Sylvie's Technique Vlog - The Low Kick Destroyer

This week's technique vlog is really about a family of defensive techniques that are meant not only to block attacks, but also discourage them through pain and damage done. The focus of it though is what I'm calling the "low kick destroyer" taught to me by Krunoi WinnerMuaythai Gym (as a fighter: Bluksek Sityodtong), and old school Sityodtong fighter and kru who instructs at Winner muay thai gym her in Pattaya. I include a clip from the Kru Noi Muay Thai Library session in the vlog, you can watch that full hour with commentary here:
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[@NabilAbdulrashidComedy]

Really love what sister Silvie is doing.these masters deserve all the support and exposure

[@harrydirty2750]

Word Up!

[@ADDIDASSSSSSSSSSSSSS]

@@harrydirty2750 Word up, up, it's the code word. No matter where you say it, you know that you'll be heard.

[@zxzxddxxdgrddgtrdew1784]

A lot of people have broken their shins from being victim to those nice little checks. I actually learned this type of check the hardest way in Lumpini Stadium when it was done to me. My leg wasn't broken it just hurt like crazy. After that I thought right... I'm using that :)

[@caustixsoda8125]

A lot of these breaks are due to bad diet, overtraining and just bone density gone to crap. As odd as that sounds your diet (greens), bone density (constantly hitting the heavy bag) and your overall wellbeing (athletic fitness) plays a role in the bone breaks. Usually it's down to overtraining and bone density (diet). But overtraining or totally messing up technique (hitting with the side and not point of the shin) is a big cause of these freak breaks. It's hard to snap a shin bone. I used to think the same in Thailand when fighting but greens, sleep, training and good health (not overtraining) = strong as a mofo! Even the elites fall foul to overtraining and bad diet sometimes. We're all prone to it.

[@baqikenny]

@@caustixsoda8125 yeah that true, ain't that the truth right there... and in leisure times, having a beer or two to do a little boost

[@nihonbunka]

Conor McGregor shin break was probably an elbow but it is the same principle.

[@ArseniyShved]

@@nihonbunka Weidman vs SIlva II is exactly this

[@magnetic_eye]

Nice! This is pretty much exactly how Filipino martial arts does things when fighting: limb destructions, or "defanging the snake." Elbows into their fist strikes, knees into their kicks, etc, until your opponent can't fight you anymore. It's awesome to see how different martial arts traditions end up with really similar strategies; it's like a convergent evolution of techniques. Thanks!

[@AlexN2022]

do you have links to full contact fights in those systems?

[@NabilAbdulrashidComedy]

“Guntung” that shit will dissuade anyone

[@ireviewshtuff]

@@AlexN2022 A lot of Filipinos are in ONE FC, check 'em out. Those mad lads upload free fights all the time lol

[@daliboranastasov3789]

You can destroy your knee if you block with your knee, I don't recommend blocking like that every time

[@ivangushkov3651]

Wow that is cool. This is EXACTLY how I was taught to do it in my Kyokushin dojo. Once in sparing I threw a full power low kick and it was blocked exactly like that. I had a flimsy cloth shin guard, which I threw away after the session because I realised it just gave me false security and not much more. Had to sit out a few rounds...

[@ivangushkov3651]

PS: Also as a degenerate, filthy low life low kicker I do not appreciate you teaching this stuff :(

[@ausgepicht]

This is a common technique in Kali (Filipino Martial Arts) where they "spike" kicks as well as punches (by using fists against punches or punching the funny bone or muscle, often called a gunting). I was taught this as Muay Thai by Erik Paulson in the mid-90s and IIRC got it from Chai Sirisute. Utterly changed my entire approach to low kicks. A little tip he gave was that you don't have to "aim" your knee when the kick is coming to outside your thigh. Just bring your heel quickly to the inside of your knee and the kick will land on your knee 99% of the time. To the inside, you pivot on your foot just as you would when throwing a kick.

[@tientruong2007]

What do you mean heel to inside of your knee, do you mean you want to heel to kick your hamstring/butt?

[@memevarg2530]

That's how Ernesto Hoost used to check them, nice!

