MuayThai Round Kick technique, Part 1

A MuayThai student is having trouble with his round kick technique. He is off-balance and unable to achieve proper rotation. This is due predominantly to improper footwork technique.

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• muaythai
• kicking
• heavy-bag
• novamma
• khunkao
• kickboxing
• martial-arts
• mma
• fighting
• self-defense

[BigDaddyBongos]

"He doesn't HAVE to do anything. Ur supposed to modify kicks depending on circumstance. People usually hop out on their foot when they need more power or need to kick higher. For a normal kick you'd rotate your ground foot while the kick is being delivered."

The hop generates more power? How? The kick isn't going foreward it's a roundhouse.

[khunkao]

The "hop" in question would be at 45 degrees to the target, thats how it would generate power, driving the kick and all the fighters body weight through the target.

[boxsterwelby]

please, say you're a noob. I'm looking up real fighting and I get this. It's not muay thai and it's poor technique.  Say you're a rookie trying muay thai so I doin't have to watch this.

[khunkao]

You know, if you were to actually read the description of the video (I highly suggest you do that), you'd have your answer.

[KraZKaiL]

just wondrin, why do i most of the time see muay thai practicioners wearing only one ankle/instep/shin guards?

[khunkao]

They are ankle supports. As beginners, we normally wear them on both ankles as we strengthen ourselves to being on our toes. As you build the strength, you usually only wear them if you have an ankle that's bothering you, because its real easy to strain your ankle if you accidentally kick your target wrong.

[MatthewC1977]

Not exactly correct. It is acceptable, and commonly practiced to swing out the same arm as the kicking leg and cover your face with your other hand, similar to what he is doing.

[ValeTudo56]

5 MORE!

[muaythaigenius28]

@KraZKaiL i use anklets simply for style.lol. i usedto wear shin gaurds for protection but over time my shins became harder and now i dont use them

[donee1000]

terrible



[bobyard123]

is that a round house kick isnt that a side kick

[Jersm5]

left heel/ hamstring should be pointing at target when you connect with the right shin. just saying, incase you wanted more power in the kick.

[mitsubishidiamante]

fail..

[sdawson222]

he drops his hand everytime a kicking 101 no no

[Toki52]

He is relaxed on his heels. He should be springing on the balls of his feet.

[spartankk]

....faggot

[ninjablack95]

the hop generates more power i think but it also telegraphs ur kick so most of the time kickboxers will use the telegraph against their oponet