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In competition, I made a HUGE mistake. I was "hitching" before throwing the round kick. For example, if I was rear kicking with my right leg, I was raising my right arm high, before pulling it low. Watching the film in slow motion, my opponent was actually raising his leg to block my kick BEFORE my foot left the ground! Would highly recommend that fighters film themselves sparring prior to competing. And be highly critical to look for telegraphing your strikes.
That's true that raising your arm telegraphs the kick, but if you lift your arm to your face like you're sneezing into it before throwing it down with the kick, then it acts as a guard in the right situation i reckon.
@@DannOnion protects your chin, maybe. However, he easily blocked my kick and countered with a leg kick of his own. Most important takeaway is to FILM yourself in some heavy sparring prior to competition. Be critical in your evaluations. I was shocked by how badly I was telegraphing my kicks by raising my arm high.
I just recently switched from boxing to kickboxing and I'm noticing that my biggest challenges with kicking are not turning my hip, being flat footed, and hitting with my foot instead of my shin. I'm going to keep working on it, and thank you for the tips.
One of the mistakes I was doing was not trying to kick through the target. My knee was not passing the target and because of that my kick lacked power. Jeff from MMA shredded corrected my mistake and now I can kick better. Great video, Sean!
Same here. I’m much better in the beginning and mid fight now. But after I reach that level of exhaustion where thought begins to shut down and improper muscle memory takes over (if that makes sense), I have to find that second wind to get my mind back into the game so I can throw proper technique and land an actual hit that will do damage rather than wasting my energy on baseless impacts.
+ Terrell Jay The only issue with pivoting a lot on the planted foot is that it can cause ankle damage. Lots of TKD practitioners get this issue. So I suggest when you take your initial positioning step start the turn with a step. Then you have less of a pivot to do with your ankle. Either that or make sure you regularly strengthen and condition your ankles.
@Rio the MadHater Hmm weird comment dude. You seem to be asking why are you talking or communicating in a clear concise manner. That is how "white man" usually communicates. Why would you be surprised their are "white men" communicating online? The majority of people chatting in this forum are likely to be white. So not quite sure how you expect people to communicate. Your post reeks of racism. Weak racism, but racism still. I could come back and say - Why you running or sprinting like a black man? Is that a fair thing to say?
@@manbiteslife3110 I mean that just as you are about to throw the kick lift the front foot slightly and turn the foot in the direction that the roundhouse will take. This makes for less rotating on your front foot as it is already partly rotated. The purpose is to minimise chances of ankle injury and it can add some torsion to your kick by adding twist to your leg. Not saying you have to do this. Just that I have seen it taught this way and have found it effective. Adding a small step also helps add your body weight to the kinetic chain.
He is such a good guy man you could tell in the way he teaches and the way he really cares about you and wanting to make everyone learn and understand each technique
Thanks for this bro. I’ve always massively struggled with the round kick, in my teens and 20s doing karate and now in my 40s doing MMA. Your breakdown may allow me to start adding proper Thai round kicks to my MMA game finally.
I practice Shotokan Karate, and our Round House Kick is basically the same, but we land it with the ball of the foot more than the shin. We also use the instep for competition to avoid serious injury. Much respect to our Muay Thai family. I love learning from different arts and splicing in what works to my journey.
Also i see beginners will just "throw" their leg into the pad and just hope for the best. The kick comes from the hip, not the leg. If you engage the hipe correctly, the leg will follow corretly.
@Switch Kick when i started muay thai i started to maximum rotate my hips when walking through my flat and always pivoted the standing foot. Looked weird but helped a lot.
I think this is so difficult for me because even though I mentally understand the technique, I still have effectively no core muscles, which makes using my hips to throw my legs super difficult. (Im not technically a beginner, but coming back from a 5 year period of inactivity in this or any other sport due to heroin addiction, im 1 and a half years sober now)
A professor told me not to put the arm down (or the shoulder as you explain in minute 1:08) when kicking. He was always repeating "keep the guard up"! when kicking. So that is the way i learned, however i do the kick as you are saying here. I think the technique you explain here happens more naturally. To keep the guard up is unnatural. But I think both options are good. Sorry if my English is not too good.
Excellent video, definitely wish that I had these resources & tips when I first started. It would have saved me from having to unlearn bad habits and re-learn the right ones.
03:24 Also important to note: Pushing off of the ground with the ball of your foot is not what generates force; it's using the weight placed on the ball of the foot to PULL yourself forward as you pivot (bending the knee with drive from the glute and hamstring). This generates forward momentum that you can transfer into the kick when you drive the hip (of the kicking side) forward and then turn it over for maximum acceleration/transfer of that momentum.
Thanks, for the tip. I be having trouble pivoting on my roundhouse kicks. So, I got used to using my footwork, to it. I guess you could say I step into my roundhouse kicks. And, if I do try to pivot, it's only like a 45 degree, pivot.
The main problem I also see are people never pointing their front toes through the target. That kicking leg is only going to go as far as the front foot is pointing so people will either have no power or can cause injury. Good video
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Seemed like Anderson Silva made a beginner mistake when he threw his low kick and Chris Weidman checked it - resulting in the compound fracture. By not turning his hip over he was making contact on the flat part of the bone as opposed to the edge. Does this sound about right or was he doing something else wrong?
