Gabriel, I love that you are SO encouraging of people collaging their fighting style based on their physical abilities, etc- unlike a lot of coaches that force a textbook style to a tee on someone, even if it doesn't totally benefit them! You briefly mentioned utilizing angles differently in these certain stances as a southpaw, something I struggle to find out-of-gym tips about for kickboxing specifically. If you haven't already, could you do a video elaborating more on the angles/stances of kickboxing for southpaws? Or even a drill/workout video of that nature would be fun! Looking forward as always to watching your next vid my friend!
I think he already made a video about fighting against southpaws. Anything that works against a southpaw will work for a southpaw against orthodox, just mirror it.
Thanks. I'm glad people seem to be enjoying the topic. I never understood how you teach everyone the same way. Seems like lazy coaching. For sure I can make a video on footwork for southpaws (🤔and maybe how to deal with southpaw footwork)
Bro I've gotten into it with my Kung Fu for that very thing. Because he didn't fight in the pocket, he didnt want me too My first boxing coach was trying to train me like a Defensive Out-Boxer, until the head coach told him to train me like a Swarmer cause thats how im built
Calm, explanatory, respectful, sometimes covering controversial or taboo subjects for a fighter. And best of all, no clickbait - Great videos! Your whole demeanor about fighting is so motivating to see for someone aspiring to be a champion :)
4:00 on toes 5:05 clinch : short stance for muaythai clinch 5:40 footwork for kickboxing muaythai different than boxing 7:00 never flat footed (flat footed problem ) being slower fighter 7:45 flat footed problem 7:11 move in out(bouncing on toes stlye)
This lesson was painfully learnt by many, Adesanya vs Costa... if low kicks are allowed you need to think twice before putting your weight on the front leg. They are waiting for you to do so. But lowkick hurt with volume usualy, so the best chance to give more than you take, is to counter an early fight lowkick, while you are still mobile, with a powerful knockout combo. I guess... Ive seen it, but walking into a lowkick requires balls and a refined timing. Thanks, Gabriel!
I'd love to see a comparison of head movement in boxing vs kickboxing/mma What translates and what doesn't? What can you take from one to improve the others?
@@boi4947 You could say the reverse about a knee, no? I appreciate the input but it seems a little more nuanced than that and I'd like to hear an opinion from someone who has competed at a high level in both.
@@TristanBehrenswell you can defend like you defend in boxing if your opponent is against the cage because your opponent can’t really kick you. Also if you show a pattern in slipping punches you will eat alot of kicks you don’t see alot of mma fighters slipping alot of punches.
@@Hvmoudi Cruz, Anderson Silva, Adesanya, O'Malley, Aldo all used head movement as a primary form of boxing defense. No offence meant, and I appreciate the help, but I understand the common reasons people state, I just wanted a video to hear the Champs take on it, you know?
Hey Gabriel since he’s fighting soon I would love to see a “what makes Naoya Inoue so good” along with maybe even some tips to transfer those points into kickboxing or Muay Thai?
I played around with this muay thai stance in sparing and I was total in trouble to set power into my hands or moving in and out the pocket as I can while in my kickbox stance where I am more 50/50 on the legs. I prefer the Kickboxing stance but maybe because this is because it is being taught here in our gyms.
Same here, did a more Dutch/American style kickboxing from an mma gym. Recently started training at a traditional Muay Thai school (uniform and Thai shorts required) and it’s way different: correcting my stance, no bouncing, blockings different, and less hand movement that I would normally use for feints or getting a rhythm for slips
Love the informative and thought-provoking video. The same kind of analysis can be applied to stance and footwork for MMA, Kudo, Kyokushin Karate, Sanda, etc.
Here wih every notification. Btw Gabriel could a make a video that showcases various combos including punches,elbows(maybe low kicks and kness too) that could be applicable outside the ring without putting youself in a dangerous position.
In karate terms this is neko ashi dachi vs hanzenkutsu dachi. At least in the old school styles. The modern competition style uses an almost completely sideways stance that people like Wonderboy Thompson can utilize well, but generally is more a problem than anything else in full contact fighting.
