Shout out to Samart Payakaroon as well, he's the GOAT and god father of technical Muay Thai fighter, He uses this hybrid teep side kick as one of his main weapon to keep opponents at a distance, and also flooring them with this kick. Tawanchai is the second generation in Thailand to use this hybrid teep kick very effectively. While there are some who uses it, they don't use it as one of the main weapons and constantly throwing it out there like Samart or Tawanchai does. Superbon gave an interview post fight and said that he had to change his game plan. Paraphrasing: "We, me and the trainer trained on dealing with the kick and the teep, but when I got in the ring and Tawanchai starts throwing his kick and teeps, it was a different story. Tawanchai's kick is faster than I thought and I wasn't fast enough to react to them. The push kick we also trained to deal with but once I got on the ring, it's very difficult to deal with and hard to see coming. Watching Tawanchai fight footage vs being there on the receiving end is a different ballgame."
@@KYTICATS He always tell you that power come out of balance. Teep for example, if you teep someone and you go backward, no power is transfered into the opponent. This applies to all weapons. He'll say if you have balance you can throw any weapon off of it.
The only difference of this kick from Karate/Taekwondo/Kung Fu, is that the stance is still squared, so you will use this like a jab in Muay Thai, in Muay Thai, the strongest kick is the roundhouse, and teeps are just weaker kicks for distance. The Taekwondo roundhouse is pretty weak though
My favourite kick. It’s nearly impossible to defend against and you can use it just like you would a jab. If you utilise this kick and a solid jab, you become a nightmare to spar against. Everything flows off of those two techniques as well. And you can use them as feints to set up other shots.
What nonsense. There was some other idiot on here on a different video saying it couldn't be blocked or deflected lol. What a load of sh!t. Of course it can be. It can be interrupted, too.
It's better for pure kickboxing because in MMA there's too much movement and grappling with the wider stance. It's better to just do a normal side kick in MMA or a front kick if you're more square.
Do you find it’s the chamber or the hip that gets the most committed reactions? I use it but I emphasize chambering and I can elicit reaches that really open the hands up
@@huwhitecavebeast1972 Calm yourself down a bit. There’s no need to be so emotional over a (kick) anything can be blocked or deflected. But, I guarantee that if this is done correctly you’ll land many more than any sidekick or standard front kick/teep.
First was told about this as a "Side Teep" since Frontkicks are called 'Teeps' in Muay Thai. That name certainly sticks very well and I have to agree that this is arguably the most non-counterable move I've ever learned. There were sparring rounds in which people were vastly superior in every way except for knowing what to do about this one move and I was able to completely negate all of their offence by using it. Buakaw is the OG of this and I loved watching him do it.
@@allentan2568 Yeah, admittedly I might have used OG incorrectly here. Definitely meant that Buakaw dominated with that kick like nobody else, especially in Kickboxing!
@K1Kamikazeyeah ,his teep has a mini documentary through 😅, once he answered about how he trained his teep ,he said he teep to the tree and push your toe (pinch the target) do over and over until you are not fall back.
Great points all around. I noticed that there's absolutely no wasted movement between the sliding action and the leg extending action, it's almost instant when Tawanchai throws it out there. Superbon tried to defend it, but once you start moving your arms and body to try and counter the kick, you open yourself up, so it's like you're always waiting for the teep and it freezes you. Very hard to defend.
My trainer is from Thailand and this teep is his trademark weapon, so most of his students master this technique. It’s extremly power and difficult to defend. It’s called a jumping side teep
Great observation, Gabriel. I noticed his kicks coming out differently than what I've seen before, but I was thinking maybe Tawanchai was slightly out of position but landing nonetheless. Great work again
This is how I was thaught to do a sick kick as my instructor insisted lifting the knee(like a teep) will not allow the opponent to know what kick you are going to throw, whether it be a side, front, or snappy roundhouse. I had no idea this was called a Thai side kick. Awesome vid and description mane.
I learned this as a kid in 90s in karate as a rear leg side kick. You basically start and chamber as a normal front keep, then pivot your bottom foot, twist your body into a sidekick.
Man I'm so happy to see you talk about this kick! I recently watched some Tawanchai highlights and I admired exactly this kick. I'm gonna drill the heck out of it and start using it!
