Muay Thai Kick : Sport Science "Hardest Kick"

[@paulorientetheluffaranch]

Mel is the real deal and has fought in front of thousands in Thailand. He doesn't train breaking bats. It's just for demonstration purpose so an audience can see what kind of power is delivered by a well trained kick. Body hardening training has been done by traditional martial artist for years. Besides an excellent martial artist, Mel Menor is a great trainer and still teaches in San Diego at his gym.

[@theteddy1487]

Gives me a whole new respect for leg kicks and how they can end a fight

[@raymondjayam8629]

Muay Thai fighters don't condition their shins by hitting hard objects like trees or poles. They condition their shins from years of kicking heavy bags and sparring without shinpads or mouthpieces. These is how they condition their legs and bodies, so muay thai fighters being able to kick and break down banana trees is just a perk they get due to years of kicking heavy bags.

[@wouterstein4387]

Raymond Jayam i think u are wrong because mel told them how he does it so who are u to say that he did not did it like that

[@cocobutt789]

Mounthpiece?

[@KushDragon420]

Ya dont kick trees right away youll break your legs. They even advise agaisnt using rolling pins to desesitize them just kick that bag and spar. You can use a rolling pin just rake it acorsso the shin but trust me it doesnt feel good and you still have to kick while its sore or its uselss and just bruises you.

[@stephenglazer4224]

You are correct sir.

[@SrLurksAlot]

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[@alexlaukr8414]

muay thai fighters kick through trees for fun

[@davidroos7344]

Hahaha serious?

[@NuTTo117]

look it up, u may see some kicking banana trees but thats a joke, they actually kick hard trees for fun at some camp lol(pretty hard to find)

[@MrWhangdoodles]

There's a youtube video of my trainer kicking through a baseball bat. He doesn't look it but he's a beast. Just search PAC muay thai.

[@tezzofino3505]

Banana trees yes, and they are not super hard but still damn it improves their shins!

[@Mulberry2000]

bah

[@expecttheunexpec1000]

now the aluminum bat

[@luciusirving5926]

It would just dent and aluminum alloy is very strong.

[@bilalbutt2749]

@@luciusirving5926 No shit !!!

[@GarciaMuayThai]

Jesse Colin Hahaha

[@rover5058]

Lucius Irving he would break his leg,you need about 38,000 pounds of force do break aluminum

[@bruhMoment-js7dx]

@@rover5058 you must be fun at parties

[@lemondemonz855]

BUAKAW!!!! no leg can beat this dude

[@KyosaNimGe]

Are you saying no leg kick can beat buakaw or are you saying the guy kicking the bat in this video is buakaw??

[@lemondemonz855]

KyosaNimGe just saying dude, buakaw's leg is like a brick there is hardly no-one who can kick as strong or powerful than him ^^

[@KyosaNimGe]

Yoshi Nagatomo OH! Trust me I know! Buakaw is made of steel! He is my favorite fighter he is truly talented and dedicated!

[@lemondemonz855]

KyosaNimGe cheers pal ^^

[@stephenglazer4224]

I love BUAKAW. Nothing fancy. Just raw brute force. The man is a beast.

[@demep.airless]

As soon as a Muay Thai kicks you, you gone, even before a punch reaches you. That's why I do it in Brazil.

[@ozimandias7866]

I heard the Brazilian mma fighter Anderson Silva broke his shin while kicking another guy's shin in the octagon

[@LuCa8_]

कालदमन phdns yes the other guy checked his kick at a bad angle that’s why it broke.

[@timbretrent113]

Well nobody would think a soccer kick or a punt would break a bat. Those kicks are designed to do what they're designed to do! The Thai Kick would be equally useless on a football. Cool that the kick can break the bat though!

[@Bestialce2007]

+Trent M It would be useless because it would obliterate the ball lol

[@DLS441]

Depends on the point of contact. The further down the leg, the more force is generated. So you would generate the most force at the foot, rather then the shin. The main reason Muay Thai fighters hit with the shin is because it's one solid bone instead of the foot which is a collecting of small bones.

[@GarciaMuayThai]

You can definitely defeat at least 2 enemies after breaking the bat in half and throwing it at them.

[@KyosaNimGe]

I love Muay Thai! I want to be strong like that as well!

[@amariajrulla8811]

So how did it go

[@gabeb4419]

hahahah hilarious

[@NycmanTheNicestOfMen]

Broke your leg?

