I'm loving this series. This is one of the ways I worked to improve my own skills around a decade ago. Watch the best fighters and figure out how to be more like them. Artur Kyshenko was probably the guy I got the most from in terms of how my technique, attacks, defense look. I hope everyone enjoys the Buakaw episode.
He’s def a “thinking” fighter. I think we see a lot of fighters get really far on training and repetition. But I think Gabriel is a cerebral fighter and genuine strategist.
@@hungniirulfur920 Kungpoop is falsified, dumbazz. Even the Chinese unmasked it themselves. Your |diot sanda just stea|s from Muay Thai and rebranded as Kungpoop. Your'e b|ind to |ick their ba||s.
For me saenchai is the one you show people who have never watched a single fight in their live and I’m not even talking about Muay Thai I’m talking about martial arts as a whole topic. He is one of the most exciting fighters humanity has ever seen on high level. His fun is ridiculous
I don’t watch a lot of Buakaw but I naturally do the knee entry you’re talking about. I wasn’t taught to do this way it just feels naturally advantageous when you think about the long guard. I use it from time to time in sparring.
Genuine, informative and practical content as always. From the work you have done on this series, I could already imagine the quality coaching/teaching available at your future gym in Victoria! By the way, as one of your early subscribers, it's been my personal honor to have witnessed the recent growth of your channel! The way you engage your fans and the energy and thoughts you put into making your videos are definitely paying off. Cheers!
@@kartingdudeS Wonderboy is more of an extrovert, while Gabriel is more of an introvert, besides you can´t forget Wonderboy´s got the Nicest Mofo Belt 😁 Another thing is that Wonderboy puts comedy in his channel, as a way of entertaiment for us, his subscribers, while Gabriel is more serious about it. I really enjoy both channels. You might find Wonderboy a lil goofy, but once in the octagon guy turns into a beast, and goofy beast guys are the most dangerous 😂
I really like this series you're doing I feel like my fight iq just keeps going up. A few people I'd maybe like to see breakdowns on, samart, holzken, Roy Jones jr or prince naseem, Mayweather would be good, and maybe dominik cruz.
Roy Jones Jr was carried by his speed and athleticism, not his technique. Fighting like him when you dont have those attributes is asking for a lot of trouble.
@@rykehuss3435 you dont become one of the greatest boxers without some technique. It may not always seem like it and yes his athleticism helped but he understands boxing on a level that most never will. And even if he was all athleticism he still did something right and it would benefit everyone to know about it. Even if just a good S and C program.
Buakaw was what made me start training Muay Thai. I really liked his style. I am right handed and left footed, so a fight in orthodox stance but my style evolves around kicking because I have a karate background. Seeing Buakaw throwing those switch kicks made me realize that this is the style I want to incorporate.
Please reach out to personalities like Hard2Hurt and Sensei Seth or Wonderboy and ask to collab somehow cause honestly you are way too underrated in the stream of martial arts youtube garbage.
Much love to your channel man, I'm learning Muay Thai atm and just keep getting more and more fascinated with the art after watching your analysis. Appreciate what you are doing 🙏💯 !
Something to note is that buakaw uses the switch kick to stymie the power hand of big punchers like Zambidis. Every time they try the big cross they suddenly have to cover up their head because of the switch kick
I wonder how many people have kicked holes in their walls by now, haha. I'd love to see you break down all the top ufc strikers. Adesanya, Wonderboy, and maybe Max Holloways last fight.
Clench! I wanna grab you! See if I can sweep you. Awesome video! Next? Saw someone say ramon dekker i was watching his Danny Bill fights recently! I grew up watching Ramon dekkor! Makin me wanna train! Wonder everybody talking about the low calf kick. "Changing the game". Mma is lead heavy cant or hard to defend. Evade and lead teep. Is the only defense? How come nobody defending the low calf kick?
In the mid 90's Buakaw ''lost'' 2 times from Andy Souwer by decision. What is your opinion when on the matter? Is there nowadays, less corruption? Also, is there anything a fighter can do, when they steal win from him like that?
Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it. The channel had slow growth for a while but it's popping now. Hopefully the subscribers will continue joining and things will keep shooting upwards.
I'm a lefty (in the leg) fighter so is Buakaw and Bill "superfoot" wallace became that way because of an injury. Most trainers try to train us the opposite way. We train with the right leg in the gym but practice by ourselves with our natural lead leg. It's hard for "normal" fighters to read it because they're expecting the back leg meanwhile the real speedy more powerful threat is right in front of them. Even goal keepers in soccer have trouble with this when it's time for penalty kicks. Just fake with the right and use our natural left. It's hard to read especially when they have train their reflexes mostly for right leg fighters all thei life. Same with lefties that's train to box orthodox. These boxers tend to have a natural powerful lead hook. Every time you'll try to circle away from the right hand you'll just keep running into the hook.
Wow, seeing that long guard with one hand protecting the forehead reminded me of an old Japanese illustration of a karate master (think it was Motobu Choki) fighting a boxer. Motobu has this weird looking pose with one palm in front and the other pressed to his forehead. For the longest time I thought it was just a silly illustration/something that doesn't work, but now after seeing this I just realised maybe it's basically a variant of the long guard. It also explains some of the poses I've seen in karate katas.
My karate master used to knock people down easily with those low abdomen front kicks during sparring...also the long guard seems to me the krav maga tactic
I’m right handed but I’m a dominate left kicker , when i did tkd tournaments that’s how I switch kick , cuz I’m right handed so my right leg is back but dominant with the left so I bring it back and do a quick switch
You can kick hard with a lead leg without switching or pulling back, its not a technique that is present in muay thai but it is used in karate, sanda, and American kickboxing, you can make it weak and fast for point or fast and strong if its a full contact sport, for how to do it its best to watch sanda fighters they kick really good with it. Kyokushinkai wear long pants and its often not as obvious.
What is your take about the recent fight between israel adesanya vs yan blachovicz? What do you think about the constant feints israel was showing yan and yan's reaction to it? I have sometimes felt like israel was actually showing a bigger reaction with his stance switches every time yan feinted. What do you think about that?What was the reason for israel not being able to use the feints to his advantage? What could he have done better?
That "switch kick"/lead leg Buakaw utilizes is the same way Santos Davy set up his. Speed and technique flowing beautifully into a very powerful kick that has alot of balance and distance control behind it.
This series of videos are so well done and are so useful. Thanks!... How about looking at a great from the K1 era like Alexey Ignashov or Jerome LeBanner?? Thank you!!
please make a video what makes petch (Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao) so good. he is the glory featherweight champion and is so dominant having wiped out pretty much everyone in the division with his relentless left body kick
GSP please!! The fighter I wanna model my style from cuz I’m a big fan of fighters being balanced with high fight iq. Thanks for quality content as always!!
Im grateful i landed on your videos, Gabe..it is very simple to understand and very helpful... Greets from malaya Muay Thai- Philippines .. ROCKnROLL!!!
@@GabrielVargaOfficial your videos are great man. I did all kinds of sports my whole life but I think now it the perfect time to train Muay Thai and thats how I found your vids.
I really like your videos. They are very informational and of course, you are extremely capable of making these insights. Much appreciated. I'm a fan :)
Any chance we can see a match between you and Buakaw? I could see you driving a kick right through his long guard! Excellent content as always...Keep up the good work!
I've been watching Buakaw for sooo long. I don't really fight like him but still take little elements or techniques from him to incorporate into my style. Definitely a big fan of him and the other K-1 MAX champs (and Kyshenko).
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Agree. Buakaw is Buakaw... as much as he seems to be like a stereotypical Thai fighter, he really is a unique kickboxer. I have been breaking down his style eversince but this video of yours really helped sum him up!
Hi Gabriel, nice video. One potentially interesting follow-up would be to break down the Buakaw vs Petrosyan fights to see how The Doctor handled those techniques. Cheers.