[@yunohoo1898]

Love your "bang" sounds ! 👍 Sounded very traditional Thai style. Thanks again for all these great ancient techniques 🙏🙏🙏

[@christophershawbell2532]

I love Bamrung's roosters in the background of your session at Petchrungrueng. Makes me smile very time.

[@failedcreation1]

This is a great episode, started working this into my sparring and its really effective, and surprisingly easy to do.

[@anthonyrieux3525]

This is great. Thank you. Did my 1st sparring after a month off. My opponent kept getting me with low kicks, i didn't know how to defend against it. thanks.

[@truckdriver6673]

Wow.sylvie, u very lucky to be training n fighting in Thailand,specially with legends. Thers only one life..live it great. .hard work , but it pays off. Lucky u. .its a dream come true.

[@KkKk-xh8em]

So much valuable information, thank you!!

[@IceAeon]

I love your videos and the fact that you train all-over Thailand. I have been following you for years since you got started in the early days. What you are describing are Muay Chaiya techniques, old school stuff.

[@marvintheodore5871]

You have such a great spirit. I really enjoyed your video.

[@jamesofthejungle9754]

I remember learning some muay boran techniques and there was this knee that seemed like it just wouldn’t do anything in terms of hurting your opponent but then I saw this and when you explained it I understood what that knee was.

[@kg8281]

Changes the game. That's gonna make me practice in the clinch much more often

[@FinnsFenian]

Thanks for the training!

[@roderik4]

Excellent breakdown. I'm one of those karate people who practices just taking it. We also practice those checks, but not with the knee. It would be a good addition, thanks

[@timm285]

Love your videos!

[@BushcraftSweden]

Brilliant, love it! Thanks a lot

[@teodoro6816]

Thank you for the video 😊

[@deshaunwilson9603]

I think this will be perfect for me. I like to throw my hands a lot and being more grounded definitely helps with the flow,but I also tend to get heavy on my lead leg leaving very vulnerable.

[@tvinthailand7707]

Ernesto Hoost was successful with this technique...it helps when your opponent doesn't have years of shin conditioning

[@CheetoChop1]

Awesome vid. Thanks!

[@warriorspirit1208]

Great tips🥊thanks

[@icapfordollars9214]

Very nice! Cant believe ive never heard this.

[@paulw4259]

Thank you sensei.

[@IMODN2]

Love this!

[@markbrad123]

Thanks for the tip.

[@ehabnasr6925]

I believe this check is exactly what Gokhan Saki caught Tyrone Spong with at Glory 15.. Nice video thanks as always :)

[@canobenitez]

this is some good ass content, thanks a lot Sil

[@jesselopez7143]

Awesome!

[@aureliomanalo]

I've got a nice dent in my shin from this technique, super effective.

[@alanaroselindsay88]

I just recovered from my last fight where I got low kicked a bunch. Going to incorporate this into my training for the next one

[@jpdragon1141]

Awesome , thanks a lot !!!

[@pablosanmiguel5802]

This is awesome

[@ronnysudiono315]

Sylvie, thank you for this information. The low kick is the most dangerous weapon - I have loose many fights by low kicks - simply can not stand anymore. And my own low kicks are not yet so good. The reason for this fact is that at the time I started to train Kyokushin Karate the low kick was not yet introduced as a weapon, so I still have to catch it up. So, I'm glad you came with this blocking technique against low kicks. But as you said this shin-to-shin block only works if your own shin is already hard - because we are still talking about a pain game here for both fighters. So, we must harden our shins first before using this technique, am I right? Another thing is indeed how to train this because it's all about timing and reading abilities.

[@marsoc0326]

For those worried about damage to the knees pay close attention to Kru Noi when he checks. Look at the contact surface of Kru Noi and the contact surface of Sylvie he checks very low on the leg almost ankle not higher up where it's denser. With great timing and footwork you can check a person even on the foot and really make them stop kicking.

[@djinjis]

there is one more block, and this is the best...

[@ptitop3122]

very nice!

[@craigsmith3743]

Awesome girl !!

[@dudeskidude8376]

Awesome

[@Carlo.WTF416]

5 classes into Muay Thai, all this shin to shin contact I've been seeing is reminding me of every time I've taken a shinner from my skateboard 😬😬😬

[@bollakarthikeya4633]

Knee blocks are indeed brutal for those low kicks. However, the block needs precision which in a fight can be a little tough, successful execution of the knee block can be tight.

