keystone said:
groin kick
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"Everybody underestimates
the kick to the groin!
"-Bas Rutten
Seriosuly though, I like round house kicks and front kicks alot.
Front kicks are criminally underused. Jardine uses them to great effect. The traditional-karate-man in me loves to see that. I also remember Luke Cummo creamed someone in the face with a nice front kick on TUF 2.
Nothing more fun to watch than a good old round house to the head followed by the kickie hitting the ground already unconsious.
In training, I like a nice stiff side kick to the gut. It kills peoples wind and stops them dead in their tracks. A nice hook kick smack to the side of the head is also fun in sparring.
In competing myself, I love low round house kicks to the leg.
The most powerfull kick (I love to do it and watch it) is the knee. Although you see a few of them in the clinch on the cage I still think there arent nearly enough good knee kicks in MMA.
axe kick!
Cro Cop landed one on Mark Hunt in a PRIDE fight - Hunt took it on the shoulder and kept fighting, but you could tell it hurt him. And Cro Cop busted it out quick as anything.
GSP uses them on downed opponents ~ I think he landed multiples on Mayhem Miller.
I see even less of these than spinning back kicks or front kicks.
second choice: boot to the head ~ la la la
Lee said:
Its not original, but for me you just can't beat a high kick to the head, delivered cro-cop style.
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Amen my brotha!
Thanks for posting.
An answer, and a couple of questions
Ever since Marco Ruas systematically chopped down Paul Varelans, I've loved leg kicks. My questions are about standing in an opponents guard. Why aren't legs kicks used more frequently and effectively in this position? I'm not a fighter, so I wonder - are they hard to execute? To the untrained eye it would seem you could stand and kick the crap out of your opponent's calf and thigh until he tried to stand, at which point he'd be vulnerable to a great many other strikes. Also, if you're on the ground in that situation, I would have thought a straight "push" kick to the base of the kneecap could be devastating, if a little unsporting. Is that illegal? Some where in this ramble, I may have answered my own questions, but I think I need someone with more knowledge to help me sort it out.
Sorry if this ends up being posted twice - my first attempt disappeared into the ether.
I like the muay thai technique where you pepper your opponent with leg kicks until they're automatically checking them with their shins - then when they go to block, you throw a really low kick under their blocking foot and sweep the supporting leg to knock them down. GSP used this perfectly against Hughes.
filipino said:
An answer, and a couple of questions
My questions are about standing in an opponents guard. Why aren't legs kicks used more frequently and effectively in this position? I'm not a fighter, so I wonder - are they hard to execute? To the untrained eye it would seem you could stand and kick the crap out of your opponent's calf and thigh until he tried to stand, at which point he'd be vulnerable to a great many other strikes. Also, if you're on the ground in that situation, I would have thought a straight "push" kick to the base of the kneecap could be devastating, if a little unsporting. Is that illegal?
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I gotcha..
1. Kicking in the clinch position is very Ineffective. You won't be able to turn your hips over and exert any meaningful power behind the kicks. Furthermore, your opponent can EASILY grab your leg and swep your other foot.
2. As for the "push kick to the base of the kneecap" would work fine in a street fight but is a dishonorable and illegal move in a sanction fight.
filipino said:
To the untrained eye it would seem you could stand and kick the crap out of your opponent's calf and thigh until he tried to stand, at which point he'd be vulnerable to a great many other strikes.
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They don't really do a heck of a lot of damage. Since their calf and thigh are in the air (not anchored against the ground) there isn't a lot of resistance so the impact isn't all that great. They don't feel good, for sure, but probably don't make much difference in the fight.
