Are You Scared to Throw Low Kicks? You Don’t Have To Be!!
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
- After the Dustin Porier vs Conor McGregor 3 fight this past weekend at #UFC264 many people are hesitant about throwing low kicks, because they’re scared of breaking their shin.... but you don’t have to be! 3 well-placed leg kicks can finish a fight - so you don’t want to remove an entire weapon from your arsenal out of fear. You just need to understand:
1. Shin Conditioning for Building Bone Density (1:53)
2. Trajectory and Placement (4:09)
3. Set-Ups for a Higher Success Rate (7:47)
4. Why We See This Fracture in #MMA, but Less Often in #MuayThai (9:28)
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Conor McGregor: Fook it, I should have seen this video before the trilogy..
If his leg hasn't been broken,then this topic would not have been come.
His leg didn’t break on a low kick. It broke on a front kick to the abdomen that was checked by poiriers elbow
This came out after the trilogy stupid! (Sarcasm)
Now I'm on a stretcher 🤕
@@tarundubey5847 I mean I guess so but Weidman and Silva probably contributed heavily to it as well.
Situations where you can kick confidently:
1. Opponent gives no reaction when you feint
2. Opponent tends to plant their lead foot
3. During a combo, preferably if it's not the first strike
4. After a hook. If an opponent is guarding or ready to check, the idea is to give them a nice hook to the head to make them plant their foot then whack at it. Ernesto Hoost was a master at it.
Thank you!!! Gonna write this down!
Holy shit it's an actual good advice in the comments hahaha... and From a fellow Brood war fan
Nice! I wasn't aware of the hook combo
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@@sakshamchoudhary9203 it’s actually anatomy
Start conditioning. People just start spamming leg kicks and then are surprised when they break a leg. You need to build up your shins.
you have to kick with the hardest part of the shin and that is the top portion. Anything below that is risking injury.
@@MH-zg5yw Exactly ppl don't understand that conditioning your shins isnt some cure all. That low part of the tibia and fibula can always be compromised with one wrong kick.
@@MH-zg5yw for doing that, u should get inside or atleast mid range. Conor threw low kicks from a distance.
@@MH-zg5yw nah
yes there is more risk but part of the advantage of leg kicks is distance
just understand what you are doing
that is the key
placement ansd setups are the most important and not slamming it as hard as you can and not knowing where it lands is bad
Conditioning is part of it. But bad technique is the main culprit. Like said in the video, you should try to angle your shin downward when kicking the legs. You have gravity on your side which makes it powerful, and the angle makes it slide downward if checked instead of just bowing around the other person's shin. And throwing hard round kicks without anything preceding it. Honestly if you are just reaching with a round kick take a little something off of it and just keep hitting the same spot over and over to eventually swell the thigh or calf. Really whip one in as hard as you can after you distract with punches or other kicks.
About checking low kicks. I only done MT for 1.5 years (i´m 41!), and there is one special detail in the checking technique I never heard anyone speak of, not my coaches, and they even disregard it when I talk about it.
It's about when you are lifting your leg to check an incoming kick, how you actually raise your leg, what muscles you use.
The way we are taught is to simply lift up the leg, using the muscles of the hip flexors. Now, try to do this in a starting position where you don´t have the foot placed on the ground, try just one inch above. It´s not explosive, it´s heavy and it feels like it requires much energy to do it, right? For me as a beginner, not very conditioned - can pretty easily feel the subtle difference of moving parts of the body, how cumbersome it is.
Now this; Plant the foot on the ground in a regular stance. Try shoot up your leg from the toes in an "explosive" way using the muscles of your calf to initiate the explosion, Goes much faster, don´t you think?
Now I tried these techniques with many repititions. I did 50 with the traditional technique (foot planted to simulate realism) and then after resting i did 50 with the calf-explosion technique.
Using the hip flexion made me dead tired and I felt a lot of pain during the end. The second technique I was still tired, but not as much pain, and I didnt crash.