Man, it is like you read my mind every time Gabriel, just last time you covered Tawanchai VS Superbon Title Fight, and I commented about Tawanchai's thai side kick, thank you so much Gabriel, you are awesome! 🎉
@@GabrielVargaOfficial it's called the keiage in karate it's called "the sweeping side kick" and you normally kick it quickly and then rechamber, for the side kick(keikomi) you take a little longer to reach the end point and kinda pause a bit there You can legit sneak your feet under the elbow of the opponent if you got a good angle
I learned something like this as a teenager in Koei-Kan karate. The only difference was we still hit with the heel - the goal was to disguise front leg side kicks and speed them up!
Most traditional martial arts (Kung Fu, Karate, TKD etc) have taught this kick. Not so common in MT or MMA, however videos like this will undoubtably see more people want to add it into their game.
@@danieljames4050 "not so common in muay thai", are you stupid? every thai fighter knows and use the side teep you can see it in every fight and highlight video, this technique was invented a popularized by thai masters. Kung Fu, Karate and TKD don't use this kick.
i’ve noticed that when studying his fights, if you like to make every technique look the same it’ll works for your roundhouse, thai side kick, and knee
As the shorter fighter I always struggle with using my longest weapon (my legs), I think the pivot was the small thing I needed to fully utilize the lead front kick to set up my other attacks and get into my range. I think the extra distance will make attempting teeps much more worth it because before the range of my kick would kind of put me in the range of my opponent's punches and I'd be more squared in my hips with my head ready to eat a punch 😂. Much appreciated, I'll try it out more and hopefully have more success.
Not that I've ever been anywhere near your level, but I did want to comment about the slide step you mentioned on your front teep. I have been throwing and teaching others to throw teeps from unexpected ranges this way for two decades now. I refer to it as a skip step though and I have had a very different experience with it than you have. We use it to catch opponents by surprise when they have let their guard down and we teach to deliver it with commitment to full power and forward momentum to close distance and engage. Anyway, thanks for what you do and I just wanted to add my two cents on one of my favorite techniques.
Another thing good about this front kick hybrid is that your toes are safe. With a regular karate front kick, my toes always get jammed unless I really try to pull them back. With this I don't know why but the angle of the foot somehow means you don't really have to pull the toes and risk a broken big toe.
I trained with Tawanchais original trainer from PK saenchai gym hat taught him the side teep earlier this year. Kru Thailand Pinsinchai said he studied Samart a lot and he taught it to Tawanchai.. apparently Tawanchai would spend ages on the heavy bag just perfecting the timing and technique of the teep
@@zzzzzz69 no Thailand Pinsinchai was his trainer like 10 years ago when Tawanchai first moved toi PK saenchai gym.. Tawanchai has been doing the side teep for as long as ive watched him
Great breakdown! I’ve always called it the side teep, so thai side kick makes sense. It’s harder than it looks though. At least I could never execute it effectively haha
In Taekwondo we call it a push kick (Mireo-Chagi). The clean version would be to chamber the knee all the way at the chest and thrust forward parallel with the floor, while pivoting about 90-120 degree on the standing foot and pushing the ball of the foot through the opponent, to create distance. But the sport version often takes a shortcut and don't chamber as high, for the sake of speed.
Kung Fu, Karate, TKD have used this as a staple kick for generations. It’s called various things but the key is chambering the leg and gauging your opponents response and knowing how and when to switch the kick based on your opponents reaction. (Easy said than done when sparring against quality training partners)
Practise down low rolling the hip joint over from front to side and back again ..Then rise it over a few weeks ..Needs the ligaments binding the hip to loosen a little and if you excercise in a pool it avoids the chance of injury ..
So this vid came out 2 months ago… At that stage, I couldn’t do this kick properly, due to lack of hip mobility/flexibility and strength in the stabiliser muscles in my legs I can confirm it has taken me 2 months of stretching (static and mobile stretching) as well as practicing the kick on the heavy bag, to be able to say that I can finally do it! Now, did I mention that that’s not even difficult part? 😅 The hardest part is that when I throw it, everyone I spar against react quick enough to block it or at least take the steam out of the kick, rendering the kick useless and putting me in a compromised position 😂 (note that I’m not trying to blast people away in sparring either, I’m trying to time it right so I catch my opponent in a stance transition). The timing of this kick is so damn tricky! Tawanchai makes it look so easy! Watch all of his fight highlights back, every guy he comes up against, he lands this kick in either their chest, stomach or leg and there’s almost nothing they can do about it! The guy is a fighting genius!
