Revolution of Kicking - Side Kick

[MrJordybt]

From TKD to MMA back to TKD

[usbsol]

11 people din't enjoy the side kick

[narcisoferma07]

Is it me or is someone moaning on 1:26?

[wowspare]

mma fans go away

[L4veyan]

I just broke my jeans with that kick :s

[DrFunderful]

Hi all. I dun't understand the part abt the hip slip during the kick. What does he mean by hip slip?

[tbbhoiorg]

Really helpful, do you do one for a front leg side kick? I know it's similar but the way you pick your leg up seems quite difficult to me.

Thanks

[victorhugomuzi]

i remember i was training fighting with this kid who does karate he was 1 year older than me and then he kicked me in the face with a side kick i was knocked out and woke up with him and a friend washing the blood of my nose with tissue paper :)

so yer go sidekick!!

[jagemobe]

@victorhugomuzi sorry about that, friend. I was aiming for your neck.

[victorhugomuzi]

@jagemobe Riiightt.

[animefanji]

..hmpt.. others only rant on/degrade other people's videos and/or comments because they think they are better.... anywayz... this video is helpful.. thankz for posting...

[babynix182]

@TheF0etus had the best laugh!!! lol. I've got to remember that comeback. well said my friend!

[santokukan]

This video has a lot of good information, but the audio kills it. If it can be corrected it will be awesome...

[bastiantkd]

@santokukan Con solo ver es suficiente

[MDIS]

In Singapore , a 17 years old boy got killed by a taekwondo roundhouse kick to the head. The kick was done by a young kid 15 years old who is a red ( brown ) belt level versus the lower ranked deceased boy whose a blue belt in Singapore Taekwondo Gymnasium.

[ChiCombatSystem]

Nice video, so much to learn - so little joint movement

[retreat78]

Everybodies a critic :/

[JKT6]

hey no need to insult other sports :)

[HITMANDREAM]

Just the tea kwon do corean's army is good ,

Now if you think MMA is for monkeys , i would like to see you in the octogone with your tkd fag tricks

[RockXStarEvan]

Lmao OH NO SOMEONE THAT DOES KARATE! THEY MIGHT LIFT UP THEIR KNEE AND THAT'LL THROW ME OFF! Lmfao, that shit isn't MMA, it's just fighting with a pretty name on it.

[tae0mo]

@HITMANDREAM

it seems to me that you're ignorant when it comes to real martial arts..

Which is purely Self defense..

MMA fighters are tough, but they are not trained for real life situations..

They are conditioned to fight inside the octagon with RULES..

I would like to see an MMA fighter react when someone points a gun on his face..

I would like to see an MMA fighter face a real grandmaster..

I'm not down talking MMA, but most people are missing the whole point of the art

I'm a martial artist.

[HITMANDREAM]

Grandmaster of what ? TKD okay good legs...good stiker ... and the clinch ? The ground ? Nothing...

In real life situation what a grandmaster do ? The Kiaï ?

MMA fighters are more complet . sorry ...

Do stick fighting or jeet kune do unlimited for the real situation and it's realy close to MMA

[tae0mo]

When i say a grandmaster, it doesn't have to be in a specific form..

Real martial arts is the real deal.

it seems to me that you don't know anything about the real art..

real martial arts has no rules..

When you're in the ground, real life, you're not going to wait for your opponent to go down on you and do BJJ..

You can dismantle an opponent via breaking his knees, damaging his groin area..

Thats the real martial arts..

Martial Arts is not written in stone, its limitless do whatever it takes..

[tae0mo]

@Hitmandream

and also.. MMA is a sport, where you train to fight with rules..

You know the legal strikes you're going to get.

REal life, people can approach you with a Knife, or 2 guys approach you to hurt you..

a guy come up to you and point a gun to your head close range..

You respond as a martial artist to defend yourself

In MMA you fight with rules, you're used to. You are conditioned to get used to..

its a SPORT! like boxing.

but influenced by the art

but you're too ignorant to understand

[HITMANDREAM]

Does anyone can do anything this a gun on his face ? LOL

Nobody...

Grandmaster know ONE style... they are not complet ...