Do you prefer to fight outfighters, counterpunchers, or pressure fighters? And do you think there’s an influx of a specific style in kickboxing(it seems like pressure fighters dominate).
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I'm loving this series. This is one of the ways I worked to improve my own skills around a decade ago. Watch the best fighters and figure out how to be more like them. Artur Kyshenko was probably the guy I got the most from in terms of how my technique, attacks, defense look.
I hope everyone enjoys the Buakaw episode.
Hope we will have an episode a out this man too.
Thx a lot for the content !
Impressive breakdown as always. Looking forward to the Izzy vid.
can you do a video on calf kicks?
You are a class act and a great champion Gab
Awesome!Thanks!
What makes Gabriel Varga so good? ❤️❤️
His defense, fighting smart and his box combos, IMHO.
@@henrikeriksson9234 or maybe is for his beautiful haircut?
Technical af, ability to stick to gameplan, and thicc necc
Man , look at all those belts in the background, lol. Gabriel is a living legend. Head down to his gym everyone!!!
He’s def a “thinking” fighter. I think we see a lot of fighters get really far on training and repetition. But I think Gabriel is a cerebral fighter and genuine strategist.
Buakaw is a dedicated hard worker.
Except for when Saenchai is leading him astray🤪
@@MERVILLE3 Saenchai is an influential character for sure...
still he cant beat sanda and neither can saenchei hahaha
@@hungniirulfur920 Kungpoop is falsified, dumbazz. Even the Chinese unmasked it themselves. Your |diot sanda just stea|s from Muay Thai and rebranded as Kungpoop. Your'e b|ind to |ick their ba||s.
buakaw is the greatest fighter i've ever had the opportunity to watch,
Pls do Giorgio Petrosyan breakdown. It would be pretty interesting.
Buakaw was my favorite fighter back in k1 max in 2006 to 2010. I started muay thai because of him.
Saenchai (that's how it's written right?) would be amazing to analyse, his style is mind blowing to watch imo
For me saenchai is the one you show people who have never watched a single fight in their live and I’m not even talking about Muay Thai I’m talking about martial arts as a whole topic. He is one of the most exciting fighters humanity has ever seen on high level. His fun is ridiculous
@@tamo9659 I absolutely agree! Him and Lerdsilla have such amazing movement and skills in the ring, it's marvellous to watch
Buakaw also has underrated boxing technique. His combination of western boxing and Thai boxing is what made him so dominant in K-1.
You should do Saenchai bro. It would make for an interesting video, Nevertheless great video man.
I don’t watch a lot of Buakaw but I naturally do the knee entry you’re talking about. I wasn’t taught to do this way it just feels naturally advantageous when you think about the long guard. I use it from time to time in sparring.
Genuine, informative and practical content as always. From the work you have done on this series, I could already imagine the quality coaching/teaching available at your future gym in Victoria! By the way, as one of your early subscribers, it's been my personal honor to have witnessed the recent growth of your channel! The way you engage your fans and the energy and thoughts you put into making your videos are definitely paying off. Cheers!
Thanks for your support from a super early stage.
One of my original subs!!! 🙏🙏🙏
@@GabrielVargaOfficialvideo idea you should do a how to beat certain fighters series
Masato breakdown would be cool as well.
I will definitely do that as well. Another one of my top favourites to watch and I certainly know what I'd mention for his top 5.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial thank you.
Ooh giorgio petrosyan please my good sir!
Agreed. Gabrieeeeeeeeeeeeel!
U remind me of Stephan wonderboy Thompson personality
Not really, both are great humble badass guys, but Wonderboy is more jokester and comedic, BOTH GREAT CHANNELS!!!