And then, I had a friend record me on video, in slow motion and measure the time how fast I could get up the knee using the different techniques. It seems to be around half the time in difference! And it feels like using a lot less energy!
When thinking about it, the calves are used so very much in all our daily motion, and it feels like the calves have much more endurance than the hip flexors. True because I read that the calf has 80% slow twitch fibers, where the hip flexors have 40%. This explains why im not so tired after using the calf more dominant than the hip flexors.
I don´t understand why I can use the calfes so explosively even though it lacks the fast twitch fibers compared to the hip flexors.
Now is this going too deep into details that dont matter, or is it wise to consider because we also use the hip flexors for knee strikes and such, and can add upp to tiredness?
What do you think, tell me please. :)
You mean it easier to to lift knee when you use only front haft of the foot to touch the ground(tipping up), You are right about it cuz in muay thai stance you stand on rear foot only and the front foot is tipping up ready to block. but you can't stay that way for long in the ring cuz you have to move around and it get more tired to tipping your foot than just rest it fully on ground. Nakmuay thai do tipping up their front leg in 1 or 2 round at most
Very important to have strong calves for kicking and checking kicks.
The flexors around your ankles can be strengthened through mobility exercises.
I've always naturally done this. You ever sit in a chair with balls of your feet on the ground and let your knee bounce, almost automatically . Same concept
Also, it is important to note that calf kicks are available in MMA in a way they aren't available in MT, as such calf kicks have shown a much larger efficacy than thigh kicks in MMA and do not present any where near as high of a risk to a tibia break.
😂 Conor McGregor missed this video
Nah he shouldve waited for this video to come out before he fought
@@williamle8734 This dude right here, this dude, he's onto something. I don't really know what, but I also want it.
@@ludvigbergstedt8348 lmao
That is how they teach us in kyokushin, low kick comes from up to down OSU
Hip flexors for days osu!
Connor wanted to kick the calf actually, but he shouldn't have done it frontally. He should've change the angle first.
Same, I throw them at a downward trajectory, and then with body kicks I'll throw throw diagonally upwards, this way they go in and up into the body/ribcage etc and causes a lot of damage.
I didnt care who won, I just didn;t want the trilogy to end like that
@Egan Mansfield-Mitchell fuck that
@@boogeyman1016 It's gonna happen whether you like it or not man
I like your username 🤪🤪
there's probably gonna be a 4th, but i hope Conor earns it first by beating a top 5 fighter first
ITS NOT OVA
Can you do a breakdown on Edson barboza’s leg kicks I feel like he uses the technique in this video almost everytime he throws a leg kick
Indeed he does, some of the best leg kicks in the game
He throws straight leg kicks. Maybe that’s more Thai style? I know Barboza trained Muay Thai TKD and karate. But he seems like someone pretty good at Muay Thai leg kicks.
Barboza’s kicks hit really damn hard
@@dontblink3042 his leg kicks are thai style, chopping downwards with the shin are considered Thai style
@@dontblink3042 nah he does downward kicks. Right before his famous wheelkick knockout, you can see him throw a downward kick that Terry Etim attempts to check
You are the only one who gave a full explanation about the leg injury. Other channels are on a ghost hunt. Thank you!
step 1 : wear a shin guard.
step 2 : if they tell you it's not allowed, play soccer instead.
Tore acl playing soccer :d
I hope there's no people fighting about soccer and football here lol
@@Nabil_Khori well, technically I played football but you guys call it soccer, I don't care as long as I'm understood :d
I tried playing soccer.. Turns out you can't low kick other players there
@@jonathan-gt9dz You might get a way with it if you touch the ball first :o
The timing of this video😂😂.
Read the discription they made this regarding the fight.
Broooo lmao that intro clip was my introduction to this channel. Been a good journey. Keep up the good work
*A WARNING MOST PEOPLE HAVEN’T THOUGHT OF*
Learned this just the other day where I nearly injured myself. This same injury could happen to your forearm. When throwing elbows at the bag, be careful to only hit with your actual elbow and avoid hitting it with parts of your forearm. I made this mistake and I went home with major pain in my forearm bone, just because of one inaccurate strike. Be careful out there everyone.