I watched the fight and felt that Tawanchai's side teep was a huge part of his win against Superbon. I was rooting for Superbon and getting so frustrated by how effective the side teep was and how Superbon often did not have a solution. One thing I like about it is that for an optimized teep you need to have a more square Thai stance. The lead side teep can be effectively thrown from a kickboxer stance without adjusting, except for pivoting the rear leg to maximize the distance.
Someone already beat me to it! Samart Payakaroon was doing the hybrid Thai sidekick about 40 years ago...and to even more devastating fashion. He’d completely pancake opponents outta nowhere...even whilst backing up 💪💯🙏
I knew tawanchai would get the win. He’s on another level to Superbon. I saw Superbon in a video with masato and it seemed like he didn’t understand the techniques, but he’s able to perform them. I do not get that feeling when I’ve seen tawanchai. He’s calm collected and cunning. Would love to see a match up between him and chingiz alazov. Don’t know if they are similar in weight but I would really enjoy that
you can also use it to set a spinning kick, because your feets position become like side stance wich make it easier to throw spinning kick. it's similiar to ignacio capllonch two touch kick where he start with a side kick to a spinning back kick
I utilize both. Normal side kick has more range and power, but it’s much easier to fall off balance if u miss or if it’s defended right. Thai side kick is the middle ground between teep and normal side kick imo. Gives u the range but you’re still in balance.
A year or so after I started training I naturally started doing this kick. I remember my coach at the time discouraging me lol. I kept at it. It wasn't pretty but was landing
i think i have heard it being called the side teep, samart used this technique all the time and this was one of the tools that made him the goat, combined with his superior boxing and movement
in Thai is called side push kick or foward slide push kick / side teep or slide teep my trainer calls it here in thailand the reason also called slide teep here is bcs this technique must require sliding / shifting forward
Thanks for the explanation. I've been trying for a while to get the intricacies of Tawanchai's side teep. It looks so devastating, as if he shot his opponents with a shot gun. I've never been able to replicate it close enough.
I saw this kick utilized by Samart, from the Lawrence breakdown video.. Gabriel should know about this legend and breakdown one of his fights. Would love to know his opinion on him :)
Uh, you can catch that kick in horizontal fashion if you still want to catch by the heel. Also enter a bit and grab with your forearm behind the knee. Then throw them or if it is a street fight break their knee. If they are close enough to make contact with you, it can be caught or deflected.
Hi Gabriel, was wondering if it is possible to increase speed and or power from heavy bag work (hitting with proper form as hard/fast as I can). I took 4 months off and have came back and feel much slower than I used to
I alway use that kick because I have hammer toes or my little toes are curved and when doing a normal teep I would always hurt them on the bag. And hard In sparring I fractures my little toes twice, so I started kicking like that by myself to avoid harming my toes
I think this teep should be taught universally, I don't see much use for the usual teep since it's greatest weakness is it's very prone to being caught and countered. You can just farm points and drain your opponents gas tank without much risk at all, ah, I wish I started training as southpaw so my strong leg would be my lead leg. I wanted to do that but my coach forced me to start orthodox :
Wait......this is the keiage found in karate! I didnt finish the video yet but man I really thought he invented it😂😂 Edit: well its a good thing that this kick is useful and well its time to improve it
we been telling ya that the side kick does work, it would benefit a thai fighter to learn it like Wonderboy as well though for more power. Side kick is incredible. Its always good to have these in your arsenal: front, side, roundhouse kicks you can make whole styles based on these 3 & their variations. When the roundhouse is being blocked to much no problem turn it midway into a side kick, it will land & get into gaps & hurt a lot.
@K1Kamikaze look im not claiming karate or sabate or muay thai or whoever created the side kick, human body mechanics created it, fits whatever style you want but im saying the taekwon, sabate, sanda, etc variations work & are worth the time investment. So I recommend learning them. If you see something working against experienced opponents like the other high level strikers WB faces in the UFC then there is something to the technique, if it works it works. There is many practical ways to skin a cat.