[@sido-a91]

After 6 years you are ready for break a bat?

[@Takemikazuchi24]

Tell us your progress dude

[@thitithon]

now try BUAKAW !!

[@mannyc1142]

Chuck Norris was called to do this as well, but he kept ripping the guy's arms off that are holding the bat.

[@cancerjuly1989]

Hold this W

[@janlorenzabellana4206]

Chuck norris is bruce lees bitch. Bruce lee made him the joke that he is.

[@Quifuh]

Funny thing. In a japanese No Laugh or punishment TV show (Gaki no Tsukai - Batsu Games) there's this punishment "Thai kick" which they get kicked in the butt by a Muay Thai practitioner. There was this special episode where they called a japanese champion and to demonstrate he broke three stacked baseball bats with one kick.

[@911shan]

Griffith Yes, I saw that as well. It was in their Airport Batsu game.

[@13Kr4zYAzN13]

Poor, poor Tanaka-San lol

[@vet3shaw]

Notice the lowness of the kick. Watch for the motion's concerted timing, especially the pivot of the foot, the core turning, the knee leading the shin into the target, dissipating the full power.

[@Invincible5426]

Pretty sweet - the precision is awesome as well...

[@logwind]

That is freaking terrifying. Holy shit.

[@saloom7438]

they just had to say the joke at the end

[@Supersonic]

you know this WHOLE episode was an excuse for them to say this joke. dedication...

[@evinmuniz7991]

Who's here 10 years later

[@mariogarcia1599]

I first time I of Mel was on Stan Lee’s Superhumans and seen a break two baseball bats as well on the show.

[@draygoes]

Part of what you need to measure force is the resistance. Those balls put almost no resistance, so the force is going to be a lot lower. The punters kick being launched into a human would show numbers in the upper thousand.

[@Owntmeal1313]

Vince Lombardi was predictable too. He knew it, and whoever was playing the Packers knew it. Guess what both teams also knew? That they couldn't stop the Packers anyway, so it didn't matter. His whole philosophy was, "Keep it simple, get insanely good at those simple things, and then it doesn't matter if they know it's coming or not, because they can't stop it."

[@gcircle]

Damm, I do not want to be on the receiving end of that, unless I'm wearing fucking titanium armor

[@GTSgamer101]

He would still be able to break you.

[@nynesventeen1622]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium

[@helisellson]

Wow!! That is seriously impressive

[@alsharifalhassan2913]

They are not calculating the force of the two other assistants that they deliver to the bat, one of them produces a force clockwise and the other anti-clockwise and those two are added to the initial force produced by the kick.. so technically he's very good, but the assistants helped in breaking the bat more easily !

[@HowlingMoonCinemas]

Very true. Good point.

[@feel_goodchannel5423]

สุดยอด ต้องฝึกหนักมากๆถึงจะเก่งขนาดนี้

[@tambourinh]

so, could he play baseball, kicking the balls ?

[@pyrrelda]

Not designed to, but probably yeah.

[@JohnnyCrack]

That would hurt like a bitch tho

[@mikjagger3136]

tambourinh play baseball?you mean they throw the bat at his direction so he can kick it?he was kicking a bat. Not a baseball

[@chinaleighshawtymane]

Nice he he he 😅😅

[@marcleon1513]

Kicking trees is a thing of the past. Muay Thai fighters are now kicking metal poles and wrenches 🔧.

[@gboi3500]

I remembered this video from when i was 10

[@goodhumourwagon]

9 years later, you're still a little shit- just older. lol

[@gboi3500]

@@goodhumourwagon faxts lmao

[@TheSocialGadfly]

1:24 - "Edson Butthole"

[@wwe7444]

lmao

[@Xboxassassin48]

TheSocialGadfly 💀💀💀

[@zefanyalt5944]

i thought it was the man who got kicked * because on the thumbnail i didn't saw that baseball bat *

[@amariajrulla8811]

See*

[@zefanyalt5944]

Amari Ajrulla saw* , get it?? seesaw?

[@NycmanTheNicestOfMen]

Normie

[@AbokchoyProduction]

Are u fucking kidding me the best Muay Thai fighter is buakaw por pramuk

[@mumble97]

mrbokchoyz1 What's your point?