Have ever fight with a BBJ guy ? Try ! you will understand very fast !

The jeet kune do unlimited is composed of MMA and these is the real street defend , watch the dog brothers you will understand and forget your grandmaster

[tae0mo]

Yes there are countless of techniques againts close range (guns) on face..

This discussion is over because you're too stupid to understand what I'm saying..

When it comes to martial arts( real martial arts)

Styles doesn't matter, because all styles are connected when it comes to defending yourself.

If you understand how the body works, how to manipulate it, (Physics) Its martial arts..

But you're so stupid to understand that..

you're not a real martial artist, i can see.

[HITMANDREAM]

And you're a fag. over

[jaylyn3]

@HITMANDREAM actually jkd is not

[jaylyn3]

@HITMANDREAM jkd should never be said to the same as mma because jkd is made so you can face any opponent in any situation mma has rules cage fighting bruce lee didnt like fighting organized he was like a street fighter he wanted no rules genuine martial arts are going to become extinct.

[azreal289]

i would like to see a grand master react when someone points a gun at his face, grand masters train fighting people of their discipline, mma trains to fight anybody, their "rules" are no biting, no crotch shots, which is illegal in tkd and all the other styles too, both of those things btw are fairly innate, mma isnt a style as much as it is combing a total battle field array, standing, takedowns, clinches, pins, and grappeling. nothing else is as complete.

[fuckwackemcees]

@azreal289

A complete MMA fighters has multiple blackbelts in individual martial arts, because different martial arts perfect different things.

Aswell, there are no rules to martial arts, as said previously, these rules you speak of are in competition fights, not REAL fights.

And to say biting and crotch shots are illegal in "all the other styles too" is retarded, groin kicks are very feasable. Illegal in competetion fights? Obviously.

[Romus011]

@fuckwackemcees This is NOT a place for MMA . Tae Kwon Do is Traditional Martial Art that developed from the Real fight in Ancient Warfare . Azreal289 was right , MMA is just put many thing to mess up nothing complete . Tae Kwon Do is Master for Kicking , the kicks are develop in to peak . Boxing is Master for Punch , Punching is the best in Boxing . One should complete or master ONE Martial Arts into the BEST . And , Taekwondo is also Beauty and Culture , why always only think of Real fight ?

[babynix182]

@azreal289 had a gun pointed at me & I SUCCESSFULLY defended myself... i'm not even a black belt yet,let alone grand master? what's your point? I'm a girl&I can tell you, I've front snap kicked a few crotches which has gotten me out of a few nasty situations.TKD - unarmed combat for self defense. in SAITF we do self defense as part of our grading, i assume internationally too.executing the correct technique relevant to any martial art, with speed& accuracy, will always do it's intended damage.

[babynix182]

@azreal289 had a gun pointed at me & I SUCCESSFULLY defended myself... i'm not even a black belt yet,let alone grand master? what's your point? I'm a girl&I can tell you, I've front snap kicked a few crotches which has gotten me out of a few nasty situations.TKD - unarmed combat for self defense. in SAITF we do self defense as part of our grading, i assume internationally too.executing the correct technique relevant to any martial art, with speed& accuracy, will always do it's intended damage.

[HITMANDREAM]

Damn , Tae kwon do is has been...

[jackwoopadup]

oh yeah i fell over

[fatboyjim16]

revolution or evolution

[kenaisi]

I've try tiz into a moving sandbag and lost balance....Fake !!!

[lazawrcat666]

of course, its extremely high comitment...

[dmkham]

i'm stupid! Fake!

[skinhead090]

No just you are a fail

[smokenfly514]

I need help with this.. from an MMA point of view, to be as efficient as possible, should you pull your foot back much or not? in either case it feels like im doing something wrong.. thanks

[TheOrangeFondler]

yeah, MMA

[Monessenite]

Most of korean kicking style would have you actually step in the same direction in stead of retraction, in basic use. It's circular and spinning.

