How to Beat a Leg-Kicker (Low Kick Defense)

Here is a fight tutorial on how to beat someone who spams leg kicks, in Muay Thai kickboxing and MMA. Knowing how to defend against low kicks is one thing, but you must be two steps ahead with your strategy when you go into sparring or a match. Here are a few ways to keep your legs safe!
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[@playaposse954]

hopefully this'll help in my EA UFC career

[@hmmmmn6770]

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[@hmmmmn6770]

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[@yehiafathy2465]

@@hmmmmn6770 Wt are these team about bro?

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[@hitmanhatton]

Been following your channel since the beginning. Its changed a lot and gotten so much more comprehensive, the production quality is excellent. Although I do wanna say. Us that have been following you for years still haven't forgotten about Ant

[@honorioaguiar9717]

You, ve become my virtual teacher. Thank you so much for your work

[@KINGSOMALIA]

yeah Shane, what happened to Ant?

[@soullight8632]

Mr Ibrahim Shane moved places but Ant didn’t

[@Seewhogetsluckyfirst]

@@KINGSOMALIA hes back i think

[@danielstroud3691]

Good stuff but he didn't explain or show how to block the direct leg kick to the middle like the stomach only side angle kicks

[@TendonPain]

Damn dude it's crazy to see how mature you and your channel have grown into, been subbed since your old boy Ant tried to bully you back at the Railroad tracks!

[@caf110]

This video made me realize that I can still improve my game so much. I’ve been getting leg kicked so much and my answer is to take it or check it but i do it to slow so my knees get kicked. I’ve gotten some bruises and I’m definitely gonna try these. I didn’t even realize my jab left me open to leg kicks.

[@JGH046]

Just practice practice practice bro! I'm also getting hammered by dudes who love kicking way too much. I take little punches to the face and body but when it comes to kicks I just eat 70% of them, block 10% and evade 20% which is not ideal 😂 I don't like getting hit and it's frustrating but you just need to practice what you can do is make a partner throw a kick of their choosing and you'll have to react accordingly and that way you'll learn

[@Road2Jannah416]

As a wide stanced k1 Fighter, thank you Shane😂🙏🏻

[@anitasmith815]

Your badass keep going 😀 from 🇷🇺

[@Road2Jannah416]

Anita Smith thank you Anita, I will continue to perform and rack up experience making every fight an exciting one.

[@anitasmith815]

@@Road2Jannah416 GOD BLESS in Russia we have good training nothing like America i wish i could come we have to work with what we got from KAZAN RUSSIA 🇷🇺 hummdullah

[@Road2Jannah416]

Anita Smith you can make it from any part of the world you’re in, there are great minds all around, great people with great achievements, the Russians are known as the most difficult opponent to prepare for. They do things different over there. 🇷🇺 🙏🏻

[@Road2Jannah416]

Khabib Nurmagomedov thank you sir I appreciate the kind words, I’ll hang em up before I’m too old though I feel like I’ll be fighting into my early/mid 30’s.

[@evancarr]

you should do a video on lowkick setups. the classic dutch combinations, but also catching your opponent when controlling the ring- stepping in and out to catch them when they move, side stepping, feinting, etc.

[@MightyMatt28]

I would like to see this as well. Also perhaps one or two ways to bait an opponent to throw a particular strike to counter off of.

[@evancarr]

MightyMatt28 look at how conor mcgregor gets his bait counters. in an open stance he uses his lead hand to busy his opponents lead hand, feeling their rhythm and not having to watch it for movement. then he lowers his rear hand and raises his chin, that way the opponent WANTS to throw something at the very open target and they can only use one of their hands. it’s rare that you see somebody throw a headkick, most of the times you will see a straight thrown at the head. influencing rather they throw a kick or a punch is more about distance control. be too close for kicks, stuff them up. just be ready to slip and rip! this is mainly used in open stances but i’ve found success in doing the same technique in a closed stance or using my rear hand to busy their lead hand, holding it out like a post, baiting them to hit me with their straight and then i use my lead hook as a check hook over top.

