That variation of the spinning crescent is a very basic kick in Capoeira called 'Armada'. Was one of the first kicks I learned in that discipline. Great instruction, Shane!
@@giovelazquez8872I mean pretty basic to me a spinning back kick or heel kick takes much more technique focus than a crescent hence why it’s a traditional strike
Shane you have no idea how much this video helped me. I have a real traditional background in martial arts especially blue dragon kung fu and I never knew how to apply this kick in a real mma situation. I would pull off the kick sometimes but always have terrible difficulty doing so. This filled in every hole I had with this kick set up. Thank you 🙏🏽
I love these videos! You're essentially confirming all the techniques and tactics we use in Capoeira from an MMA perspective. It's just that we disguise it all behind the Ginga. Beautiful work. :)
Another important difference between the wheel kick and spinning hook kick vs the spinning crescent kick is the reach. The spinning crescent kick works only from closer range. On the other hand if the person steps forward your balance will be a little bit better as your standing upright on one leg rather than leaning back on one leg. My favourite set up for the spinning crescent kick is to fake a frontkick and use the knee up to step in closing the distance for the crescent kick (as you step down you land with the foot pivoted for the spin).
I really like this move as an asset. Pretty useful for a defense/recovery, and honestly it’s pretty unpredictable. Most ppl wouldn’t see you throwing a kick from the inside to the outside most kicks are expected to be someone spinning going from a stance, kicking across the body or ig towards the inward of the body for lack of better explanation. Cool stuff man
That’s pretty much what I came to the conclusion as well, where he demonstrated after a failed roundhouse kick, a crescent kick for recovery aka defense, would be amazing, only time the crescent kick would actually be useful honestly
Just saw like 50 kick experts in a comment section saying this guy did a crescent kick and others were saying it was a twist kick. I’m so glad all there expert opinions were different.
You've got a real knack for making your videos easy to watch Shane, I don't know about other people but I'm sometimes hesitant to watch tutorial videos because the creator over-explains the subject matter to the nth degree and the actual lesson seems to get lost in the exposition. You make videos about fighting and physical activity, your videos are solely concerned with fighting and physical activity - good on you.
Great video, never thought that kick had a place in mma... When i miss a roundhouse i usually come back with a hook kick befire the foot touches the floor... In karate roundhouse is "mawashi geri" and hook kick is "ura(inverted) mawashigeri" so i just come back like rewinding the kick...
Also!! Really dig that missed round to crescent. I usually use a missed round to side kick, but I’m going to start trying this in sparring to see how well it works for me. Thanks a lot Shane!
@@danfitzpatrick8517 works well with the combo I already set up. After hitting it once they guarded. Then I want back to the side kick. Really good interchangeable strikes. Landing with a reverse roundhouse sorta makes me feel better tho. Same movement almost, but different power and weapon. Connecting with your shin works well but I try to just slap my friends with my foot instead. To avoid serious damage Atleast.
Its great to see the crescent kick get more respect. A ton of people ragged on it just because its a traditional technique and most people were used to roundhouse, but this is a superior kick for most people for the reasons stated. You don't have to be as flexible and its more versatile than the roundhouse.
I practice that move too, the roundhouse to cresent kick. I discovered that just playing around, I love that we think a like. Let's me know I'm onto something when I'm having fun playing around.
Awesome. Was going to mention the axe kick and you brought it up lol. Also in capoeira we know these kicks by different names but they definitely have use case at least in muay thai (I don't do MMA). Eddy Gordo in Tekken 8 uses the quiexada (jaw in portuguese, inside crescent) from the same position as your missed round house kick. The difference is that he leans more into the failed kicked and gets more rotation on the inside crescent and turns it into a deadly axe kick. It's a very good recovery kick and might even end the fight if you land it right.
Love using this to the body in sparring. Another weapon that's perfect when your opponent is circling outside your lead leg. Added bonus of using the whole side of your foot to find the liver.
Very effective and under utlised kick, the stepping crescent kick is a great way to close distance to, being inside to outside crescent. 1 hop forward to close gap and whoop around the gaurd to the side of the head, sorta like a 1step side kick but chambered a bit differently obviously.
First time seeing a spinning crescent kick was Nick Diaz vs Gsp. Nick went for the kick and missed, then gsp imitated by kicking back but neither landed. Idk but i just fell in love with that motion.