[@CM-hp9ed]

i think saenchai would have something to say about that but anyway like mumble beats said whats your point?

[@wherearemyshoesman]

Nah. Saenchai bro. Buakaw is just more famous because of K-1. There are many Muay Thai fighters better than him

[@LovelessPrince27]

+mrbokchoyz1 It hard to say who is the best muay thai fighter. Buakaw is famous because his aggressive style yodsanklai also aggressive and powerful strike too.

[@AbokchoyProduction]

lol

[@ArataTV414]

"Three of the strongest legs."

[@treroney4720]

this is really just good technique, eating healthy and 100's of kicks on a heavy bag a day. btw, there are kicks SO MUCH more powerful than a roundhouse

[@itsBEZZyo]

+Tre' Roney keep going

[@treroney4720]

+Krain N roundkick, turning side kick, knee, wheel kick, some caporia kicks and many more. I've never tried it, but I'm sure I could break a bat with my experience skill and technique in martial arts.

[@itsBEZZyo]

you sure wheel kicks are stronger? They look hard to put your whole body into them compared to the roundhouse

[@treroney4720]

+Krain N Yes, the hip geometry of a wheel kick is very much like an ice duster l skater doing a spinning trick. while the geometry of a roundhouse is similar to a man swinging a bat. As you can tell, I love martial arts!

[@lYakuzal]

+Tre' Roney Very true. However, for such a powerful kick, a roundhouse kick is considered more effective and efficient due to its speed and the simplicity of performing it. It's one of the most effective kicks that can be used in a fight than many other powerful kicks. But is it the strongest kick? Nah, definitely not. All the kicks you've listed are much more powerful.

[@davidcackler9160]

Muay thai baseball. Legs for the bat. Someone get on it.

[@josiah7162]

everybody search chip towsend world record 2016 he breaks 4 bats in one kick that is MY instructor

[@jokecukie]

And what if they held the bat upside down? That I would love to watch

[@richardl4078]

I don’t want to be the guy holding the bat in the sleep position

[@bornfedslaughter]

It's fucking brutal and fight ending to take a thai kick to the thigh.

[@megadawson123]

Yeah, almost every kicking martial art has the potential to break a bat. Hell; my shinkyokushin shihan held a world record for breaking so many bats over and over.

[@heschnate]

He's also kicking the thinnest most vulnerable spot of the bat...but still cool

[@Josiah04]

i fractured BOTH of my shins and they never re healed properly and they sometimes hurt just from running i need to do that training tho

[@TheFlashyusername]

I can't read the comment you replied to because it doesn't exist anymore. What did the person say?

[@willrogers5713]

we do this all the time is kyokushin karate.

[@bilalbutti]

In kyokushin karate you aren't allowed to hit a guy's face, or use elbows or knees. Muay thai is BRUTAL, they break their own legs, just to make them stronger !!!

[@DerangedSloth555]

The training for Muai Thai is pretty though. Many of the time the training are spent on the legs, building strength and kicking stuff basically.

[@TheGhostranger8]

That pun though

[@darkcheeseburgers227]

I bet he can make balls dissapear with that kick

[@dogdog7291]

How did i get here from shin kicking game

[@danedmiranda]

The animation shows a different contact point on his leg than in reality.

[@morseytube4606]

"He can kick some serious ash" LOL

[@AudreyYun]

now try roberto carlos

[@NycmanTheNicestOfMen]

Tru but zlatan would be better taekwando football/soccer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>muay thai

[@YaGurlshanaenae]

nah

[@Xboxassassin48]

Audrey Yun He might hurt his shin

[@humanweapon4031]

what is that figther's name , He looks like kung lee though

[@mh7968-e6l]

Did they really have to test this? Plenty of people in the martial arts world have done this

[@dbsn1231]

Money... and people who don't know what martial arts even is.

[@justinfreeman4614]

Yeah, right?

[@luciusirving5926]

Most martial artists can't even strike with the shin, like American kickboxers and western kickboxing is for pussies.

[@hungryorphan5975]

@@luciusirving5926 what do i do then when there is no muay thai places near me

[@TheAlexmercer360batmanfan]

melchor menor is a beast though.

[@tekriwalshashanknk]

When the object being hit is fixed then obviously it will register greater force compared to object which is moved by hitting. For example if the muay thai fighter would be kicking small ball his reading wouldn’t be as great as 720.

