The SNAKE KICK | Question Mark Kick's Cousin

[@grim_blazer9120]

I’ve been throwing this kinda kick since I started training, I’m so happy to see that it’s a legit technique and not just something I made up to mess with with people in sparring

[@RonSanPedro83]

Nice, I think I first saw this kick from Bas Rutten during his Pancrase days. I learned something called an S-Kick from one of my Pals who do Kyokushin, it starts as a downward chopping roundhouse but ends up as an in-out crescent kick to the head. I thought that it got the name because of the trajectory/path of the kick but the name Snake kick does make a lot of sense

[@judgegerald1275]

One of the best kicks you can add to your arsenal especially if you start with a body kick because a lot of fighters tend to want to check body kicks more then anything

[@judgegerald1275]

If they go to check the body kick you can teep the body if they Dutch block you can teep the face or you can step forward into a knee or elbow and get into the clinch

[@AlexN2022]

I used to use it a lot, but it makes breaking your own toes a real possibility. Landing your shin on a block just hurts, landing your toes on a block breaks them, and here we solicit a block, so it's a matter of being a little bit off, or the opponent being a bit quicker. There is a modification of this where, instead of switching to a front kick, we switch to a very short, whippy crescent kick to the head. I've seen people knocked out with that, but it needs a setup to get rid of hands defending the head first.

[@HappyBuffalo347]

I watched this video and thought "cool technique but I wont be able to do it in sparring", but last night I did it in sparring! Thanks for the video

[@ZisisPethanis]

As a southpaw, the lead leg one works very well after spamming some low kicks. You can add a small jumping step with the rear to add distance specially if you do the same with your lead leg low kicks.

[@zacm9747]

Oooh nice one Gabe. I love the question mark kick but this was a new one for me. Really appreciate the daily uploads lately. Really good content!

[@CashewNuts0]

When you said snake kick I thought it would be what in karate we call uchi mawashi geri or gyaku mawashi geri. It's exactly like what you showed in the video, but instead of finishing with a front kick you keep going, open your hips at the end and do a circular kick from the inside. It looks like and "S" shape going upwards. Kyokushin guys can do some serious damage with it.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

We have that move hahaha, we call it by a way different name. I didn't know it was that popular tho (i'm talking about all the people in the comment section that either knew about it or have used it before).

[@dominiquesmith9652]

Remember Bas Rutten teaching this technique. I enjoy using it after landing a few low kicks, more of of diagonal upward motion but its fun

[@Ash__Adler]

The second method you showed was something that I sort of intuited doing on my own in sparring 😅 I'm that person who's perfectly comfortable doing 2 or 3 (or more 🙃) consecutive low kicks if the other person doesn't give me a reason to stop, so I needed an option for when people did get twitchy to check, and this seemed to flow out quite naturally 🙂

[@gentlemandemon]

I've used this after hearing Bas Ruten talk about it. I also like turning a round kick into a side kick, especially if the person I'm sparring responds with back steps.

[@mr.q337]

I first copy the question mark kick from watching Saenchai years ago. No body teach this in the gym, but boy it is so fun during sparing session.

[@derek6817]

In Sanda we called this a monkey kick, if you use the heal and make it more of a stomp you can get a lot of power

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

True that!!

[@whoknows8223]

I always get hate when I say I do it with the heel. "Its wrong technique bla bla". I don't care it has way much power. Frontkick with the heel to the lead leg is so damaging (to muscle not knee I am not a d*ck)

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@whoknows8223 yeah they are awesome. We actually were taught to kick with the heel everytime we could in Japanese Jujutsu. Also happened in some Kung Fu styles that i practiced for a few weeks.

[@whoknows8223]

@@jestfullgremblim8002 When you kick in a door full power you don't kick with the ball of the foot...you kick with the heel. Ball of the foot is less damaging 100%

[@moontexts]

Awesome, my coach taught us this and i had no idea what the name was to improve on it! Thanks!!

[@BaronUnderbite]

My man! Always excited to learn a new kick. Thank you!

[@SuperGoatTV]

Holly crap!!! I have been doing this kick for years and I've never seen it demonstrated until this video lol and the reason I started throwing this kick was because of my lack of flexibility to do a question mark kick to the head LOL I catch people with this kick eight or nine times out of 10 when sparring. When people ask me what does Kik was since I had never seen it before it was just something I organically developed. I just called it a reverse question maek kick, but now I'm going to call it a snake kick. That's badass, LOL

[@poatan_55]

Can you make a video about the technique of Donovan Wisse

[@rexmemo974]

My coach is a black belt in Shotokan Karate and he showed me this kick but instead of it being a front kick it's a side kick. I like it since I can easily switch into southpaw to chase them if it pushs them away, if not you bring it back.