[Sanjeev503]

Try this method to a sand-bag... the force of the sand-bag bounce back and caused lost balance..This is a competition kick and it is NOT for self defence..Longer range - yes, Quicker - yes - Harder hmmmm .....I don't thing so

If try to use this side kick in the street - becareful with your ball. I like Bruce Lee's side kick better...Btw the guy showing tiz kick is so arrogant -as if he can kill an opponent with one single kick..Get real man

[VedicIntelligentsia]

What the hell are you ranting about!!

[faro0485]

Bruce lee's side kick was a quick side step, or a runing side step kick with the front leg. This one is for when you don't have enough room to propell your back foot, so you bring your back leg forward, and you can do several things with it. With the other side step into side kick, it's for pure attack, if you're quick enough to dodge it, or side step it, or strong enough to grab it away and then counter before he brings it in, the other guy is in trouble.

[smsjgoku]

this is tkd not bruce lees jkd and bruce lees styles greatness was the simplicity of however tkds kicks arent easy at 1st but very effective once mastered

[faro0485]

Yes I know that. JKD still requires practice for mastery of it.

[smsjgoku]

im not saying that any martial art you could master quickly especially not JKD i do like it as a style becuase of how its different from most martial arts

[BabySubzii]

JKD is not a style but a methodology/philosophy

[TonesterD]

Sanjeev's right... the hips turn before the leg extends... only the thigh is engaged. It's unnecessarily weak. Bruce (and many others) get power from their supporting leg and hip rotation contributing to impact.

[JPlesley]

there just showing the basics and more technical points of the kicking.

[Elasticsteel]

Slightly different technique from mine, but good explanation of the biomechanics.

[VedicIntelligentsia]

What is your technique?

[Elasticsteel]

Take a look at a video on my profile, where I demonstrate the side kick. The chamber comes up at 45 degrees and the supporting foot pivots at the chamber.

[VedicIntelligentsia]

You got some good videos man. I'm going to study them.

[Elasticsteel]

VedicIntelligentsia,

Sure take a look, something useful may turn up.

[Internetgangstakilla]

so this will allow for greater accuracy?

[faro0485]

This one is for combo of medium powered kicks.

[Anaclon]

hey, thanks for posting this! Would this be the yop chagui? I have just began to learn TKD and I am trying to understand the basic thecnics better, so thanks for your help

[RedStarTheComrade]

To rayqb: Thanks for the uploads. They are good and very detailed. Thanks again.

[getsome216]

if he's so good, why dont he speak english?

[RedStarTheComrade]

Comrade, do you gauge a person's martial arts skill by their English skills? I am sorry, but that is just like judging your computer programing skills by your cooking skills.

Language and martial arts skills rely on different training, activating different regions of the brain, and forming different muscle memory.

[HayLinLa]

Here's another reason to add on to the very very good one RedStar provided. It is very biased. Are you ready? Are you ready?

Because globalization sucks.

[cumanagoto]

Although I do not train Tae Kown Do, I believe this is a great tutorial that transcends any style. Thank you so much.

[xarran]

Well side kick is not for competitions, but its important because its part of other kicks. Thats why mma never use, prefering round kick, not because they don't know how to make it.

[Fineplume]

oops I forgot karate (in yoseikan budo)

[milaad123]

what will a person do, when he become teacher of taekwoondo, apart from teaching?

[darkermage69]

whenever i try doing the side kick my instructer sabumnim says to have my feet flat but i can never do that when i kick powerfully i have to have my feet arched it keeps bugging me but my feet cant go flat when i try hard and i can't stand not trying hard

[loversgotohell]

next time... comb your hair....!

[MiloAntoine]

Awesome... i'll keep training

[mrhayhurst]

Have you ever seen Cung Le fight in MMA?  He side kicks the whole time, never gets taken down, and wins! Remember its a martial "art". Some things are practical and some things aren't and if you've ever fought someone and their side kicks were ineffective against you, then you haven't fought someone with good enough side kicks. I agree livendapast

[anthonyr1]

couldn't agree more...Cung Le has brought an insane amount of validity to the power and effectiveness of kicks...too bad it hasn't really caught on...