[@evancarr]

MightyMatt28 in short; isolate their weapons and influence the priority of their shots

[@hard2hurt]

I noticed he was inviting you to attack with his hand positioning. Good catch on him drawing your jab so he can counter.

[@richardshaw7157]

As a taekwondo fighter who often starts my combos with a leg kick or sweep thanks for teaching me how to defend myself better 👍🏼

[@cheezeofages]

This was insightful. Good vid. Back in the day I was only ever trained in the step in counter because my teacher was very into an aggressive style and everything was about smothering the opponent to take options away. He was never into backing away, and would always say that if you backed off to poking moves you were giving up control of the range. Step in can be vulnerable to feints though. I fondly remember catching my teacher once with some judo off a feint, but it wouldn't have worked in a shirtless match situation since it was shirt/gi stuff.

[@fpsantos8222]

I train for a 1 year and half and this week was the first time I got leg kicked multiple times with no answer by one of the most experienced fighter of my gym, that first tip open my mind man, thinking abou the spar now I can see what I could've done better, thank you very much! I sending my thanks from Brazil 🇧🇷🙏

[@cardusann3500]

Whos here after got kicked on spar? 😂

[@Ie4s]

Me 😂

[@Mpietpompies]

Right here✋✋🤣🤣

[@VanillaThunder69]

Haha lol got pain from yesterday and I’m tired of it 🤣

[@MicaS145]

Irl

[@Harro99]

Yep, I got absolutely destroyed by my coach 😅

[@izackizack9956]

Thank you I love tips because of you I won my first Street fight, My grandma didn't have a chance 🤣

[@dschafar6679]

Only in russia

[@ksxx]

Congrats 🤣 🤣😂

[@tperm4072]

Poor granma

[@charlielowes8495]

You should be proud 😂

[@yash1799]

I can't beat the low leg kicker if the drug test couldn't

[@tienganhboivinglish]

Hello

[@t.j1301]

whos here after the McGregor Poirier 2 fight

[@HeHe-zz8qf]

I think the flat foot beat Conor, not the kicks

[@boogeyman1016]

@@HeHe-zz8qf I think Dustin beat Mcgregor

[@xxmrnobodyxx6537]

@@HeHe-zz8qf Conor defenitiely is the more skilled inside boxer.. made good combinations and managed to find that chin.. What made the game changer was the leg kicks, which incapacitate an opponent as Conor, with that wide karate stance with the flat foot of a boxer.

[@20IA]

I saw aldo doing some low kicks to the leg

[@brettrichmond23]

After sparring a good leg kicker

[@nikg6305]

Here after mcgregors legs just got destroyed

[@williamacevedo2856]

When I was in my 20s I did TKD for almost a decade then switch to CMA as I found TKD limited. We used to train at a park, there was a MT and Kickboxing group that used to train close by. In one occasion the MT coach came to talk to us and brought a student along. His intention was clear he wanted his student to test us out and I was asked to do it. The MT guy started using leg kicks which was the first time for me, I did not know how to respond and those kicks hurt. After the 3th of so kick I lost it, I finally decided to do the same then did a quick stance switch to load my right leg and leg kick him with a low jump. The guy stumble back, I entered with an uppercut to the solar plexus and drop him. We had no protection/gear at the time. I spent a week limping due to those kicks. Good times lol

[@andrewwu2012]

List of things that never happened

[@user-nk8zx1yw8s]

@@andrewwu2012 1. you touched grass 2. you have more than 3 brain cells

[@VeteranGrizz]

Yes this came in great timing! Keep up the good work Shane!

[@Downhaven]

Vince! All the fighttips coaches are the best!

[@lild1876]

Thank you for the tips on what my opponents will try to do to calm my low kicks!

[@kbanghart]

Are you pretty good at them?

[@lild1876]

@@kbanghart I think so!

[@kbanghart]

@@lild1876 how often do you practice? I try to do at least once per week, I mean specifically for kicks, but lately have not been nearly enough. I also have four kids so my time is a bit tight 😁

[@lild1876]

@@kbanghart I train my kicks at the end of every training session 50 left body 50 right body, 50 leg and 50 teeps

[@kbanghart]

@@lild1876 teeps?

