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Dobie1979
Orange Belt
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Location: MI
Styles: Shorin Ryu Karate, JJJ and BJJ
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 Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 1:03 pm Post subject: Front kick in MMA |
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| Silvia and now Machida have recently used this technique with great sucess. I wonder if this is going to be used more. Any thoughts? |
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Kuma
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Styles: Kudo (Kyokushin and Judo, unaffiliated with KIF)
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| The front kick's been used quite a bit in MMA last I saw. Not sure what you mean...? |
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Dobie1979
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I mean the kick to the head that Silvia and Machida have done to knock out thier opponents |
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Kuma
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Styles: Kudo (Kyokushin and Judo, unaffiliated with KIF)
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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Do you mean this kick of Silva's?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyNzIw4lEwk
If so, it's a pretty standard front kick. It's been in a lot of MMA matches and a lot of fighters have scored a couple KOs with it. If it works, people are going to use it, and the front kick is about as basic and effective as you're going to get. |
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Kuma
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Styles: Kudo (Kyokushin and Judo, unaffiliated with KIF)
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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I found Machida's, which is the one I think you mean. The one he took out Couture with, am I right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBEi9aPJIkM
If so, that's tobi mae geri, a flying front kick. A flashy move, but effective. Here he is demonstrating it from his Machida Karate-Do videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsvmP7ybpRs
Silva's is different though, he doesn't hop like Machida does. His is more just your standard rear leg front kick. |
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Dobie1979
Orange Belt
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Location: MI
Styles: Shorin Ryu Karate, JJJ and BJJ
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, I've been watching UFC for a bit now and up to now haven't seen these attempted. They are new to me. I'm just wondering if they'll be used more. |
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Kuma
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Styles: Kudo (Kyokushin and Judo, unaffiliated with KIF)
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Not sure about Machida's, but Silva's is used a lot already. Most of the guys tend to stick with the body rather than the face when doing their push kicks, but a good striker will go for the high kicks. |
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sojobo
Green Belt
Joined: 26 Jul 2010
Posts: 462
Location: United Kingdom
Styles: Wado-ryu Karate-do, Nihon Koryu Budo, Iaido, Kenjutsu, Traditional Jujutsu, Aiki-Jujutsu
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:12 am Post subject: |
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Maegeri is is one of my favourites.
Plus it so easily converts to kingeri... which is nice 
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wolverine uskf
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Joined: 17 Aug 2010
Posts: 85
Location: cochranton, pa
Styles: kick boxing and submission wrestling
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I love front kicks, they are powerful, fast, simple to do, and there are alot of ways to use them. |
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and I research Medieval Combat
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Machida's kick was a nice one. We do a jumping front kick as part of the basics in every one of our classes. Although Machida's wasn't a high jump, and more of a hopping or a skipping kick, his timing and distancing for it were just about pefect.
The thing about a good front kick is that it can be tricky to stop, especially with it coming straight in from a low angle like it does.
Perhaps this kick to the head has been used more at lower MMA levels than it has shown up in the UFC.
I have thrown it in class, but not usually to the head. Our instructor doesn't like for us to side kick to the face, just because of the potential for injury. I would guess he would feel the same about a face front kick.
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