[Ceosan]

the sad reality is that most martial arts are A LOT of LARPers, it comes with the territory . with the right attitude one can learn effective fighting in TKD, it is a good idea however to practice sevral martial arts if ur serious about self defense. just dont be a "sheep" and take it upon yourself to learn the things you need. the best way to learn the effectivness of a martial art is to practice some of it. and as for street fighters, fights gone wrong... not worth your life. u cant win em all

[livendapast]

Some TKD experts aint no joke! If you r really good you can beat the average so called street fighter. Kick there head clean off!

[erney24]

all of you write long commets lolDX

[tbomgwtf]

Everything is only effective to a certain degree mate, if a person who fights with a ground style is attacked by multiple people or a person who has a knife or bat their style is worth as much as a chocolate raincoat.

Real TKD is very effective against multiple attackers, armed attackers, and other striking arts and most self defence situations will be against multiple assailants or people with weapons. What you see at the Olympics and in most training halls is NOT REAL TKD, good video BTW

[lefelinmalefique09]

Yeah you're right! Real taekwondo is ITF taekwondo. That's because WTF is an olympic sport.ITF has blocks,kicks, punches.But If you want to be a great fighter,taekwondo will not be enough. you have to complete this with a martial art with takedowns,sweeps, floor techniques etc.Then you will be a complete fighter.But I think most of mma fighters are not complete cause the only kick they use are roudhouse.The could do more powerfull and effective kicks(ex:side kick)

[anthonyr1]

ooo, someone else who knows the differance between the two styles. This is few and far between, as is it to find someone who believes kicking has real value and power in an MMA setting, I mean look at how good Cung Le is doing, it's because he uses kicks on a regular basis, and mixes them up...IMO a well rounded fighter should do ITF TKD for kicks, Judo for sweeps and ground transitions, BJJ for submissions and boxing for striking...the best art from each specific disipline

[Fineplume]

I know a martial art that combines all aspects of the combat : it's called yoseikan budo. Judo,aikido,jiu jitsu, boxing.These are all the martial arts that it ccombines. If you really want to be a complete fighter, you can do that instead of doing 2 different styles.There is also weapon training (Laïdo and kobudo) You should try it!

[jfjkd1965]

What you are describing is a art called Kajukenbo.....

Ka= Tang soo do

ju= Judo & Jujitsu

Ken= Kenpo

Bo= Western & Chinese Boxing

[ntan90]

tkd rules prevent practitioners from striking below the belt. but wad would happen if, with your proficiency at striking the mid/high section, u strike his knee with a side kick? pls use your heads o m f g.

[hungryhamsters]

I think the reason people think TKD sucks is most people are learning the sported TKD. I used to see a black belt teaching some high school kids and they didn't learn how to use hand and the form at all. And hands and forms are only taught in very advanced classes. And from what I read, TKD is only 70% kick, the rest use hand and something else. But I do know a lot of people learn TKD because of these fancy kicks looks great.

[conradtkitty]

taekwondo is not effective!!!! true to a point, that is why most dedicated tkd'st cross train in other styles. example, grappling, gung fu, and aiki, etc. It gets me when you hear all those comments about duh' Boy, dat TKD ain't worth a shit on the streets. Okay, how about the street fighter ain't worth a damn doing 'FORMS' and KATA..nuff said...!!!

[tyciol]

TKD is an effective form of training to improve your abilities. It has rules. Obviously real fighting has no rules. Therefore, you would not fight within the restrictions of TKD rules. It is good to keep that in mind while training, imagining what you might do if you were not restricted from doing so, if you were fighting an enemy rather than a friend.

[taekwondojock]

TKD may have beautiful high kicks but why do people think that,that is all tkd is good for?tkd self defense consists of low and midsection kicks, puches , blocks and several other knee and elbow strikes which are all powerful and practical . the fancy high kicks are only practiced as a sport .

[azzyd12]

Serkan Yilmaz is a tae kwon do fighter on pride i think it is. Hes very good with his kicks and proves that tae kwon do can be effective. People are all to quick to confuse it with the olympic sport style and watered down schools that teach just the sport side of it.

Used and trained correctly tae kwon do can be very effective.