Thanks
How is pain a bad thing? 😂
Maaann you’re really good! Like technically smart instructor. You’ve been helping me for years since 2017! Really love your vids ❤️
I remember my first bout and I’m so nervous and shit, but found out your videos before that and It really helped me. Thanks man, I improved a lot.
I enjoy most learning and hearing about Shane talk about Muay Thai. Good video!
Love the content, don’t stop! just started working on the kicks on the heavy bag, thanks for the info!
I have been on your channel for years. And you never cease to amaze me. Good material my brother.
I wonder if Conor damaged his leg from training clearly he was training with more kicks this camp
He probably trained that leg too hard.
@@pritiv3690 could be
Yup conor confrimed his legs were hurt before the fight .
@@pritiv3690 Yup conor confrimed his legs were hurt before the fight .
@@Richwiking318 Yup conor confrimed his legs were hurt before the fight .
its absurd how frendly u look and how deadly you actually are.. ciao from italy, great vid ty
Man just the problem I have...and my man is here to solve it...respect bro👊👊👊🔥
Great video, I like the quick vs down low kick info. You need to talk more about the check...that is the difference between you limping or your opponent limping. (Don't allow your knee to be lose and like a hinge, meet the kick)
I have been thinking about this today, and searching for some videos and you Posted it 🤩🤩
Thank you so much for this, I’ve been so scared in Muay Thai recently 😂😂
GG, you're explaining it very very clearly, thanks brother
Justin gaethje is the master on leg kicks but didn't get fractures
Man has the most densest bones in the ufc, he ain't breaking any bones
I honestly think that there's another component that is often left out in fighting channels and communities due to misinformation and that is heavy strength training. There is EMG data that show that the stronger one is, the harder the bone density. So if you have a powerlifter who can squat 500lbs, he is gonna have harder bone density than the dude who can only squat 225lbs. This is why I am a huge proponent of strength training and why I find it highly underrated in MMA, Muay Thai, and Martial Arts in general.
They DO, in fact, consider that. But there's some certain downside to heavyweight training that not every fighter can afford.
Love the intro😂🤣🤣
Great info video 🙏🏻
Great tips Shane! Thank you!
ahhhh good to see a new fight tips!
Thanks for this, very helpful
Thank you for this video Shane 🙏 Really helpful 😊
My respects to Shane for keeping it real with his fan base empowering them, reaching out to them, and getting to know them! CZcams bully beater; hero.
Very cool and informative! Thanks!
Studied under jhoon rhee for many years. Always taught to kick downward on a low kick to avoid a kick meeting on the same plane. Good stuff.
Great points brought up. I have to admit I have been hesitant to throw as much kicks as before an also holding back a bit. If the setup, timing and placement is good enough, it should be safe enough.
I agree Muay Thai fighters work conditioning much more then MMA fighters. Also both Connor McGregor and Anderson Silva have admitted at some point, that they did very little hard sparring leading up to their fights. Instead focusing more on the game plan, specific to that opponent. I also believe weight cutting and PED's play a part.
Exactly! The weight cutting game is highly taxing on a person's body and can definitely cause a whole host of issues.
Great video as always spot on 🤙🏼
Very useful tuto... thank you!
Thank you for this. This is a major problem I have.
Video couldn’t have come at a better time.
I severely hurt my toe going for one and it’s gotten to me.
I have no fear throwing them extremely fast because I’m extremely fast but the problem is, I don’t quite know how to throw them as fast as I can without really driving it through so it leaves having to slow it down a bit in sparring giving my partner more time to check
I think pulling the hips before impact works (basically you initiate the rechambering even before the kick ends). this build bad habbit in real situations (competitions or something) though so I only use this to show off from time to time without having to worry about my leg and my partner's haha
@@dhiyow9775 Ahh, Gotcha and I’ll have to try that out.