@@dontblink3042 Eh I mean.. hard to explain words but with dutch kickboxing we sometimes go shoulder with. For example Bas Rutten. And someone like Buakaw or Saenchai seem to keep their feet a bit more narrow and lighter on the front like. Not a 50/50 weight distribution.
Theres alot of coaches that do lees of a thorough and professional job than this guy hes good probably one f the best at technical yet easy to understand and has experience at the top to tell us what works. Excellent 🇬🇧
Great video! Love all the content you've been putting out. Could you do a video on being more explosive in your footwork? Maybe some exercises you do, stretches, etc. Again, love your work!
Gabriel, thank you. You answered so many questions as to why the Muay Thai stance the back leg is at a 90 degree angle. Was trying to think where my back foot placement should be. If I’m playing the Muay Thai stance. I’m experimenting with switching between the two.
i personally find 45 to be the happy medium. so you can quickly switch to light movement without having to adjust as much. 90, to me at least, makes me feel totally immobile
Hi Gabriel, I was wondering if you have a fighting nickname/stage name. I can’t find any evidence that you have one. If you don’t have one, I would love a video explaining why. Keep up the great content!
You are No. 1 in the world of martial arts and you are considered one of the best fighters and your channel is distinguished in all fields 👏go ahead I wish video about combat sambo and full contact karate styles
wow your channel is growing quick. i remember when it under 5K. props to you great breakdowns. i hope you'd do more video breakdown like how ESPN does detail.
Hmm back leg 90 degrees angle for Muay Thai seems like it depends on the person.. Tawanchai for example doesn't quite do it unless he's teeping off the front leg.
Yeah, 30 years in Muay Thai, trained in Thailand repeatedly...never been told to have my back leg at 90 degrees, always 45. I'm sure there are Muay Thai experts who do the 90 degrees, and I've certainly seen it, but it's absolutely not a universal thing.
I doubt that you will find any thai trainer that will tell you to put you back leg in a 90 degree angle. I hav always been taught, and taught my students, 45 degrees.
I was trained by a thai Muay Thai but he was unique and had a more K1 style. I trained with him for 6 years for 5 months a year full time. It was fun and great but I’m older at 50 and you need speed for that style. I started training with another traditional thai trainer who taught me the thai stance with tapping the toe Defensively it was much better for me sparing I found I could check kicks so much better Now and then I break into the old style of my kick boxing and I get my legs eaten up by leg kicks It works as a distraction and I can get some quick counter attacks in, but I have to be very aware of leg kicks. But for most I go back to the thai stance, I feel much more defensively responsible in it
Guys like Varga exist to fuel one passion for martial arts. I remember going to my first boxing gym at 14 and thinking the environment would be similar to the shitty, macho, atmosphere that was on my high school football field and locker room. Instead it was filled with guys like Varga who were incredible role models for all aspects of life for a young person. Patient, intelligent, ego-less coaches who made me want to,live in the gym
If ever you have the chance could you explain Manson Gibson? How to fight like him and how to fight someone like him. Thank you for your time and consideration.
I think it just boils down to your preference because boxing stance is heel/toe. All the greats kept that back foot flat on the ground for the most part. Even Manny, who’s an in and out beast. 🤷🏽 Btw, love your videos. Thanks for the dope content. Peace and blessings. 🙏🏽
It seems that muay thai hardly fits mma. High, narrow, and weight on the rear foot makes one too liable to be taken down. little footwork might make harder to defend strikes with small gloves. it is strange, since muay thai is usually advertised as the best striking style for mma. whereas an evasive, more punches oriented style of kickboxing (somehow Japanese style more than Dutch) seems the striking base for mma requiring less adjustments.
I see a lot of MMA fighters adopting the traditional kickboxing style footwork which is odd because the cliinch and low kick are a huge part of MMA too. So shouldn't MMA fighters use more of a muay thai stance when fighting?