I like Wonderboy but sometimes he is too goofy. This man is more masculine
@@kartingdudeS Wonderboy is more of an extrovert, while Gabriel is more of an introvert, besides you can´t forget Wonderboy´s got the Nicest Mofo Belt 😁
Another thing is that Wonderboy puts comedy in his channel, as a way of entertaiment for us, his subscribers, while Gabriel is more serious about it. I really enjoy both channels. You might find Wonderboy a lil goofy, but once in the octagon guy turns into a beast, and goofy beast guys are the most dangerous 😂
@@theboltthrower8661 I agree, not to mention many young kids watch his videos, so I understand it.
@@kartingdudeS dude, fighting in the UFC ain't enough? C'mon man, they're both legit.
I really like this series you're doing I feel like my fight iq just keeps going up.
A few people I'd maybe like to see breakdowns on, samart, holzken, Roy Jones jr or prince naseem, Mayweather would be good, and maybe dominik cruz.
Thanks for the feedback. My list of fighters to cover is growing crazy fast. I'll do my best to keep up.
Roy Jones Jr was carried by his speed and athleticism, not his technique. Fighting like him when you dont have those attributes is asking for a lot of trouble.
@@rykehuss3435 you dont become one of the greatest boxers without some technique. It may not always seem like it and yes his athleticism helped but he understands boxing on a level that most never will.
And even if he was all athleticism he still did something right and it would benefit everyone to know about it. Even if just a good S and C program.
My wife started complaining about all the footprints on the wall
Rodtang would be a good one, he's a tank.....
Yeah definitely
Buakaw was what made me start training Muay Thai. I really liked his style. I am right handed and left footed, so a fight in orthodox stance but my style evolves around kicking because I have a karate background. Seeing Buakaw throwing those switch kicks made me realize that this is the style I want to incorporate.
wow how can you be right handed and left footed!
That was a fantastic breakdown. I really like that you show how to practice and incorporate into our training. Thank you for posting.
What makes Masatooooooo so good!!!
What makes Ramon Dekkers so good?
Hey gabriel, I would love to watch your take on why giorgio petrosyan is so good, seriously, the guy is out of this world
Please reach out to personalities like Hard2Hurt and Sensei Seth or Wonderboy and ask to collab somehow cause honestly you are way too underrated in the stream of martial arts youtube garbage.
Much love to your channel man, I'm learning Muay Thai atm and just keep getting more and more fascinated with the art after watching your analysis. Appreciate what you are doing 🙏💯 !
Nice dude! I just started kickboxing after school classes! Keep it bro!
Something to note is that buakaw uses the switch kick to stymie the power hand of big punchers like Zambidis. Every time they try the big cross they suddenly have to cover up their head because of the switch kick
I wonder how many people have kicked holes in their walls by now, haha. I'd love to see you break down all the top ufc strikers. Adesanya, Wonderboy, and maybe Max Holloways last fight.
Do 5 THINGS THAT MADE RAMON DEKKER SO GOOD please Gabriel! Thank you!
Clench! I wanna grab you! See if I can sweep you.
Awesome video!
Next? Saw someone say ramon dekker i was watching his Danny Bill fights recently! I grew up watching Ramon dekkor!
Makin me wanna train!
Wonder everybody talking about the low calf kick. "Changing the game".
Mma is lead heavy cant or hard to defend.
Evade and lead teep. Is the only defense?
How come nobody defending the low calf kick?
In the mid 90's Buakaw ''lost'' 2 times from Andy Souwer by decision. What is your opinion when on the matter?
Is there nowadays, less corruption?
Also, is there anything a fighter can do, when they steal win from him like that?
How on earth do you have so few subscribers? Amazing video, Gabriel! Keep it up.
Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
The channel had slow growth for a while but it's popping now.
Hopefully the subscribers will continue joining and things will keep shooting upwards.
He’s good in kickboxing Muay Thai I wouldn’t put him near the top.
