How To STOP Jamming Your Toes On Front Kicks

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[@imjustherewastaken]

We want what makes volk so good 🗣

[@PanteraRocha1]

The Beetle and Kombi

[@beznikx7003]

We want it Gabriel

[@thescumgod658]

Honestly against grapplers His height helps him alot(even islam struggled with it) Add to that his strength/skills/speed Volk is just that guy

[@nUmBskulLL]

Practice and a great team

[@justsomecatwithsunglasses1011]

@@thescumgod658besides the guy doesn’t have a neck he’s physically immune to being choked out

[@dontblink3042]

Haggerty is really good at raising his knee much higher than the average Muay Thai fighter. That’s why his teeps are so much better than everyone else.

[@richardgrimm7222]

I'm literally recovering from more 3rd consecutive toe break. I need this video!

[@HouriSamatsu]

This came out right after I jammed my toes in a front kick

[@oddmandk]

bro i just jammed my toe then proceeded to watch

[@smokeclouds8]

“Timing is everything”

[@julianvanvliet7651]

Funny how I slammed my toes against my trainingpartner’s knee while throwing a frontkick just last week and Gabriel comes with this video today as I’m recovering from my injury😂 Amazing timing.

[@houssemhmila1740]

Man you're the best, answering every question we have before we have it !

[@hermanderaeymaecker4134]

Standard Mae Geri. Takes practice, like anything. Good info.

[@brettcook1937]

Thanks for the great content, Gabriel

[@caio2058]

Hey, Gabriel, another great video. It would be awesome to hear what you have to say about dealing with physical pain in combat sports. A lot of dojos have a no pain no gain mindset. However, watching fights, I always wonder about the level of pain each fighter brings to the cage. The top 1 reason I don't fight in amateur circuits is pain, followed closely by mental stress.

[@Markperna1]

Thank you!

[@cletusgadsden2969]

Great video, once again.

[@junglejim3433]

I've never jammed my toes kicking. I was taught to throw front kicks exactly how you're explaining.

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

You had a good instructor

[@2bd7e63vso]

You're the man

[@haydentempest3874]

Been super cautious of this ever since I got a nasty toe injury. I always feel like my front kicks are catching elbows

[@Upāsaka_11]

Been doing Muay Thai for over a month now, and I thought for sure I broke the middle toe of my left foot after my teep caught someone's elbow. It WILL put you out of commission for a while.

[@nurglematthew893]

Thanks, man

[@MobaCry]

Jamming the toes does not happen often on a front kick for me, but more on low kicks to the legs... Especially while trying to hit, and falling short ..

[@burtbiggum499]

I wish l had watched this before l broke my toe

[@nokoh]

Nice

[@TheRollDdice]

Where was this video a month ago when I used a stop kick to block my opponent's kick? I'm still recovering from a fractured 5th metatarsal! But thank you for this specific video... a lot of good tips to work on.

[@rddeb9304]

I have this problem with inside lowkicks, always scared that my toes get messed up

[@andreaswrj1119]

Learn to control and mesure the distance, then it shouldnt be a problem til hit with the shin

[@whoknows8223]

Throw light, probing ones first. If you land them start committing to them Edit: you can also throw double lowkicks. First one light second hard (of opponent checks you kick him 2nd one when his checking leg comes back down on the ground unabdingbar to check immediately again). Cheers

[@swekiwi4517]

​@@whoknows8223this ☝️

[@Jstun702]

4:40

[@Shojushoju]

Great video! Could you address (when neither fighter is wearing shin guards) how to fire low round kicks to the thigh and not hurt your foot/ankle/leg when they check your kick? (Of course you can try to time your kick; but sometimes I hesitate to throw a low kick knowing they could check it with their shin or even their knee.)

[@gutts1405]

I second this. I only spar without shin guards which some may think is stupid, but I don't want to get into the habit of throwing them out as candidly as I do with shin guards on and then hurting myself

[@hasanagic96]

I dealt with this by throwing my leg without any weight or tension in it. Kinda half speed, if i see that he lifted, i dont tense and just let it land on the opponent's shin lightly. If at the half distance between the ground n his leg i see that he is not gonna check, then i tense fully and let the leg kick reap. U sacrifice some power for safety

[@simoncurran6184]

Do you have any tips on improving toe flexibility and dexterity. I can hardly bend mine back at all

[@christianrodriguez1721]

I’m pretty sure I broke my toe front kicking an elbow while sparring the other day

[@moumous87]

Are you putting out a video twice a day?!?! 👀

[@user-bj8mm4lv6b]

Jammed the f*** out of my toe today and needed this video, thank you SO much

[@notdanroth]

My toes have been busted for about a month, I don't have the hip flexibility to get my knee chambered properly

[@iChefTheImpossible]

What about protecting your feet from legos on the ground?!

[@Error-lo8vr]

I have had turf toe for 5 months cause of toes getting jammed and tape won’t even help

[@conarykao]

I imagine this is for a teep, but what if we're trying one of those karate snap front kicks? I've been trying those and it hurts every time.

[@yoyo170rs]

Catching elbows with the toes suckss

[@alexanderkappelhoff2819]

I have this issue with the inside low kick.

[@MarreOfficial]

what about the MTP-Joint? When missing a kick due to range i only hit with the big toe so it bends. Do you have Toe Conditioning??

[@whoknows8223]

I broke my toe throwing a light teep in sparring once too. The guy blocked with the elbow. Woke up at night because of the pain. Edit: 3:24 yeah he did the same lol. I rather like throwing them to their lead leg now

[@SpodyOdy]

Thoughts on turning toes out and hitting with heal ?

[@Kyler_951]

I teeped a knee 2 months ago, my toe still isn’t healed lol

[@mondaymorning1]

Poor Chair :(

[@AmericankickboxingMMA]

Jamming your fingers on kick is worst. 😁

[@tomaspinallsknee3453]

What's your like training day routine