When fighting in Thai boxing you need to look at their body or chest so you can ‘see’ any kicks as well as punches, if he was looking eye to eye it would be harder for him to anticipate kicks That’s the excuse I’d make anyway
"Kick towards 5 O'clock " is the best advice i ever got when it came to Thai kicks(for the right leg obviously ) . It does the most damage and shuts down the centerline at the same time. But like you are saying, the hips turning over is what does that. Its a pop and push at the same time, crushing. Man they hurt. I wince just watching it
For me its my toe pivot from the ground to get that reaction force. It makes a huge difference. When it was pointed out to me, I put in the same effort, but the force delivery on the bag was soooo much more and my kicking hip felt more stable when my leg made impact on the bag. I know the reason for me when I "forget" it its because I get too impatient to land a roundhouse kick quickly that I miss that critical step.
Sean, your videos are beyond awesome! Great tips on the roundhouse kick! The most common mistake I see on the roundhouse is people not turning their hips over. If you could make more videos like this about the other strikes (teeps, knee, elbow, punches) it would be great. Many thanks to you and Cassie.
Thank you for this great information I didn't notice myself that I was leaning my shoulder back too much when I was practicing my kicks and couldn't figure out why I was throwing myself off balance while kicking. I made some adjustments and now see a lot of improvement in the power 😎🙏
just started recently and my coach would correct me frequently. I heard some of the tips already before watching this, so it helped me understand more. doing it with a left one is also one of my struggles. This video is really helpful for me.
Common mistakes I see is dropping their rare legs straight back down in front of them without any 2nd fazing or not bringing it back fast enough after the kick... and hands dropping straight after they kick. Also loving your videos, awesome content and not too serious :D
I would like to see someone quantify the difference in energy with the hand up or hand down when throwing a round Muay Thai kick. A very smart super accredited teacher once told me it makes no difference. I started training without dropping the hand. At first it didn’t feel right but it was because I never trained like that, and also some psychological. Basically, even if it gave you 10% more energy, which is doubtful to me, it’s not worth the expensive of opening your face. Especially since most people throw kicks only to miss, get countered, off balance, where you need to recover on guards quickly. Is it really worth it? Then again with a kick that is so committed and very poor recovery (compared to a straight kick or more of a probing kick, or groin if we are talking street) then it should only ever be thrown with 100% confidence in landing it. Not just throwing it to throw it. But I do not see that in tournament
Nice vid! I'd put even more focus on shifting the the hip though. If you teach them to thrust their pelvis forth aswell as the hip together with the torque/twist of the leg it's easier to get the mechanics and you'll get even more power. It's good to learn since the same thing applies to when you're throwing knees whether flying, stop or straight ones into stomach when having inside clinch grip - just kneeing straight up is alot less effective than when you really thrust your whole hip and put your pelvis forwards with it. Adds reach aswell just like with kicks. Most people hit with their frontside ankle or foot which isn't pleasant when the mitts aren't there, pointing out hitting with the shin being optimal is good - alot think you have to condition them iron leg style but you do have a muscle running along side the Tibia protecting the shin automatically while checking kicks f.ex, since it's by raising your foot/toes "up" that flexes it, so as long as your foot isnt vertical during check but lifted you'll get alot less trauma to shins. Optimal is ofc if you keep your foot straight and flex that muscle during round kicks, I've noticed many have trouble with getting used to that though then it may be better for those to step in closer/pivot hard and getting the hit in with the shin that way, foot not-optimally extended but if close - shin connects anyway and the weak foot/ankle with all those tiny easy to shatter bones beyond target. Kicking someone's guard with your foot/ankle can ruin it pretty bad just there so. Good quality topicand content again anyway, keep it up! /Ex Swedish Nak Muay, nowadays just another MT-instructor.
im in my 4º session of Muay and i love it, yesterday was my first time hitting the bag with my shins and oh god how it hurts, so with this point in mind i will try it out the next session. thank you a lot.
You highlighted my issue when I first start I couldn't figure out why my hips wouldnt turn over and I watched a video of Shane Fazen and realized I was flat footed and not on the balls of my feet. I'm good now! Thanks for the great video Sean!
Ya, I was working on my muay tai kicks for a while and once I added my hips to it I felt so much more power. I still have to adjust my flexibility and technique now that I kick differently, but the power is greater.
Very well done video. One of the common flaws I see in other videos is crappy audio. It cannot be over emphasized how important it is to have good audio.
Mmm I've seen some experienced guys do low/mid round houses without pivoting. Rather than wrong it just lacks power. But that way of kicking can be used to create movement and sometimes trick an opponent since they don't get to feel your full swing. With all that said. Basically lower level kickers won't use it well since they have yet to grasp the importance of setting everything up. Now I'm not a fan of it myself just thought there should be a caveat since there are people that use it successfully.
David Castiilo very good point. Throwing kicks without the pivot (and sometimes without the arm swing too) can still be effective if used in certain ways. I see a lot of kickboxers do this with their low kicks which tend to make them a bit quicker and less telegraphed
Usually a strong low kick can be successful without the pivot by stepping at the angle in which the pivot would normally end and letting that hard angle pull your hips through. See: bas rutten.
I would never suggest doing that. If you're going for a front kick, don't pivot. If you intend to swing the leg around, you have got to get up on your toes. If you plant your heel, your hip will still try and rotate to follow your shoulders, transferring that torque to your knee. Your MCL will know the difference. There are many ways to feint. Throwing a low-power, poor technique kick that's hard to recover and puts you at risk of injury is not a good way to try.
