I've been practicing 100 round house kicks with each legs (either shadowboxing or on the bag, 5 sets of 20) for a month to see if it would get me anywhere. And man, it did ! I never felt my legs that nimble. I still have some way to go, I still can't high kick very comfortably, but this is working.
Thanks! I'm working a lot on mobility with my physio. Seems like my problem comes from loose transverse abdominal and tight hips... Maybe I'll kick higher after that ^^
Hey gabe, I was wondering what your thoughts are about the pull counter in muay thai and kickboxing, I dont see it off of punches alot in high levels in kickboxing/muay thai but still wanted to try it out and implement it in sparring, any thoughts would be awesome!
I think we see pull counters more often off of kicks than punches, like with fighters from the Yokkao gym, probably because of distancing. In pure boxing, pulling back just out of reach is safer because there's no follow up kick to threaten you with
not gabe but, 100% viable and effective. The issue with muay thai and kickboxing is that people's guard tend to be stickier, but if you time it so that your counter lands immediately after the extension of your opponent's punch and before they switch back to defense you'll find a lot of success
Gabriel can you make a video on how to book a fight for yourself when you don’t have a manager I know sometimes your gym/coach books them for you but I just moved houses and don’t train with/at my old gym no more and I want to make my amateur debut as soon as possible any tips?
These were some amazing tips Gabriel all three of them were great reminders on how to throw the roundhouse kick technically correct and I cannot wait for your defense course I will be sure to buy it Gabriel! 🎉
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Hello i am a fan of your videos on how to improve and an amateur kickboxer. I did my 2-3 fights a week ago, can you help me as a professional to react to the videos and help us to improve. Thanks 🙏🙏 (Where can i send them?)
Good vid. Gabriel I'm relatively new to Muay Thai, but i dont have the opportunity to train at a gym bcos most are too far away to train. Thankfully i took Muay Thai for a few mos so i sorta got enough technique to spar already. Not that is what's important. Anyway, i was self training and discovered something very cool! And that is to practice a Muay Thai round kick in the air, or shadow boxing! Here's why i think it's a good way to practice. It teaches you to use your hip motion, and pivoting. Obviously it's good to kick a bag n spar. But what do you think of Shadow n kicks to improve technique? Also, i found that if i don't shadow my kicks then they just don't feel right?
4:15 I agree with you in principle, but kickboxing doesn't allow jamming and grappling your opponent, and chop blocks in 16 oz gloves are less effective. In no rules fighting in no gloves or 4 ox gloves the mechanics of defending a roundhouse can be a bit different, because I and the 2nd dans in the dojo used to use a lot of chop blocks against roundhouses. Basically, instead of evading away, we'd step int othe knee and counter-strike the inside of the thigh of the other fighter in 4oz glove and it stings to do that. Also, like 185+ fighters have a hard time getting the roundhouse to head level unless they are literally a top 5 contender at kickboxing. Even as fit as I used to be before I got sick, I wasn't confident in my roundhouse enough to go for a head shot against you know...and 2nd Dan+ level fighter. I'd have probably gotten taken down and ground and pounded. I did work it to the kidneys and the left armpit though.
One step inside and it's free range down the pipe to the face, if the kicker swings his arm down thai style. The extra power is not worth the risk. Also, if you learn to kick with your guard up the whole time, throwing one of the most lethal combos there is - one, two and simultaneously back leg roundhouse to the head - will be so much easier to learn.
Doesn't work when the kicker swings his head out of the firing line, learns to block with his other glove, or just picks the moment to throw the kick when you're not in position to just "one step". Any strike has a counter, any counter can be countered, and there's no perfect block/parry. The kicker also has the possibility to start feinting kicks and punch you when you step in, or just throw a question mark kick to catch your chin when try to punch.
I've been doing karate my whole life and I have never been able to kick to the head. I have severely tight hips. Even when I stretch like crazy. I hate it lol.
