I’m so glad you are posting all of this Joe Lewis footage. I’ve told you before that I trained under one of his black belts and long side some of his higher belts and they were/are all beasts. I don’t think the younger generation realizes how instrumental Joe was during a time when there were ALOT of fakes. I know he holds a big place in your heart and his teachings bleed through in your shorts/classes so I know how much respect you had for him.
this is gold. I've researched the heck out of the JKD sidekick but watching it in action with a first generation Bruce Lee student( and greatest karate fighter) is really something else.
This video alone, may get the channel another 7 million views by itself! Not only GM Lewis teaching his sidekick, bonus of his defensive tips and strategy too! As always, grateful ... and thank you for sharing! 🙏
Never trained with Joe Lewis, But I trained with two Bruce Lee students for 17 years. One of them said, when we were doing a similar drill; "Bruce would say. let the kick just graze you, so you are in range to fire back. " We did it with the pendulum drill, a little different than Joe showed here. We would move the front leg first, "kicking" the rear leg out of the way as we retreated, just like a pendulum. allows you to fire back right away. But there are many ways to do it. Joe and most of those 60s Karate guys had really fast lead leg side kicks.
Great clip. Reminds me of the old days in dojo in the '80s in southern CA with Chicken Gabriel. One key to this move is timing it so your opponent is leaning in ready to bridge the gap himself, I discovered.
The late great Joe Lewis learned a lot & absorbed quite a bit from Bruce Lee when they hanged out & worked out together... afterwards they became very fond of each other...!!!
Trained with Joe from 73 on.. after its smooth ... the tighter the chamber at first the more power. Start more rear and torque into the side kick on impact.
The speed comes from the switching of the foot positions more than from the kick itself. Gray shirt's attack is slower, not because his kick is slow at the end of the attack, but because his foot switching at the beginning is lumbersome compared to Joe's.
And people say Bruce didn’t teach Joe this is proof that Bruce took Joe fighting skills to a higher level I see Bruce all over him as he teaches this side kick the explosive power in Bruce’s side kick
What? Joe was already a Karate champion before he accepted Bruce's request to train together. He undoubtedly did learn from Bruce or he would have stopped training with him, but this side kick is not proof of that at all. If anything, Bruce would have learned from Joe on this front.
Joe was a skinny little scrapper that fought some dudes that were way more skilled and built with more muscle. He would be knocked out sometimes but later in his career he would get bigger and be a legend that impacted the world of full contact kickboxing. I can see some of the traits he took from his formidable opponents he had a hard time with. The dude could adapt well. It's how he got so far. I loved his left hooks. Man, they look like they hit like a truck. He is missed.
I feel like you're talking about some other Joe. Joe Lewis was at an amazing skill level, had massive physical strength, and was a heavyweight fighter.
Joe Lewis is and was a bad man. Not morally, but as a fighter! Dude put a hurt on many an opponent with his speedy and powerful side kick. I do prefer the Steven Thompson (Wonderboy) method of delivery in raising the kicking leg from the knee rather than the quick step. But only because I am not nearly fast enough to land it effectively!
Bruce Lee side kick?? KILL!!; IT'S not like her invented it or that he was ever a champion. The Mann never completed at all in martial arts and thus never tested. Just looked good on afferent back in the early 70s and babe a lot of noise. Hehe.. her was just an entertainer
Fantastic. Notice this move is never done in MMA? I feel most MMA fighters are not that good at stand up and they don't have the discipline or the intelligence to train scientifically. The trendy thinking is that bodyweight is a determinant and sidekicks don't work. I SAY that most MMA fighters are depending on freak genetics and lots of conditioning but without autonomy of thought. Can someone explain why this type of move is never done in MMA? IMOP apart from being strong athletes they're not that good
Because they're mostly fighting more from a front on stance due to the Muay Thai influence and american wrestling - to make the side kick work consistently as a stock move you need to be in a more sideways bladed (or Kibiduchi) stance - that way it's quicker and easier. Wonderboy Thompson used the side kick because he was in this stance, having said that he didn't do it nearly as well as Joe or many of the other kickboxing guys. But what goes around comes around, who knows, in 20 years we might be saying "why are so many MMA guys overusing the sidekick?"
@@poocrayon4588 OK, so it's not a matter of it not working, it's a matter of using it at the right time? And the trend in MMA is wrestling & Mua Thai... but is the trend the best way?