[@zplitterz]

Sylvie, where are some videos of these three old styles you mentioned showing this grounded structure of fighting?

[@undercover5489]

Love it when people try to do this.. Just trick them with different timing and the kick will have more power, because they have to take it as their leg comes down to the ground

[@oneshadowdragon]

The rooster cuts into the video like roah aha ah Loved it . :_)

[@thehotBOXYoutube]

Beatiful move

[@truckdriver6673]

If someday u in texas, let me know. Will totally go to your seminar..

[@giovannidykes6158]

Lmao 0:01 That "Hey" So fucking cool. Like a 50's chick about to pass you a glass of whiskey.

[@muaythaitips8771]

Very interesting. My coach calls this OBD. Offence by Defence 😉

[@markmessi9020]

Hey Isnt this how Ernesto boost checks kicks? Love the videos by the way keep it up!

[@giuliafra1]

Ehy Sylvie is any your video where you explain about how count scores.( sorry my english is not that good,hope it make sense my question).Thanks:)

[@GetDamage]

I thought everyone knew this. It is called a knee check. Can also check with the knee bone on the side of the knee. I learned this from a friend who learned the older style for fighting, not for the ring

[@sifuuga]

This is the basic destruction for kicks in the art of Kali Silat. For punches we first learn to use elbows. Great stuff.

[@waynewestrupp7624]

Is this the same way Ernesto Hoost use to check? This is great!

[@MisakSchankinen]

If you use that kinda check and you're a little to late the kick hits right above the knee. The impact then gets even harder then just the force of the opponents kick and you're in a world of pain.

[@3231bsln]

I love these breakdowns. I was taught to check like that (destroyer) and it sucks like she's saying. The second part with the knee like a total difference especially if it's kickboxing and you're hitting ankle/in step like the people I've worked with in the states.

[@believein1]

Thanks for sharing. I’m nursing two fractured shins and a fractured foot and broken toe because of offensive checking. 😭☺️👍

[@turksungerbob728]

Jesus fucking Christ man...

[@mikeydo9567]

I'm not a "fighter" like you etc. but as a practitioner I like to stay grounded too. What do you recommend for cardio?

[@bhshakari]

Two questions from a beginner at Muay Thai. Why does this hurt more than a regular check, where you end up kicking their tibia , and does this not lend it self to a knee injury?

[@christophec6992]

It would be nice to see some of your fights you've had lately.

[@rod2467]

Chris Courtney ikr, she fights so much. I’m sure she has something recorded.

[@Dr.PlatoZorba]

I recently saw a similar technique where you block hooks to the body by hurting your opponent's hands, wrist and forearms on the tips of your elbows. You can do this by pointing the tips of your elbows into hooks to your body. It lands on your opponent's hand, wrist and forearm. It's legal in boxing. I saw it in this KZbin video a few days ago: The Most Secret Moves In Boxing Revealed | Volume 1 | How To Do Padwork

[@Dr.PlatoZorba]

He made another video the other day on this technique, this time instructing his fighter to point his elbow behind his back. I just watched some of the video by fast-forwarding to different parts, but it looked like the boxer was trying to block kidney shots to his back, but it couldn't be since it's against the rules. He used to train Roy Jones Jr. If you can block hooks to the body in a boxing match by doing this, then this is probably allowed in a Muay Thai match.

[@singularity-6339]

I saw you did a shin to shin blocking that stop your opponent from kicking again in Muay Kard Cherk you fought in the South I believe. Shin to Shin is very painful for both fighters. 😟😟😟

[@mytube9182]

"Thorns damage"

[@nadeemmalik7104]

Hi Syvie. Love your vids. Very informative. I'm a beginner/low intermediate level, started training about 6 months ago. I'm wanting to train in Bangkok/Thailand for a few months, which gym would you recommend?