[@keness4768]

I always like the check into a kick counter.. it keeps em busy long enough to give them something else to be concerned about.

[@came4861]

i dont know why i find this stuff so interesting, i have no intention of learning as i think im probably too old at this point to reach a decent standard but its interesting to see

[@leorosa]

I think as I learned in Kyoku and also taught by Bas, the 2nd way of stepping the leg forward is actually getting their early and it is a defense actually. I mean it's basically 4th.

[@selmanfejzic5474]

My bro once tried to kick me in the leg and I remembered one mma fight where one fighter used his knee to defend himself. I did it the same and my bro was in real pain.

[@TatamiMusician]

Hey man! Absolutely love the video! I am very much a beginner at kickboxing, but this video will help me a long way in defending the kicks! I am not a big fan of taking/defending the kicks with the shin, but the way of stepping away and in is amazing! Thank you so much! :) It’s so simple, but it takes a good person to take the time to record and explain ^^ Wishing you all happy and safe kickboxing 💪

[@paulg2154]

I like the Nate Marquardt vs Demian Maia approach. Time the leg kick and counter with a lead right hand straight down the middle

[@eddietasker9110]

I personally use these game plans to stop low kicks (in this order) 1. Check 2. Grab the leg for a takedown 3. Grab the leg for a punch counter 4. Move 5. Switch stance to match theirs example, orthodox to orthodox

[@ahmedkhalid7241]

That overhand is also there

[@eddietasker9110]

@@ahmedkhalid7241 true true. I usually set up my overhands in takedown fakes but my sparring partner loves the overhand as a counter. If you're not allowed to elbow (amateur, Japan etc) then the overhand is the next best thing.

[@electricshawn8705]

4:37 Theon Greyjoy telling thousands of people to bend the knee

[@ronnysudiono315]

Thanks. The light front leg stands which most Muay Thai boxers show is explained... Depending on one fighting style one can choose to stay out or crowd in..... I will add one killer block namely by drawing your knee a bit outside in stead of forward during the blocking, this will kill the attacking shin.....

[@PRINCIPijalan]

This was one of the first lesions when I trained kickboxing 25 years ago.

[@bongothom]

Ah yes, the ancient kung fu Crane Stance. A wise choice.

[@tperm4072]

This is my first time watching your vids, love it! I subbed already

[@thehandturkey8484]

0:17 Looks like the 4th Ninja War In there

[@marinongpinoy884]

I think the best way to defend against the low leg kick is bridging the gap, which is the last option in this video. Defense by lifting the front leg not ideal since every time your leg receives kicks eventually will hurt/ bruised/ injured. Retreating to prevent the blow requires light fast footwork, and since the distance between the two fighters is far enough, that kick can be re-cocked again, waiting for the chance to hit again. So i think the best defense is doing more of infighting, always bridging the distance to prevent that rear leg from doing harm to your front leg.

[@loods2215]

Thanks a lot, now i know how to counter that annoying leg kicker in the gym

[@darkssz]

i needed this because my leg is fucked 🤣🤣

[@Horror_Watcher]

Use the right leg as lead if your leg kicker opponent use left as leg lead. I learn this from Mcgregor vs Jose Aldo (the leg kicker) and practice this several times

[@bodyripped2816]

Must have been a blast sparring Bolanos...Awesome footage !!

[@adnanmussa8224]

Because I’m short Everyone I fight is taller so I have to keep kicking to get them away from me It’s like a tall persons jab

[@Drunky]

How to defeat low kickers... Take more punches to the head.

[@nickcarroll8565]

Bumbles 329 face-to-fist style!

[@ARG_Records]

wat

[@sahulianhooligan7046]

What about crouch block?