Thanks Gabe pretty much exactly what i do. I catch flak for not doing it more awkward with beinging up horizontal the whole way. I do in-between for the angle and less telegraph. Hard to pivot in socks on carpet lol
Thanks for this video episode. Would you please detail the lower leg extension phase. No one is really talking of how much should it be extended for the most impact? When do we start the extension? Thanks
It really depends what you are looking for. Something that caters more so to tourists. Or somewhere that is filled with fighters. Sometimes just looking where your favourite fighters train is a great start.
Hey Gabriel, Could you make a video talking about combinations? As a beginner I don't know what to do with them, when to throw them, what to think about them. In training they just come and go. Seems like when hitting a bag it works because the target is stationary, and also when practising with guys. But during sparing the target is moving, more experienced guys counter on the first strike and I doubt to do anything because they can counter.
If they counter the first strike, then use a feint so they'll try to counter it, opening themselves. Or use the strike you want to use but mind the incoming counter so you can block. For example one textbook counter for a jab is to middle kick the exposed ribs on the side the jab was thrown from. So if you put the jab on their face while raising the leg to check, your jab is weak but you've blocked the strike while also blocking the vision for your next strike.
Thanks for these Gabe, couple of questions - of you happen to see my comment I would be grateful for your reply :) 1) how much of a bad thing is leaning back while kicking ? It seems to be inevitable for me when I want to go high 2) I recently trained outside of my school as I was on a trip abroad. The coach there told me that I am kicking wrong (yes, it's a nasty surprise to hear that after some time training 😂) because my support foot is pivoting - according to him I shouldn't pivot, only step outside and from there just use my foot to push and give power to the kick - like doing a calf raise so to speak. Is there any validity in the advice of not pivoting? I have certainly seen very good fighters in my time that pivot a lot, some of them almost to 180 degrees. Thanks!
Gabriel! Have to share this story. I went to sleep right after watching this video and I ended up having a dream that you and I were hanging out chatting business stuff. You ended up inside the house for whatever reason and I was outside arguing with a friend that was supposed to be watching my kids, who were getting into trouble. All of sudden here comes Gabriel busting out of the house, sprinting right at my buddy and you full head butted his nose! Lol😂 His face was basically exploded as I stood there in disbelief. You were rubbing your forehead. 😂😂😂
Great video Gabriel, your content is amazing however I haven’t seen anything about cardio and training when your heavy? Or even the differences of training weights. can you cover this in a video? My coach says run 5k a day. I’m 6,2 110kg is this smart there must be differences between me and a feather weight fighter
Saturday night and I'm in my garage watching this video, and practising the roundhouse kick. Thanks for the tip about the re-chamber; I wasn't doing that or coming up on the ball of my foot. Like, comment, subscribe I think :)
The only kick that I can think of is a soccer kick to a grounded opponent but in kickboxing you can't hit a grounded opponent at all so this only applies to mma.
@@carlossssssss5492 I don't know the specific ruling for every organisation, but I think oblique kicks are pretty dangerous and honestly should stay frowned upon. Attacking the fighter's joints and ruining their career is something that should be kept for self defence and not for sport
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I've been practicing 100 round house kicks with each legs (either shadowboxing or on the bag, 5 sets of 20) for a month to see if it would get me anywhere. And man, it did ! I never felt my legs that nimble. I still have some way to go, I still can't high kick very comfortably, but this is working.
How's it going right now?
@@FOA100X I hurt my back lol.
@@Jenjak RIP. Hope you bounce back man.
Thanks! I'm working a lot on mobility with my physio. Seems like my problem comes from loose transverse abdominal and tight hips... Maybe I'll kick higher after that ^^
TIMESTAMPS:
1:25 Kicking Height
1:56 Body Rotation
2:15 Pivot
2:56 String (Body Elevation)
3:35 Arm Movement
4:46 Kicking Angle
5:35 Rechamber
Thanks 😊
you are literally on your way to answer every single question i had on my mind with your videos. Thank you Gabriel
All this knowledge is shared at no cost.
Thank you Mr Varga
Hey gabe, I was wondering what your thoughts are about the pull counter in muay thai and kickboxing, I dont see it off of punches alot in high levels in kickboxing/muay thai but still wanted to try it out and implement it in sparring, any thoughts would be awesome!