[@digital_mindmeld]

never seen that before. I have seen it going into a sidekick though which i know still has a decent amount of power in it.

[@elserpientethechamp2122]

Now this is an amazing kick Gabriel, I have utilized, the snake kick, loads of times, but, I have mostly utilized, the first method to throw it, not the rest of them, and I found it landing really solid in partner drilling, and we did not go full power, just light, and I felt, that I could really, knock the wind, out of somebody, if I did that kick, with more power and speed in a fight in the ring, and I will try it in sparring soon, but will obviously go lighter, so I do not fully knock the wind out of my training buddies/sparring partners, like it is an actual fight, but overall an amazing kick to utilize, excellent video Gabriel! 🎉

[@j.b.595]

Switch Kick feint into this kick works almost every time for me.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Exactly!!

[@justacontrarian]

I practice this kick but didn't have a name for it. Good stuff Coach Gabriel.

[@Th3Markas]

uchi mawashi geri

[@christianrobleto8220]

Thanks for showing and teaching this amazing technique! 🙏

[@benjamindover8221]

oh yeah yeah

[@joelanthonyalvarado6947]

Love your channel man. Getting my kickboxing fix.

[@pierrewilliam7119]

I remember my sanshou/kung fu coach teaching me this techniques years ago, without me realizing the potential. Thx

[@noahstewart6181]

great video,Bas Rutten used to use this in pancrase

[@GuelermeDias]

So, Gabe, have you ever put out a video on how to deal with feints? As a pretty jumpy person I'd appreciate it.

[@losttallows]

I never knew the name of this kick, I also didn’t use the first variation you showed. Great stuff!

[@NathanFeganKB]

Great breakdown I’ll be using this kick in sparring tonight 💪🥊

[@maxzhao8331]

wow very cool! I got to try it out!

[@andrewsmith5100]

Thank you so much for all the content you put out. I’m new to kickboxing/ Muay Thai and have learned a lot from your videos!

[@MJRLHobbyStuff]

Good move, my kenpo friends throw this all the time, but it’s usually to hit with an outside roundhouse kick, not a front kick

[@HappyBuffalo347]

Gabriel you are so technical

[@kelilemoore1998]

Could you do a video about the difference between thudding punching power and snapping punching power

[@melisslacour15]

This looks so fun definitely wanna try this

[@wonkie3742]

Man I love the exclamation point kick

[@wafflesmartialartsacademy8651]

Bas Rutten dropped someone with it in one of his pancrase fights, I didn't know it had a name but Its pretty cool

[@honigdachs.]

It reminds me of an even more unusual kick where you bring the knee not just in a front kick position, but you cross over towards the standing leg, as if you were cross-blocking a low kick. Then you counter-twist the hip, raise the leg and flick it outwards to the opponent's chin, basically back in the direction it came from. So if you're kicking in orthodox with the back leg, you're hitting the opponent's right side of the head, not the left. It requires very good hip and leg flexibility and strength. I've seen Kyokushin guys score knockouts with that.

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

Yep. Those kyokushin guys look like they have no hip joints sometimes

[@Nergal123]

You mean a reverse crescent kick?

[@anthonywarpecha4017]

@@GabrielVargaOfficialcan you make a video where you talk about how you should move or how people move differently in sparring and a fight? In regards to bouncing, moving your head, side to side

[@honigdachs.]

@@Nergal123 Not really, the crescent kick has this fluid, continuous motion. The kick I'm talking about has a lot of snap, that's why it can stagger people if it lands on the right spot. I found a video: kzbin.infoqpUCmEzWacA "Uchi Mawashi Geri"

[@tristantsang4325]

The common name for that is twist kick

[@patricknez7258]

Fun technique! Nice

[@Fiftee0]

Thumbnails are getting 🔥

[@Carlt0n]

Thanks for this

[@justas423]

Going from middle kick -> Front kick to face (either Crane Kick style or Thai style) sounds pretty surprising.

[@okamikam3223]

I've been throw a variant of this kick, instead of throwing a front lick i throw a side kick for a little extra stank.

[@CarpetSurfer404]

This reminds me alot of Bas Ruten's Techniques

[@JackHanma]

The brazilian kick and the snake are my favorite kicks. The only thing is that i'm unable to properly performe the high version of the snake.

[@187almazan]

I got in trouble for throwing this in practice. I meant to throw it at my opponent's sternum and he ducked into the kick. Good thing I pulled back a lot as I wasn't trying to hurt him just tag him, he still caught a face full of my foot and coach thought I was trying to hurt him. He said no more "face kicks" but I wasn't intending for the face 🫠

[@squid760]

Awesome Muay Thai staple

[@anthonyleo443]

AAAhh the michael jackson kick. or what i like to call the "Hee Hee".