[@nadeemmalik7104]

Sorry, Sylvie. (typo)

[@8limbsUs]

Thanks for saying so! Here is my list of recommended gyms, I hope this helps 8limbs.us/muay-thai-forum/topic/793-my-list-of-muay-thai-gyms-i-recommend-in-thailand/

[@nadeemmalik7104]

@@8limbsUs Many thanks. Certainly does help! Very detailed list 😊

[@Vikingjew]

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[@shootits48]

How do you get your knees strong enough to do that? Great video by the way. I enjoy your explanation

[@8limbsUs]

Knees are already strong, but they uave to be bent for sure. Make the knee cap into a shield.

[@jaidenkurzdorfer4748]

Throw ur knees on the bag everyday too

[@Vikingjew]

@@8limbsUs hi why you delete your comment? your evil people type? your evil in basic things aslo? do SOMETHING!!! in peoples many people type TOO evil. in USA i have TOTAL not friendley, liar half brother. i WHOULD NEVER THINKED!!!! I NEED TO WRITE TO STRANGERS ABOUT THIS KIND OF THINGS BUT 5 YEAR!!!! STRANGE OR NOT, THIS IS IT!!! i can't even communicate with him, even in this VERY HARD TIMES. i don't know even his phone number. VERY BAD PEOPLE TYPE!!! Batman. if somebody has a family member like him, he can die multiple times!!!! corrupt somewhere in rent room. he talks with others sneaky liar, evil!! many people ignoring me!! soher with easy money, he has many name, his identity cards not valid more than 8 year. he has blue eyes more than 50 year old not Israeli, not Viking not even hungarian. i don't believe even in his neck bone!!! many white people and brown done something with their neck, fake neck. they don't have neck bone. those peoples got many year different identity card. almost everybody here and in near countries don't have neck bone. many poisons was and other evil things and still are! evils ruining my HEALT!!!! sneaky evils, mostley they are evils with those who has neck bone!!!! i don't use cigarettes. i very rarely drink. 5 year!!!! many evils not gived me one simple factory, warehouse job in MANY country. OR THEY NOT LETED ME TO WORK FOR LONG TIME. MANY job offer was and are in many countrie. many people has good, easy job without High school or with high school. many people is very evil, liar. mostly near phones and emails were jobs offers are but in other places also. my dad died 14 year ago. my mom is VERY old and sick so old i don't know if she will wok up in the MORNINGS!! fake friends, ETC i have writed more than 1000 emails, ETC!!!! to Israelis and to other jews many to Vikings also and to others. somebody help me with one simple factory, warehouse JOB. song videos are about many evil. i'm water people type. water people types in Vikings are. i'm jew viking. i can't find good peoples. i need as fast as possible help to get some kind of simple job where they let me stay.

[@AlexN2022]

on the side of "just taking it", I saw the entire Kyokushin team destroyed by a Sanda team in a KK against the world competition. All the Sanda people did was 1. let a low kick land 2. grab it off the impact and raise the captive leg. Done. They could do whatever they wanted after that. Considering that a low kick doesn't do much on the first 2-3 hits, and a punch to the face does, it's a very good strategy. Checking a low kick is more of a missed opportunity, even if you hurt your opponent with the check.

[@kevintse2870]

Sounds fake.

[@user-yb3qg2cm2w]

Good technic. Wow You learn at Sit yod thong camp too. Sylvia learn with the best mauythai you very good luck krab.

[@isackibrahim3291]

How to heal low kick injury because sometimes it can happen that you get injury from them

[@nellowethereal6633]

Are those cut marks from Elbows ….? Brutal..

[@toolate6971]

I wish you would open a school in Dubai.

[@jckm3869]

Hi Sylvie, You might have done a video about this, but I was wondering how do you get hard shins?

[@jamesmay3863]

Kaizen Torii it’s called training

[@Ozzy2341]

Watch the movie kickboxer with van damn and your question will be answered.

[@robertrobertson8575]

I just don't get it. I have accidentally clashed shin to knee when my pads slipped off and I was like crippled for a month. I do not get how these fighters do it week after week.

[@IceAeon]

Iron shins! Micro-fractures cause the bone to heal and become denser (strong) over time.

[@FLPXIZ]

Buakaw uses this type of technique on his K1 fights.... !

[@Good3urmes]

I like the idea of it but is there a good chance it would damage your knee, pushing it into the fast oncoming shin? I'm thinking about cracked or dislodged patella. Exactly which part of the knee are we hoping gets hit by the shin?