Kinda showing in wrong. You are demonstrating it landing with the toe pad but dude's sidekick is blasting them with his heel to steal the spines balance at the hips.
It seems like Muay Thai the art frowns upon side kicks? Does Muay Thai actually have a side kick in their curriculum? Or was it invented recently in the muay thai system? Someone please educate me?
I think this hybrid side kick has been used for quite a while. They definitely don't use karate side kicks often. Although they do love blasting low kicks at people who throw karate side kicks 😅
@@Ajhmee Yeah I been seen the break down for it on youtube. I'm talking about when u actually go to a school & learn Muay Thai it's not taught. I come from traditional martial arts and every muay thai school I trained at never taught it. when I do side kicks they talk about how diff my style is. I'm a big guy so my side kicks are very sneaky like the MT side teep
I herd your commentary on the fight looked at it just raise leg what's fuss about it ain't no revolution maybe it will ds me up more coz I like superbon maybe coz I no Thai used this kick for ever I duno just don't feel right it was missed in the fight so looked good but I can't get on board with it.u seen it in w Eu for years so what's the revolution really .sorry im.an idiot maybe lol
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Shout out to Samart Payakaroon as well, he's the GOAT and god father of technical Muay Thai fighter, He uses this hybrid teep side kick as one of his main weapon to keep opponents at a distance, and also flooring them with this kick. Tawanchai is the second generation in Thailand to use this hybrid teep kick very effectively. While there are some who uses it, they don't use it as one of the main weapons and constantly throwing it out there like Samart or Tawanchai does.
Superbon gave an interview post fight and said that he had to change his game plan.
Paraphrasing:
"We, me and the trainer trained on dealing with the kick and the teep, but when I got in the ring and Tawanchai starts throwing his kick and teeps, it was a different story.
Tawanchai's kick is faster than I thought and I wasn't fast enough to react to them. The push kick we also trained to deal with but once I got on the ring, it's very difficult to deal with and hard to see coming. Watching Tawanchai fight footage vs being there on the receiving end is a different ballgame."
Glad he has the respect he deserves
The Living Legend. Samart Payakaroon is The Best
If it's something in common with Samart and Tawanchai, everybody ought to pay attention
First gym In Thailand I trained at was samart payakaroon.
It's all about balance
@@KYTICATS He always tell you that power come out of balance. Teep for example, if you teep someone and you go backward, no power is transfered into the opponent. This applies to all weapons. He'll say if you have balance you can throw any weapon off of it.
The only difference of this kick from Karate/Taekwondo/Kung Fu, is that the stance is still squared, so you will use this like a jab in Muay Thai, in Muay Thai, the strongest kick is the roundhouse, and teeps are just weaker kicks for distance. The Taekwondo roundhouse is pretty weak though
My favourite kick. It’s nearly impossible to defend against and you can use it just like you would a jab. If you utilise this kick and a solid jab, you become a nightmare to spar against. Everything flows off of those two techniques as well. And you can use them as feints to set up other shots.
"Nightmare to spare with" really motivates me haha :D I'm gonna drill the hell out of this kick, looks like such a good option to put effort into!
What nonsense. There was some other idiot on here on a different video saying it couldn't be blocked or deflected lol. What a load of sh!t. Of course it can be. It can be interrupted, too.
It's better for pure kickboxing because in MMA there's too much movement and grappling with the wider stance. It's better to just do a normal side kick in MMA or a front kick if you're more square.
Do you find it’s the chamber or the hip that gets the most committed reactions? I use it but I emphasize chambering and I can elicit reaches that really open the hands up
@@huwhitecavebeast1972 Calm yourself down a bit. There’s no need to be so emotional over a (kick) anything can be blocked or deflected. But, I guarantee that if this is done correctly you’ll land many more than any sidekick or standard front kick/teep.
First was told about this as a "Side Teep" since Frontkicks are called 'Teeps' in Muay Thai. That name certainly sticks very well and I have to agree that this is arguably the most non-counterable move I've ever learned. There were sparring rounds in which people were vastly superior in every way except for knowing what to do about this one move and I was able to completely negate all of their offence by using it. Buakaw is the OG of this and I loved watching him do it.