Thanks for the advice and I’ll be sure not to do it too often so it doesn’t become habitual 👏
Watch out not to throw a kind of soccer kick where youre keeping your body away and just letting your leg go. If you keep your core tight, hand up on your ear and roll your shoulders and hips through your opponent then you can really sit your weight behind your kick and drive it down and through. Try use your higher shin bone, your toes should be pointed down and quite far out of the way.
6:44 so you just need the higher ground. As always.
The high ground
As it was foretold
Don't try it, otherwise
Great video and advise ! Thanks
Thank you so much for this!
Sir i like you're content and the way you explain it, thank you don't stop the good work
Very helpful tip. Thank you, tried it. It is effective.
Learned a lot from this video👍
That intro though! LMAO! Great video!
Very good video indeed !!
I would also add that the shin bone is like a plank, so it's important that the angle allows the shin to hit with its thin part rather than the flat part. When you lowkick quickly without pivoting your hips, you will tend to hit with the flat part of the shin, which is way more fragile than hitting with the edgy part.
Very informative thank you Shane
I wasn't, until the McGregor fight
Mcgregor got wooped lol
@@marcusmvpgoat1236 you’ve said that twice now
@@marcusmvpgoat1236 he was losing the round sure, but it wasnt all that one sided. If not for the leg it was gonna be a good fight
@@michealhyperion3023 connor lost to dustin twice now 🤷
Have you not seen Silva? Or weidman? Those ones are the real reason we should be scared😂
Nice dig with that opening scene 😉
I'm still coughing after I laughed while drinking my coffee 😄
Amazing breakdown!!!
Damn Shane great video. Keep it up 👍🏼
Amazing to see Kwonkicker in this! I used to watch his videos agess ago
Gold tips, thanks you sir
thanks for this video from France
Great video thanks
Great video instructions
Thank you ... I've always been kicking downwards after going up... the only time I kick up wards is maybe to the body or face of course
HAHAHA! Yeah man! Great tutorial. I remember my Vale Tudo coach saying to kick downwards always to the legs and shaking his head with worry back in 2005. I did it but Didnt Understand that until 2010. Its a must!
On point as always
Good information ℹ️
That vitamin d part though. Excellent video
I love that you don't pretend there are simple answers to everything.
great video bro
Im never scared of low kicks. While facing the Muay guys, I stand squared up. *I MEET THEIR SHIN WITH MY KNEE* EVERY TIME THEY THROW A LOW KICK. Then i smile at them when i see them hurt. 🙏
I was really scared to throw any kicks after seeing Conor McGregor
Great video shane.
Hey great video Shane.
Talk about taping a heavy bag please.
My bag has too much give for my taste, i want a harder bag.
I might tape mine soon.
I agree with it mostly, I just hate kicking the knee when the opponent lifts the leg up at times. It's really hard when the leg is contracted
great video all ways enjoy this channel
Thanks Shane
I am not an MMA fighter, nor have I fought in any competitions. That being said. I was a cop for many years, and prior to that, I was in several bar fights.
I was taught to use the ball of my foot for round house kicks (side kicks). I used that technique to over take an appointment or stop a criminal resisting arrest. I studied two Japanese arts. The Main Land Japanese style used shin kicks, but my Sensei allowed me to perform the kicks using the technique I learned in the Okinawin style. I never practiced or used the shin kicks. I see no practical need for it, but I see it's usefulness for a trained fighter.
Thank you for this video, very informative.
Mike.
that was really awesome!
Best intro ever . 😄👍🏻
Thanks to take my confidence back
This was sick 🔥
Please don’t ever stop making videos bro
Merci Thank you
You covered a lot, but the reason why those angles are safer comes down to the shape of the bone like saying it’s a ruler 📏 is great but when you turn it over it becomes a lot tougher to snap no matter what a flexed knee is like a Boulder and you’re attacking it with a bat.
This video just blew my mind
Im happy to hear you mention liam harrison. He deserves more fame than he has currently. A master of muay thai.