I think we see pull counters more often off of kicks than punches, like with fighters from the Yokkao gym, probably because of distancing. In pure boxing, pulling back just out of reach is safer because there's no follow up kick to threaten you with
not gabe but, 100% viable and effective. The issue with muay thai and kickboxing is that people's guard tend to be stickier, but if you time it so that your counter lands immediately after the extension of your opponent's punch and before they switch back to defense you'll find a lot of success
You are helping so many of us!!
Gabriel can you make a video on how to book a fight for yourself when you don’t have a manager I know sometimes your gym/coach books them for you but I just moved houses and don’t train with/at my old gym no more and I want to make my amateur debut as soon as possible any tips?
Also very interested in this topic
Some fights won't let you book without a gym
But some local ones let anyone sign up
What city do you live in?
Gabriel's dad - Keith varga
@@kvarga9164 I’m from the uk, Birmingham England
These were some amazing tips Gabriel all three of them were great reminders on how to throw the roundhouse kick technically correct and I cannot wait for your defense course I will be sure to buy it Gabriel! 🎉
Amazing. Thanks so much.
I'm so excited to share so much with everyone.
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Hello i am a fan of your videos on how to improve and an amateur kickboxer. I did my 2-3 fights a week ago, can you help me as a professional to react to the videos and help us to improve. Thanks 🙏🙏
(Where can i send them?)
Should the lead leg be straight when hitting the target? It can be bent in Muay Thai sometimes but is it different in kickboxing?
Good vid. Gabriel I'm relatively new to Muay Thai, but i dont have the opportunity to train at a gym bcos most are too far away to train. Thankfully i took Muay Thai for a few mos so i sorta got enough technique to spar already. Not that is what's important. Anyway, i was self training and discovered something very cool! And that is to practice a Muay Thai round kick in the air, or shadow boxing! Here's why i think it's a good way to practice. It teaches you to use your hip motion, and pivoting. Obviously it's good to kick a bag n spar. But what do you think of Shadow n kicks to improve technique?
Also, i found that if i don't shadow my kicks then they just don't feel right?
4:15 I agree with you in principle, but kickboxing doesn't allow jamming and grappling your opponent, and chop blocks in 16 oz gloves are less effective. In no rules fighting in no gloves or 4 ox gloves the mechanics of defending a roundhouse can be a bit different, because I and the 2nd dans in the dojo used to use a lot of chop blocks against roundhouses. Basically, instead of evading away, we'd step int othe knee and counter-strike the inside of the thigh of the other fighter in 4oz glove and it stings to do that.
Also, like 185+ fighters have a hard time getting the roundhouse to head level unless they are literally a top 5 contender at kickboxing. Even as fit as I used to be before I got sick, I wasn't confident in my roundhouse enough to go for a head shot against you know...and 2nd Dan+ level fighter. I'd have probably gotten taken down and ground and pounded. I did work it to the kidneys and the left armpit though.
Thanks for yet another amazing video.
One step inside and it's free range down the pipe to the face, if the kicker swings his arm down thai style. The extra power is not worth the risk.
Also, if you learn to kick with your guard up the whole time, throwing one of the most lethal combos there is - one, two and simultaneously back leg roundhouse to the head - will be so much easier to learn.
Doesn't work when the kicker swings his head out of the firing line, learns to block with his other glove, or just picks the moment to throw the kick when you're not in position to just "one step". Any strike has a counter, any counter can be countered, and there's no perfect block/parry.
The kicker also has the possibility to start feinting kicks and punch you when you step in, or just throw a question mark kick to catch your chin when try to punch.
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thank you for the advice but my issue is losing balance i use my hand as counter balance and everything but i still lose my balance
You're teaching me so much, I have to appreciate it by sending some money to your bank account lol
I've been doing karate my whole life and I have never been able to kick to the head. I have severely tight hips. Even when I stretch like crazy. I hate it lol.
Excellent instruction! Thanks!
Right on very helpful video super good another one great job I'm gunna give this a try next time in the gym!
