Muay Thai Roundhouse Kick Technique by Samart Payakaroon

Want to learn the proper steps to a roundhouse kick?
Living legend Samart Payakaroon (Poptheeratham) teaches this kicking technique at Tiger Muay Thai.
Payakaroon is regarded by many as the best Muay Thai fighter of all time.
Payakaroon became world champion in both Muay Thai and western boxing, a 4x Lumpinee Champion and 3 x Thailand fighter of the year.
www.tigermuaythai.com

[@calam8286]

Total legend. Beautifully smooth technique. He looks in great shape at 53.

[@johnnywatson4629]

oh my god. he is at 53?!

[@jl6471]

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[@rijuroy1654]

He's 53?

[@DarkAristocrat]

Samart's roundhouse is smooth and has proper form. Beautiful to look at. And it's not even his signature kick. That honor goes to his teep - the "Thai side kick". Legendary indeed

[@andrejlykov6408]

I think Samart's roundhouse is very underrated. It also played a very important role in his tactic. He used teps to upset the opponent's balance and anger him. While the roundhouse kick and boxing were used as the last shot weapon.

[@HeWhoChills]

One of my favorite Thai fighters ever. Muay thai + western boxing = Samart.

[@TUMBABS]

Thats smart.

[@baqikenny]

definitely smart

[@tonyjablonski]

The two minute video on KZbin of him training is priceless.. people would pay thousands for this. Thank you Sir.

[@Tousanx]

this is by far the best break down on the proper technique for the roundhouse kick. Thank you.

[@gabrielgarcia437]

What we need to teach instead of saying " oh ALWAYS bend, or ALWAYS straight.. ALWAYS angle 45 degree upwards, 45 downwards, 90 degree to the side or ALWAYS lean back" etcerera, etcerera.. there are different kicks for every situation.. if you need to get over the guard then angle downward or if you need to angle upwards to get under a guard then do it. Bend if your leg slightly if hes too close or exend fully if u need to reach farther if you need to get your head out of range then lean back or lean to the side, if hes farther away then you dont need to lean back.. if you train properly u will kick hard enough regardless.. practice every style, every angle.. not every kick will be perfect technique.. especially in the midst of a fight, but more importantly find what works for you and learn how you can adapt to use it for any situation.. iv trained with strictly muay thai where the leg is bent and also with kick boxing mix martial arts which incorporated a straight leg.. and being kicked by both i will tell you both hurt enough.. power depends on whose kicking and how good their technique is regardless of how they kick..

[@globoyflemming]

This was a wonderful comment and helped me greatly, I appreciate this.

[@lsh9837]

Still worthy to come to this channel and watch this video. Thx :) It' so helpful!

[@thomaspatrickparker6648]

I have trouble with footwork with roundhouses but this helps me understand what I am doing wrong.

[@yelramyelram]

living legend I mean I hope hes still alive, he has blessed my life and instructed me without ever making any tutorial

[@kevinteran5624]

He is

[@yelramyelram]

@@kevinteran5624 glad to hear that, im sorry for being so out of the loop, this guy was my hero 15 years ago before I ended my martial arts career. I love his style , he was my favorite

[@arinaoliver]

Samart PayakAroon, he’s one of legend excellent, intelligent, talent fighter

[@nilolisana5831]

Best legend samart payakaroon

[@bloodfurypk666]

all is move look and are so clean wow this guy have full control of is body

[@alexsandromendessantos514]

Samart , one legend !!

[@thonginthavongsa5889]

He a legend

[@mongolchiuud8931]

the LEGEND...............WBC champion in Boxing AND Lupinee champion in Muay Thai. LOL!

[@vincecarlo]

Clear Technique fm Legend

[@pedroavila1435]

god i would love to go and train there!

[@tonyjablonski]

Then find a way to do it. Go forward my friend. Make it happen..

