Leg Kicks for the street

[@pittcrunch6513]

well spoken, well taught, proofed to work I used the leg kick to stop a school yard bully. More than once

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

Thank you for your input and thanks for the support

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

I trained a student who wasn't particularly athletic in this ONE kick for months on the Thai pads One day in frustration he asked why we didn't practice any other kicks? I replied that if he did this right in the street it would be the only one he'd nerd Boy was I right One night some guy tried to mug him and he instinctively threw the kick into the muggers leg knocking him into a pile of garbage cans where he lay on the ground unmoving and moaning in pain My major reason for teaching the kick is because its a gross motor movement and is easily learned and works!

[@aribailor3766]

If he had to train it for months, it probably wasn't that gross of a movement.. or maybe he is extremly ungifted...

[@bitchlasagna3791]

Whats the kick?

[@hannl9962]

Bruce Lee: "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

[@jinggoypaulino8735]

just a thought.. fighting starts in the mind. if you doubt your skills and yourself.. you already lost the fight.. no matter how hard you trainned

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

Great point... 100% correct

[@mikesemon7392]

Jinggoy Paulino So true. Fear has helped me completely destroy people tho. But yes you're right.

[@bulletprooftiger5564]

Before the fight, listen to tone. If someone easily gets worked up, it's surely a sign of weakness. Even if tone is normal and no sarcasm, watch eyes, face muscles, body language, including distance. Watch foot/feet position (and hip direction), don't stress, and try to do what you train for!

[@johnnyangel9163]

@@ThePitOnlineDojo Do you know a Dojo in New York city that you can recommend?Thanks for your attention and great videos!

[@aribailor3766]

Pivoting on your foot to throw a low kick is a pretty fine motor skill itself. The fact that you may have trained it enough to no longer feel that, shows that other fine movements can be trained as well...

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

Twisting your head, exhibiting on the ball of your foot is far from my fine motor skill,A fine motor skill would be trying to pry someone's fingers off of you from a body lock...

[@chrisblanchard4938]

Great advice! Loved it.

[@kmeyers85]

Great advice and philosophy behind it. The inside leg kick danger advice was awesome! Thank you Pit Master! And thak you Adrian!

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

Thank you for the input and the support, any suggestions on something you'd like to see?

[@tritchie6272]

Tips for short fat guys over 40 who work full time.Beyond loosing weight.Already working on that. On a side note my forearms are probably the best toned muscle group I got due to the use of a dustmop at work.I was doing some exercising at home. Now I gotta recover the strength I lost to a stomach virus.

[@shujiling213]

Awesome thank you

[@mikesemon7392]

Good practical tips as always. Two things. First I remember watching the worst upset when Keith Jardine beat our boy Chuck with leg kicks. Worst upset and smart coaching. Second, I grew up in Detroit and fought alot of black guys in street/bar fights and doing security-related jobs like bouncer, valet, hood bartending and I remember when I realized that the knees and jaws were the best spots. I'm not trying to sound racist even though it sounds that way but I couldn't box with them and when I would wrestle I'd usually get jumped. I'm 36 now so I don't have to fight as much because confidence and kindness is by best weapon in the hood these days but most people don't expect a kick in a fight. I'm not a very good kicker or flexible either. I like the snap and lean quick technique. For me atleast. You can see in their eyes when it hurts or they really don't want none anymore.

[@thomasjusinski6904]

Thank you John, it is truly appreciated.💪🏻✊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@alemayehusolomon941]

Great videos sir keep it up.

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

Thank you I definitely will

[@theredninja2817]

If you close your eyes and listen to the pitmaster kick that pad it sounds like he’s shooting it😳

[@Craigster909]

love your video's

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

thank you for the support.

[@lianshi3579]

Another excellent video based in reality.

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

Thank You very much you the support.... It means a lot to me.

[@lianshi3579]

No problem, enjoy your videos.

[@damienholland8103]

I've trained on the heavy bag with that muai thai leg kick for awhile now and I have it down. But my main concern while throwing it is the attacker coming forward with a haymaker or a straight punch while I'm doing it. I already keep my hands near my face while throwing the kick, though, because I know that punch is probably coming.

[@Almosteasyese]

My best solution is to circle to his weak side, and try to kick the back of his leg just above the knee to hit the sciatic nerve.