Loved it. Ive spent my whole life kicking with my foot planted on the floor. Then at the beginning of the month i started tkd with my kid. In my first training we tried some four kicks combos ive never practiced before. Got my knee injured pretty bad (hurted my collateral medial ligament on the knee). So now i understand i should be lifting my heels. Man, im really thankful for this vid.
Suffering from the same injuries on my knees making this exact mistake. Did you continue training with the injury or did you rest? I can't decide whether to continue training with the proper techniques now or to have a complete rest until there is no more pain.
A problem I see is people throwing the leg like a snap kick instead of engaging the entire leg using the opposite hip. I did have one question though. Ive been told to keep your kicking leg relaxed and almost swing it like a baseball player swings a bat by turning their hips. Is this right and how do you do this. Also is it helpful to push off with your toes to get your kick moving?
Yes you want your leg to be like a baseball bat and your hips to guide the bat/leg through the target. A lot of it has to do with relaxing your body and practicing thrusting your hips through (and repetition of course). And yes, driving off your foot and pushing off the ground will definitely help
Hi! Thanks for this nice video but I have a couple of things to add. 1:40 I do kyokushin, and we also have roundhouse kicks but in Kyo (and also in Taekwondo) we don't "wave" with our hands. You said in the video that it helps your swing but I always felt that it creates a negative force, opposed to the body's. As an engineer I think this makes sense but it's fascinating how different Muay Thai is. 2:38 Great explanation on the flat-footed part. I'd add that it also hurts your knees. Maybe not immediately but it will take its toll in time. I've seen knees went out during competitions because of this. Basically people k.o. themselves. Keep on kickin'! :)
When I did Chinese martial arts as a kid, they said the foot should be planted just before and after turning on the ball of the foot. I think they have a huge emphasis on being grounded with the stance. Terrible to be Muay Thai kicked in those low stances! Haha
@@seanfagan Further elaboration on the knee injuries sustained by not pivoting, refer to Bas Rutten. He teaches to step and plant the foot rather than be up on the ball of the foot. He might be right in that generates a little bit more power by having a solid base, but his career also ended due to knee injuries. Food for thought. :)
@@jebhank1620 I like tough....Im frackin 38 and just started boxing a year ago.....Ill try almost anything twice cause I forget if I liked it the first time(old joke).
actually flat-footed during the rotation can be very good , the reason is exactly what you said to avoid , THE FRICTION , you can use your muscles of your foot and use the friction between you Soles and groung to enforce the rotation and get more power for that kick (and after this may be go on your toes to get your self higher :D or some extra ... ) I think that is why in KYOKUSHIN karate some teachers advice this ...
Yes there are a number of different ways to throw the kick, but as a Muay Thai specific kick, 99% of the Thai's teach coming onto the balls of your feet.
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Thank you for this demonstration. I have been in situations where second guessing is not an option. I think many people do this when trying out in your face MMA.
First time I watch just to stare at Cassandra, then I rewind and watch once more for actual technique (and even then it's somewhat hard to concentrate) Please start doing these with some smelly sweaty dude so we could actually learn something!
Valuable tip about contacting with the shin instead of the foot. Broke 2 foot bones doing that years ago - a painful, well-learned lesson. Very good instruction video for some complicated bio-mechanics.
Don't throw your arms all over the place when throwing kicks, sacrificing your defense for balance and telegraphing your moves. Learn to throw kicks in balance while maintaining your hands in their position.
You definitely need to swing your arms to some degree, you have to know when its appropriate. The only time you would keep your hands in their position (sacrificing speed, power and balance in the kick no matter how much you train to 'stay balanced') is if you are close, in which case it would be suicide to throw a kick. You don't telegraph as much with your arm movement as you do by stepping into a kick.
@@seanfagan When you throw a right cross, do you also throw your left hand down and behind you? (Of course not...) Why teach balance at any and all costs (throwing your defense around wildly) rather than teaching striking with balance that doesn't require radical counter balance moves? Have you ever spent a solid 3 or 5 minute round kicking the heavybag focusing on both power and on NOT throwing your arms around for balance? It's a great exercise.
When i was training which i desperately want to again we used to do this drill where we would let the other person throw the leg kick but, push off the leg to get back to their stance and restart. It was good because I saw a lot of people having a lot of trouble reseting back to their stance and becoming off balance after connecting with the strike and the drill helped immensely.
A couple of other mistakes I made when I started was not leaning forward but leaning back. When we use our knees, we our told to lean back to get our knees high. The same things people do for kicks because people want to kick high, but in a real fight, it's about not kicking high. It's about landing the hit at the right time with speed and power. You should be able to lean forward, twist your hips, stand on your toes, and put full power with contact on the shin area. I went to a lot of kickboxing places, but it was only a Muay Thai teacher that pointed this out.