I would like to request a video about Cro Crop if you could do that, I have seen his fights and his head kicks where something that I always wanted to know more about in depth but I'm at an intermediate level, just started kyokushin now and did some kickboxing before , I saw that he extended his leg last minute to get pass the opponents block (if the tried to block the kick mid way) and he didn't telegraf it, the thing is you might point things out that I'm missing because I don't have the necessary experience to fully understand his technique or set ups
I'd imagine it's to do with a fair competition. You can usually tell when you're sparring a kickboxer or muay thai practitioner by how high they hold their elbows.
Love your videos Gabriel, but I think your information on muay thai is not quite on point here. In general the weight distribution in Muay Thai is 50/50. Yes, some fighters like to put more weight on their back foot at times as a defensive tool, but that’s not how footwork is taught. The back foot is not at 90 degree angle, it’s closer to 45.
Ridiculous statements, a Muay Thai fighter does keep 80% of weight on the back foot- that is just a technique to defend with lead leg or to trick your opponent with the teep to set something else up
Generally speaking, Muay Thai fighters are going to have more weight on their back leg than their lead leg because of the scoring system of Muay Thai. Maybe not 80% but definitely more than kickboxers
@@danielaraujo1238 rubbish I fight professionally, how on earth would you get any power into anything on the defence all the time. 50/50 is the natural stance
Gabriel, I love that you are SO encouraging of people collaging their fighting style based on their physical abilities, etc- unlike a lot of coaches that force a textbook style to a tee on someone, even if it doesn't totally benefit them! You briefly mentioned utilizing angles differently in these certain stances as a southpaw, something I struggle to find out-of-gym tips about for kickboxing specifically. If you haven't already, could you do a video elaborating more on the angles/stances of kickboxing for southpaws? Or even a drill/workout video of that nature would be fun! Looking forward as always to watching your next vid my friend!
I think he already made a video about fighting against southpaws. Anything that works against a southpaw will work for a southpaw against orthodox, just mirror it.
Thanks. I'm glad people seem to be enjoying the topic.
I never understood how you teach everyone the same way. Seems like lazy coaching.
For sure I can make a video on footwork for southpaws (🤔and maybe how to deal with southpaw footwork)
Bro I've gotten into it with my Kung Fu for that very thing. Because he didn't fight in the pocket, he didnt want me too
My first boxing coach was trying to train me like a Defensive Out-Boxer, until the head coach told him to train me like a Swarmer cause thats how im built
Why you in interested in fighting ??
You are cute little girl😌
Calm, explanatory, respectful, sometimes covering controversial or taboo subjects for a fighter. And best of all, no clickbait - Great videos!
Your whole demeanor about fighting is so motivating to see for someone aspiring to be a champion :)
4:00 on toes
5:05 clinch : short stance for muaythai clinch
5:40 footwork for kickboxing muaythai different than boxing
7:00 never flat footed (flat footed problem ) being slower fighter
7:45 flat footed problem
7:11 move in out(bouncing on toes stlye)
Gabriel I'd love a video of your thoughts on Sanda/SanShou
My thoughts exactly
Me too
Me too cause I also do Sanda in addition to Muay Thai and Dutch. Im gonna taking Kyokushin soon
@@Meta_Meech u realize the more obscure the martial art is the better right
@@tomshackleford4555 point?
1h in-depth video about footwork looks like it would be a great video to watch :)
i agree!
With the insights given by a kickboxing world champion, this is quickly becoming my favourite martial art channel...
This lesson was painfully learnt by many, Adesanya vs Costa...
if low kicks are allowed you need to think twice before putting your weight on the front leg.
They are waiting for you to do so.
But lowkick hurt with volume usualy, so the best chance to give more than you take, is to counter an early fight lowkick, while you are still mobile, with a powerful knockout combo. I guess...
Ive seen it, but walking into a lowkick requires balls and a refined timing.
Thanks, Gabriel!
I'd love to see a comparison of head movement in boxing vs kickboxing/mma
What translates and what doesn't? What can you take from one to improve the others?