[@anamerican481]

Wondering how well your knee would stand up in a fight if you have replaced knee's. Any thoughts

[@Razsound]

In ufc nowadays someone always throws a lazy leg kick and the other guy capitalizes

[@ClimaxingTillDecline]

Lazy leg kicks make me cringe. Making it too easy for a decent kicker to hurt you 😫

[@raktimsingha9195]

Love the video and the beard! Awesome dude! 👊👊👊💪

[@caesarsmith6289]

hi shane im your number one fan can u pls do some video about your daily routine training

[@tienganhboivinglish]

Love you from Vietnam

[@zidan8664]

Practice is the most important thing

[@SenseiFord]

Useful information! Thanks, Shane!

[@ParisLawLess]

Got to love Gaston's leg kicks!

[@sahulianhooligan7046]

No crouch block?

[@Me-wk7dz]

What if they're left handed?? (left stance/using left leg)

[@blastdouble1979]

S/O Coach K that man is a genius.

[@fighttips]

Word!

[@user-jh9yv9hv1y]

Great presentation and communication

[@Daniel-gy6ze]

One of my favorite strategies 😂

[@omalone1169]

I'm just wearing shin guards

[@ZenDragonYoutubeChannel]

Shane vs Vince friendly sparring! Let's see it :) Anyways, good stuff, one thing I'm surprised isn't done more often upon catching the leg, is to deliver a downwards elbow on the thigh and then sweeping the standing leg.

[@jasonzitha2662]

Helpful tip 👌

[@eberardocorrea4552]

I couldn't tell if Gaston hit him hard or light

[@fsefsfssfeffsf382]

Pretty light compared to how hard he is capable of hitting

[@ryanmcdonald5944]

Big gloves I think, personally you can wear 16 oz and it springs your head back more, but yeah I’m in your boat 😂

[@gaenaegga]

Hes actually going pretty light, but u know when pro fighters go a bit fast, theres gonna be some impact

[@ronaldson57]

Can you post a new video on fighting broken rhythm

[@Centttttt60]

0:17 Keep it "intact". I could not agree more 😉

[@tbatong3983]

When you block a kick, Should you keep your leg light? I mean if you block it with some power it could break? And doesnt it hurt eaven to block as kicking? Its still bone against bone

[@Ky_Mma]

Hurts both but the kicker will take more damage

[@arnabganguly4962]

This is an excellent topic.

[@kerrylamb1007]

every video is good thx man

[@madmaster3d]

ur tutorials are Excellent D: im lucky followed ur page

[@edperkins7468]

Your a great teacher

[@Epicvampire800]

A good counter is to do a lead leg side kick if you're good at it

[@lbp_tv7848]

I sustained a knee dislocation from a leg kick, eversince then I been tryna figure out how become as defensively sound as possible

[@JasonLave]

Keep your hands up and hit him when he twist his hips check the power before he is fully twisted.

[@leonardopolato2634]

Shane, I've watched this video because yesterday evening I got heavily low kicked, he shutted down my right leg, and I'm a right handed southpaw. But I'm happy because I hit him to the head with a spinning hook kick, that was almost orgasmic. I struggle with walking btw, but I don't care

[@noneyabusinessbro]

I dont like how high you raise your leg to defend it. The ideal location to defend the kick is try to get the bump on the top of your shin to make contact with their shin. Its hard but if you see a calf kick, or a low thigh kick, try to raise it only as far as you need it. You can also just turn your foot towards the kick and lean into it (for a calf kick).

[@sanjaykanwale8133]

a very helpful lesson thankyou

[@tt_taniel]

guys he has a beard now thats crazy i never expected this to happen

[@princeabdullahgani6407]

Please Do Sepak Takraw move which is the rollspike hoping for your consideration from philippines 💕

[@leopoldoastudillo7189]

Very good video but what if we counter attack a low kick by side kicking our opponent's knee? Or his hip joint (or femoral neck to be exact)?...I have used this Kung Fu technique before and so far it has worked. I'm retired now btw. Cheers!👍🏽🇨🇦

[@bettyswollocks5981]

Thanks Shane

[@chrismayclin6397]

Thanks for the tips. Useful info.

[@part1801]

Watching this makes me think of Petr Yan, his lead foot is floating more and popping up just like you're teaching 👍

[@parkerkellum7332]

I’m sry I’m new to Muay Thai what is the difference between Muay Thai and Kickboxing

[@Mankindatwar]

Elbow and focus on knees

[@FlyerPS]

I was waiting on this video

[@fighttips]

Sorry for the wait! Hope it helps.

