Kickboxing vs Tae Kwon Do

Final preparation day before the show. Training session with a 3rd Degree BB friend of mine and my trainer. I included a picture of how I looked the day of the show, dehydrated....goal achieved.

[@lic2kil007]

Great job Rico awesome vid. I'm a transplant from Calif. to NC and miss my Muay Thai training. Stay strong and as Bruce Lee said, "Be water my friend", my favorite quote.

[@magnusleira7677]

Awsome video as always, I started kickboxing about 6 months ago, and I am loving it so far, really good training. Keep up the good work, and wish your friend good luck in the turnament! :D

[@Jahoo89]

sorry if i missed it in the video :S was pretty cool watching you spar :) good footwork!

[@Bribatta16]

Rico i am loving your choice of music keep it up man!!!

[@exitima]

your trainer has a very ninjutsu style to his foot work... i fucking dig it. good vid!

[@Swiffertank]

That was awesome and you look badass when you're sparring lol. I was afraid your trainer was going to slip o.o

[@andteee96]

I wouldn't want pick up a fight with any of these guys great video Rico!!! Would.love.too see more martial arts content thumbs up if you agree!

[@rougez28]

Rico, i whish i could work out with you for a while and get myself into big shape you look like a perfect Personal trainer to me as you are very clever in a lot of things! Thanks for motivating me to do workouts to ^^

[@Godfather8651]

It really shows you guys have technique, the hip movements for the kicks and the way to cover your side while kicking (except for Brian, he did moved his arm outside his side while kicking ). kudos!

[@SoydeNoruega]

Hey Rico! Great sparring ! I loved it, how long have you been doing martirial arts? Next time when sparring try to stand on the ball of the foot rather than the whole foot, this will make moving away and moving forward much easier, aswell as kicking ! Sorry for bad English/grammar. hugs from Norway.

[@TheNorseGamer]

nice video rico, this makes me want to go back to training MMA :)

[@SouthEastCashew]

Hope your buddy is alright Rico, keep up with the videos!

[@wowwofication]

Rico you looked like a fucking tekken character. That was epic!

[@HekiMaggyc]

oh yeah, missed that. sorry budd :) Btw! nice progress you have done!

[@Lepraachun]

rico your tecnique is amazing!

[@amnfox]

Both your body types are so different. Maybe in point sparring the degrees matter, but I think you would seriously have the advantage in a full contact fight. You look solid dude. Hope the fight went well.

[@SupaNami]

hey Rico ... maybe you know what happened to the sword,gun/chainsaw thing, he was going to make for Nex? .. I think it was for a costume, Nex was working on?? ... but anyway ... Great Vid Bro :D

[@grimwest1222]

looking good man! hope everything went well

[@Phantasyification]

Man, some how i really find your kickboxing style really damn brutal :D seeing it in sparring makes me scared of what the real deal is :P Cant say i'd wanna pick a fight with you xD

[@Xhale1992]

Rico love ur vids, what is your reach. You got any tips for a boxer who wants to start kicking^^

[@NicholasGeschke]

I love Martial Arts. I myself practice Aikido, Tai Chi Chuan, traditional Western Boxing and I've a desire to learn Jujitsu. I'm not the biggest guy in the ring, but I can throw a punch and I can take pain.

[@tooooobbbbeeee]

my 2nd month mma, Beating the crap out of my buddy who trained kickboxing for 1.5 years haha :P

[@pokeman316]

This goes to show it completely depends on the artist himself because Wtf 1.5 years? Probably 2 now as I write this

[@juiceman23oliver66]

+Tobias Sundqvist sure

[@merlinderzocker]

You should do more of that!

[@ThePeruvianNightmare]

I was just wondering what kind of protein shake you used, I've tried a fair few so far and they don't seem to be working for me too well even though I've been working my ass off in the gym. I'm getting results but I reckon I could be getting better results if I had a good protein shake that actually did its job properly. Sorry if you've mentioned it in another video, I can't remember you doing so but my memory is appalling :P

[@TheBeefycrunch]

rico you look like a beastly monster dude. Have you considered actually fighting in a league?