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your experience is a real treasure, thank you so much for sharing it with us , helping the youth with sports and their passion is a great thing 🇩🇿♥️🥊
Thanks Gabe pretty much exactly what i do. I catch flak for not doing it more awkward with beinging up horizontal the whole way. I do in-between for the angle and less telegraph. Hard to pivot in socks on carpet lol
Thanks for this video episode. Would you please detail the lower leg extension phase. No one is really talking of how much should it be extended for the most impact? When do we start the extension? Thanks
How can I find a good gym in thailand?
Search and try
@@Ie4s what if I don’t have much time there
It really depends what you are looking for. Something that caters more so to tourists. Or somewhere that is filled with fighters. Sometimes just looking where your favourite fighters train is a great start.
@@hamuss204 you should prepare and plan for things before being in Thailand
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Hey Gabriel,
Could you make a video talking about combinations? As a beginner I don't know what to do with them, when to throw them, what to think about them. In training they just come and go.
Seems like when hitting a bag it works because the target is stationary, and also when practising with guys. But during sparing the target is moving, more experienced guys counter on the first strike and I doubt to do anything because they can counter.
If they counter the first strike, then use a feint so they'll try to counter it, opening themselves.
Or use the strike you want to use but mind the incoming counter so you can block. For example one textbook counter for a jab is to middle kick the exposed ribs on the side the jab was thrown from. So if you put the jab on their face while raising the leg to check, your jab is weak but you've blocked the strike while also blocking the vision for your next strike.
impressive how you can do the pull back without any tagets...it is not easy at all
Needed this video, thanks a lot 👊🏽👊🏽
Thanks for these Gabe, couple of questions - of you happen to see my comment I would be grateful for your reply :)
1) how much of a bad thing is leaning back while kicking ? It seems to be inevitable for me when I want to go high
2) I recently trained outside of my school as I was on a trip abroad. The coach there told me that I am kicking wrong (yes, it's a nasty surprise to hear that after some time training 😂) because my support foot is pivoting - according to him I shouldn't pivot, only step outside and from there just use my foot to push and give power to the kick - like doing a calf raise so to speak. Is there any validity in the advice of not pivoting? I have certainly seen very good fighters in my time that pivot a lot, some of them almost to 180 degrees.
Thanks!
Gabriel! Have to share this story.
I went to sleep right after watching this video and I ended up having a dream that you and I were hanging out chatting business stuff.
You ended up inside the house for whatever reason and I was outside arguing with a friend that was supposed to be watching my kids, who were getting into trouble.
All of sudden here comes Gabriel busting out of the house, sprinting right at my buddy and you full head butted his nose! Lol😂
His face was basically exploded as I stood there in disbelief. You were rubbing your forehead.
😂😂😂
Excellent video. Thank you.
Thanks Gabriel.. very helpful
Great video Gabriel, your content is amazing however I haven’t seen anything about cardio and training when your heavy? Or even the differences of training weights. can you cover this in a video? My coach says run 5k a day. I’m 6,2 110kg is this smart there must be differences between me and a feather weight fighter
Simple kick but Dangerous!!
Thank you !
W!
Thanks for the tips ! Really helpful. 👍🙂🥊
Hey gebrial ..pls make another video for front leg roundhouse specifically to the liver
Saturday night and I'm in my garage watching this video, and practising the roundhouse kick. Thanks for the tip about the re-chamber; I wasn't doing that or coming up on the ball of my foot. Like, comment, subscribe I think :)
Stop reading my mind Gabriel 😂
Was just thinking about this today 🧠
Thanks
Thanks 😮
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The only reason the roundhouse is the most effective leg attack for a KO is cause more effective ones are banned for being too effective.
Lol, any examples?
The only kick that I can think of is a soccer kick to a grounded opponent but in kickboxing you can't hit a grounded opponent at all so this only applies to mma.
@@carlossssssss5492 I don't know the specific ruling for every organisation, but I think oblique kicks are pretty dangerous and honestly should stay frowned upon. Attacking the fighter's joints and ruining their career is something that should be kept for self defence and not for sport
Yes, if you mean kick in the 🏀🏀
@@立花たくや why oblique kicks? Fighters have a solid core to protect organs. Balls and kneejoints you can't do much about
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