There is a time and a place for kicks but if someone is attacking you on the street kicking is generally a bad option for Self Defense, this is why.
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Why You Must Rethink Kicking as a Self-Defense Tactic
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Great stuff, Kevin! Ever since I started studying from Tim Larkin, Coach David, and Damian Ross, I found out about the importance of not kicking high in a street fight.
An excellent explanation on front kick I must say. You and I think alike. On the street you should never check above the waist. Just too easy to see coming, and too easy to get out of the way!
You're also correct, in there is a time and place to use kicks. Like obviously, I'm not going to attempt to throw any kind of kick. If I'm on a slippery surface like ice or something.
And I too have over 30 years of experience. But I will say this. There are other kids besides the front kick, that can be very effective in a street situation.
All in the waist and leg areas. Side kick, front or back leg. Roundhouse, but not the traditional Taekwondo way of of throwing it. Instead of coming around and straight in.
You throw it in a slightly upward angle under the arm into the rib cage. That's much faster, harder to see coming, and harder to block. And even occasional Back kick can be pulled off in the right situation.
It all really depends on how much you practice. And how fast you are with those kicks. Taking your opponent by surprise, is the real key to survival.. 😎
No kicks above the waist center of gravity – strike the knees and groin and abdomen in forward motion stomp kicks.
@Self Defense with Kevin Goat – I tend to agree with you for the most part about using kicks in the streets. But, in my opinion I think a person should still kick…but, they need to make their kicks low enough to where they’re comfortable with, that they know they'll not fall on their asses or backs.
Also, you should try out Wing Chun’s Oblique Kick. It's a highly effective and devastating kick in Martial Arts.
At last, the kick is mentioned …
You will find very few videos that tell you the absolute basics of how to engage when it’s a question of fight or flight. These guys are experts and so they can identify their targets and hit them with precision. This takes years of knowledge and practice but seems so easy on the screen. Almost all strikes are to the head and upper body and therefore also look impressive. These exercises are for the Dojo, not for street emergencies.
Hitting others in the face is definitely not recommended – these days there are always those with phone cameras and that sort of evidence if the police turn up will always go against you initially – although it’s a natural instinct when we give in to our emotions instead of keeping focused on the main aim and that is to injure your opponent correctly so as to then go to the next phase which is flight. Dropping someone to the floor and then going down with them is also a no-no in the street, the most unsuspected individuals could join in and speed of execution is your goal.
Now, the most important thing to keep in mind is that someone with an injured leg can’t run. This must be your priority: neutralize the leg. One leg is enough and the advantage is that there are two of them, versus one head, so you can choose whichever side suits you best. When confronted raise the arms as if to offer surrender. This catches the opponent off guard, keeps your head protected and also acts as an upper body stabilizer for the kick. Don’t kick with your toes out in front, much the same as with the hand; fingers and toes break with relative ease, that’s why punching isn’t recommended and open palm strikes are, use the heel instead. A sideways motion catching and displacing the kneecap is ideal. If you miss, you’ll at least have made the leg double sideways and if not breaking something is at least extremely painful; a straight blow to the knee will make the opponent feel sick and if hard enough will have them out of the game for long enough for you to get away. Also, on camera, it doesn’t show you to be either an expert or willing to inflict purposeful injury, rather a clumsy, spur of the moment way out. Now start practising at home so your “clumsiness” is highly effective. Like the man said, the more you do it, the better at it you are.
Only kick if you can actually kick pretty much, if domeonr can kick fr they wont hve issues
I'm always waiting for the kick, now you only have one point of balance.
I own you. I will finish you
Even if you are kickboxer use low kicks and front kicks in a real fight.
I will live or die by my flying side kick opener. Probably die. But it will be funny.
In a school fight could I use any kicks hence I mastered them and I have high flexibility?
Karate also utilizes foward thrust kicks to push your attacker or drive through their gut or knee.
High kicks no value in real fight. Low kicks still devastating.
Can you teach me how to knock someone out cold without touching them?? Like with my mind?? This way I can't be accused of assault, and still knock their ass out!!!
Trying to kick like what is shown in the movies only works in the movies.
Bro how do u be recording without laughing 😂😂😭
Wing chun and savate leg kicks work well
Also is it because you're most likely wearing pants that restrict your flexibility in a street fight?
Low kicks, knee kicks, leg sweeps are great but anything above the waist is asking to get caught.
This actually happened to me. I tried a front kick, but the guy managed to side step and sweep my standing leg out from under me. I landed on my ass, and the guy tried to kick me in the head, but I saw it coming and was able to cover up. I was going for a leg take-down, but a security guard stepped in and pulled us apart, and That was the end of it.
This is almost exactly the way Masaji Taira sensei teaches us to kick mae-geri (the front kick). On top of that, on the tactical level, to only kick already disbalanced opponent.
There are few more kicks in Goju-ryu kata as well, but all except the front kick aimed for use in short distance (hiza-geri a.k.a knee kick like in Muay-thai, and kansetsu-geri to disbalance or break the opponent's knee). But these are considered to be advanced level stuff, hard to use in basic self defense.
Big agree on this, it's all conditional but generally it makes sense not to kick. I mean if hands work, hands work. Less chance of failure and going to the ground.
Agree with whats been said and demonstrated. A quick move to side + effectiveness of a low kick to the knee works