[ntan90]

and the best way to disarm a knife user is to use your legs. Getting slashed on your leg beats getting close up with your arms and get stabbed in your body. And let me remind you, Taekwondo has elbow and knee strikes too. Even up close, they can do what other striking arts can. It has wrist locks as well. Please distinguish between SPORT and MARTIAL ART Taekwondo, and stop being fools. Thanks.

[tyciol]

TKD is very powerful. Being able to form all of its moves dynamically builds combat attributes which will aid other martial arts. Most of its moves do have potential applications in combat, even if they may not cover all potentials.

Combine it with some BJJ, Muay Thai, and I think it'd do fine.

TKD does not have many knee or elbow strikes. I have found them not emphasized at all and would rather train in Muay Thai kickboxing to learn stuff like that.

[ntan90]

EXCUSE ME are u going to the ground ON THE STREETS when usually they attack in GROUPS? Once you're on the ground, you're DEAD. Deny this statement and you're telling me Krav Maga and the Israeli Defence Force is ineffective.

[childofbodom00]

It's only effective to a certain degree.

Only certain aspects of it are.

When a tkd fighter is taken to the ground by someone who has groudn experience.

It's all over for the tkd fighter.

Not Very useful in the streets at all.

Only effective if your accuracy and speed is dead on.

[ntan90]

If you go to the ground on the streets when assailants usually come in pairs or groups or even mobs, all the other person/other people in the group, each one just has to ram a kick into your head ONCE and you're FINISHED. Street fights are NOT encouraged to be brought to the ground, because street assailants DON'T USUALLY COME ALONE. If an assailant comes alone and has a knife or some sort of weapon, EVEN MORE NOT TO THE GROUND UNLESS YOU ARE ABLE TO DISARM HIM. OTHERWISE YOU GET STABBED.

[hungryhamsters]

Seriously, if you are going to beat up someone, you bring someone with you and usually bring a weapon. You won't know how many enemy you will face and what kind of weapon they have. Gangsters usually carry pocket knife and have baseball bats on their back trunk.

[zeruel31]

Tae know do is EFFECTIVE!

[childofbodom00]

tae kwan doe is More so an olympic sport anyways.

Most of it isn't effective in a real street fight.

90% of them are taken to the ground Anyways.

And a tkd fighter on the ground renders them completely useless.

Although it's a good foundation to have if you decide to mix it up considering the strength and balance it takes to snap a kick fast.

Good foot work too.

[zeruel31]

You take MARTIAL ARTS!

[narakis123]

i have yet to see one of these tkd masters fight in the ufc. until then i will stick to my opinion that tkd is nothing but fancy kicks and uniforms

[quickmantan]

UFC is mixed martial arts and there was one guy in pride i think that was teakwondo and he was amazing

[BigMcLargeHuuge]

I'm a Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu fighter. There are some TKD guys who will take your head off. Don't be fooled by watered down American schools.

[pengthoj]

i agree..just for show.

[Ckjon2002]

Search for Cung Le and learn how effective the kicks are in MMA. Hope you'll change your mind. Ofcourse, you also have to know how to play the ground game in the cage. In real combat, you kick, punch, move, and run for your life. If you play the ground game there, you're a dead meat.

[jyuuken23]

yea! finally perfect-ed my back thrust

[phenompiano88]

yeah the side kick is a really effective kick, and i'm still trying to master it been having problems with it tho

[surfr01]

i have only met approx 6 people in my life who can do an effective side kick. When someone uses it properly it is very effective and can be quite damaging. it can easily wind you or even break ribs, and because it comes straight it can be hard to avoid. If someone does a weak one though it is useless and you can pretty much punch over the top of it. Someone who uses it in mma is cung lee, his is even a bit sloppy (prob coz of fatigue) but still effective.

[yannis3108]

go to philly or come to boston, and there i can guarantee you u will find good sidekickers. but yo

i agree cung lee is crazy, but i dont find him that good technique wise

[Tatoa]

very useful video

[fierrocabello]

just a perfect way to teach the sidekick

[kellenbattles]

I am actually a jeet kune do practitioner but watching this has helped me add another move to my collection.I hope to see more like this in the future.