I'm a lefty (in the leg) fighter so is Buakaw and Bill "superfoot" wallace became that way because of an injury. Most trainers try to train us the opposite way. We train with the right leg in the gym but practice by ourselves with our natural lead leg. It's hard for "normal" fighters to read it because they're expecting the back leg meanwhile the real speedy more powerful threat is right in front of them. Even goal keepers in soccer have trouble with this when it's time for penalty kicks. Just fake with the right and use our natural left. It's hard to read especially when they have train their reflexes mostly for right leg fighters all thei life. Same with lefties that's train to box orthodox. These boxers tend to have a natural powerful lead hook. Every time you'll try to circle away from the right hand you'll just keep running into the hook.
Waaaouaaaaa!
The secret behînd his left round house and switxh it s so niceeeeee
Wow, seeing that long guard with one hand protecting the forehead reminded me of an old Japanese illustration of a karate master (think it was Motobu Choki) fighting a boxer. Motobu has this weird looking pose with one palm in front and the other pressed to his forehead. For the longest time I thought it was just a silly illustration/something that doesn't work, but now after seeing this I just realised maybe it's basically a variant of the long guard. It also explains some of the poses I've seen in karate katas.
My karate master used to knock people down easily with those low abdomen front kicks during sparring...also the long guard seems to me the krav maga tactic
Just with this chanel, even if you cannot jab to save your life, if you work, you can be a force to be reckoned with, thank you Gabriel.
That was a great video! Thank you for your input! I would love to see a video like this on Badr Hari if you have a chance. Thank you again!
Do Somrak Khamsing then you will know there was someone above Buakaw.
I’m right handed but I’m a dominate left kicker , when i did tkd tournaments that’s how I switch kick , cuz I’m right handed so my right leg is back but dominant with the left so I bring it back and do a quick switch
You can kick hard with a lead leg without switching or pulling back, its not a technique that is present in muay thai but it is used in karate, sanda, and American kickboxing, you can make it weak and fast for point or fast and strong if its a full contact sport, for how to do it its best to watch sanda fighters they kick really good with it. Kyokushinkai wear long pants and its often not as obvious.
Both Buakaw and Cro Cop should train together. Both great left high kicks
He pushes with his hands, teeps with his kicks, and etc. very useful for a technical fighter
nice and usefool video. would be interested to see also such a video about two creative fighters - Saenchai & Dave Leduc, thx!
I'm that dude that finally pressed subscribe today. I love these videos, they help a ton.
You are a really good teacher. Explain good enough for a English second language like me, and not a martial art trainer easily tonunderstand
What is your take about the recent fight between israel adesanya vs yan blachovicz?
What do you think about the constant feints israel was showing yan and yan's reaction to it?
I have sometimes felt like israel was actually showing a bigger reaction with his stance switches every time yan feinted. What do you think about that?What was the reason for israel not being able to use the feints to his advantage? What could he have done better?
Great video man! I actually learned things that I my self hadn’t noticed while watching Buakaw
Glad to hear it! There's probably little things I haven't noticed either. There's always more to learn.
Isn't the fast switch kick what all muay thay fighters taught to do or am I just imagining it?
buakaw trains in muay bouk that uses variety of ranges and he fixed his boxing
That "switch kick"/lead leg Buakaw utilizes is the same way Santos Davy set up his. Speed and technique flowing beautifully into a very powerful kick that has alot of balance and distance control behind it.
This series of videos are so well done and are so useful. Thanks!... How about looking at a great from the K1 era like Alexey Ignashov or Jerome LeBanner?? Thank you!!
love this analysis ! an inside from a champion is so valuable, thanks a lot man !
My pleasure!
Damn these videos are good, it could be better with more footage though
Fundamentals are always sharp and his durability.
please make a video what makes petch (Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao) so good. he is the glory featherweight champion and is so dominant having wiped out pretty much everyone in the division with his relentless left body kick
Israel Adanasaya would be great. It ca n be ooetry in motion
Because I've kicked so many eople in the nuts imma need to renegotiate on that teep
Wow mate, thanks heaps for this clip,
Im also fan of buakaw..also those karate and kickboxer that also a pro boxer. Many of them bec. A boxing champion..thank you for your tuturial sir.
My pleasure
And that lead leg kick is landing right on your liver.