[@jacksypher3403]

I like the thumbnail

[@zenmorte2793]

I didnt know this had a name, I always theorized about this one but aiming at the knee, which could be devastating for the opponent

[@sugoibreee7338]

First one to comment and I already know that's gonna be a great video!!!

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@sugoibreee7338]

Going to a sparring session, will try that!

[@brycekeeney4995]

Something I see in the sport karate world is a round kick to the body, passes and turns to a head level hook kick. Is there a cool kick name for this sequence or is it just something the karaye world does with no name to it?

[@charlesnostrant4010]

My coach does a slight variation with a side kick instead of a front kick. Sooo is it the same or a new kick? Maybe the Riddler? Or the Questionable Gardensnake?

[@MyNameisntEarl]

Do any of you have any advice on how to kick higher? I can do most of the advanced level kicks but can't seem to get most of them at head level anymore. Could do it in my teens, I'm only 26 tho. Any exersizes to make my legs more flexible?

[@JaredClaunch]

I’ve legitimately heard it called the “teehee” kick and “Jackson kick”. Since it resembles the leg-twist-kick-thing Michael Jackson would do.

[@thomasfahey8314]

This is that one Dave Leduc used a lot.

[@frankiemartin3333]

There actually is a more difficult variation of this same kick: where you fake the roundhouse but then instead of switching it into a front kick to the body or face, they switch it into a head kick with the instep of their foot at a weird awkward angle!!!! If anyone knows the name of that kick let me know!!!

[@josh1212121]

I saw this kick done a few times before, I was thinking, what if you do the question mark kick as a fake then do the snake kick right after? So you start with a question mark kick, then when your leg is about to hit him from the side you bring your leg back and do the front kick. So it's like you fake the question mark kick then finish it as a snake kick. Or do the other way, start with a snake kick, then right before your leg lands forward you quickly bring it back to the side as a question mark kick. Call it the "Zigzag kick". That'll really confuse your opponent, he'll be like "what kick is he trying to do" then bam, he gets hit with your foot. Or, just keep alternating between question mark and snake kick, keep switching back and forth over and over, then when he doesn't know whats happening, hit him with one of the two. Genius right?

[@187almazan]

No because you're leaving your leg out there just dangling waiting to be countered plus it's hard to generate power and speed without momentum. You're better off setting your opponent up with the hands and then throwing the kicks when he expects you to finish a boxing combo.

[@codylaxton3287]

A teenage girl kicked me right in the solar plexus with this technique once while I was training muay thai. Never knew the name but I've used it in sparing ever since lol. She got me gooood lmao 🤣

[@Dchaepark]

Please make What makes Allazov so good?

[@TheReaperOfChess]

wow so the kick i been using for ALONG time since i started ends up being a legit kick.... lol

[@sorearm]

Niiiiiice

[@rowanvanheiningen8006]

How do you feel about the Uchi Mawashi Geri (reverse question mark kick)?

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Capoeira has that kick too! Why don't Taekwondoins use it more tho?

[@kalterverwalter4516]

Why dont you try it with a side kick?

[@Beans113]

They don’t sell those sick shorts any more :(

[@kevingray4980]

Kickboxers to Wing Chun in 2004: you're doing your kicks wrong, it will never work in full contact. Kickboxer champion in 2024: Here's this really cool technique we call the snake kick. But Wing Chun is bad...

[@stevans6942]

You can see it but it's not there.

[@neokimchi]

i like to call this the Spanish question mark kick, bc it's like an upside down question mark kick

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

Haha Love it

[@1stuffforfun]

I saw this kick performed by michael jackson ,heeeh heeeh before he spins ,like a he wants to prepare a spinning backfist xD

[@IrishKizma]

Goood

[@metalface_villain]

i saw the snake kick at some point from lerdsila and i started doing it at the gym and now everyone is copying that shit xD this is a pretty cool kick, i also tried many of gabriel's cheeky techniques, like the cross to teep, thankfully that one hasn't caught up yet so others aren't using it on me yet xD

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

Yep. Lerdsila throws it so well. I was definitely prepared for it when I fought him.

[@marca.9365]

Haha

[@mr.mosquito9373]

Pou' se re

[@Richerrr-g6g]

I landed this in sparring once, seanchai did it and I tried it cuz it looked cool😂

[@zacm9747]

Cringe 😬

[@Richerrr-g6g]

@@zacm9747 not knowing how to use the words “cringe” and “cringy” properly is cRiNgE

[@OJrege]

>:(

[@trevorhardy3544]

I hate these stupid pop-culture names for kicks that already have names.