As a southpaw the inside-outside crescent kick is actually quite hard for my opponent to see and can setup a rear roundhouse or spinning attack or side kick after the foot lands.
Hey Shane I’m 15 and I’m pretty good in boxing and my dream is to be a pro boxer but the gym I go to has only 2 boxing bags that’s all and there are only 3 boxing schools in my country 1 is like fat but pretty expensive and it’s like for fitness only and the other one is very far I wanna be a boxer as I’m one of the few southpaws in my region and I believe in what Ali said that champion are not made in the gyms but what they’ve got deep down So please give me some tips man
I was literally thinking of this kick a few days ago relating to Capoeira and when youd actually use this kick in a fight/ HOW to use this kick. Big ups Shane \mn/
Can I gain flexibility by continuing to practice my kicks, hoping that they will eventually get higher and higher, or would you suggest static stretches? Thanks Shane!
I use that inside to outside with that roundhouse recovery also. I like that one. Or I do the full spin around and make it a spinning crescent instead of that thai shell spin. I used to not like crescent kicks, but now I have some context to use them.
Hey Shane, so I am training muay thai for like 3 months but I have an issue in sparring. I don't really know how to let myself go and then my partner looks incredibly better than me. Do you have any tips on confidence and self control in sparring? I hope you make a video on this.
My main question is about Axe kicks. How do you gain any power on the downward thrust. I don't seem to be able to get any force behind the kick. Any ideas please?
The one thing that I'd add to this video that I don't believe was said... The crescent kick is really nice in a lot of cases when fighting against someone that has an inch or two on you specifically in terms of height. Reason for that being, if you're well stretched out your heel should elevate above your head like shown in the video and crossing the face of your opponent for a direct hit.
I wish I had trained kicks! I learned weaponry and kicks were deemed too risky in a weapon fight, even though some styles have a beautiful blend of weapon work with the kicks. I have really excellent, mobile footwork. I'm good at making angles and getting into good position, and getting behind people and fighting multiple opponents!
Hey! I'm pretty solid throwing the inside-outside crescent kick (I can throw probably five in a row with my foot going over my head and staying on balance) but the outside-inside kick isn't feeling natural yet - my hip flexor joint feels tight and it isn't a fluid motion at this point like throwing the inside-outside crescent kick is. To anyone who's really learned the outside-inside kick well, any pieces of advice in terms either of the kicking motion or stretches that can help me out?
I just saw a guy doing a "which kick would you choose to master?" then I saw this kick and thought as like "not seen that before, let me see how it's done and how it's used".
A pretty good combo I've found is feinting a low kick, letting your leg pass just short of his and coming back up with an inside to outside crescent kick. Very unexpected PS : Looks like Saenchai also uses the crescent kick, at 0:22 in this video. ruclips.net/video/aW6ew2j1ZmQ/видео.html
Your a good teacher. And throw some badass kicks but but Why didn't you continue momentum with a spinning back kick instead of reversing momentum technically?
Kurt Nobranes I think the axe kick goes from up to down and you hit with your heel. The crescent kick goes in a circular motion and you hit with the out or inside of your foot
Uther Pendragon yes, good sir. And the crescent hits usually the side of the head. Like slapping someone with your feet. 😅 May you bring some more light, Lord Uther ✊
Kurt Nobranes ax kick makes contact with the heal of your foot as it comes down on your opponent. Crescent kicks make contact with the blade or inside of you foot at the top of the arch. Shane just isn’t rechambering his crescent kicks so they look similar.
I love how your making more videos on traditional strikes cause people seem to forget about these
That variation of the spinning crescent is a very basic kick in Capoeira called 'Armada'. Was one of the first kicks I learned in that discipline.
Great instruction, Shane!
Basic? Holy shit
@@giovelazquez8872 Basic for capoeira lol.
@@giovelazquez8872I mean pretty basic to me a spinning back kick or heel kick takes much more technique focus than a crescent hence why it’s a traditional strike
@@tylersharp5751 that’s crazy.
Shane you have no idea how much this video helped me. I have a real traditional background in martial arts especially blue dragon kung fu and I never knew how to apply this kick in a real mma situation. I would pull off the kick sometimes but always have terrible difficulty doing so. This filled in every hole I had with this kick set up. Thank you 🙏🏽
Joe Rogan and Bill Burr brought me here. But I’ve been to this channel many times before also haha.
Craigels435 me too 😂 lol
Same😂
Gym by day Joe Rogan by night, all day!