Jon Jones has used it I believe. It’s too easy to side step it and get behind the kicker. If it’s set up properly or used as a finisher when the opponent is too hurt to get out of the way, then it could work. I personally love the kick. Stepping behind the kicking leg instead of just skipping is also quite effective, as long as it set up.
@@josephesposito3499 Yes, but it's more that if you're not in a side stance it's just an alright kick that is a little slower to use than than a front kick (because you need to turn). Most MMA fighters aren't in a side stance, they're more front on. However if you are in side stance (basically how Joe was standing at the start of the vid) you're already primed to through a side kick and can do it powerfully and the right time occurs way more often because you don't have to swivel at all to get in the right position. Trends come and go for whatever reason, sometimes it's just stylistic fads - other times a guy comes in with a style others arent doing and it works because they're not experienced at countering it. So then everyone starts doing it. The thing with MMA is you've got to remember only a small portion of the fighters are great kickers, so it would be pointless for someone whose main skill is American wrestling to fight in side stance when his side kicks suck and his flexiblity for head kicks isn't there, as well as side stance not beoing as good for takedown in general. Mauy Thai imo is good but it's a bit of a fad idea that it's superior to other eastern styles, it just has that rep because it's schools tend to train way more brutally (or at least did in the past). However in the glory days of kickboxing some champions who used a side on stance did go fight the top mauy thai guys and win, largely because Mauy Thai guys don't train to defend side kicks and kept getting hit with them.
I’m so glad you are posting all of this Joe Lewis footage. I’ve told you before that I trained under one of his black belts and long side some of his higher belts and they were/are all beasts. I don’t think the younger generation realizes how instrumental Joe was during a time when there were ALOT of fakes. I know he holds a big place in your heart and his teachings bleed through in your shorts/classes so I know how much respect you had for him.
this is gold. I've researched the heck out of the JKD sidekick but watching it in action with a first generation Bruce Lee student( and greatest karate fighter) is really something else.
@@RonSanPedro83 thank you….much more to come!
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Joe already knew how to throw this sidekick before he met Bruce Lee, though.
@@RonSanPedro83 look up the video “in the footsteps of Bruce Lee ft Tommy Carruthers”
Grandmaster lewis trained with Bruce. He wasn't a student dude. He broke Chuck Norris' ribs with this same kick, he knew what he was doing
This video alone, may get the channel another 7 million views by itself! Not only GM Lewis teaching his sidekick, bonus of his defensive tips and strategy too! As always, grateful ... and thank you for sharing! 🙏
Never trained with Joe Lewis, But I trained with two Bruce Lee students for 17 years. One of them said, when we were doing a similar drill; "Bruce would say. let the kick just graze you, so you are in range to fire back. " We did it with the pendulum drill, a little different than Joe showed here. We would move the front leg first, "kicking" the rear leg out of the way as we retreated, just like a pendulum. allows you to fire back right away. But there are many ways to do it. Joe and most of those 60s Karate guys had really fast lead leg side kicks.
Никаких учеников у Брюса Ли не было😅
Great clip. Reminds me of the old days in dojo in the '80s in southern CA with Chicken Gabriel.
One key to this move is timing it so your opponent is leaning in ready to bridge the gap himself, I discovered.
Holy cow! This is one of the best videos I’ve ever watched. Lewis was incredible.
Imagine watching _his_ JKD instructor.
Thank you so much for sharing this.
Wow, the end catches Joe is one of his best moods. He shows his comic timing and everything. He's usually more serious than this.
The late great Joe Lewis learned a lot & absorbed quite a bit from Bruce Lee when they hanged out & worked out together... afterwards they became very fond of each other...!!!
Joe Lewis was the man. He could have fought in any era.
The greatest karate fighter of all time! Thank you for sharing.
@@andrewkozma2537 he was a kickboxer, used very little karate in any full contact match.
Naww, he's just a RUclipsr. Joe is better.
Trained with Joe from 73 on.. after its smooth ... the tighter the chamber at first the more power. Start more rear and torque into the side kick on impact.
Joe Lewis - such a great Martial Artist - Instructor
great video
The speed comes from the switching of the foot positions more than from the kick itself. Gray shirt's attack is slower, not because his kick is slow at the end of the attack, but because his foot switching at the beginning is lumbersome compared to Joe's.
JKD is built on footwork
Thank you
Show me, paint fence!