Please do a video on Tony Ferguson’s inside leg kick, it’s like he sprints into it and throws it at his opponent. He threw against Edson Barboza in the beginning of the fight and also threw it at Pettis.
same as with everything in MMA no matter if you are shown the right way or not if you are dividing your attention in training to a great many options it is usually easy to slip up and throw a poor technique kick OR they learn Dutch Style Low Kicks but do not get the same level of work on how to set the kick up....
This is the best !!!
This is a great video, and explanations for the fans with no training or experience with leg kicks. Very sound theories on the reasoning behind the breaks. Not sure if it was due to lack of conditioning on the shin bone.
Was just explaining to someone on a LIVE session how without any special or dedicated shin conditioning, just kicking a heavy bag does the job. Especially the lower area of the bag where it is more dense.
I remember the first few times kicking a bag, you literally feel your bones flexing. Kinda hurts a lil in a weird way... but as time goes on that goes away completely.
Because as you touched on, your bones adapt and get strengthened/conditioned. Conor being a striker primarily for years and years, I'm sure has kicked a bag or two hehe.
So don't think it was lack of dense bones and conditioning. It was as you said Shane just physics man. A small part of the bone, crashing into thick bone. Equals disaster for one of those people.
I saw some stills where it's believed Poirier blocked a front kick with his elbow. Looked like an upward front kick to the mid section that got checked with elbow point right on Conor's ankle.
Probably what did it. Again physics, a flying bone in space, against supported elbow bone and point. Crack. Unfortunate and pretty much super rare thing overall.
In the Thai matches a lot of kicks are to the body and mid section as you know. Low Kicks combined with trips. Set ups important like you said.
It's a risk throwing them period. Guys have to take that chance and gamble or not. Small percentage you crack your leg in two, but real risk nonetheless.
Thank you for the thoughtful response! Yes, an elbow is certainly hard enough to do serious damage, but in the case of this fight, another camera angle shows that Poirier's elbow never made contact with Conor's shin -- it must have been an earlier (or accumulation of earlier) kicks/checks (notice the check 20 sec in, where Dustin points at Conor after a clean check).
@@fighttips Ahhh okay Shane, didn't realize the elbow didn't make contact with the shin! Like you said possibly an accumulation of damage (Maybe prior injury). Interesting. Thank you for the response Shane! Appreciate the chat 🤘
Good topic
Want to learn low kicks? Watch Ernesto Hoost videos. Fight Tips is great stuff too though!
Hey Shane u made me go back to watch Muay Thai fights such as Buakaw with 1/4 speed. I think another reason why thai fighters dont get their low kick checks that often like MMA is the distance. thai fighters keep a steady in range distance to throw low kick while MMA fighters need to keep a longer distance because of take down. In Muay thai i see figthers use their lead hand to touch their opponent to find their perfect spot to throw kicks while MMA figthers normally need to hop in and out.
I see you preach the words of John Creese. Sweep the legs... carefully
It’s all about placement set up and shin condition
mcgregors kick hit dustins elbow that causes it to break.
this is a very informative video. thanks
Love you sir ❤ 💙 💚 💛 💜 ❤
Please make a video like how to practice perfect with heavy bags...
I've seen someone speculate that another part of the reason you don't see this in Muay Thai is that Thai fighters tend to throw more kicks to the quad/thigh, whereas in mma kicks to the calf are a big thing, and where you see these breaks. (They also speculated that Thai fighters avoid calf kicks basically to avoid the breaks, because they know everyone they fight is going to be so good at checking kicks.) Does that seem like a reasonable explanation? After watching this, I'm wondering if that plays in with the part about the angle of the kick, like if you're aiming for the quad, maybe that encourages the downward motion, while throwing lower kicks to the calf encourages the upward motion?
It may appear to be in the back but the fibula is actually on the side. You can rub your right or left ankle and feel it there. On the side
Thanks Shane! Glad my comment led to this important video. I totally agree we must stop thinking about these incidents as freak accidents. 🤜
Bro I've been using up angle low kicks and had no idea they were this effective thank you
I dont think you are listening to what he is saying.. its more dangerous🤦🏼♂️
So, Dutch?