I’m dead 😂😂😂
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The only time I've ever done crescent kicks is when I got really pissed off in a bakery
Same I’m actually the guy that kicked your ass
Croissant kick
@@darneliuswashington9920 hah, you didn't get the joke
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I love these videos! You're essentially confirming all the techniques and tactics we use in Capoeira from an MMA perspective. It's just that we disguise it all behind the Ginga. Beautiful work. :)
Another important difference between the wheel kick and spinning hook kick vs the spinning crescent kick is the reach. The spinning crescent kick works only from closer range. On the other hand if the person steps forward your balance will be a little bit better as your standing upright on one leg rather than leaning back on one leg. My favourite set up for the spinning crescent kick is to fake a frontkick and use the knee up to step in closing the distance for the crescent kick (as you step down you land with the foot pivoted for the spin).
i use a hakisack to practice these moves
I really like this move as an asset. Pretty useful for a defense/recovery, and honestly it’s pretty unpredictable. Most ppl wouldn’t see you throwing a kick from the inside to the outside most kicks are expected to be someone spinning going from a stance, kicking across the body or ig towards the inward of the body for lack of better explanation. Cool stuff man
That’s pretty much what I came to the conclusion as well, where he demonstrated after a failed roundhouse kick, a crescent kick for recovery aka defense, would be amazing, only time the crescent kick would actually be useful honestly
I’ve been wanting this video for so long you have no idea
Ya wot mate
Alex Ramirez lol chill man
Finally. Although not recently, I've been asking you to teach this kick. Thank you Shane!
Hey Shane you & Faze sensei should have an mma match. I reckon that would be a great video !! Thanks your videos are always amazing
Shane wins
What's reckon?
Reckon is like... being pretty sure about something? Idk 😐
Shane would win it won't be easy but he would win
Neither of them have wrestling/bjj
Just saw like 50 kick experts in a comment section saying this guy did a crescent kick and others were saying it was a twist kick. I’m so glad all there expert opinions were different.
You've got a real knack for making your videos easy to watch Shane, I don't know about other people but I'm sometimes hesitant to watch tutorial videos because the creator over-explains the subject matter to the nth degree and the actual lesson seems to get lost in the exposition. You make videos about fighting and physical activity, your videos are solely concerned with fighting and physical activity - good on you.
Great video, never thought that kick had a place in mma... When i miss a roundhouse i usually come back with a hook kick befire the foot touches the floor... In karate roundhouse is "mawashi geri" and hook kick is "ura(inverted) mawashigeri" so i just come back like rewinding the kick...
Very nice set up. Also loved that you explained the difference between spin crescent & wheel kick.
Trying to incorporate the jumping crescent kick in sparing this video has given me a few ideas on how to do it thanks man
Also!! Really dig that missed round to crescent. I usually use a missed round to side kick, but I’m going to start trying this in sparring to see how well it works for me. Thanks a lot Shane!
Howd it go in sparring?
@@danfitzpatrick8517 works well with the combo I already set up. After hitting it once they guarded. Then I want back to the side kick. Really good interchangeable strikes. Landing with a reverse roundhouse sorta makes me feel better tho. Same movement almost, but different power and weapon. Connecting with your shin works well but I try to just slap my friends with my foot instead. To avoid serious damage Atleast.
Its great to see the crescent kick get more respect. A ton of people ragged on it just because its a traditional technique and most people were used to roundhouse, but this is a superior kick for most people for the reasons stated. You don't have to be as flexible and its more versatile than the roundhouse.
One of my favourite kicks since I was a kid.
Also leads to the axe kick
I practice that move too, the roundhouse to cresent kick. I discovered that just playing around, I love that we think a like. Let's me know I'm onto something when I'm having fun playing around.
Awesome. Was going to mention the axe kick and you brought it up lol. Also in capoeira we know these kicks by different names but they definitely have use case at least in muay thai (I don't do MMA). Eddy Gordo in Tekken 8 uses the quiexada (jaw in portuguese, inside crescent) from the same position as your missed round house kick. The difference is that he leans more into the failed kicked and gets more rotation on the inside crescent and turns it into a deadly axe kick. It's a very good recovery kick and might even end the fight if you land it right.
Ooooh, that round house to crescent kick is nice!
Shane this kick is very owesome to half distance in any combat or discipline.
I often use it as part of my thecnique in mma.
