Stance Switching | Footwork for Power Strikes | Full Contact Karate

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A quick breakdown of how you can use switch striking to generate powerful strikes in Kyokushin Karate. This is also of course usable in MMA, point karate, self-defense and similar scenaros.
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[@jocoolshow]

This is probably what Mike Tyson meant when he said Cus D’amato developed the peekaboo style from Karate The step turn footwork into those devastating power punches shown here is the footwork and punch style is the same that the boxing coach at my MMA gym showed me

[@hanslevin]

Learning every time with you guys. Great content.

[@SaikouKarate]

That’s great to hear!! Thank you for watching 😄

[@steamman8888]

Finally found a video on this! This is exactly what I need to learn, but it's super difficult.

[@SaikouKarate]

Glad you found it useful! It’s a simple move but it takes many repetitions before it feels fully natural :)

[@bobbiegee8862]

Adding this to my muay thai for some flare! Thank you for the video brother OSS 🙏

[@SaikouKarate]

👏 awesome, osu 🥋

[@blackdog8245]

Thx for this video. Got new techniques to use when I go to sparring.

[@SaikouKarate]

Happy to help!🙏

[@Emcron]

very clean & sharp movements 👍💪 these are referred to as “1st/2nd position” in Ashihara

[@SaikouKarate]

Thanks a lot 💪🏻 Ooh! That’s cool they are named positions 😄

[@Emcron]

@@SaikouKarate yup, left foot forward is 1 pos, right foot forward is 2 pos. in addition, there's also 3rd/4th positions, which involve pivoting aside to give ground when an attacker charges in. you mostly end up in the same off-centre positions, so the counterattacks can be very similar.

[@Michael-ci1gp]

In college and away from my dojo and I may have just found the perfect KZbin channel to keep progressing my art. Thanks!

[@SaikouKarate]

Appreciate your nice comment! Happy to help! OSU

[@wasabi5338]

Very similar to Mike Tyson's D'amato shift, so its definitely applicable outside kk.

[@SaikouKarate]

First time hearing that term but after looking it up, indeed! Strikingly similar 😄

[@jocoolshow]

@@SaikouKarateTyson said D’amato developed the style based off of Karate

[@jessehendrix2661]

What a coincidence, I was just thinking about this earlier today. If someone is walking you down you can counter with this and then pivot out to reset the range.

[@SaikouKarate]

For sure! There's a lot more possible counters and general strategies when you are able to quickly and smoothly change which side you are throwing rear power-strikes from 🙏

[@kombuchachacha2418]

Looks like Mike Tyson's movements, interesting

[@SaikouKarate]

Someone else mentioned it too, interesting coincidence!

[@dingdingho]

nice tutor

[@SaikouKarate]

Glad you think so!😄

[@matteoghizzoni7553]

I practice points karate, in our style only chudan punches can connect full force, but body combos always felt ankward to me because of the lead hand. These tips helped me to get a more explosive offence downstairs! 🙇🙇🙇

[@SaikouKarate]

Good to hear you could get some use out of it even in another context 😃👍

[@matteoghizzoni7553]

@@SaikouKarate lately i've been training with some higher-level athletes and the gap form the switch and the hit allowed them to block it and capitalize on it. I tried making it faster by punching at the same time as i switched but it lacked power.. So i tried something i call the "tobi chudan tzuki", it's like a low superman punch that combines the a side switch to slightley change the angle and shift the bodyweight foward for power... I got kinda curious, and i'd like to know if you can make it work in a kyokushin kumite. Just asking of course.

[@SaikouKarate]

@@matteoghizzoni7553 Yeah this is most effective as part of a combination rather than a first strike, since it's quite easy to read if done as a first strike. Super-man punch to the body can definitely work well, I use it sometimes as a counter for an incoming gedan mawashi geri (low kick). Not sure if its the exact technique you are referring to or not.

[@victorfreedom93]

Coincidently, I was focusing on my footwork this weeks. This gonna be useful to me Ossu!!

[@SaikouKarate]

Great to hear! Good luck! Osu 🙏

[@nabil5249]

Please provide a link on video with “explosive movements”

[@SaikouKarate]

Apologies! Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqeki6iVpbShsKc

[@cahallo5964]

Yellow belt is like the fourth belt in kyokushin right?

[@SaikouKarate]

It’s 6 and 5th kyu so it’s a middle belt!

[@cahallo5964]

@@SaikouKarate how many belts are there in total?

[@SaikouKarate]

@@cahallo5964 White, orange, blue, yellow, green, brown, black + Each with a stripe inbetween :)