[@whocares7864]

the shin will loose against the knee

[@ziweiyuan]

Dude, do you think Thai boxers just made this shit up the other day or something? They've been refining this strategy to counter low kicks literally for centuries. Do you think, in all that time, nobody ever considered damage to the patella? If this check commonly broke the patella it would fall into disuse in no time. Of course there's always a chance of injury when you fight, particularly full contact, but this particular method has a long history of success.

[@Cssaarr]

thanks a lot ! HOWEVER, there is something I don't understand; I understand what you are doing, but when your thai teacher is showing the technique He seems to be hiting your shin with his knee, not with the highest part of his shin, but with his rotula or with the tip of the inside quadricep situated right up of the rotula......which is a soft part......¡?¡??¡?¡? what is He doing there?

[@dochalovic5899]

There is a lot of this type of defence in muay chaiya.

[@IAMBARNABAS-777]

I train it by letting the 6 ft bag swing back to me. When you have a partner you can also train this with whiffle ball bats to avoid any real damage while simulating realistic low kick speed.

[@nihonbunka]

Some folks think that you can't block with your knees. I think that it was probably an elbow that broke Conor's tibia and fibia.

[@Abuu1732]

I think Aldo used this check against Munhoz’s calf kicks

[@samanthahydeker7914]

Pretty much what Ernesto Hoost use to do

[@manuelmamann5035]

iron west qui gong for real!

[@jcmoral1978]

See kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYikppKOrp6le8k for an example in one of Sylvie's fights.

[@PigBenis4U]

Felt shin to shin for the first time two weeks ago. The pain put a smile on my face. Now there's an extra layer of bone over the impact ed area.

[@georgestill2473]

I'm 100👍

[@PANDA_SPEAKS101]

@sylvi. Wont it hurt my knee as well. ?

[@RiazRizvi]

I think if you can aim closer to their ankle, you have a leverage, weight, momentum advantage, that will mean their ankle hurts like hell and you won't feel it as much. Their light end-of-leg ankle vs Your heavier thigh & knee. Their leg rotating around their swiveling body vs Your knee sticking out, can only be moved into your body through your pelvis? (not going to happen)... I was once crippled by a crooked trainer before a fight in this way, he dropped a hand pad I was kicking against and caught my ankle against his well angled elbow. My ankle swelled to twice the size and wouldn't bear my weight. Fortunately when it came time for the fight, my adrenaline kicked in and I didn't notice it anymore.

[@Kunani27]

A way to say fuck you... Hahaha love it

[@bigmember5908]

no fair, low kicks are my thing

[@bigmember5908]

I pretty much do put them at the end of combos anyway

[@ronnysudiono315]

Why does the checker feel less pain or damage than the kicker in the case of shin-to-shin? I simply still can not figure this fact out. My instinct tells me the opposite. In the case of shin-to-knee my logic says: yes.

[@davidmeehan4486]

If you match the thick top part of your shin to the thin bottom part of the opponents shin, and you turn the blade of your shin into theirs you get best results.

[@FlywheelAcademy]

Hurts just listening

[@user-xl5yx8is7k]

👍👍👍💖💖💖✌✌✌

[@thejakobistable]

Yeah, well ... I accidently did this to my sparring partner and noticed the impact.

[@paulv7744]

did you hurt yourself ? (I havent tried yet)

[@kimcochva]

How big is the chance the kneecap will break?

[@Cainhelm]

The shin would probably break first, especially if your leg is tucked sufficiently such that your kneecap sticks out. If your leg is too straight, you might injure the tendons around your knee if their kick presses in really hard, but your patella is way harder than that.

[@bennyboybroloudsky9894]

How long have you been doing muay thai?

[@8limbsUs]

About 10 years

[@matthewadams1874]

I heard it's throwned upon to block like this

[@demanso1]

i was lite sparring with my buddy and the fucker intentionally checked a low kick with his knee and i was injured for a few months.

[@dudeskidude8376]

1:15 - 1:50

[@JackMacyntire]

Silva vs Weidman

[@azazel1502]

Well the knee bone and upper shin is WAY thicker than the mid shin or lower shin ..