Love using this to the body in sparring. Another weapon that's perfect when your opponent is circling outside your lead leg. Added bonus of using the whole side of your foot to find the liver.
Very effective and under utlised kick, the stepping crescent kick is a great way to close distance to, being inside to outside crescent. 1 hop forward to close gap and whoop around the gaurd to the side of the head, sorta like a 1step side kick but chambered a bit differently obviously.
I learn so much from your video,, shane ur very talented,, and keep it up bro,, just upload ur video as fast as u can,, thank u
First time seeing a spinning crescent kick was Nick Diaz vs Gsp. Nick went for the kick and missed, then gsp imitated by kicking back but neither landed. Idk but i just fell in love with that motion.
As a southpaw the inside-outside crescent kick is actually quite hard for my opponent to see and can setup a rear roundhouse or spinning attack or side kick after the foot lands.
Shane u have influenced me to join an MMA gym this summer and pursue martial arts
Love bro, you always have great insight and training tips. Thanks!
Nice kicks! I personally like the inside high kick directly into spinning outside Cresent kick/knee combo.
Hey Shane
I’m 15 and I’m pretty good in boxing and my dream is to be a pro boxer but the gym I go to has only 2 boxing bags that’s all and there are only 3 boxing schools in my country 1 is like fat but pretty expensive and it’s like for fitness only and the other one is very far
I wanna be a boxer as I’m one of the few southpaws in my region and I believe in what Ali said that champion are not made in the gyms but what they’ve got deep down
So please give me some tips man
I was literally thinking of this kick a few days ago relating to Capoeira and when youd actually use this kick in a fight/ HOW to use this kick. Big ups Shane \mn/
Great breakdown of the crescent kick. Appreciate it :)
I love the crescent kick. Thanks for another great video.
These are some of my favorite kicks.
Awesome I think this kick is very underrated and I would like to see it used more in mma
Great Video and Beautiful Form
Can I gain flexibility by continuing to practice my kicks, hoping that they will eventually get higher and higher, or would you suggest static stretches? Thanks Shane!
could you make a video about set ups for the jump spinning hook kick? I think you can send you opponent knock out land with it .
But sir I think jab cross and outside crescent kick would be easier and more damaging to their face/nose and for their block too
One of the few relevant capoera kicks.
daniel lenard take what works, discard what doesn't. 👍
@@AlvaroRM90 everyone knows dat
Crescent kick was the first kick I got good with. Harkens back big time to my first few months, so many years ago.
You have excellent form on your kicks...nice work!
I use that inside to outside with that roundhouse recovery also. I like that one. Or I do the full spin around and make it a spinning crescent instead of that thai shell spin. I used to not like crescent kicks, but now I have some context to use them.
Hey Shane, so I am training muay thai for like 3 months but I have an issue in sparring. I don't really know how to let myself go and then my partner looks incredibly better than me. Do you have any tips on confidence and self control in sparring? I hope you make a video on this.
Hey man. I see this is a 4yr old comment. How’s it going now with the kickboxing and sparring? I’d love an update please thank you ✌️
that JRE experience with bill throwing me to the rabbit hole, 2nd video for crescent kick lol
Cool we practice these crescent kicks in Kung do a lot thanks for putting them in context
i should be revising for my GCSEs that start tomorrow, but here I am :P
King-R litterally me, got RS exam tommorow
Same
I still spend time watching Shane’s vid even though I have KCPE in a few months
Gl
They're just gateways to college. Nothing more
The first ones a great one for beginners who don't have a good front leg hook kick
Shane you gotta breakdown my next fight after i get that finish! Since you popularized my head getting hook kicked ;)
This is one of my favourite tkd sparring kicks.
shane can you teach me how to use a reflex bag?
Sawadee Khrap Shane this good to know its like you know what problems we are having
Hey shane can you make a video about recovery after a muscle sprain please?
Shane do you think I should put in the time to practice this move or should I just learn something else
Is thr cresesnt kick the same as inside out and outsidr in axe kick? In korean karate they teach you axe kick
My main question is about Axe kicks. How do you gain any power on the downward thrust. I don't seem to be able to get any force behind the kick.
Any ideas please?
The one thing that I'd add to this video that I don't believe was said... The crescent kick is really nice in a lot of cases when fighting against someone that has an inch or two on you specifically in terms of height. Reason for that being, if you're well stretched out your heel should elevate above your head like shown in the video and crossing the face of your opponent for a direct hit.