[@maskedstrongguy1512]

Bro look at his fight he literally killed the guy wtf bone conditioning ftw

[@ariezthedragonx9]

That last pun pissed me off

[@shanatakoor7986]

Gosh, I really thought he was going to break his leg with the maple bat!

[@opsimathics]

and this is why I never argue with muay thai fighters

[@xlro8f853]

Of course.. The goal of the Martial artist is to far exceed even the monster of this world in speed and power!

[@shawn8731]

The real mvp is the guy holding the bat on the ground

[@Foulexandro]

the thing is,no one really had a ground gameand competitors against the gracies had no idea whatto expect/do when theywere takendown and submitted.that's the great thingabout MMA nowadays, you have to be well versed in a motley of fighting styles to actually get somewhere in ufc/etc..you honestly think some one doing PURE bjj will last in the octagon nowadays?I think the gracies will get destroyed by someone trained in both bjj and superior striking skills.just take a look at 'the gracie hunter'

[@vectorambient]

wow ...Muay Thai

[@bowman1248]

The whole time all I wanted to see was a camera angle of him throwing the kick with his standing leg in the shot. It looks like he doesn't pivot during the kick and instead lands his left (non kicking) foot twisted in the position it would be at the end of the kick and then throws his hips into the kick. Is that possible because he was running into the strike? and therefore if he was standing still would he need to pivot to generate the extra power missing?

[@shatteringairfist191]

I personally kick like him. I do muaythai in 2 different styles and I know exactly what ur talking about. 1 school tells me to kick like him, the other tells me to change and use more hip and leg rotation to generate more force....

[@caf110]

It's a type of luck he's doing. It's like getting a running start to his kick

[@cframe95]

dam, I was waiting for them to bring the aluminium bat out

[@perakojot6071]

seriose power in those legs

[@TehBuddaChris]

Why not Buakaw?

[@danlee5236]

They usually have trouble walking as they reach 30 and higher...That shin bone is so dense, it restricts blood flow...hence, trouble with simple walking for longer periods than 30 minutes....Not advertised...

[@simonmafy]

How did they measure the soccer player and the football player? Both the football and the soccer ball fly on impact meaning it didn't absorb nearly as much of the force. While a baseball bat is held in place. Enlighten me anyone?

[@wsxzaq6813]

Is that enough to send a football to Mars though?

[@streetlamp8800]

There was another science test for Martial arts and a seventh degree tae kwon do generated 2200 pounds of force in one kick

[@amariajrulla8811]

Holly fuck

[@RSP13]

Look out! We have a batkicker here,

[@musickislife1]

watch " Isaac breaking Louisville bat "

[@blackout5733]

Thai soldier has been using it since it was discover

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

Ozzy Osbourne can eat a bat

[@krnpowr]

Mel's actually a lightweight. But it's not too uncommon to find Muay Thai experts that small or smaller be able to chop down baseball bats like that.

[@choildishgambino]

Why didn't they just put protection on his leg if it was that dangerous shit

[@shacoclone3299]

They dramatized it a lot.

[@Neeko90]

I hear the Muay Thai fighting style originated from ancient asian lumberjacking techniques.

[@Nibblerz13]

Smh should've just called joe rogan

[@theteddy1487]

christian nieblas Joe has a disgusting kick

[@thor1378]

@@theteddy1487 he has strongest kicks

[@evanchen388]

lmfao Joe is nowhere near this level. He didn't specifically train his shin bones to withstand this dmg

[@TheHardstylebabz]

what is the name of the muay thai fighter? ;)

[@Annihilator909]

+otaku_dreamz fucking weeb getting pissed off

[@Annihilator909]

otaku_dreamz stfu weeb

[@Annihilator909]

otaku_dreamz weeb

[@davidroos7344]

+otaku_dreamz weeb

[@davidroos7344]

+otaku_dreamz I honoustly don't know what it means but it sounds funny

[@ronczeks69]

If you think you can break baseball bats by kicking bags and pads you must really optimistic :)

[@cianwalsh439]

could he do that to someone with a leg kick?