I'd like to see this as well
In MMA try and slip more diagonally than you do in boxing, otherwise you gonna eat a shin to the face
@@boi4947 You could say the reverse about a knee, no? I appreciate the input but it seems a little more nuanced than that and I'd like to hear an opinion from someone who has competed at a high level in both.
@@TristanBehrenswell you can defend like you defend in boxing if your opponent is against the cage because your opponent can’t really kick you. Also if you show a pattern in slipping punches you will eat alot of kicks you don’t see alot of mma fighters slipping alot of punches.
@@Hvmoudi Cruz, Anderson Silva, Adesanya, O'Malley, Aldo all used head movement as a primary form of boxing defense.
No offence meant, and I appreciate the help, but I understand the common reasons people state, I just wanted a video to hear the Champs take on it, you know?
I use them both. One is fast and helps me be explosive and the other helps conserve energy and be more precise while still explosive.
Wow
I should be sleeping but at 3:46 am i just woke up from a vivid dream and I'm using this to confirm im awake. Good video though
I have to humbly say I feel like this video was inspired by my question last week on IG. Super hyped about that.
Best feeling
Happened to me with the Ramon Dekkers video bro
Hey Gabriel since he’s fighting soon I would love to see a “what makes Naoya Inoue so good” along with maybe even some tips to transfer those points into kickboxing or Muay Thai?
Great video suggestion 🙏 I just watched his fight last night. What an athlete.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial I’ve never seen someone his size with that one punch knockout power but really any body snatcher has my full attention.
So much information in 8 minutes. I just love your videos thank you!
Rodtang vs. Tenshin was a really beautiful display of Muay Thai vs. Kickboxing (with a big full-contact Karate influence).
I played around with this muay thai stance in sparing and I was total in trouble to set power into my hands or moving in and out the pocket as I can while in my kickbox stance where I am more 50/50 on the legs. I prefer the Kickboxing stance but maybe because this is because it is being taught here in our gyms.
Muay thai stance is sht for MMA
Same
Same here, did a more Dutch/American style kickboxing from an mma gym. Recently started training at a traditional Muay Thai school (uniform and Thai shorts required) and it’s way different: correcting my stance, no bouncing, blockings different, and less hand movement that I would normally use for feints or getting a rhythm for slips
Love the informative and thought-provoking video. The same kind of analysis can be applied to stance and footwork for MMA, Kudo, Kyokushin Karate, Sanda, etc.
This video help me a lot since I was struggling with the stance in kickboxing.
This is such an underrated channel. Great stuff!
Here wih every notification. Btw Gabriel could a make a video that showcases various combos including punches,elbows(maybe low kicks and kness too) that could be applicable outside the ring without putting youself in a dangerous position.
In karate terms this is neko ashi dachi vs hanzenkutsu dachi. At least in the old school styles. The modern competition style uses an almost completely sideways stance that people like Wonderboy Thompson can utilize well, but generally is more a problem than anything else in full contact fighting.
Another good idea for a video. My coach teaches us a Muay Thai stance with western/Dutch style punches.
Does he teach you to keep your feet together or step in a bit with a wider stance?
@@pabloschultz5192 Squared Muay Thai stance not sure what style of fighting it is to keep your feet together?
@@dontblink3042 Eh I mean.. hard to explain words but with dutch kickboxing we sometimes go shoulder with. For example Bas Rutten. And someone like Buakaw or Saenchai seem to keep their feet a bit more narrow and lighter on the front like. Not a 50/50 weight distribution.
Theres alot of coaches that do lees of a thorough and professional job than this guy hes good probably one f the best at technical yet easy to understand and has experience at the top to tell us what works. Excellent 🇬🇧
Great video! Love all the content you've been putting out. Could you do a video on being more explosive in your footwork? Maybe some exercises you do, stretches, etc. Again, love your work!
Your explaination is golden It makes do much sense and I am learning quickly
I discovered you few days ago....and I m quite happy with that!