DO MY FAVORITE KICKBOXER OF ALL TIME MIKE ZAMBIDIS
good analysis. Gabriel will be an excellent trainer
Bukaw is going down against Dave Leduc
bwakaw switch kick is called peta chagi in taekwondo
Gabriel you are a genius thanx a lot for that excellent analysis as always .....i am from germany we love your videos!!! take care
All the way from Germany. Very cool. I love getting comments from around the world.
Thank you 🙏
How about Nong-O Gaiyanghadao?
What makes Jackie Buntan so good
GSP please!! The fighter I wanna model my style from cuz I’m a big fan of fighters being balanced with high fight iq. Thanks for quality content as always!!
Man I will never forget what Buakaw did to Masato in the first fight that was just a good hiding
Ramon Dekkers would be dope.
Awesome analyse ! Makes me appreciate even more to learn all the details ! Would be very interesting to see your take on Amanda Nunes :)
please do the same about Petr Yan please!!!
Im grateful i landed on your videos, Gabe..it is very simple to understand and very helpful...
Greets from malaya Muay Thai- Philippines
.. ROCKnROLL!!!
Nice. Philippines. I love having world wide viewers.
It's amazing to connect with people so far away.
Welcome!
@@GabrielVargaOfficial your tips are the most sensible so far... more power, Gabe!✊
Masato break down!🙌🙌
Would love to see one with Don the dragon Wilson
I hope you.Lean and.Analysis.Somrak khamsing, Samart, Khoasai galaxy
All 3people.is great.legend fromthailand..
It good for you and everyone
What makes this channel so good ?
Buakaw introduced me to Muay Thai
pls giorgio petrosyan neext
Great video 👏🏻👏🏻
Best kickboxing educational videos 👍
Thanks. I appreciate that!
i feel like rodtang has to be next. love your vids man.
He'll be fun to cover. A have a few guys in front of him but I will get it done.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial your videos are great man. I did all kinds of sports my whole life but I think now it the perfect time to train Muay Thai and thats how I found your vids.
This feels like a chess class, amazing
Great video. Subscribing!
Welcome to the channel and thanks for joining!
Me like ur vidoe coz I like u as a person
Awesome breakdown!
Amazing videos!!!
BUAKAW IS THE G.O.A.T
I really like your videos. They are very informational and of course, you are extremely capable of making these insights. Much appreciated. I'm a fan :)
buakaw and haggerty are my fav MT fighters
Rodtang is ur favourite MT fighter
Looks like alot of fun
Any chance we can see a match between you and Buakaw? I could see you driving a kick right through his long guard!
Excellent content as always...Keep up the good work!
I literally just discovered your channel and i love it
Welcome to the channel!
I'm glad you are enjoying the content 🙏
That was amazing please never stop doing these!!!
Now I know what makes you so good Gabriel. YOu are a real student of the game.
And you are a big fan of Buakaw. I can feel it!
I've been watching Buakaw for sooo long. I don't really fight like him but still take little elements or techniques from him to incorporate into my style. Definitely a big fan of him and the other K-1 MAX champs (and Kyshenko).
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Agree. Buakaw is Buakaw... as much as he seems to be like a stereotypical Thai fighter, he really is a unique kickboxer. I have been breaking down his style eversince but this video of yours really helped sum him up!
I cant believe Im getting all this knowledge for free.
Best channel on youtube by far.
Awesome channel
Hi Gabriel, nice video. One potentially interesting follow-up would be to break down the Buakaw vs Petrosyan fights to see how The Doctor handled those techniques. Cheers.
Do you prefer to fight outfighters, counterpunchers, or pressure fighters? And do you think there’s an influx of a specific style in kickboxing(it seems like pressure fighters dominate).
Izzy will be a great video but next could you do Samart petrosyan or Deckers? I like how you talk about Kickboxing and Muay thai
That poor stool... What did it ever do to you anyways?
Hehe. 😋 I need to get a bag inside. It's not very stable.