Im from kyokushin and ended up doing dutch kickboxing and muay thai. I ended up becoming the boxer type in my team and rarely used anything other than low kicks. I know how to do high kicks and all the spinning stuff very well, but just lost the mentality to throw them.
Modern kickboxers with boxing will come into boxing range making it harder to throw kicks. What people don't realise is traditional kickboxers mutually without even knowing agree to stay in kicking range only, this all goes out the window when someone with boxing skills closes range. This is why kickboxing mostly uses low kicks and good boxing. In Thailand kicks score higher that's why more kicks are used.
@@boshirahmed is it possible for someone to utilize something like "kick - angle - ditch - clinch" fight style? Ive been thinking about that kind of play, very risky but if someone has to pull that off it would be outstanding
Coach tried to always make me turn into the boxer like kicking was a bad thing since my forte was kicking due to years of Karate and TMA. Good to know that I can be a kick fighter, I always felt it was weird that he wanted to change my style to the stuff I'm not good at just because he himself was a brawler.
Hi Joe, I would be great to get a video like this from you and Firas Zahabi together. Not only striking tips but combined with some basic techniques for street wrestling.
One technique that has worked for me is to 'float' your kicking leg in sort of a 'crane stance' with your hands protecting your face. Spacing is super important for this, from there if your opponent tries to counter you with a punch or even catch your leg you can hit them with a strong teep. It works very well. I saw it on a muay Thai channel and I've been using it to great effect in sparring. I do this with my rear roundhouse.
Excellent as always! I train at a Dutch kickboxing gym and am surprised at how little kicks are used defensively. The teep is one of my go to's. I'm a big fan of the Thai muay femeu style but also like to stand and trade. That high guard can be pretty effective and you can't constantly be on defense. So I like to switch to offense whenever I get or create an opportunity. Am still working on my entries though. Which you cover extensively in the online course lol
It's a mindset thing. Those that don't mind being in the pocket won't use kicks defensively. Those that want to keep a distance will use kicks defensively. I don't mind trading shots but I also like keeping distance so really depends on the gameplan you have even in sparring. I forget to use teeps too sometimes haha.
I had to start fighting like this because of some pretty bad shoulder injuries, I can’t throw hooks unless it’s very close range. So over the years the solution I developed is this kick heavy game, big inspirations being Bill Wallace, Rob Kaman, and Duke Roufus. An issue people tend to face with a kick heavy game naturally is getting pressured and losing the best part of their game to boxing heavy fighters. So I implore all kickers to practiced the f out of their clinch. I did that and now I generally dominate sparring sessions(of course high level pros still beat the piss out of me and whatnot kickboxing isn’t my main thing) they’ll get frustrated from your kicks, rush in, just worry about grabbing them and beat them up in the clinch. Then eventually start to discouraged and open themselves up. Eventually they’ll start hastily rushing in and opening themselves up for 1-2’s and now every range is controlled. (He might’ve explained all this I only watched the first 2 minutes😂)
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Im from kyokushin and ended up doing dutch kickboxing and muay thai. I ended up becoming the boxer type in my team and rarely used anything other than low kicks. I know how to do high kicks and all the spinning stuff very well, but just lost the mentality to throw them.
Standard path
I think it’s also cause they waste more energy, but I think in mma they have more value than kickboxing/Muay Thai.
Modern kickboxers with boxing will come into boxing range making it harder to throw kicks. What people don't realise is traditional kickboxers mutually without even knowing agree to stay in kicking range only, this all goes out the window when someone with boxing skills closes range. This is why kickboxing mostly uses low kicks and good boxing. In Thailand kicks score higher that's why more kicks are used.
Bla bla bla 😴😴😴.
@@boshirahmed is it possible for someone to utilize something like "kick - angle - ditch - clinch" fight style?
Ive been thinking about that kind of play, very risky but if someone has to pull that off it would be outstanding
Coach tried to always make me turn into the boxer like kicking was a bad thing since my forte was kicking due to years of Karate and TMA. Good to know that I can be a kick fighter, I always felt it was weird that he wanted to change my style to the stuff I'm not good at just because he himself was a brawler.
Great video and points, as always!
💪🏽 I will use this to be the Best fighter in the world 🌎
Hi Joe, I would be great to get a video like this from you and Firas Zahabi together. Not only striking tips but combined with some basic techniques for street wrestling.
One technique that has worked for me is to 'float' your kicking leg in sort of a 'crane stance' with your hands protecting your face. Spacing is super important for this, from there if your opponent tries to counter you with a punch or even catch your leg you can hit them with a strong teep. It works very well. I saw it on a muay Thai channel and I've been using it to great effect in sparring. I do this with my rear roundhouse.
Excellent as always! I train at a Dutch kickboxing gym and am surprised at how little kicks are used defensively.
The teep is one of my go to's. I'm a big fan of the Thai muay femeu style but also like to stand and trade.
That high guard can be pretty effective and you can't constantly be on defense. So I like to switch to offense whenever I get or create an opportunity. Am still working on my entries though. Which you cover extensively in the online course lol
It's a mindset thing. Those that don't mind being in the pocket won't use kicks defensively. Those that want to keep a distance will use kicks defensively. I don't mind trading shots but I also like keeping distance so really depends on the gameplan you have even in sparring. I forget to use teeps too sometimes haha.
@@innovert99 Nice explanation you got there, so it comes down how we think kicks are
Dutch style is often a very aggresive offense oriented style
I had to start fighting like this because of some pretty bad shoulder injuries, I can’t throw hooks unless it’s very close range. So over the years the solution I developed is this kick heavy game, big inspirations being Bill Wallace, Rob Kaman, and Duke Roufus. An issue people tend to face with a kick heavy game naturally is getting pressured and losing the best part of their game to boxing heavy fighters. So I implore all kickers to practiced the f out of their clinch. I did that and now I generally dominate sparring sessions(of course high level pros still beat the piss out of me and whatnot kickboxing isn’t my main thing) they’ll get frustrated from your kicks, rush in, just worry about grabbing them and beat them up in the clinch. Then eventually start to discouraged and open themselves up. Eventually they’ll start hastily rushing in and opening themselves up for 1-2’s and now every range is controlled. (He might’ve explained all this I only watched the first 2 minutes😂)
Great stuff. Thank you.
Awesome vid!
Great Explanation
Check out Manson Gibson one of the best kick fighters
So true
Very promising since this aspect is neglected and less developed in kickboxing and related sports, unlike what the name suggests
*muay thai is best*