[@damienholland8103]

@@Almosteasyese thanks, bud. When this virus is over I'll be taking classes because my grappling (3 years of wrestling and 10 of Jujitsu) is great but striking is terrible.

[@Dac-911]

A straight thrust kick to the lower abdomen is much more ingrained and natural instinct for a human than a round kick. And a round kick doesn’t stop a charging opponent. It’s a ring attrition move used to wear down an opponent in time. No one cripples and goes down with a single round kick. And on the street you don’t have time for more than 1 kick in a short 20 to 30 second fight, especially against multiple opponents

[@Trazynthekleptomaniac69]

Deepak Alexander unless you kick like; Pat Barry, Douglas Lima, or Jose Aldo

[@Dac-911]

These r the best kickers in the world, no doubt in that. They are not as close to someone like Ramon Dekkers though. But dropping a charging opponent with 1 or max 2 roundhouse kicks to the knee joint, is really doubtful. Well your the expert, am not. I was just sharing an opinion. Yes but low roundhouse kick, can be executed even with real tight jeans. That’s an advantage

[@keaponlaffin6737]

every body type works different. for basic self defence just find a few things that feel right and practice the hell out of these. and i do mean a few, like one, two, maximum 4 to begin with imho. making the movements muscle memory so that when you need them, they just come out. this kick in this video is good, good range, good power, large target area and nice and simple: imagine a guy defending himself with only this kick in quick successions and being good, fast and strong at it. no, not the greatest fighting technique, but will get most attackers to back off when they find out "shit, this guy (or girl) has been practicing".

[@legaulois7588]

A straight thrust kick to the abdomen is effective but very easy to catch or deviate

[@sammoshaw]

Great coach.But I think you need to update ur mic.

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

Thanks for the input, I am a little ghetto, but I am going to get some new stuff soon

[@ianc8398]

If your stance is orthodox but you're left leg is your strongest weapon, what's you're advice against another orthodox stance please? Liver shot?? Love the lesson's 👍

[@vibegodcartel]

Unless your last name is Aldo or Barboza, NEVER throw a kick in a street fight.

[@davidtarantino152]

I always find the comments comical on here. It seems nobody gets that you trained a UFC champion and that your dumbing it down for the average joe. Always lots of practical advice and for those who critique your striking I don’t think any of them would want to get hit by you! Lol

[@TKDPWR]

Osu..video still good 5 years on

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

A trained MMA or muay Thai fighter may try tu grab the leg but in a street fight it ain't happening IMO if you're not used to kicks coming at you its pretty frightening

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

prepare for the worst, pray for the best

[@slipperygypsy1366]

I train muay thai and i train with thais that have over a hundred fights never once seen someone grab a leg kick you don't grab leg kicks you check them

[@migerrancan554]

​@@slipperygypsy1366leg kicks you can get some good sweeps while they are leg kicking you

[@josephs371]

I get, kick to the outside of the leg and rather than an inside leg kick go for the groin or liver. Avoid the dangers of the bony inside shin and knee.

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

Thank you

[@windhelmcityguard5122]

I've been thinking that if anybody tries to fight me at school, I'll probably go for a hard leg kicks first. If I knock them out they could slam their head on the ground, and chokes are harder to get, so just take out their leg(s)

[@iamchamp6814]

How old are you sir ?? Iam 40 years old it is too late to trained martial arts?

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

It is never too late to train martial arts. I just turned 57

[@חנןכוכוהןנןנןהןהו]

I am 65 and I tell you do not try fancy stuff in a street fight. No leg kicks no high kicks no circular spinning back kicks. No jumping flying kicks. Just simple groin kick with ball of foot will do. But you must train to be accurate. Like throwing darts to the Bulls Eye.

[@bugs4680]

.agreed

[@blablablabla9138]

my thigh hurts from watching this.

[@bryanortiz6298]

i wish you was teaching in nyc

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

me too...

[@חנןכוכוהןנןנןהןהו]

Unless you are a Muai Thai fighter do not even think of the round low kick. You can not do any damage. But you might injure your kicking foot if opponent blocks well with his shin bone. Sorry Sir but your Side Kick 1.07 1.08 is very poor. Not accurate and not powerful ! You said you are afraid hurting your own foot with a Shin Instep straight forward low front kick to the groin. So kick with ball of foot not with instep. Your opponent will have very hard time to defend it. Also I recommend the 3 steps Tiger pass Side Kick closing the distance. See it in the KZbin 9th Dan Taekwondo Test. Your tip holding hands high protecting the face is very good though.