Shane your kicks are pretty quick. They look fast even on camera.
I chamber mine like a question mark until the very last moment and then snap it out like super fast, always done it like that for some reason idk
I wish I had trained kicks! I learned weaponry and kicks were deemed too risky in a weapon fight, even though some styles have a beautiful blend of weapon work with the kicks. I have really excellent, mobile footwork. I'm good at making angles and getting into good position, and getting behind people and fighting multiple opponents!
Please can you advise concerning self-defense for ladies... What to start with.... the best tips, videos?
One of my favorite kicks
I just joined Muay Thai gym can u tell me what I should be prepared for
Very helpful thank you Shane
Hey Shane I am also a martial artist I have got a serious hamstring sprain during kicking what should I do ???
Will you do euro seminar some day?
if I have a little chip in my shin will it effect me getting hard shins
Shane have u tried the voball?
Excellent video!
Beautiful! Thank you for the great info!
I would use the inside to outside one twice then on the third time I would go into an axe kick. Worked quite a bit actually.
Hey! I'm pretty solid throwing the inside-outside crescent kick (I can throw probably five in a row with my foot going over my head and staying on balance) but the outside-inside kick isn't feeling natural yet - my hip flexor joint feels tight and it isn't a fluid motion at this point like throwing the inside-outside crescent kick is. To anyone who's really learned the outside-inside kick well, any pieces of advice in terms either of the kicking motion or stretches that can help me out?
Inside to outside kick is called the moon kick, or at leats what I was taught
Gooshooter 69 crescent is one of the ways the moon looks depending on how it is receiving light from the sun I think. Not sure though.
I just saw a guy doing a "which kick would you choose to master?" then I saw this kick and thought as like "not seen that before, let me see how it's done and how it's used".
Any way to deal with shoulder popping?
Could you make a video about sledgehammer workouts?
i allways do these when warming up or stretching, never knew it was a lefit kick
Do Silva head kick next time it would be nice to see setups and how to do it right way
you are a nice teacher
Hi shane i want to know how to contract muscles for middle split and recently I've experienced pain when kicking high
kwonkicker taekwondo if you have pain kicking high it sounds like you pulled a muscle. So don’t kick too high and work up to it
kwonkicker taekwondo take a break from that maybe. But tbh, you may want to ask a medic.
Alvaro Rubilar Muñoz what if i don't stretch my hip flexor but i stretch the other muscles in my hip will i be able to kick high
Ask someone that understands how stretching works if you want that question answered
A pretty good combo I've found is feinting a low kick, letting your leg pass just short of his and coming back up with an inside to outside crescent kick. Very unexpected
PS : Looks like Saenchai also uses the crescent kick, at 0:22 in this video.
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From your description that almost sounds more like a question mark kick.
How safe on block is this?
Your a good teacher. And throw some badass kicks but but Why didn't you continue momentum with a spinning back kick instead of reversing momentum technically?
Can yoy talk about sanda and kickboxing styles?
486 likes, no diskes, way 2 go man :)
I bet this would work in MMA because most competitors would have never seen it before until you are about to do it on them and not be able to time it.
YEEEESSSSSSS This will make my capoeira even more useful!
Great use of those kicks
Can I use crescent kick for bottle cap challenge?
another great vid.
Similar to a twist kick?
Love the video,id love to see a video on baiting and faking
Could u show most powerful attacks in mma
What's the difference between this and an axe kick can someone explain they both seem very similar
Kurt Nobranes I think the axe kick goes from up to down and you hit with your heel. The crescent kick goes in a circular motion and you hit with the out or inside of your foot
Uther Pendragon yes, good sir. And the crescent hits usually the side of the head. Like slapping someone with your feet. 😅 May you bring some more light, Lord Uther ✊
Kurt Nobranes ax kick makes contact with the heal of your foot as it comes down on your opponent. Crescent kicks make contact with the blade or inside of you foot at the top of the arch. Shane just isn’t rechambering his crescent kicks so they look similar.
Can use crescent as a set up just bring it straight down
Brandon Sapp in-out or out-in axe kick. 👍
SHANE, doing the kick still feels awkward, even after reputation.....plz help
Thnx 😊 so much
1:22 isnt that also called a crocodile kick in muay thai?
I wanted to say first. But these others clearly commented while watching. I finished then commented.