I'm a snashou(sanda)/Lei-Tai practicioner, so kicking and conditioning with my foot has always been my bread and butter, just for the snap and quickness. However I suffered a bad foot injury on my right foot, not training or fight related, and since then my right foot has become my bad foot. Haematoma forms right after the first kick. In lei-tai we wear shoes so a bit of wrapping and i'm all good to go; and wearing shoes on the street means I can throw that foot all day long if need be. But, in Sanshou no shoes. So I became very bummed and was unsure what to do. I'm ambidextrous when I fight so I'm switching from right to south paw, and most of our kicks are thrown from the front leg, so my right foot is always working.. My coach saw this and told me not to worry. A friend of his is a Muay Thai instructor here in Cincinnati,OH in the states and was a HUUUGE help. Like is said,my left foot is just solid iron so She focused on my right shin kicks. Took a lot of adjusting, luckily shin conditioning is a big factor of our training, but it was well worth it! Though my fighting days are behind me, the help I got in learning the muay thai round house saved me physically and mentally. Having the best of Muay Thai and Wushu/Sanshou is just a blessing. And whenever I think I need a refresher on Muay Thai, Your channel is such a big help! Thanks, and keep rockin'!
the stepping forward really helped me out. I always had the problem that you described, not landing the power at the right time. Now I reposition my body first and then kick, and all the power does land. Thanks for the help, great video :)
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That is a very good point 🙏
@@seanfagan Thanks for the inputs Sean
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So you mean naturally your are that good?! Hmmm
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In competition, I made a HUGE mistake. I was "hitching" before throwing the round kick. For example, if I was rear kicking with my right leg, I was raising my right arm high, before pulling it low. Watching the film in slow motion, my opponent was actually raising his leg to block my kick BEFORE my foot left the ground! Would highly recommend that fighters film themselves sparring prior to competing. And be highly critical to look for telegraphing your strikes.
That's true that raising your arm telegraphs the kick, but if you lift your arm to your face like you're sneezing into it before throwing it down with the kick, then it acts as a guard in the right situation i reckon.
@@DannOnion protects your chin, maybe. However, he easily blocked my kick and countered with a leg kick of his own. Most important takeaway is to FILM yourself in some heavy sparring
prior to competition. Be critical in your evaluations. I was shocked by how badly I was telegraphing my kicks by raising my arm high.
@@DannOnion do a search on Smacky Perri. My fight is on UA-cam.
I just recently switched from boxing to kickboxing and I'm noticing that my biggest challenges with kicking are not turning my hip, being flat footed, and hitting with my foot instead of my shin. I'm going to keep working on it, and thank you for the tips.
you box flat-footed?
yeah you should't box flat footed man xd
In some martal arts kicking with foot is better than shin. I'm not a big fan of kicking with my shin.
Broke my big toe doing this. Watch your placement and bag swing!
@@TheKeef98 Shin = Baseball Bat after years of training. Even shows great progress in more than 6 months
One of the mistakes I was doing was not trying to kick through the target. My knee was not passing the target and because of that my kick lacked power. Jeff from MMA shredded corrected my mistake and now I can kick better. Great video, Sean!
Vivek Ramanan Jeff knows his stuff!!
@@seanfagan Totally!
Jeff Chan is a beast sgout out to MMA Shredded!
Same here.
I’m much better in the beginning and mid fight now. But after I reach that level of exhaustion where thought begins to shut down and improper muscle memory takes over (if that makes sense), I have to find that second wind to get my mind back into the game so I can throw proper technique and land an actual hit that will do damage rather than wasting my energy on baseless impacts.
Also not pivoting on the planted foot will eventually tear your knee up over time. Great video and very informative btw!
Very good point! Thanks for the love
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Terrell Jay
The only issue with pivoting a lot on the planted foot is that it can cause ankle damage. Lots of TKD practitioners get this issue.
So I suggest when you take your initial positioning step start the turn with a step. Then you have less of a pivot to do with your ankle. Either that or make sure you regularly strengthen and condition your ankles.
@Rio the MadHater Hmm weird comment dude. You seem to be asking why are you talking or communicating in a clear concise manner. That is how "white man" usually communicates.
Why would you be surprised their are "white men" communicating online? The majority of people chatting in this forum are likely to be white. So not quite sure how you expect people to communicate. Your post reeks of racism. Weak racism, but racism still.
I could come back and say - Why you running or sprinting like a black man? Is that a fair thing to say?
@@VestigialHead I'm not understanding this concept.. What do you mean by take a step
@@manbiteslife3110 I mean that just as you are about to throw the kick lift the front foot slightly and turn the foot in the direction that the roundhouse will take. This makes for less rotating on your front foot as it is already partly rotated. The purpose is to minimise chances of ankle injury and it can add some torsion to your kick by adding twist to your leg.
Not saying you have to do this. Just that I have seen it taught this way and have found it effective. Adding a small step also helps add your body weight to the kinetic chain.
He is such a good guy man you could tell in the way he teaches and the way he really cares about you and wanting to make everyone learn and understand each technique
Thanks so much for the kind words!
Thanks for this bro. I’ve always massively struggled with the round kick, in my teens and 20s doing karate and now in my 40s doing MMA. Your breakdown may allow me to start adding proper Thai round kicks to my MMA game finally.
That’s so great to hear!! Thanks for the love 🙏
How do you struggle with a kick for 20 years 😂😂😂
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@@levelup2014 bro should've just quit. There's not even a thing of "oh but you should always learn to fight" here, man just physically handicapped
I practice Shotokan Karate, and our Round House Kick is basically the same, but we land it with the ball of the foot more than the shin. We also use the instep for competition to avoid serious injury. Much respect to our Muay Thai family. I love learning from different arts and splicing in what works to my journey.
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Thanks my man!
@@seanfagan thats two of my mans under one video
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Haha you got it
Just to note: it is very important to make sure you turn the back foot when you kick, helps your hip go in line and stops the twist on the knee.
