF taekwon-do. #5 for speed due to the speed and #6 for when you're wearing shoes.
First time hearing somebody calling ducking roundhouse a rainbow kick :D Great vid champ!
very detail, 👍🏻+how to used😍
Always the top, nice video🔥
level 8 is my level and I dont think I'll bother learning the tornado kick. maybe when I get super bored
Good to see Bobby from 23and1 make an appearance
The rainbow kick I just call it the ducking round house, it’s better to use off a slip or setting it up with a body cross
on the #9 touch round kick, I prefer to use a front kick as the touch
Love it. thank you.👍🏾
Solid level 9
Giga does the 6 one
10! Got a KO at a full-contact TKD tournament with a reverse tornado (same kick without set-up kick)
Edit: I agree about basics. My bread and butter were roundhouse, sliding sidekick, front leg sidekick, and jump spinning sidekick. I did feel proud of getting a KO with such an advanced technique though. I was state champion and nearly qualified for the Pan American Games at 12 years old though, so I was very serious and dedicated. This was my life until I became a dad. Now I train my son!!
Yes I also scored that same lvl 10 kick in a TKD vs a kung fu club competition. Its 40 yrs ago. I am still proud over it. It was also without set up. The kung fu guy I met was not use to these type of kicks.
@@Buri8128 it feels so good, so powerful to land an advanced technique like that for a ko!
I like how you explain n my roundhouse kick level 10 ..🥊
ty gabe
Giga Chikadze does the lv 6 kick alot in his rights. Check him out cuz hell switch up between shins and ball of the foot kicks
Wow modern kickboxing is so cool.
Kickboxing as I first saw it was just jumping on one leg and flick kicking the opponent up until the point someone gets bored and starts to throw hooks
Number 6: Try not to kick with the toes, but with the ball of your foot by lifting your toes up. Same movement, same small impact, less change of injuring yourself.
Pretty sure he knows, but accuracy and opponent movement is are world class skills themselves.
@@justinkennedy3004 I’m not telling him of course! Agreed that he will now. But if someone is going to try this and kick with his toes like that, changes are he is not doing that anymore for a while.
@@praetorian11 oh ok. Yeah jammed toes will make you kick shy fast!
Good Training. I would like to see back kick series level. Respectfully, Derrick
Of all techniques and moves round kicks/mawashi geri /thai round high quality is what I'm best at, rigth leg round kick (we don't use the word house in any moves in europe)
All of it is pretty simple to do, but utilizing them in a fight is the hard part. My more effective kicks that I put more umphh into are the switch high kicks, and defensive inside leg roundhouse. I am currently practicing the toe kick to the liver for my next smokers as it takes more finesse to get a body or leg kick KO than a head kick
Never knew rainbow kick was the name
I’ll usually slip & roll into the high kick, it’s a slick setup
Back when I was a B-Boy, I use to end my windmill with a transition into a tornado kick. Great tips videos, homie. Perhaps you could analyze the devastating technique of "Naoya Inoue's" in his ability to generate so much power into his strikes...so quickly.
Amazing :( such a good video...
What is most impressing to me is to land a roundhouse kick to the body without catching the elbow in between because it was so fast or it was set up so good so the guy didn't respond in appropriate time. I've seen it happen and it's rare - but I think that is ultimate skill level, basic kick for a KO, but so deceptive and ferocious that it ends the match,
When you can do level 7 but cant level 4