So cool to see good comments on your Channel keep up the good work man you got a cool little community
Gabriel, thank you. You answered so many questions as to why the Muay Thai stance the back leg is at a 90 degree angle. Was trying to think where my back foot placement should be. If I’m playing the Muay Thai stance. I’m experimenting with switching between the two.
i personally find 45 to be the happy medium. so you can quickly switch to light movement without having to adjust as much. 90, to me at least, makes me feel totally immobile
Except for the fact that the back leg is not at 90 degree in Muay Thai. At least I have never ever heard any thai trainer say that.
Exactly what I needed
Yes more on this topic!!!
Hi Gabriel, I was wondering if you have a fighting nickname/stage name. I can’t find any evidence that you have one. If you don’t have one, I would love a video explaining why. Keep up the great content!
You are a very good teacher.
You are No. 1 in the world of martial arts and you are considered one of the best fighters and your channel is distinguished in all fields 👏go ahead I wish video about combat sambo and full contact karate styles
wow your channel is growing quick. i remember when it under 5K. props to you great breakdowns.
i hope you'd do more video breakdown like how ESPN does detail.
Osssu..... gabriel bro lots of respect nd love from Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵
Hmm back leg 90 degrees angle for Muay Thai seems like it depends on the person.. Tawanchai for example doesn't quite do it unless he's teeping off the front leg.
Yeah, 30 years in Muay Thai, trained in Thailand repeatedly...never been told to have my back leg at 90 degrees, always 45. I'm sure there are Muay Thai experts who do the 90 degrees, and I've certainly seen it, but it's absolutely not a universal thing.
bazooka joe teaches back leg 90 degrees and he's a kickboxer
I doubt that you will find any thai trainer that will tell you to put you back leg in a 90 degree angle. I hav always been taught, and taught my students, 45 degrees.
Gabriel, thanks a lot for vids, ur my fav fighter, very intelligent and educating
Another gem, thanks Gabe!
Love your videos man!
More in depth vid please! That would be awesome.
You'd make an amazing coach. You have amazing game plans and strategies.
I was trained by a thai Muay Thai but he was unique and had a more K1 style. I trained with him for 6 years for 5 months a year full time.
It was fun and great but I’m older at 50 and you need speed for that style.
I started training with another traditional thai trainer who taught me the thai stance with tapping the toe
Defensively it was much better for me sparing
I found I could check kicks so much better
Now and then I break into the old style of my kick boxing and I get my legs eaten up by leg kicks
It works as a distraction and I can get some quick counter attacks in, but I have to be very aware of leg kicks.
But for most I go back to the thai stance, I feel much more defensively responsible in it
Great info! So much to understand.
Cheers for the explanation like this!
Excellent video well explained!
this is perfect is usual !!!
Please do a more in depth video or a series on this. Thanks so much
Great video!
Gabriel Varga, the scariest (and nicest) guy with a lazy eye.
Would like to see a brad ridell breakdown sometime great mma /kickboxer striker that most don’t know about in the 155 division
Would like a in depth video about this topic
More videos on footwork please !!!
Guys like Varga exist to fuel one passion for martial arts. I remember going to my first boxing gym at 14 and thinking the environment would be similar to the shitty, macho, atmosphere that was on my high school football field and locker room. Instead it was filled with guys like Varga who were incredible role models for all aspects of life for a young person. Patient, intelligent, ego-less coaches who made me want to,live in the gym
I would watch your in depth footwork Video.
If ever you have the chance could you explain Manson Gibson? How to fight like him and how to fight someone like him. Thank you for your time and consideration.
I think it just boils down to your preference because boxing stance is heel/toe. All the greats kept that back foot flat on the ground for the most part. Even Manny, who’s an in and out beast. 🤷🏽
Btw, love your videos. Thanks for the dope content. Peace and blessings. 🙏🏽
Gabriel are there pros and cons for having a high guard VS keeping your hands down low
Thank you
Detailed video pls 🙏🏼
Very good video
Can you do a video about Nathan Corbett and his fighting style?
