Anyone else have/had a hell of a time learning muay thai kick?

[Kane Fan]

A switch kick = A roundhouse kick you perform with you lead leg, you first switch your stance to bring your lead leg back... Thats where the "switch" comes from.




-BRR

ok so you start in a stance
switch stances and throw a roundkick with the back leg?
or you start in a stance
switch stances and throw a roundkick with the lead leg?
(leg possition I'm using meaning after the kick?)

 

[tmk123]

Ok, suppose your left side forward.... You then jump and switch to right side forward and throw a round kick with your left leg.

Or you can...

Start left side forward, Throw a right side round kick, bring it back switch, throw a left side round kick, switch and so on and so forth.

Pretty much its a jump with a switch in your feet and then a round kick from the rear leg.

 

[Kane Fan]

ok
I kind of prefer doingit the other way
switching and throwing with what is now the lead

 

[tmk123]

Cool, do you use that for like a distracting kick?

Most of the time front leg kicks are to distract or push your opponent back (there set up kicks)

Rear leg is where you get your power.

-TMK

 

[Kane Fan]

my lead is solid for power
but I used to use it a lot in point sparring where power isn't really an issue

 

[tmk123]

Your lead is solid for power? its therotically impossible for your front to be stronger than your rear.

 

[Big Rick Rock]

Your lead is solid for power? its therotically impossible for your front to be stronger than your read.

If he is snaping the kick at the knee with his "off" leg(rather than putting his hip into it) , there is a good chance he is generating more power than a roundhouse with his dominant leg that is not performed correctly.
Even some soccer players have more power with their "off" leg, it comes from the quad muscle snaping the leg forward like in a Karate kick , rather than the synchronized movement of your whole body of a roundhouse.


I could be wrong though, I need to see a Vid of him kicking pads or a bag to really be able to tell.



-BRR

 

[tmk123]

If he is snaping the kick at the knee with his "off" leg(rather than putting his hip into it) , there is a good chance he is generating more power than a roundhouse with his dominant leg that is not performed correctly.
Even some soccer players have more power with their "off" leg, it comes from the quad muscle snaping the leg forward like in a Karate kick , rather than the synchronized movement of your whole body of a roundhouse.


I could be wrong though, I need to see a Vid of him kicking pads or a bag to really be able to tell.



-BRR

I really cant see how you can generate more power this way, on a rear leg round kick you have the entire motion to generate power where as the front leg you have like you said the knee(this totally takes away the hip) which are the main source of power IMO.

I mean, im not disagreeing with you(because you have a viable poing), i just think that the rear leg is more powerful(for me atleast).

-TMK

 

[Kane Fan]

Your lead is solid for power? its therotically impossible for your front to be stronger than your rear.

I didn't say it's stronger I said it's solid for power
as in if I kick you with my lead you know I am attempting to harm you not just score contact

 

[Kane Fan]

I could see it going the way he's talking tho
like if your timing is off a bit with your rear leg because of the extra turning