Would probably consider samart or someone around that time to be the og for this kick but overall yep
@@allentan2568 Yeah, admittedly I might have used OG incorrectly here. Definitely meant that Buakaw dominated with that kick like nobody else, especially in Kickboxing!
@K1Kamikazeyeah ,his teep has a mini documentary through 😅, once he answered about how he trained his teep ,he said he teep to the tree and push your toe (pinch the target) do over and over until you are not fall back.
Great points all around. I noticed that there's absolutely no wasted movement between the sliding action and the leg extending action, it's almost instant when Tawanchai throws it out there. Superbon tried to defend it, but once you start moving your arms and body to try and counter the kick, you open yourself up, so it's like you're always waiting for the teep and it freezes you. Very hard to defend.
My trainer is from Thailand and this teep is his trademark weapon, so most of his students master this technique. It’s extremly power and difficult to defend. It’s called a jumping side teep
I love learning new kicks like this because I’m just not great at some of the traditional kicks
This channel is amazing.
Gabriel your content is always stellar and fresh.
Great observation, Gabriel. I noticed his kicks coming out differently than what I've seen before, but I was thinking maybe Tawanchai was slightly out of position but landing nonetheless. Great work again
This is how I was thaught to do a sick kick as my instructor insisted lifting the knee(like a teep) will not allow the opponent to know what kick you are going to throw, whether it be a side, front, or snappy roundhouse. I had no idea this was called a Thai side kick. Awesome vid and description mane.
I learned this as a kid in 90s in karate as a rear leg side kick. You basically start and chamber as a normal front keep, then pivot your bottom foot, twist your body into a sidekick.
nice
Man I'm so happy to see you talk about this kick! I recently watched some Tawanchai highlights and I admired exactly this kick. I'm gonna drill the heck out of it and start using it!
Man, it is like you read my mind every time Gabriel, just last time you covered Tawanchai VS Superbon Title Fight, and I commented about Tawanchai's thai side kick, thank you so much Gabriel, you are awesome! 🎉
Glad I'm getting good content out for you
@@GabrielVargaOfficial karate combat needs to add elbows and clinching, high kicks to the rule set
@@GabrielVargaOfficial it's called the keiage in karate it's called "the sweeping side kick" and you normally kick it quickly and then rechamber, for the side kick(keikomi) you take a little longer to reach the end point and kinda pause a bit there
You can legit sneak your feet under the elbow of the opponent if you got a good angle
The things I pick up here I apply to my training and they legitimately work and make me a better fighter.
Thanks Gabriel I appreciate your work.
Great content as always professional, adds value and comprehensive, thank you Gabriel 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Love it.
Literally spend all day yesterday practicing it. After watching the Superbon fight.
Great to see the variation that Samart used see a resurgence through Tawanchai.
Finally. The kick we have been waiting for 👍😁
Smamart roolz with this kick 👌
I learned something like this as a teenager in Koei-Kan karate. The only difference was we still hit with the heel - the goal was to disguise front leg side kicks and speed them up!
Most traditional martial arts (Kung Fu, Karate, TKD etc) have taught this kick. Not so common in MT or MMA, however videos like this will undoubtably see more people want to add it into their game.
@@danieljames4050 "not so common in muay thai", are you stupid? every thai fighter knows and use the side teep you can see it in every fight and highlight video, this technique was invented a popularized by thai masters. Kung Fu, Karate and TKD don't use this kick.
i’ve noticed that when studying his fights, if you like to make every technique look the same it’ll works for your roundhouse, thai side kick, and knee
Thank you for this technical point. I will practice it!
Ananthasak in his fight again Singdam (and others) and Samart both loved the "side-teep." Good kick.
As the shorter fighter I always struggle with using my longest weapon (my legs), I think the pivot was the small thing I needed to fully utilize the lead front kick to set up my other attacks and get into my range. I think the extra distance will make attempting teeps much more worth it because before the range of my kick would kind of put me in the range of my opponent's punches and I'd be more squared in my hips with my head ready to eat a punch 😂. Much appreciated, I'll try it out more and hopefully have more success.