One of your belts tipped over champ!
Im a plodder. I dont like bouncing around. I prefer clinching and working the inside. What stance would lend itself best likely?
It seems that muay thai hardly fits mma. High, narrow, and weight on the rear foot makes one too liable to be taken down. little footwork might make harder to defend strikes with small gloves.
it is strange, since muay thai is usually advertised as the best striking style for mma. whereas an evasive, more punches oriented style of kickboxing (somehow Japanese style more than Dutch) seems the striking base for mma requiring less adjustments.
This is greatttt
This is so interesting
Yes do a more in depth video
Which stance is better in the street!?
Can you do a video on hip pain
Footwork drills pls!!
Is the Kickboxing footwork any different from the karate footwork?
I would like a more indept video about this
I see a lot of MMA fighters adopting the traditional kickboxing style footwork which is odd because the cliinch and low kick are a huge part of MMA too. So shouldn't MMA fighters use more of a muay thai stance when fighting?
Could you make a video comparing those two to comment mma footwork
I would like to request a video about Cro Crop if you could do that, I have seen his fights and his head kicks where something that I always wanted to know more about in depth but I'm at an intermediate level, just started kyokushin now and did some kickboxing before , I saw that he extended his leg last minute to get pass the opponents block (if the tried to block the kick mid way) and he didn't telegraf it, the thing is you might point things out that I'm missing because I don't have the necessary experience to fully understand his technique or set ups
Could the 90 degree back foot be there to open the hip for a quick roundhouse?
Is it posible to execute a d'amato shift in kickboxing? I nvr seen a youtuber explaining on this.
Which style of kickboxing are you referring to?
I'm not against Muay Thai but I prefer dutch kickboxing cause of it's faster phase of match
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I would think a Tall Thai stance would be worse for a grappling clinch than a wider based stance - or maybe thats more for Wrestling takedowns?
How do I get foot work like samart and muay femur type footwork like saenchai, israel adesanya and lerdsilla??
Cool video on Samart's footwork patterns here.
th-cam.com/video/5DV0Q7y2gBU/w-d-xo.html
First thing is to be extremely talented.
Those guys are one in a million.
Second things is obviously to train your ass of every single day.
That’s why many mma fighters uses kickboxing in mma , mostly they avoid muay thai in mma
Is Remy kinda a synthesis?
Iv always wondered when kickboxers spar against boxers its always under boxing rules they cant use their kicks, why is that?
I'd imagine it's to do with a fair competition. You can usually tell when you're sparring a kickboxer or muay thai practitioner by how high they hold their elbows.
Personally, I prefer the Kickboxing stance and footwork.
This was amazing 👏, please do a more in depth analysis. Really appreciated 🙏
Kickboxing stance is much closer to the boxing 'pendulum step'
Love your videos Gabriel, but I think your information on muay thai is not quite on point here.
In general the weight distribution in Muay Thai is 50/50. Yes, some fighters like to put more weight on their back foot at times as a defensive tool, but that’s not how footwork is taught.
The back foot is not at 90 degree angle, it’s closer to 45.
muay thai is best
Ridiculous statements, a Muay Thai fighter does keep 80% of weight on the back foot- that is just a technique to defend with lead leg or to trick your opponent with the teep to set something else up
Generally speaking, Muay Thai fighters are going to have more weight on their back leg than their lead leg because of the scoring system of Muay Thai. Maybe not 80% but definitely more than kickboxers
I train Muay Thai and usually use 50/50. This 80/20 is danger, you can be swept very easy.
@@danielaraujo1238 rubbish I fight professionally, how on earth would you get any power into anything on the defence all the time. 50/50 is the natural stance
ur legs color is like u wear socks :D
I just noticed how dark your legs are to your arms. Either that or they’re just very hairy😂
Your content is fantastic thanks so much. It's coming at me like your high level combinations 🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊👠🤛🤛🤛🦶🦶🦶🦵🦵... you and John Wayne Parr 🙏