And also how do I learn to slip and dodge punches better, PLEASE ANSWER BOTH QUESTIONS.
I was wondering if there were drills or a link you could show me...|||Firstly, you should actually training muay thai to say you want to make those kicks better. If you are actually training, you should be asking your coach in the case he%26#039;s not already on your *** about improving your kicks as it is. I also completely disagree about the best kickers coming from %26quot;traditional%26quot; styles like karate and tkd. If you follow muay thai at all or even if you just watching something like K-1 max I think it%26#039;s more than apparent that the thais have the best kicking technique in the full contact arena. It%26#039;s also a grossly inaccurate to call techniques from styles which are relatively modern styles like karate and TKD, %26quot;traditional%26quot; when your contrast is the much older history of muay thai.
Now on to answering your questions. the major problems I see with all beginners are numerous. It%26#039;s a bit much to list here and without someone who knows about kicking technique to supervise your practice and correct your mistakes, you likely won%26#039;t notice what you%26#039;re doing wrong and won%26#039;t improve.
The first thing is to stay on your toes! In all stand up styles of fighting it%26#039;s the most important and often the most overlooked aspect of the game. Flat footed fighters have no mobility and aren%26#039;t able to generate speed or force behind their strikes, everything starts from the your toes. You have to train to always be on the balls of your feet and ready to spring off of either when required to punch or kick. It%26#039;s much tougher than it sounds and takes dedicated hours upon hours to develop. When you kick, you should be as high up on the ball of your foot as possible, your heels should be nowhere near the ground.
The next most important thing is to follow through with your hips. You must always follow completely through with your kicks. When you kick, in all cases except the lead low kick (if you%26#039;re right handed an inside kick with your left foot) you should generate enough force to pivot on the ball of you foot in a 360潞 motion. This is the part you probably won%26#039;t get past.
When you throw a kick and you%26#039;re hitting pads or a bag your toes should always point in the direction of the kick, they should be parallel to the ground at all times. Your toes should never, never, never be pointed upwards. Kicking upwards is the way you kick a football, not the way you kick an opponent, you lose all force that way.
When you throw a round kick, the arm on the same side of the kicking leg should come straight down and the arm on the opposite side should move to cover a larger portion of the face. This is incredibly hard to describe over text so I%26#039;ll include a link to an example. It should be a scooping motion, your palm should be facing behind you, and when you return your leg, you have to bring your hand back up to protect your face immediately not only for defense, but also if you wish to throw successive kicks. It%26#039;s the same body mechanics as used when walking or running.
Lifting the knee and chambering the kick are two essential points for the high round kick. They were mentioned earlier by another answerer but they should probably not be done the way they are in TKD and Karate, you want them to be smooth, everything in your kick should go together as one motion. This is where the difficulty comes in, lifting your knee straight up, as high as you can, and being able to turn your leg over so you toes point as I described, you shouldn%26#039;t be throwing yourself off balance and leaning your torso as you do this either. Again, one fluid motion of lifting your knee straight up and turning your hip over and into the kick.
Another item which is incredibly difficult to get right is relaxing your leg. Your leg kicking leg should be completely straight, especially on the moment of impact and on the follow through. Upon impact your knee should not be bent at all. Thai kicks are always compared to baseball bats, imagine the uselessness of a curved baseball bat. You%26#039;d never be able to hit something with any force like that especially a moving target. This is mostly an issue of experience as it%26#039;s hard for beginners focusing on the many other areas of proper kicking technique to relax their kicking
leg, and also at times one of flexibility. You should really focus on ham string stretches. It%26#039;s a problem a lot of people have, their bodies tend to naturally bend the kicking leg for them because of incredibly tight hams.
Also make sure after you throw a kick you don%26#039;t leave it there, kicks should never fall after they connect, you have to bring the leg back to your fighting pose especially if you plan on successive kicks but also to defend and for mobility. It%26#039;s completely pointless to throw a single good kick if you plan on leaving yourself completely defenseless after. If you ever get to the point of spending the countless hours it takes to master the points I%26#039;ve laid down here then you should have a pretty dangerous weapon.