Tawanchai talked to me about this very kick, helped me learn it. Explained the good and the bad side of it.
Nice breakdown and explanation
🎉 the Greatest range control I’ve ever seen in a fighter sheesh
Can you please make a video about explaining how to properly execute this kick? Thank you Gabriel!
I knew a Taekwondo guy back in the 80's that called it a spear kick.
Not that I've ever been anywhere near your level, but I did want to comment about the slide step you mentioned on your front teep. I have been throwing and teaching others to throw teeps from unexpected ranges this way for two decades now. I refer to it as a skip step though and I have had a very different experience with it than you have. We use it to catch opponents by surprise when they have let their guard down and we teach to deliver it with commitment to full power and forward momentum to close distance and engage. Anyway, thanks for what you do and I just wanted to add my two cents on one of my favorite techniques.
Hey Gabriel loved the video, could you make a video on the thai hop?
Thank you!!
hmmmmm, definitely will try this one. Normally my front teep does not have enough power, this may help me get more power.
4:26 that is Jonny Cage😅, awesome tech by the way 👌
Another thing good about this front kick hybrid is that your toes are safe. With a regular karate front kick, my toes always get jammed unless I really try to pull them back. With this I don't know why but the angle of the foot somehow means you don't really have to pull the toes and risk a broken big toe.
Wish I'd known that (and this kick) when I practiced MT years ago...my toe has never quite been the same since!
I trained with Tawanchais original trainer from PK saenchai gym hat taught him the side teep earlier this year.
Kru Thailand Pinsinchai said he studied Samart a lot and he taught it to Tawanchai.. apparently Tawanchai would spend ages on the heavy bag just perfecting the timing and technique of the teep
So Tawanchai only picked up this technique within this year?
@@zzzzzz69I don’t think so
I think he meant he train with the trainer earlier this year @@zzzzzz69
@@zzzzzz69 no Thailand Pinsinchai was his trainer like 10 years ago when Tawanchai first moved toi PK saenchai gym.. Tawanchai has been doing the side teep for as long as ive watched him
@@DCMAGIC101 ok thanks for clarification
Yup it works well. Started that a couple of months ago. Very powerful.
At my gym is usually referred to as a side teep--which is the same idea as thai side kick
That was a fantastic breakdown
Btw pls colab with Jeff Chan
Great breakdown!
I’ve always called it the side teep, so thai side kick makes sense.
It’s harder than it looks though. At least I could never execute it effectively haha
In Taekwondo we call it a push kick (Mireo-Chagi). The clean version would be to chamber the knee all the way at the chest and thrust forward parallel with the floor, while pivoting about 90-120 degree on the standing foot and pushing the ball of the foot through the opponent, to create distance. But the sport version often takes a shortcut and don't chamber as high, for the sake of speed.
Kung Fu, Karate, TKD have used this as a staple kick for generations. It’s called various things but the key is chambering the leg and gauging your opponents response and knowing how and when to switch the kick based on your opponents reaction. (Easy said than done when sparring against quality training partners)
nah, this technique was invented a popularized by thai masters. Kung Fu, Karate and TKD side kick is shit
@@Ilovepasta8pizza maturity at its best huh?
Lawrence Kenshin did a breakdown of Samart using the sideteep
Cool technique!
My coaches also teach it as Thai sidekick from what I’ve heard that’s what they were told from someone in Thailand
The side teep is very useful.
Side Teep was also used successfully by Samart
Just tested this kick out and it seems to take a tonne of flexibility. I can easily kick head height but I can't do this at all.
Practise down low rolling the hip joint over from front to side and back again ..Then rise it over a few weeks ..Needs the ligaments binding the hip to loosen a little and if you excercise in a pool it avoids the chance of injury ..
It does take alot of mobility in the hips
Practice x 1Million
So this vid came out 2 months ago…
At that stage, I couldn’t do this kick properly, due to lack of hip mobility/flexibility and strength in the stabiliser muscles in my legs
I can confirm it has taken me 2 months of stretching (static and mobile stretching) as well as practicing the kick on the heavy bag, to be able to say that I can finally do it!