[@KeybladeMasterKDL]

Was your Black Belt friend going easy? I noticed he was only using basic techniques and he kept trying the same strategy over and over.

[@andteee96]

LOL where are all the swifty fanboys now?? lol great content rico! more martial art videos would be awsome man!

[@Fromjupiter23]

What this video taught me: Don't fuck with Rico!

[@HekiMaggyc]

What is the name of the song??? Nice video btw!

[@Zzefrog]

nice video, you should call it "dont mess with the Rico" :)

[@Karl_Drogo55]

lookin good Rico, give ur friend a run for his money

[@dustinlkjh]

i wanna see your final picture compared to your original pictures

[@Uppah]

Can you show a before and after your 5 days? Including measurements with weight, height(jk), and body fat.

[@Karl_Drogo55]

that reach is one thing to train with then compete against something else entirely, for ur friend i mean

[@chazpepchaz]

you do mma? i been training for 2 years but started workinh heavy on my kicks lately, especially spinning back kick ( turning side kick ) it hits fuckin hard in the body

[@XxRaliXx]

its was still a good sparr btw keep up the good work

[@chunchoe]

you should try kyokushin full contact sparring , its quite fun

[@anthonywilson3325]

You should enter a tournament!! ;)

[@TMTallround]

i really liked the kick at 2:00 what is that? the question mark kick?

[@midrift]

sick video !!!

[@dustinlkjh]

are we ever going to see nexius again?

[@MartialArtsTutorialsFighttips]

nice sparring, i will love to have a sparring partner here in MIAMI.. NICE

[@okzigeno]

Can you tell me the name of the song, please?

[@Jahoo89]

hey Rico! was Brian your tae kwon do trainer or your workout trainer? :)

[@IIpr0gam5rII]

Omg lol he looks like a warrior -something out of a computer game never saw it in you rico xD

[@ksherman51]

what is all this training for? been awhile since i was on youtube

[@RadWoWGaming]

rico do you have the spinning back kick POWA!

[@illinoth]

mad respect for you rico :)

[@HandOofficial]

This TKD trains under the ITF system?

[@Boxergamer23]

Very nice vid. I do amateur boxing n most taller guys don't do well but for ur height ur good.

[@donalddonikowski9652]

i am a muay thai fighter, i have 5 months of training, 20 hrs a week. i have a fight against a tae kwon do guy who has been training for 1 year but never goes to his sparring days, what should i look out for when im fighting? like what is a tae kwon do fighter's weakness?

[@Xhale1992]

You have a killer Reach, u would be hard for me to hit your head. Gotta go for the body! btw love what you are doing with the training vids we need more in debt videoes about training dont realy think john knows what he is doing!

[@Antonovskii]

How long have you been training Kickboxing?

[@GetBennidover]

Less plump full look and more of a toned sleek look

[@PKSGPVA]

looks good, son :D

[@Cowsmakemegiggle]

can someone please tell me why rico had to be dehydrated for the show/to look how he did? do you lose fat quicker when you're dehydrated??

[@ajz05]

Keep your guard up.

[@Jpbrew]

arent tae kwon do suppose to be really light on their feet?

[@Pyromaniac_Akeks]

Is it me or is knowing Rico more just badass never knew he did this kinda stuff I'm new to his channel I just mostly know him from swifty I knew thay had a fight thoe swifty is my hero I know it's swifty the one to apologize also swifty needs to see that vid that talks bought the fight he might not know himself wat he did mybe. Love you Rico!

[@StingzGaming]

dont you feel like you have a disadvantage at kickboxing with smaller leg muscles than the rest of your body,,maybe i am wrong but doesnt it require quite alot of lower body strength?