Also i see beginners will just "throw" their leg into the pad and just hope for the best.
The kick comes from the hip, not the leg.
If you engage the hipe correctly, the leg will follow corretly.
YES! That's a great point. Thanks for pointing that out! 👊
@Switch Kick when i started muay thai i started to maximum rotate my hips when walking through my flat and always pivoted the standing foot. Looked weird but helped a lot.
@Switch Kick They don't know how to do it correctly too.
To true dude!
I think this is so difficult for me because even though I mentally understand the technique, I still have effectively no core muscles, which makes using my hips to throw my legs super difficult. (Im not technically a beginner, but coming back from a 5 year period of inactivity in this or any other sport due to heroin addiction, im 1 and a half years sober now)
Thank You, I was doing some of these mistakes and now I can fix them.
This is posted after I JUST spent a full hour practicing kicks. >:(
Lol that's the worst! Guess you'll have to practice another full hour then ;)
You will probably spend one or two more hours practicing kicks so don't worry ;D
Some people spend months and still do it wrong
@@nicklesm202 Some spend years doing It wrong, doesn't matter how much you practice but how you do It.
Many more full hours to come so dont worry
A professor told me not to put the arm down (or the shoulder as you explain in minute 1:08) when kicking. He was always repeating "keep the guard up"! when kicking. So that is the way i learned, however i do the kick as you are saying here. I think the technique you explain here happens more naturally. To keep the guard up is unnatural. But I think both options are good. Sorry if my English is not too good.
Excellent video, definitely wish that I had these resources & tips when I first started. It would have saved me from having to unlearn bad habits and re-learn the right ones.
Paul Banasiak I know right?!
Same here. Now I just look at it as learning a new kick or strike or whatever and it seems to help.
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Glad you think so!
03:24 Also important to note: Pushing off of the ground with the ball of your foot is not what generates force; it's using the weight placed on the ball of the foot to PULL yourself forward as you pivot (bending the knee with drive from the glute and hamstring). This generates forward momentum that you can transfer into the kick when you drive the hip (of the kicking side) forward and then turn it over for maximum acceleration/transfer of that momentum.
Thanks, for the tip. I be having trouble pivoting on my roundhouse kicks. So, I got used to using my footwork, to it. I guess you could say I step into my roundhouse kicks. And, if I do try to pivot, it's only like a 45 degree, pivot.
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great and crystal clear explanation! thanks coach!
The main problem I also see are people never pointing their front toes through the target. That kicking leg is only going to go as far as the front foot is pointing so people will either have no power or can cause injury. Good video
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This is really helpful. I always made (and sometimes still do) make this mistake. Thanks for fully explaining what turning over your hip means!
You got it! Thanks for watching 👊🙏
Very nice tips, you delivered them clear and easy. Also, she is talented and stunning!
Thanks so much!
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Seemed like Anderson Silva made a beginner mistake when he threw his low kick and Chris Weidman checked it - resulting in the compound fracture. By not turning his hip over he was making contact on the flat part of the bone as opposed to the edge. Does this sound about right or was he doing something else wrong?
Sean can you do some more videos on using spear knees? Combos, setups, etc? Thanks for sharing the art man, been a long time fan.
Can you separate the tips for beginners and advanced so people can skip the beginners tips thanks 😁
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@Ned Flanders don't you think it will make a good vid ? Beach ?
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And the biggest mistake of all: STARING AT HER CLEAVAGE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO KICK HER!
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When fighting in Thai boxing you need to look at their body or chest so you can ‘see’ any kicks as well as punches, if he was looking eye to eye it would be harder for him to anticipate kicks
That’s the excuse I’d make anyway
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"Kick towards 5 O'clock " is the best advice i ever got when it came to Thai kicks(for the right leg obviously ) . It does the most damage and shuts down the centerline at the same time. But like you are saying, the hips turning over is what does that. Its a pop and push at the same time, crushing. Man they hurt. I wince just watching it
That's a great tip! I never heard of it explained that way but that's a great way to break it down simply
For me its my toe pivot from the ground to get that reaction force. It makes a huge difference. When it was pointed out to me, I put in the same effort, but the force delivery on the bag was soooo much more and my kicking hip felt more stable when my leg made impact on the bag. I know the reason for me when I "forget" it its because I get too impatient to land a roundhouse kick quickly that I miss that critical step.
Pure gold in this video! Very detailed and well explained
Thanks so much!
Sean, your videos are beyond awesome! Great tips on the roundhouse kick! The most common mistake I see on the roundhouse is people not turning their hips over. If you could make more videos like this about the other strikes (teeps, knee, elbow, punches) it would be great. Many thanks to you and Cassie.
Oh that’s a great idea thanks for the suggestion! And thanks for the love as always too, it’s much appreciated 👊🙏
@@seanfagan 🙏🙏🙏😊😊😊🙂🙂🙂
Excellent video ...exactly what I was looking for.
Zezo awesome glad to here!
What about the foot lose (whipet) or toes pointing down
I concentrated on the rooster, and gathered nothing else ; - ;
Lolol
Great video you two I'll work on it today
Awesome have fun!
@@seanfagan fair enough then and thanks again
Thank you for this great information I didn't notice myself that I was leaning my shoulder back too much when I was practicing my kicks and couldn't figure out why I was throwing myself off balance while kicking. I made some adjustments and now see a lot of improvement in the power 😎🙏
just started recently and my coach would correct me frequently. I heard some of the tips already before watching this, so it helped me understand more. doing it with a left one is also one of my struggles. This video is really helpful for me.