Now, did I mention that that’s not even difficult part? 😅
The hardest part is that when I throw it, everyone I spar against react quick enough to block it or at least take the steam out of the kick, rendering the kick useless and putting me in a compromised position 😂 (note that I’m not trying to blast people away in sparring either, I’m trying to time it right so I catch my opponent in a stance transition).
The timing of this kick is so damn tricky!
Tawanchai makes it look so easy!
Watch all of his fight highlights back, every guy he comes up against, he lands this kick in either their chest, stomach or leg and there’s almost nothing they can do about it!
The guy is a fighting genius!
I watched the fight and felt that Tawanchai's side teep was a huge part of his win against Superbon. I was rooting for Superbon and getting so frustrated by how effective the side teep was and how Superbon often did not have a solution. One thing I like about it is that for an optimized teep you need to have a more square Thai stance. The lead side teep can be effectively thrown from a kickboxer stance without adjusting, except for pivoting the rear leg to maximize the distance.
Someone already beat me to it! Samart Payakaroon was doing the hybrid Thai sidekick about 40 years ago...and to even more devastating fashion.
He’d completely pancake opponents outta nowhere...even whilst backing up 💪💯🙏
I knew tawanchai would get the win. He’s on another level to Superbon. I saw Superbon in a video with masato and it seemed like he didn’t understand the techniques, but he’s able to perform them. I do not get that feeling when I’ve seen tawanchai. He’s calm collected and cunning.
Would love to see a match up between him and chingiz alazov. Don’t know if they are similar in weight but I would really enjoy that
you can also use it to set a spinning kick, because your feets position become like side stance wich make it easier to throw spinning kick. it's similiar to ignacio capllonch two touch kick where he start with a side kick to a spinning back kick
I utilize both. Normal side kick has more range and power, but it’s much easier to fall off balance if u miss or if it’s defended right. Thai side kick is the middle ground between teep and normal side kick imo. Gives u the range but you’re still in balance.
I got inspired by this technique by my favorite fighter, Tawanchai, a while ago. Can vouch that a lot of his techniques are the best.
A year or so after I started training I naturally started doing this kick. I remember my coach at the time discouraging me lol. I kept at it. It wasn't pretty but was landing
its called a side teep. keep up the great work.
i think i have heard it being called the side teep, samart used this technique all the time and this was one of the tools that made him the goat, combined with his superior boxing and movement
this is an staple technique in muay thai every thai use it
@@Ilovepasta8pizza no, that's factually incorrect, most fighters throw the normal teep
in Thai is called side push kick or foward slide push kick / side teep or slide teep my trainer calls it here in thailand the reason also called slide teep here is bcs this technique must require sliding / shifting forward
I've definitely heard it called a side teep. Idk if that's an original term, I think I heard it in an old Lawrence Kenshin video
Samart Payakaroon trademark kick!!
Damn kinda been throwing my teep like this
Could you do a video about what to do when your foot gets catched?
Thanks for the explanation. I've been trying for a while to get the intricacies of Tawanchai's side teep. It looks so devastating, as if he shot his opponents with a shot gun. I've never been able to replicate it close enough.
Is this what Samart was famous for as well? Or are there some small differences
Yes, it was Samart who pioneered the use of this kick.
Yes same.
The side kick with ball of the foot does exist, at least in Taekwon-Do. Moon-Moo pattern does the side kick with ball of foot.
Tawanchai kicks against the weak plane of an orthodox fighter
Would be interested to hear what ways you would propose to counter this kick, like what could Superbon have done
BRB while I thai sidekick alone in the living room for a while
I saw this kick utilized by Samart, from the Lawrence breakdown video.. Gabriel should know about this legend and breakdown one of his fights. Would love to know his opinion on him :)
Every thai use it not just samart, it was popularized in the 60's by a legendary thai fighter named vicharnoi
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Uh, you can catch that kick in horizontal fashion if you still want to catch by the heel. Also enter a bit and grab with your forearm behind the knee. Then throw them or if it is a street fight break their knee. If they are close enough to make contact with you, it can be caught or deflected.
how do you even defend this kick man. superbon did swipe the kick once or twice but for the most part he ate it
If you slow it down to 0.25 speed he is clearly landing with the heel and not the toepad. That's why his kicks have so much power transfer.