[@KidScipio]

is this ed soares

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

hahaha

[@kennhiser]

Wait, didn’t I see you teach eye pokes for self defense on st least two other videos?? Confused.

[@grahamodwyer1192]

every move you done you stayed on the centre line that will work in mma in octagon you went back to your stance after every leg kick you mention the bad guy not the bad guys multiple attackers when you go for the leg kick your going forward so after you make contact rather then bringing leg back to fighting stance you place your leg down to the side of body you exposed so you can open up with a hook to side of face and most important reason for this you can now see who is behind you its called scanning if you dont do this you dont know who is coming behind you and a simple push kick with controled aggression rather then leg kick becaues of the distanec these two men have in video would put him down easy then smash the ankles so its over for that attacker do not stomp the head if you do that its possible you go to prision even if your fighting for your life and poking the eys is very effecting when your off the centre line its called the dead side he can only move that side of body now you can concentrate on his pals i study krava maga for a long time im no expert but i got to spend a lot of time with experts like eddie gaven tamir gillard and tommy blom you tube these men

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

Thank You very much for the input...

[@rossswain4369]

Brilliant video,if you kick an untrained person in the quad it's game

[@pauls466]

What does the United States has that a "other" country would like to have .

[@JRD1119]

Respiratory therapy!

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

I am a respiratory therapist

[@JRD1119]

@@ThePitOnlineDojo me too, keep up the amazing work!

[@storyteller5931]

Putting your hands open like that in front of your opponent is a terrible advise. You may get away with it if the other guy is using boxing gloves. but if his hands are bare or he is using fingerless gloves, if he manages to grab any of your extended fingers, you are royally screwed.

[@stuart4860]

why drop your arm to your knee like Muay thai fighters when you kick, you are open for a left hook- lots of western muay thai fighters time the cross with the kick, if you are talking about street fighting- why are you leaving zero guard on that side?

[@BWater-yq3jx]

Power. If you watch those Thai boxers again more closely, I think you'll find that the cross comes BEFORE the leg kick, and then the arm swings down to help throw the hips behind it.

[@stuart4860]

@@BWater-yq3jx still leaves the hand low with no guard - open for the hook, you see it all the time - lots of westerners throw the lead hook when countering the right mawashi, as for power, it does have a lot of power, but so do other mawashi where the guard isn't dropped

[@BWater-yq3jx]

@@stuart4860 Depends on the range and extension of the kick... For a full extension kick, at the point of contact, you should be out of range for a lead hook counter. Also, if you actually land the kick solidly, there will be no lead hook counter! 😁 But in any case, as you come forward and put the kicking foot down, bring your arm back up to cover. If it's closer range with lower leg kicks, THEN I would keep both arms up the whole time. But anyway, check out some Thai round kick tutorials on YT - they swing the arm back and down, to varying degrees.

[@stuart4860]

​@@BWater-yq3jx there are only 3 ranges, short medium and long, for medium and long, the tradition is to swing the hand for torque. when i fought we were always taught- if the opponent drops their hand when they kick- slide in and look for either the hook or low kick the supporting leg. you talk about lower kicks- why the hell would anyone ever lower their guard for a thigh kick? don't take it the wrong way, but have you ever trained properly ? have you ever had any fights , been in a competition, you seem like a guy that has watched 50 videos on youtube and thinks they know... I've trained for 25 years, been a fighter and a coach, i understand why different martial arts kick different ways and their fundamentals, i don't think any one system is better than another as they all offer different philosophies- i just believe that lowering you guard is something you shouldn't do, the modern coaches in MT are in fact teaching this, its only the traditionalists that teach it as a "must do" I'm out

[@BWater-yq3jx]

@@stuart4860 You know mate, I gave you a very polite and reasonable response, which directly addressed your original post. And the fact is, it's the people that HAVEN'T actually fought that talk about keeping the guard up all the way through a round kick. Personally: 45 years training, also competed and instructed. And a few 'real' scraps. Have I watched 50 videos? No. Probably a thousand. Always looking to stay informed and updated. Maybe you should do the same. Then you might have an actual clue what tf you're talking about.