This is great. learning how to kick like a Thai! More Cassie!
I'll see what I can do ;)
Common mistakes I see is dropping their rare legs straight back down in front of them without any 2nd fazing or not bringing it back fast enough after the kick... and hands dropping straight after they kick. Also loving your videos, awesome content and not too serious :D
I would like to see someone quantify the difference in energy with the hand up or hand down when throwing a round Muay Thai kick. A very smart super accredited teacher once told me it makes no difference. I started training without dropping the hand. At first it didn’t feel right but it was because I never trained like that, and also some psychological. Basically, even if it gave you 10% more energy, which is doubtful to me, it’s not worth the expensive of opening your face. Especially since most people throw kicks only to miss, get countered, off balance, where you need to recover on guards quickly. Is it really worth it? Then again with a kick that is so committed and very poor recovery (compared to a straight kick or more of a probing kick, or groin if we are talking street) then it should only ever be thrown with 100% confidence in landing it. Not just throwing it to throw it. But I do not see that in tournament
Go thru the video many times to really not miss any details, will keep in mind to review mine, thx for this valuable share.
Nice vid!
I'd put even more focus on shifting the the hip though.
If you teach them to thrust their pelvis forth aswell as the hip together with the torque/twist of the leg it's easier to get the mechanics and you'll get even more power.
It's good to learn since the same thing applies to when you're throwing knees whether flying, stop or straight ones into stomach when having inside clinch grip - just kneeing straight up is alot less effective than when you really thrust your whole hip and put your pelvis forwards with it.
Adds reach aswell just like with kicks.
Most people hit with their frontside ankle or foot which isn't pleasant when the mitts aren't there, pointing out hitting with the shin being optimal is good - alot think you have to condition them iron leg style but you do have a muscle running along side the Tibia protecting the shin automatically while checking kicks f.ex, since it's by raising your foot/toes "up" that flexes it, so as long as your foot isnt vertical during check but lifted you'll get alot less trauma to shins.
Optimal is ofc if you keep your foot straight and flex that muscle during round kicks, I've noticed many have trouble with getting used to that though then it may be better for those to step in closer/pivot hard and getting the hit in with the shin that way, foot not-optimally extended but if close - shin connects anyway and the weak foot/ankle with all those tiny easy to shatter bones beyond target.
Kicking someone's guard with your foot/ankle can ruin it pretty bad just there so.
Good quality topicand content again anyway, keep it up!
/Ex Swedish Nak Muay, nowadays just another MT-instructor.
Thank you so much for the thoughtful response! I agree, hip shifting/rotation is key 👊
Wow... thank you for the video. No wonder it feels wired when i do kicks while shadow boxing
Love your stuff.I’m a 53 year old man. And haven’t been doing this for very long. Thank you so much...
You are very welcome!
Yea a lotta times people forget to "OOUUUWAAEEEYYY!!!!!!" when they kick or see someone kick. It's a huge peeve of mine
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im in my 4º session of Muay and i love it, yesterday was my first time hitting the bag with my shins and oh god how it hurts, so with this point in mind i will try it out the next session. thank you a lot.
Great to hear!
You highlighted my issue when I first start I couldn't figure out why my hips wouldnt turn over and I watched a video of Shane Fazen and realized I was flat footed and not on the balls of my feet. I'm good now! Thanks for the great video Sean!
You got it man! Shane teaches some great stuff. Looking forward to seeing his US cross country seminar trip!
Ya, I was working on my muay tai kicks for a while and once I added my hips to it I felt so much more power. I still have to adjust my flexibility and technique now that I kick differently, but the power is greater.
got a question : if i were to do a roundhouse, should my standing leg be tipping toes but straight? or should i bend my knees
Jonathan Sng straight
Always be on tippy toes. Pivoting on while your whole foot in in contact with the ground will spell disaster for your kneed
Knees*
Awesome video man, thanks for posting!
Man... if I was fighting that girl I would forget to fight.
skaruts big oof lol
@test Green minded
I know
@test sry that's how men psychology works rip
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Very well done video. One of the common flaws I see in other videos is crappy audio. It cannot be over emphasized how important it is to have good audio.
Yea it’s taken me awhile to make sure the audio is good, so I’m glad you can appreciate that!
Mmm I've seen some experienced guys do low/mid round houses without pivoting. Rather than wrong it just lacks power. But that way of kicking can be used to create movement and sometimes trick an opponent since they don't get to feel your full swing. With all that said. Basically lower level kickers won't use it well since they have yet to grasp the importance of setting everything up. Now I'm not a fan of it myself just thought there should be a caveat since there are people that use it successfully.
David Castiilo very good point. Throwing kicks without the pivot (and sometimes without the arm swing too) can still be effective if used in certain ways. I see a lot of kickboxers do this with their low kicks which tend to make them a bit quicker and less telegraphed
Usually a strong low kick can be successful without the pivot by stepping at the angle in which the pivot would normally end and letting that hard angle pull your hips through. See: bas rutten.
I would never suggest doing that. If you're going for a front kick, don't pivot. If you intend to swing the leg around, you have got to get up on your toes. If you plant your heel, your hip will still try and rotate to follow your shoulders, transferring that torque to your knee. Your MCL will know the difference. There are many ways to feint. Throwing a low-power, poor technique kick that's hard to recover and puts you at risk of injury is not a good way to try.