And people say Bruce didn’t teach Joe this is proof that Bruce took Joe fighting skills to a higher level I see Bruce all over him as he teaches this side kick the explosive power in Bruce’s side kick
What? Joe was already a Karate champion before he accepted Bruce's request to train together. He undoubtedly did learn from Bruce or he would have stopped training with him, but this side kick is not proof of that at all. If anything, Bruce would have learned from Joe on this front.
Joe was a skinny little scrapper that fought some dudes that were way more skilled and built with more muscle. He would be knocked out sometimes but later in his career he would get bigger and be a legend that impacted the world of full contact kickboxing. I can see some of the traits he took from his formidable opponents he had a hard time with. The dude could adapt well. It's how he got so far. I loved his left hooks. Man, they look like they hit like a truck. He is missed.
I feel like you're talking about some other Joe. Joe Lewis was at an amazing skill level, had massive physical strength, and was a heavyweight fighter.
@richardhinckley9690 Lewis vs Wally Slocky 1970. The white shirt kid is Lewis.
@ "Lewis vs Wally Slocky 1970. The white shirt kid is Lewis."
No, Lewis is the guy with no shirt. I knew him in real life, there is no mistaking this.
@@richardhinckley9690 apparently there is. 🤣
@ Haha! You got me there!
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Joe Lewis is and was a bad man. Not morally, but as a fighter! Dude put a hurt on many an opponent with his speedy and powerful side kick.
I do prefer the Steven Thompson (Wonderboy) method of delivery in raising the kicking leg from the knee rather than the quick step. But only because I am not nearly fast enough to land it effectively!
Bruce Lee side kick?? KILL!!; IT'S not like her invented it or that he was ever a champion. The Mann never completed at all in martial arts and thus never tested. Just looked good on afferent back in the early 70s and babe a lot of noise. Hehe.. her was just an entertainer
@@AGC828 you're probably not over 15
Так и есть .
Absolute legend 😎👌
@5:07
Fantastic. Notice this move is never done in MMA? I feel most MMA fighters are not that good at stand up and they don't have the discipline or the intelligence to train scientifically. The trendy thinking is that bodyweight is a determinant and sidekicks don't work. I SAY that most MMA fighters are depending on freak genetics and lots of conditioning but without autonomy of thought. Can someone explain why this type of move is never done in MMA? IMOP apart from being strong athletes they're not that good
Because they're mostly fighting more from a front on stance due to the Muay Thai influence and american wrestling - to make the side kick work consistently as a stock move you need to be in a more sideways bladed (or Kibiduchi) stance - that way it's quicker and easier. Wonderboy Thompson used the side kick because he was in this stance, having said that he didn't do it nearly as well as Joe or many of the other kickboxing guys. But what goes around comes around, who knows, in 20 years we might be saying "why are so many MMA guys overusing the sidekick?"
@@poocrayon4588 OK, so it's not a matter of it not working, it's a matter of using it at the right time? And the trend in MMA is wrestling & Mua Thai... but is the trend the best way?
Kicking is the least polished skill in MMA by far.
Jon Jones has used it I believe. It’s too easy to side step it and get behind the kicker. If it’s set up properly or used as a finisher when the opponent is too hurt to get out of the way, then it could work. I personally love the kick. Stepping behind the kicking leg instead of just skipping is also quite effective, as long as it set up.
@@josephesposito3499 Yes, but it's more that if you're not in a side stance it's just an alright kick that is a little slower to use than than a front kick (because you need to turn). Most MMA fighters aren't in a side stance, they're more front on. However if you are in side stance (basically how Joe was standing at the start of the vid) you're already primed to through a side kick and can do it powerfully and the right time occurs way more often because you don't have to swivel at all to get in the right position. Trends come and go for whatever reason, sometimes it's just stylistic fads - other times a guy comes in with a style others arent doing and it works because they're not experienced at countering it. So then everyone starts doing it.
The thing with MMA is you've got to remember only a small portion of the fighters are great kickers, so it would be pointless for someone whose main skill is American wrestling to fight in side stance when his side kicks suck and his flexiblity for head kicks isn't there, as well as side stance not beoing as good for takedown in general. Mauy Thai imo is good but it's a bit of a fad idea that it's superior to other eastern styles, it just has that rep because it's schools tend to train way more brutally (or at least did in the past). However in the glory days of kickboxing some champions who used a side on stance did go fight the top mauy thai guys and win, largely because Mauy Thai guys don't train to defend side kicks and kept getting hit with them.
1:06 that hoarse di_ty laughing sound in the background has really degraded the quality of the video. Except that the video is quite informative.