[@cianwalsh439]

yea I heard Forrest Griffen gave a reporter a small enough leg kick and shattered his femur

[@yuptydoo]

Not necessarily, because humans usually instinctively rear up their leg, meaning he'd be kicking a limp object. So their leg would hurt like Hell and bounce backwards, but not shatter like the bat because it was actually held in place by two assistants

[@yuptydoo]

Cian Walsh It was a hairline fracture...hardly "shattering," mate

[@cianwalsh439]

cool

[@skylineguy2612]

they kicked a guy in the nuts on sports science with 1100 lbs of force

[@CONNORJOHN3000]

Also alot of Muay Thai Krus can do this

[@blakewhitt5324]

bo Jackson used 2 break them over his knee all the time

[@nobita2343]

Strong kick by training a lot of kick. Other guy also can do it if their train hard like muay thai guy.

[@brandnubian11]

Now let cro cop or jose aldo kick the bat

[@vitaliyilich]

How about anderson silva haha

[@de20]

+Vitaliy Markevich we all know what happened last time lol

[@thaloh]

Anderson fucked up by overtraining and not throwing a proper roundhouse kick. Both factors contributed to his leg breaking

[@evanchen388]

none of them in the ufc can break this bat. Muay Thai fighters train young SPECIFICALLY the legs only. Kicking small trees everyday, I am half thai so I've seen how tough and thick their legs are. trust me, one kick on a regular man and your leg is as good as fractured like 99% chance. my uncle was a muay thai fighter and even his leg kicks at 50% power could probably make a man limp for days and this guy is a muay thai champion so imagine that at 100% power u guys dnt understand how long it takes to get your leg this strong.

[@douglashearne290]

If you rub and tap the shin with a solid object everyday it will become very strong

[@science_wannapa]

เหมือนกระตุ้นด้วยไฟฟ้า คลิปหน้าขอแข้งเปล่านะคะ

[@kiwpornsek6780]

กระตุ้นยังไงครับ

[@science_wannapa]

ทางชีวะไม่ค่อยมีข้อมูลเท่าไหร่คะ แต่คิดว่าน่าจะปล่อยกระแสไฟฟ้าเข้าไปเพื่อกระตุ้นกล้ามเนื้อเพื่อให้ทำงานได้หนักขึ้นโดยที่ไม่เจ็บ เดาเอานะคะ เท่าที่เรียนฟิสิกส์มา 555

[@kiwpornsek6780]

+Wan Jan อ่อครับ ในคลิปเขาก็วิจัยเรื่องนี้อยู่ เข้าใจแล้วครับ ขอบคุณครับ

[@NuTTo117]

จะมั่วไปไหน เค้าไว้วัดความแรงครับ555+

[@mr.jacktheripper5840]

+Wan Jan มั่วด้ายใจนั้นเครื่องวัดความเร็วกับแรง กระตงกระตุ้นดูหนังเยอะไปปล่าว

[@onegaisti]

... and the plaster was falling down.

[@xscorcher9071]

onegaisti nice kickboxer reference

[@methheadredneck6715]

Muay thai is the thoughest sport idgaf what Anybody says

[@ExplosionsNowInHD]

Dude, Moti Horenstein broke 38 baseball bats under a minute

[@Tyguy-wi1gb]

My master would do this with his shin

[@Tyguy-wi1gb]

3 taped together. No protection.

[@lanceluther1513]

+Tyguy2025 You actually refer to another human being as master.....

[@Keldaj]

+Lance Luther ......*sigh* stfu.

[@leopoldberger9037]

+Lance Luther it's a form of respect...

[@trickerdgaming]

Lol That is not a form of respect really. I have a 2nd degree black belt in TKD. I call no man my master... Christ Jesus is my Master.

[@thenoisytrain]

I need i new kind of kick

[@SharkzGrappling]

Did you pay attention to the video at all?

[@N00bcrunch3r]

7:47 That's enough to shatter a human ribcage!

[@lainard13]

Yes, broken ribs are very common in fights.

[@kilokilo14]

Should've gotten Ramon Dekkers

[@bossphan8887]

imagine if he missed his kick and aim at the guy head , what will happen

[@teeratopzzuza240]

ไม้แค่นี้ แถวบ้านเด็ก6ขวบเตะต้นสักก็หักมาแล้ว ขานะที่หักอ่ะ

[@Cris-dm1nt]

My heavy bag is set near some steel bars, kicked a steel bar as hard as i could by accident and still have a very big bump there. I'd love to train to the point where i can break a bat

[@ThorgalsWalhalla]

1000 lbs kick... how does "blocking" even help if he hit with the right spot?