Aside from being a Shorin Ryu method, this kick is also in Shotokan form Heian Nidan
Also in ITF Taekwondo pattern Moon Moo as Side Thrusting Kick :)
Hi Gabriel, was wondering if it is possible to increase speed and or power from heavy bag work (hitting with proper form as hard/fast as I can). I took 4 months off and have came back and feel much slower than I used to
Yes, absolutely
Is tanwanchia stance more bladed compared to the traditional muay thai square stance ?
I noticed that side kick too! There is a female MM fighter do it too and she is a champion.
I alway use that kick because I have hammer toes or my little toes are curved and when doing a normal teep I would always hurt them on the bag.
And hard In sparring I fractures my little toes twice, so I started kicking like that by myself to avoid harming my toes
This is Best teep ever
I think this teep should be taught universally, I don't see much use for the usual teep since it's greatest weakness is it's very prone to being caught and countered.
You can just farm points and drain your opponents gas tank without much risk at all, ah, I wish I started training as southpaw so my strong leg would be my lead leg.
I wanted to do that but my coach forced me to start orthodox :
Wait......this is the keiage found in karate! I didnt finish the video yet but man I really thought he invented it😂😂
Edit: well its a good thing that this kick is useful and well its time to improve it
Now, if only SOMEONE would make some videos about gaining strength and flexibility in the hips... then I could really get some smoke on this thing.
Gotta share this with Icy Mike and Sensei Seth to end their debate 😂 of sidekick vs front kick
Is it cool to throw this in sparring? I don't think i could do this with little force
We called it miro-chagi in taekwondo and mostly executed it with the rear leg, but nowdays it's mostly executed with front leg, I suppose.
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Haggerty seems to do this as well
Agreed
@@GabrielVargaOfficial karate combat needs more kickboxing style fighters
I do this kick with the pad, it wroks well. but when it comes to do it with real human in real sparring, it doesn't work for me
we been telling ya that the side kick does work, it would benefit a thai fighter to learn it like Wonderboy as well though for more power. Side kick is incredible.
Its always good to have these in your arsenal: front, side, roundhouse kicks you can make whole styles based on these 3 & their variations. When the roundhouse is being blocked to much no problem turn it midway into a side kick, it will land & get into gaps & hurt a lot.
@K1Kamikaze look im not claiming karate or sabate or muay thai or whoever created the side kick, human body mechanics created it, fits whatever style you want but im saying the taekwon, sabate, sanda, etc variations work & are worth the time investment. So I recommend learning them.
If you see something working against experienced opponents like the other high level strikers WB faces in the UFC then there is something to the technique, if it works it works. There is many practical ways to skin a cat.
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When will tawanchai come to MMA scene?
I don't think he will
Thai’s don’t really go into MMA... they stick with muay thai/kickboxing
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Kinda showing in wrong. You are demonstrating it landing with the toe pad but dude's sidekick is blasting them with his heel to steal the spines balance at the hips.
One can easily slide with front kick too...
beliave or not
i can front kick
i can side kick
but i can do this. but my legs dont come high too much for this :|
It seems like Muay Thai the art frowns upon side kicks? Does Muay Thai actually have a side kick in their curriculum? Or was it invented recently in the muay thai system? Someone please educate me?
I think this hybrid side kick has been used for quite a while. They definitely don't use karate side kicks often. Although they do love blasting low kicks at people who throw karate side kicks 😅
Samart used this kick when he was on his prime (about 40 y ago).
@@Ajhmee Yeah I been seen the break down for it on youtube. I'm talking about when u actually go to a school & learn Muay Thai it's not taught. I come from traditional martial arts and every muay thai school I trained at never taught it. when I do side kicks they talk about how diff my style is. I'm a big guy so my side kicks are very sneaky like the MT side teep
Thai side kick
Side Teep
Just like samart
Side teep
I herd your commentary on the fight looked at it just raise leg what's fuss about it ain't no revolution maybe it will ds me up more coz I like superbon maybe coz I no Thai used this kick for ever I duno just don't feel right it was missed in the fight so looked good but I can't get on board with it.u seen it in w
Eu for years so what's the revolution really .sorry im.an idiot maybe lol