Duke Roufus, Muay Thai, Full Contact Kickboxing, MMA Knees

[FUSSYMUAYTHAI]

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[SleepingPeace]

Although I believe this guy to be a great instructor, I do have a problem with this video. When he catches the kick, he should be stepping to the outside first to remove the momentum from the kick causing it to lose power and reduce injury to himself.

[trojan13013]

va donner des cours a ta mère mongolien........Kietsongrit t as casser les jambes fada que tu es!!

[kneeknott]

everyone saying his techniques arent authentic enough?? I've trained with Duke a few times.He's a wrecking machine trust me.

[TriangleJiuJitsu]

i love that argument about "authentic" techniques. duke roufus is a big dude, of course he isnt going to fight like a 130 lb thai! haha

[kickboxer646]

Yeah but for a guy his size he sure is fast

[xxxragexxx40965]

i dont know what people are thinking this is 100% authentic

[dafuzzymuff]

if you met duke in person, he stands 6'2 and is big, try kicking a tree, or getting kicked by a tree, either way he is one tough S.O.B., personally know he teaches classes 3 times out of the year in at Canadian Kickboxing & Muay Tai Center. These man has lived and trained all over the world for Thailand to Netherlands, Japan and fought all over the world, maybe who ever is teaching you guys that say anything about this is wrong is probably being trained wrong.

[54spiritedwill54]

great video!!

[showhum]

This dude was talkin shit about muay thai

when his brother lost

so he turned to be muay thai fighter now

such a pussy

[Angels4God]

Great video and instruction!

[markh8slife]

the left stepping knee is a good move i keep having to watch it to get the hang of it

[jason44231]

I am not sure why anyone is concerned about Duke's Muay Thai being "authentic." Who really cares. Duke is effective. And, traditional Muay Thai has some serious holes in it. Muay Thai is a way not the way.

[eddiegeorge262]

Some of you fool's have no clue what your talking about! Duke is a 4 time world champion your just a bunch of arm chair quarterbacks I'd like to see you guy's go up against him and get your face kicked threw your skulls pussy's

[ArneFufkin]

You have to understand, eddiegeorge, that there exists a large internet cabal of kids who learned everything they know about fighting from Dana White. They don't know K-1 (LeBanner/Hoost/Aerts/Hug/McDo­nald) or understand the Muay Thai skillsets of the Roufus boys - much less the great Dutchmen like Dekker, Kaman et al and the ridiculously magnificent Thai and Burmese fighters like Diesel Noi, Sagat and countless others who fought wars in Lumpinee and other storied stadiums and camps.

[spm04]

Well, he's catching the left kick and he's using his lat muscles to catch the kick and not his rib cage. There's more than one way to catch the kicks and instructors teach what works better for them. I can say that Duke is very knowledgeable and his dvds go over specifics.

[snowmore]

hAEhuaehuae... he hit the guy for real! must hurt

[diabolic42090]

Shouldn't you take a step in the direction the kick is going before you grab the leg, to stop the power? Otherwise it seems like you could take some damage.

[abram730]

I thought the same... A bit of knowledge I picked up from a Bas video minimizing rib breaks.

[Tapeveryone666]

They should call him Duke Dufus instead because he is so Gay

[Jahofnietdan]

All the geeks posting the 'I would do this, i would do that' crap.. so funny, yall never set foot in a ring.

[devourerofbabies]

Yeah no doubt. This guy doesn't know what he's talking about LAWLZ. Oh, what's that? He was world champ? Oh...

[KensaiZen]

eerrm how many thai you see fight in the heavy weight rank?

honestly though. he knows a good varied techniques but his executions are wrong

[devourerofbabies]

So what if there aren't any thai? He's a world champ of full contact competition, so chances are what he's doing works and is therefore not "wrong".

[KensaiZen]

if you dont perform a technique correctly, then by the laws of reality it is wrong.

the thai comment was basicly on the basis that if it were MT not MMA. pound for pound its technique that wins the day.

[devourerofbabies]

What determines what is correct? What is correct is what works. If he's a world champ, then he's doing something right.

What's he doing wrong in your opinion? Is his pinky toe out of place or something?

[KensaiZen]

its not like omfg totaly wrong. just technique is a bit wrong. the first part of his demo says to lean back. says he doesnt want to swing his knee out. if you dont swing your knee. your likely to have someone elbow down into your thigh. the knee should be like a full round house kick. rotation of the hip gives more power. also the stepping leg should be bent more so push up as you knee increasing its power

[devourerofbabies]

First of all, nobody is going to drop their hands at that distance to elbow your leg. Second, he's demonstrating the straight knee. You can swing your knee like a round kick, but that's a different technique (farewell knee). The straight knee is the most common knee in MT and it has a lot more power than the farewell knee.

[devourerofbabies]

Lastly, bending your stepping leg and pushing up like you're talking about isn't going to increase the power because this knee isn't about swinging upwards, it's about thrusting forwards. If anything doing what you're talking about would decrease the power.

So maybe the world champion isn't doing it wrong. Maybe you just don't really know what you're talking about.

[KensaiZen]

your right. he is demontrating a straight knee kick. my bad for not paying attention. i just caught the bit where he said not to swing the knee. there are knee techniques where you do swing the knee.

my bad... wrong knee (though i think he should have mentioned it was a straight knee kick) but i guess im the idiot :)

[Mwtorres24]

looks painful lol.

[olimpicus]

great video!! thanks

[gitfiddlekid19]

Very nice! I like how you show different angles. The precise detail really helps. Thanks!

[jessevoidable]

Doufus. Hahaha

[jarrad888]

those shorts are huge. ive come across from open handed styles and i find muay thai so difficult with the boxing gloves, im not used to blocking boxing style.

[gidoww]

muay thai is great i've been doing it for 2 years now and it nefer bores me

[DJDannyC420]

I like that move

[olimpicus]

great!

[djdconner]

that aint complete style thats american adopted style muay thai

[romfordlad07]

i wood flop him on the way in

[steelbilly]

amazing i'm starting to learn Muay Tai and it's very complete style of fighting but very difficult

[ArneFufkin]

The hardest thing is training your shins, skull, elbows and forearms - it is painful unfortunately - but once you train (i.e. kill) all those nerve endings near those bones the rest is great. You have some of the hardest skeletal foundations powered by the most explosive muscles in your body working in a fight instead of fragile hands (fingers) and feet (toes) that are too easily broken and cannot be used in close contact where reality fights always occur.

[senos64]

How does that affect the body in the long turn? How do your bones feel when you get older?

[lagook]

i ask the same question every day

then i head off the the gym or dojo and pound the crap out of myself....

i used to look after my hands when doing striking... now break falling the nerve is my hands are going... such is the life

im thinking the heallthy lifestyle will be better tho, all the deiting and excersise

[MothersInArms]

damn...

[shitheadthegreat]

very nice