[@therodolfool]

Smooth af

[@globoyflemming]

I've been having a problem over the last year while trying to learn the Thai Roundhouse, and I think I've kind of fixed the problem but I'm here as hope to find confirmation if what I'm now doing is correct. Everytime someone taught me to kick with "everything straight everything fully extended" I would just extend and straighten my leg as far as I could and that would put my leg into hyper extension and I couldn't turn my hip over anymore. I started bending my knee just slightly, where it almost looks straight and everything's been much better. Even my upper body feels more loose as I move. So when they say straight/Fully extended, they still don't mean hyper extended right? Like there's a point of the knee where even as it's straight it looks a little bent? Or do they really want you to straight that leg completely, as far as you possibly can, almost like you're pulling your knee cap in until your leg is straight like a pole? I'm going to keep bending my knee just slightly because it feels better, I'm just curious if I had been misunderstanding what people mean by straight this whole time. Thank you to anyone who responds and helps me out with this.

[@whatitdoes]

Different people have different ways of kicking. This applies even among fighters. Learn all the ways and do what feels natural for you. I was taught both (straight leg and bent leg), I prefer to keep it a bit bent and straighten it right before impact. This helps me produce the most amount of power. You'll see ton of thai fighters with similar bend on their knees. I agree that supporting leg (the leg you are standing on) should be as straight as possible for mid and high kick, but sometimes due to anatomical restriction/flexibility in the hamstring and inner thigh/mobility at that hip, you end up bending it. The main focus is ideally turning your hip and shoulder over with pivoting. Everything else will fall into place.

[@87mjung]

They dont literally mean straight to the point of hyperextension on the knee. Its more terminology so that upon landing the kick your leg is fully extended and all the power is on the impact on the shin. Even in this demo Samart has his kick chambered at the knee right until he finishes the whip motion of the leg and knee hinges to straighten upon landing.

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[@___Anakin.Skywalker]

He really broke it down.

[@KaemonPan]

I love this video. Also, the guy in the pink shirts sounds like my friends white dad that it's funny lol

[@piaviengphing.6622]

Super master..

[@sz_godchannel6738]

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[@maurisiosantos2905]

Massa guerreiros

[@Vallianttt]

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[@yassineghalm8622]

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[@Fewvincent03]

So... If you throw a high kick you can't lead back right? And when you throw it, should your shin go in a downword angle at the impact, an upward one (45*) or completly parallels to the ground ???

[@TheSubieFan]

For most head kicks you will have to lean you can't get the angle otherwise atleast I can't and the impact should be parallel to the ground or down just not up pretty much never kick up.

[@dt077]

No, you will lead back for a high kick if going to the head. For roundhouse to the body, it is ok not to lean back, but to kick very high, you need to lean back to open the hips.

[@jharlesgeorge431]

I've seen videos where the rear leg is still very bent on impact and I mean like a 80 - 90 degree angle and now I've seen this video telling me that it should be straight on impact. Which one should I use?

[@tigermuaythai]

There are many variations of the Muay Thai round kick. Different variations can be used for different aims and different situations.

[@87mjung]

There are many different style of kicking that can all be effective if implemented well. But all the powerful thai kickers I've watched always had at least the kicking leg completely straight on impact like a baseball bat. I mean you can test it yourself, take a bat that is slight curved or bent vs a straight bat and hit a tree or ball and see which goes further.

[@Idiboy123]

I thought you bend slightly your leg when you kick

[@dt077]

Some schools teach this, others do not. I was taught to bend the leg when kicking at medium and short range, but to keep it straight at long range. It's more power if not bent.

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

Samarts calves are toned

[@rizalnursalam7060]

why his talk "tak tok tak tok ?!?!"

[@mrstrdknmabalz1412]

Do you know thai language?

[@rizalnursalam7060]

+Kenny AAM I don't know bro

[@mrstrdknmabalz1412]

Rizal Nur Salam well, that just how thai sound, dude. XD

[@rizalnursalam7060]

+Kenny AAM Owh... hahaha....!!!