[@jetmejia1058]

could you do a video on countering calf kicks, i've been getting messed up by those as of late

[@wontonmin6481]

I always switched my lead leg and counter with my right kick it works really well with timing

[@Seewhogetsluckyfirst]

Tried this is sparring last night works well

[@sonurana9502]

Shane make more focus pads combos videos

[@avirajtoor5949]

I’m fighting an opponent that’s at least 200 lbs and 5,10. I’m 5,8 and 170 What are some things I should do to out manoeuvre and defeat my opponent

[@twinkieqqq]

gain 30 pounds

[@ahmedkhalid7241]

Infighting. Look it up. You can watch some Kevin Gastelum, and dc. Justin Gaethje vs James Vick shows a good way to KO tall guys. That jab straight is your best friend, and a lot of pressure. Push him to the cage/ropes, wait for him to reset, and leaping hook.

[@grentreem3096]

What if you kick the kick?

[@Ie4s]

Wild 😂

[@jellybowl7332]

You have the ability Shane, dont hold back bruz, unload, even if you cop a few. Old mate throws without concern over retaliation. give him a reason to worry

[@fighttips]

I ain't here to prove anything, though, man. Just experimenting, having fun, and playing it safe! 🤘☺

[@jellybowl7332]

@@fighttips It's not about proving anything man, its about being your best and reciprocating which will help you grow as a fighter, which you are. That guy is throwing at you harder than you're throwing at him and you're fully capable of showing him why he shouldn't do that. Not trying to insult you bro you're a beast and I love your work but to grow you gotta employ what you know, not hold back, he isn't. cheers for the reply man don't misinterpret this as having a go because its not. ขอบคุณ

[@Sophist98]

Laird Hamilton „unload even if you cop a few“ the best way to CTE my friend ... always protect your brain first

[@jellybowl7332]

@@Sophist98 mate the cte isnt coming from shane, its coming from the other bloke throwing harder than shane. blokes like him cause cte, a quick reminder as to why you shouldnt do as such would teach the other bloke. and besides, its mainly leg kicks not head shots Im talking about. gym bullies need to be shut down because if they arent theyll continue hurting people

[@obaidrumani5432]

How to defend a punch after low kick

[@mayckonwolf]

Thr last technique looks good,close the distance.

[@roberthambrook150]

I have also seen fighters block the low kick with that big bone below their knee. It can result in breaking the leg of the kicker and ending MMA careers.

[@varshitsrivastava1318]

Can't we use our foot sole to stop to stop the shin like they do in savate?

[@healthbeauty7853]

Low kicks are considered to be a cheap shot. You can wear out a opponent by avoiding them completely.

[@АлтайскийКазак]

Shane, how much do you currently weigh? I know you said 140lbs a couple years ago when you fought Juji, but you look a lot buffer now than when you released that video.

[@tarunsinghnegi8054]

Me got hit in fight - "One more time, i wasn't ready for that one"

[@NamelessNoNameYT]

Do you need to shin conditioning first in order to effectively check kicks

[@MrRobertFarr]

🎉 I got the impression kicking the knee is not allowed in Thai Boxing . 🎉

[@danny6228]

This is why we karatekas always keep the weight on the backleg unless were doing a roundhouse kick

[@bodyboardingchronicles602]

fightTIPs drill entering and exiting with near side attacks, that's how we train for this?

[@AxelArmentaMMA]

Would stronger leg muscles like calves and quads protect a bit more against leg kick then chicken legs or would it go Right thru the muscle

[@muthemaori5899]

Wow your a great sparring guy. I win on points when going against the boxing bag lol 😄

[@kbanghart]

Me too!!!

[@sethw7399]

Good video!

[@chiefin4681]

On the one where u step forward catch the kick and punch can u just flying knee forward ?

[@toolate6971]

I watched the video and the first thing that I noticed was that the no cheat step was being taken for many of the low kicks.

[@ИлкоГеоргиев-и3с]

thank you