For slipping, there%26#039;s simply no better tool than a slip line. To get the most out of it, set it around shoulder height for your fighting stance which should be (lower than shoulder height standing), and for each session really put some quality rounds in and work quick tight combinations. Always remember the basics of your stance, chin tucked, hands up, but down, knees bent, on your toes and most importantly keep your back straight. Never, bend at the waist when you%26#039;re practicing your bobbing and weaving, you%26#039;ll run the risk of damaging your back and you won%26#039;t really get anything out of your routine. You always bend at the knees and stay on your toes to stay mobile. It doesn%26#039;t serve you one bit to keep your legs stiff while you dip your head side to side.
All that said I think it would be a much better experience to take up boxing to learn to slip punches better. Generally it%26#039;s a larger focus in boxing and the trainers have much more experience in teaching it. It%26#039;s a very valuable tool and while it may not have the same importance in kickboxing, especially in muay thai, it%26#039;s still something I feel is greatly overlooked in the sport, especially here in the west where the judging in the fights allows for much more evasiveness than the genuine Thai counterpart.|||Start practicing some traditional type kicking like in Karate. Almost any full contact fighter, kick-boxer, or Maui Thai fighter who has some background in traditional martial arts will have better kicks than someone who hasn%26#039;t. I think this is because they actually break down the kick and teaching it into several parts so a person learns how to better as well as the constant stress for good technique to be achieved is present more than in Maui Thai. As a result their kicks will almost always be smoother, faster, and more easily executed. Believe it or not this is one of the aspects that I have to work on with many fighters that don%26#039;t have any formal training. They tend to be a little lazy and not lift the knee so well or chamber the kick so well or drop the knee as the kick is coming back and all those things effect how well and how smoothly you do a kick. I will oftentimes set a cardboard box in front of them and make them lift their knee, chamber their leg and bring it back without touching the box. If they keep hitting the box going out or coming back we then put a heavy steel chair there instead. Believe it or not; nobody wants to hit that chair with their toes, shin, foot or heel. If you do the same and practice the technique of the kick, not just kicking that along with repetition will help yours out probably.
Slipping punches is one of the hardest skills to develop. You need to have good balance, footwork, agility and timing. If you don%26#039;t skip rope and do foot work drills then start. They will give you the balance and coordination as well as the strength in your toes and flex in your knees to more easily learn how to do this. Have one of your partners practice throwing hooks to the sides of your rib cage and you turning inward on that side as you bend and flex your knees as you move your elbow slightly back to protect your kidney. These are the easiest to slip-it gets more difficult from there. For slipping those hooks to the head you have to lift that hand slighlty and as you turn your body inward you also turn your head hiding your chin behind your shoulder on that side. Have them practice from one side at a time only. Once you can do each side well then let them start working each side changing off and you reacting and turning and flexing those knees and either moving that elbow down and back slightly or hand up and chin down behind your shoulder turning that head slightly depending if the the hook is coming high. In your sparring practice head movement so that you can slip punches that way as well. You can also practice this in the mirror as you shadow box and watch how you set up your combinations. If your head is always in the same place at the same level then it is an easy target for your opponent to zero in on as you move in to hit him. I love to move in and throw a few good combinations when sparring and then just as a person thinks they know where my head is going to be change the position of it as I move in and throw and their punches miss or go over it but mine don%26#039;t. You can also practice pulling your head back slightly but be careful with this. In a fight if you are having to do that a lot then you have to be careful not to get your weight back to much on your heals. Then you can%26#039;t punch with any power and defend yourself very well and you make it easier for the other guy to come forward and be agressive and land the more effective shots so be careful in relying on that to slip punches all the time. A good agressive fighter usually doesn%26#039;t have to rely on that too much. |||Train yourself with the round house stance and use your entire body and your hips for this kick. Im a martial artist so I know some things you guys do in the muay thai world of kicking and such. There are training videos you can buy online just go to the search box and type in muay thai videos and you can purchase or view videos online. Best bet is to just keep practicing first|||Well for that Muay Thai kick its rather simple.
In your stance, step OUT to the side of them, bring your knee UP first on the leg your going to kick with, and turn your body. You want your kick to CHOP down like a swivel. Bring the knee up, turn your hips and CHOP down on them, and make sure to pivot your planted foot as much as possible.
Slipping punches is all about vision. As you get more experienced, you%26#039;ll kind of have an idea of what their doing as they are doing it, and you should know where to dip. Agility plays a big factor of your reaction time though, but check this link out.
http://ballardboxing.tripod.com/id78.htm...|||throw 300,00 kicks,
spar 300,000 rounds
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