@@kma3647 for low kicks I meant not high kicks. watch some Dutch style kickboxing. Or UA-cam bas rutten low kick
@@kma3647 your correct for high kicks you must snap up on your toes and straighten non kicking leg
Loved it. Ive spent my whole life kicking with my foot planted on the floor. Then at the beginning of the month i started tkd with my kid. In my first training we tried some four kicks combos ive never practiced before. Got my knee injured pretty bad (hurted my collateral medial ligament on the knee). So now i understand i should be lifting my heels. Man, im really thankful for this vid.
Suffering from the same injuries on my knees making this exact mistake. Did you continue training with the injury or did you rest? I can't decide whether to continue training with the proper techniques now or to have a complete rest until there is no more pain.
A problem I see is people throwing the leg like a snap kick instead of engaging the entire leg using the opposite hip. I did have one question though. Ive been told to keep your kicking leg relaxed and almost swing it like a baseball player swings a bat by turning their hips. Is this right and how do you do this. Also is it helpful to push off with your toes to get your kick moving?
Yes you want your leg to be like a baseball bat and your hips to guide the bat/leg through the target. A lot of it has to do with relaxing your body and practicing thrusting your hips through (and repetition of course). And yes, driving off your foot and pushing off the ground will definitely help
Sean Fagan thanks. I will definitely work harder on this.
Just start with muay thai and I'm doing all of this mistakes. Thanks for great video.
Hi! Thanks for this nice video but I have a couple of things to add.
1:40 I do kyokushin, and we also have roundhouse kicks but in Kyo (and also in Taekwondo) we don't "wave" with our hands. You said in the video that it helps your swing but I always felt that it creates a negative force, opposed to the body's. As an engineer I think this makes sense but it's fascinating how different Muay Thai is.
2:38 Great explanation on the flat-footed part. I'd add that it also hurts your knees. Maybe not immediately but it will take its toll in time. I've seen knees went out during competitions because of this. Basically people k.o. themselves.
Keep on kickin'! :)
Thanks for the input! Yea there are multiple variations to the kick and it just depends on what works best for you :)
When I did Chinese martial arts as a kid, they said the foot should be planted just before and after turning on the ball of the foot. I think they have a huge emphasis on being grounded with the stance. Terrible to be Muay Thai kicked in those low stances! Haha
@@seanfagan Further elaboration on the knee injuries sustained by not pivoting, refer to Bas Rutten. He teaches to step and plant the foot rather than be up on the ball of the foot. He might be right in that generates a little bit more power by having a solid base, but his career also ended due to knee injuries. Food for thought. :)
Im a beginner and this is awesome info. Thank you.
Nothing show more class, then bloopers 👍
Br1gHtB1AcK bloopers are the best
Finally a good vid showing proper kick technique + mistakes exposed. BTW I'm a Thai training at Fairtex Bangplee.
I love how you break it down. Totally loved the video. She's cute though ❤
Thanks so much!
This is very helpful Coach... Thank you for this step by step guide...
Great examples thank you guys. Loved the bloopers at the end ✌💚
Faraz Ishani haha there’s always plenty to choose from!
Great video I’m a novice but completely understand these explanations. Great stuff.
My biggest mistake is only training boxing. Muy Thai looks fun.
Im happy that people have liked my comment.....but how bout helping to convince me that I should start kicking too😂
@@TerryBollea1 kicking is more fun than just boxing, than you have punch kick combos.
@@kadijaish I just got some Venom short shorts, and a Century combat "weeble wobble" bag....so I guess I might as well give it a shot!
It's fun but a lot tougher than boxing
@@jebhank1620 I like tough....Im frackin 38 and just started boxing a year ago.....Ill try almost anything twice cause I forget if I liked it the first time(old joke).
Hi , I practice kyokushinkai and I agree with 100% what you have said.
actually flat-footed during the rotation can be very good , the reason is exactly what you said to avoid , THE FRICTION , you can use your muscles of your foot and use the friction between you Soles and groung to enforce the rotation and get more power for that kick (and after this may be go on your toes to get your self higher :D or some extra ... )
I think that is why in KYOKUSHIN karate some teachers advice this ...
Yes there are a number of different ways to throw the kick, but as a Muay Thai specific kick, 99% of the Thai's teach coming onto the balls of your feet.
These videos are literally the most informative and easy to understand. Gracias ❤
The most common mistake I see is my mirror
Saw my reflection and cried,
So little hope that I died,
Feed me your lies open wide,
Weight of my heart, not the size
@@leathersandals good one
I found this sooo motivating. I don't do Muay Thai, but this is really gonna help me later when I do the washing up. Sooo stoked.
Great pair...Of trainers...Thanks coaches :)
incredible well explained technique. I make a lot of these mistake. I´ll try to do it right now
Thanks so much!
If I had a partner like her I would train 7/24 :D
If you trained 24/7 you would probably get a partner like her.
@@ArakkAttack chances of me meeting with someone like her would increase but it is not that likely to happen.
Pathetic comment ugh
@@lunaticz0r when you dont have a girlfriend for a considerable time you realise you didnt apperiacte things enough in the past.. Edit: you know.. Like a giant pair of tits
That’s how you feel until you get out of an intense work out and you’re fine ass partner just finished making you look like a weak little bitch😂
Great to highlight dont do's, i ll keep those in mind, thank you !
You got it!