[@ericosoave]

Military ranks mean nothing....Its just a shiny pin that brings the outfit together.

[@craigsfireblade]

keep up the traning dude

[@GamerOfSkills]

i guess you can see nexius on his own channel

[@redouanjaik]

damn rico your fast you blocked almost every single kick

[@luisjosp5]

this isnt for respect... he is not fighting on a tournament or something like that... he is TRAINING with a friend... not a random jackass in the streets...

[@Phantom288288]

Rico has so much range on him! haha

[@luisjosp5]

ULTRANUMB... it always remembers me HYDRA 7 =P

[@charlespisano3380]

your kicks remind me of Hwoarang from Tekken :P

[@HrMerrlol]

Do you squat brah?

[@TheJeroenbrouwer]

A great sport, and you look beautiful practising it. No homo.

[@vascokiller]

Tae kwon do rules. Did it for some time and its fun

[@Se0what]

haha im a 4th in tkd and honestly full contact versus many other martial arts, you will lose unless you connect on a good head or stomach kick. beacause although there is blocking and w/e in forms, you don't do much of it in sparring vs another tkd, regarding this k1 style thing obviously he has more training with his hands and blocking etc, but to me (as a tkd'er) it's a good martial art, but certainly not great.

[@kayzilla96]

he looks like an ITFpractioner

[@Heatblast1231]

how tall are you

[@armansuhaimi015]

Yes

[@nikoskopol6546]

DAMM rico knows how to fight .. O.O

[@chewbaka747]

Haha I used to think that when you talk to haters and say stuff along the lines of how you'd destroy them if they wanted to fight you, that you were just a shit talker. Never knew you had kick boxing background! Good thing I didn't say anything before haha. Nice form btw!

[@SailorObvious]

because his opponent is short.

[@Uromastyxfanatics]

Dang Rico is a big dude

[@KingRaiden1994]

FIRST FISRT OMFG FIRST OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[@astxii]

damn rico you are sooo tall

[@Nicho14k]

tae kawn do fighter got tendency to let guard down wen kicking can us it to move in get knock out

[@concussedsmoothie]

Tit on fire? Rico's friend must have come from tekken

[@mattbarrett6986]

its sagat vs hwoarang

[@Foffmeizter]

I miss Nexius

[@PederBirkegaard]

nice :D

[@HumbIeStudent]

Swifty was being a jerk and he ended their friendship.

[@venom477]

Taekwondo

[@glennwotipka1817]

Picked a big enough guy did ya lol

[@XxRaliXx]

jon jones is not a black belt in anything but he is the Light heavy weight champion I feel belts don't matter its all an ego thing when it comes to that because alot of black belts lose street fights the belts don't make you a better fighter training hard does also that's why there are some marital arts don't have belt rankings pretty sure bruce lee one of the greatest fighters in the world believe the same thing. I've seen with my own eyes karate masters lose to white belts #mytwocents

[@Lelouch199-l1g]

RIco u training so me and u can beat swifty up :)

[@zuuemudz]

hes very tall 6.6 i think

[@TheKidtattoo]

Ok K1, Ernesto Hoost probly the best fighter ever in k1, not a single bb, Remy Bonjasky not a bb.Alistair Overeem Musashi Ray Sefo.. Do you want me to continu? I admit i was wrong about you ! but K1 i know.

[@AEWBS]

stop blocking his kicks with ur hands it exposes ur face to much. Easy knockout if you would have been facing someone who acctualy knows how to box in a real fight/match

[@1xTheDarkKnightx1]

lol rico u look bad ass

[@dennispals1234]

the kickboxer is much better

[@boricns]

lol rico, of course hes not :D

[@Lion1410]

muay thai = best kicks

[@TheKidtattoo]

I have to ask, how the fuck can you be a black belt in kickboxing??? In real kickboxing there is no such things as belts... Did you americans make this up or?

[@davidcordon2b]

I prefer Muay Thai

[@MrEast111]

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