[silvertrigga]

if someone has a slow ass side kick you can counter it easily with an round house kick by going under their kick. i've done it a million times on the predictable side kickers. Side kick is a good kick but im better at the spin reverse. To Me it is a more powerful kick.... but to each his own

[markedlook]

All martial arts are equal and it comes down to the fighter who will win,I personally believe that all martial artist should be friends. Simply for the reason we all enjoy martial arts no matter what kind so thank you for posting this.

[shotokankaratedude89]

thank you...at least your smart and you don't bitch at other martial arts

[n14e5o15]

Krav Magna and Jeet Kung-Do practitioners are the worst for doing that.

[ishiho]

i cant remember this sa bums name,he is one of my heroes,my teacher master jung is one he is another just becuz he is sooooo cool!

[lezinhaT]

QUE ANIMAÇÃO .. do tio ali.. poutz!

[lukkox]

fancy kicks and uniforms thats all taekwondo is all about.muay thai is better if you are interested in kicking the hell out of your attacker

[bryce6283]

have you even done taekwondo? you have no idea about what you are talking about

[Nonrad]

It's not about the art, it's about the person who practices the art.

[JoostPyroPol]

fuck you you dont know nothing about martial arts. Taekwon do is not fancy kicking its the technique that makes it look fancy. Taekwon do has the most powerfull kicks in all martial arts so stop putting negative comments on this website.

[Griever3676]

You say taekwondo is all about fancy kicks and uniforms. It's clear as day that you don't know anything about taekwondo. My guess is you've never even set a foot in a dojang.

[TerryMan2003]

This video rocks, and I'm learning quite a bit, but one of my biggest problems when I side kick is that I always tend to misjudge the distance between my leg and the target and I fall short.

[tkdismygirl]

What is so revolutionary about these kicks? These are the SAME KICKS used in taekkyun. Correct?

[jessevoidable]

It's not the kick itself; but the methods used to deliver them. Then, each instructor/dojang has its own drills that they practice. Maybe similar, but not exactly the same.

[saylor782]

excelente,gracias.podria compartir otros ejercicios?

[lusferius]

pongan el video en castellano

[fatihtanerxyrmbs]

special personal sytle and extempore reflex transform to become inflexible by some masters this is very wrong but always to become this fact. open your mind we are not to live the matrix

[Moonblade128]

thanks, great vid

[Notgarrynewman]

this is a pretty crappy quality video, but it still helped.

[looneysolidsnake]

first you have to learn to do a split and then you can kick that high...

[Chinodomon]

Not true, you need dynamic flexibility. You CAN kick that high without being able to do the split.

[looneysolidsnake]

ohh...what exact is dynamic? do you have some links to sites?

[janholthuis]

Dynamic flexibility is the flexibility to stretch your limbs in a short time. Like being able to kick high without being able to maintain the same hight if done slowly. I dunno know if I can post links here so I wont try, just use google for dynamic flexibility

[madrugadaan]

thnks!

[arishachan777]

such accuracy... 5/5

[argerber]

such beautiful technique. i could watch that over and over. side kick is one of the best kicks for the ring and the street. it's a shame more competitors don't use it. i'm sick of seeing games of tag played with roundhouse kick.

[masterkershaw]

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[michaellaguerre]

more more pls!!

[woofwoofken]

my masta say dat side kick has no point in sparring competition (no added points) is dat rite??? so whn u kick sum1 wif side kick ther r no added points in WTF comp.??

[janholthuis]

no, thats a lie, sidekicks DO make points in competition. I have participated in WTF and ITF competitions in Holland and sidekicks are good for points. But sidekicks arent the easiest to perform compared to a roundhouse, maybe that is what ur master is trying to say?

[laith88]

No they do have points but getting points using sidekicks is hard in sparring, because you need really precise timing to hit your opponent right, because sometimes the judges are jerks and don't count your kicks if they're not satisfying to them. Maybe that is what your master meant.

[heilong79]

yeah in my tkd style is cho's school(aimaa) and in our comps all kicks above the belt get you points, you are also aloud sweep the front foot and attack using fists.

[kai81loong]

kamsahamida

[jk2bls]

Yes thank you!

[hangukhorangi]

thats most helpful, thanks

[Arbiter117923]

THANK YOU