@@seanfagan Thank you, your channel is inspiring !
Cassie is GORGEOUS!
Thank you for this demonstration.
I have been in situations where second guessing is not an option. I think many people do this when trying out in your face MMA.
Thanks to my favorite band Weezer their song island in the sun really helped improve my kicks 🤣🤣🤣
Hip hip 🎶
Awesome video! Thanks guys!
Thanks so much!
First time I watch just to stare at Cassandra, then I rewind and watch once more for actual technique (and even then it's somewhat hard to concentrate)
Please start doing these with some smelly sweaty dude so we could actually learn something!
Valuable tip about contacting with the shin instead of the foot. Broke 2 foot bones doing that years ago - a painful, well-learned lesson. Very good instruction video for some complicated bio-mechanics.
Ouch! I’ve injured my feet and toes before too the same way
in our club the most common is forgetting to pivot properly.
On behalf of Thai people I'm very proud to see you two teach martial Arts, And the defense fo muay Thai Thank you 😆
Don't throw your arms all over the place when throwing kicks, sacrificing your defense for balance and telegraphing your moves. Learn to throw kicks in balance while maintaining your hands in their position.
Balance is everything!!!
You definitely need to swing your arms to some degree, you have to know when its appropriate. The only time you would keep your hands in their position (sacrificing speed, power and balance in the kick no matter how much you train to 'stay balanced') is if you are close, in which case it would be suicide to throw a kick. You don't telegraph as much with your arm movement as you do by stepping into a kick.
@@seanfagan When you throw a right cross, do you also throw your left hand down and behind you? (Of course not...) Why teach balance at any and all costs (throwing your defense around wildly) rather than teaching striking with balance that doesn't require radical counter balance moves? Have you ever spent a solid 3 or 5 minute round kicking the heavybag focusing on both power and on NOT throwing your arms around for balance? It's a great exercise.
When i was training which i desperately want to again we used to do this drill where we would let the other person throw the leg kick but, push off the leg to get back to their stance and restart. It was good because I saw a lot of people having a lot of trouble reseting back to their stance and becoming off balance after connecting with the strike and the drill helped immensely.
Yea that's a common problem I see as well!
Is the chicken in the background from Family Guy?
Training for his next match with Peter. Tired of getting his ass kicked.
A couple of other mistakes I made when I started was not leaning forward but leaning back. When we use our knees, we our told to lean back to get our knees high. The same things people do for kicks because people want to kick high, but in a real fight, it's about not kicking high. It's about landing the hit at the right time with speed and power. You should be able to lean forward, twist your hips, stand on your toes, and put full power with contact on the shin area. I went to a lot of kickboxing places, but it was only a Muay Thai teacher that pointed this out.
Oooo very good point
She's gorgeous💞😂
Thank you for the video. I have been making at least 3 of those mistakes. Biggest help to me is positioning and lifting my foot fully during kick.
clicked because i thought he was ramsey dewey, lol.
Same lol
MALKton lmao
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MALKton
This guy has way more reliable knowledge than Ramsey Dewey. Likely has way more fights under his belt too.
He seemed like Ramsey, but before I clicked I noticed he wasn't him. But there was a chick next to him hot af...... ninjaclicked.
@@VestigialHead he does have more fights, and a better record. That doesn't take away from Ramsey's knowledge, though. I love both guy's channels.
these are great tips, will definitely implement these tips
Gravity slowly moves hair from head to chin.
It's a proven fact
I'm a snashou(sanda)/Lei-Tai practicioner, so kicking and conditioning with my foot has always been my bread and butter, just for the snap and quickness. However I suffered a bad foot injury on my right foot, not training or fight related, and since then my right foot has become my bad foot. Haematoma forms right after the first kick. In lei-tai we wear shoes so a bit of wrapping and i'm all good to go; and wearing shoes on the street means I can throw that foot all day long if need be. But, in Sanshou no shoes. So I became very bummed and was unsure what to do. I'm ambidextrous when I fight so I'm switching from right to south paw, and most of our kicks are thrown from the front leg, so my right foot is always working.. My coach saw this and told me not to worry. A friend of his is a Muay Thai instructor here in Cincinnati,OH in the states and was a HUUUGE help. Like is said,my left foot is just solid iron so She focused on my right shin kicks. Took a lot of adjusting, luckily shin conditioning is a big factor of our training, but it was well worth it! Though my fighting days are behind me, the help I got in learning the muay thai round house saved me physically and mentally. Having the best of Muay Thai and Wushu/Sanshou is just a blessing. And whenever I think I need a refresher on Muay Thai, Your channel is such a big help! Thanks, and keep rockin'!
I Don't give a damn about kick boxing, I came here to see Cassie. Thx
Yesssssssss thatss right hahahaha
This girl is amazing ❤️
Samart Payakaroon says, stay flat footed. Just saying.
Does he? That's interesting. Is there a video of him teaching it?
No he doesn't. You made me waste time checking this video, mate ua-cam.com/video/Y6KQl6WQKQw/v-deo.html
@@AlmostGrewMyHair Thx for the link, I can see that he is slightly lifting his foot. Good to break misinformation.
the stepping forward really helped me out. I always had the problem that you described, not landing the power at the right time. Now I reposition my body first and then kick, and all the power does land. Thanks for the help, great video :)
Yes that step is pivotal!
Great video, and not to be creepy but Cassie is beautiful.
the way you teach is really good